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Wow that’s really cool! So is working in food service your only job? And do you live by yourself or with your family still?
And that’s a really great idea… I love how you’re just chilling haha…it sounds like you’re dealing with a lot less stress than the other adults I know.
ooof, learning boundaries can be so hard! But i’m glad God spoke to you through that, I’m sure it was super impactful! My cousin actually did YWAM last September. She went to Australia and then Uganda! Where did you go for that?
Thank you for saying all that <3
Yes God is still good and he has definitely taught me a lot! Thank you for praying!
And again, I’m so glad to have you back on here! Even if it’s just to chat with me occasionally haha, I really have missed talking to you!
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(the real ones will know)Yep, food service is my only job right now! And I’m still living with my family! I had thought briefly about moving out, but then realized this might be one of the last years that my whole family is together under one roof, since my youngest brother will be graduating high school and the likelihood of some of us kids moving out/away is growing, so I decided to stay at home. (Plus it’s cheaper lol)
That’s cool that your cousin did YWAM! I have several friends doing it in Australia right now but they’re all at different bases taking different courses. I went to Switzerland for my courses, and the Solomon Islands for outreach! (They’re down close to Australia, in case you didn’t know. I had no clue where the Solomons were before I went haha)
You’re in Montana, right? Are you close at all to the Lakeside base? I know a handful of people who have been there and I hear it’s a really good one!
And how is school going? I think the last I remember you were still in public school?
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
That’s cool! What specifically do you do in food service? And that’s probably a good idea to stay with your family. I understand wanting to be close to them, especially because you were gone a while, and like you said, your brother’s graduating soon!
I’m on the other side of the state–I live in Eastern Montana and Lakeside is on the Western side of the state, but we have family up there! I actually drove by the Lakeside YWAM base when I was on a family trip! The Lakeside area is beautiful for sure!
Yes, I’m still in public school! I’m a junior this year! It’s really hard to find motivation to care about schoolwork, though, because compared to what I went through, school seems really pathetic. Like, “why in the world would I care about my math when my mom just died?!” I don’t have a ton of close friends, but things are getting better, and honestly I feel like I’ve started to fit in a little better. I have more friends and even if I don’t feel comfortable talking about how I’m actually doing with them, I have a couple girls in my class that I can just talk to about everyday life, and be silly and crazy with, and it just keeps me going on bad days.
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(the real ones will know)I work at Chick-fil-A, as a shift leader, so I’m in the front doing a variety of things from taking orders and serving food to bagging orders and helping to run the shift and solve issues that pop up!
Ok, so you’re still at least a few hours from Lakeside. It seems to be a pretty popular base, at least among people I know. I can think of at least five people off the top of my head who have been there or are currently there, lol. Then again, doing YWAM anywhere is a pretty common occurrence among people from my area.
I’m glad things have been getting better for you as far as friendships go! Do you have a youth group or anything church-wise that you’ve been able to plug into?
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
I LOVE CHICK-FIL-A!!! it’s my favorite thing ever!!
That sounds so fun!!!
Yeah, we’re about 10 hours from Lakeside. Montana is pretty big hahaha
Wow that’s crazy that you know lots of people that do YWAM! I only know one XDXD and that’s because she’s my cousin…most people in the area don’t even know what that is hahaha and we have a base in our state! I hadn’t even really heard of YWAM until this September lol
I have a youth group, but it’s complicated…I don’t really enjoy going, and it all got weird when my mom passed away. I have a lot of bitterness and hard feelings associated with my youth group, it feels like everyone kind of distanced themselves from me. None of the kids know what to say to me and they have such different lives, I don’t feel like I can talk to them anymore at all. Honestly the youth group feels a little shallow and fake.
I know it’s not their fault, but I just haven’t felt ready to go back. And I am perfectly okay with that haha…it’s very hard not to see them as shallow and fake. Several act like Christians but don’t live it outside of youth group, and it never felt that uplifting to go there. It didn’t challenge me in my faith at all, and I never felt that connected. It was kind of clique-y.
Maybe someday I’ll feel like going again but as of now I just feel like I’d just kind of shut people out and be kind of angry and crabby the whole time. It’s no one’s fault and I’m not holding a grudge, but I think it’s just because of losing my mom. I have no idea if that makes any sense but yeah…
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(the real ones will know)Yeah the culture where I live is very mission-minded so we have a lot of youth going into YWAM or families going into the mission field in general. It’s a huge blessing to have such a heritage, because I know a lot of the rest of the US doesn’t have that kind of community.
I get what you’re saying about the youth group! I feel like in Christian communities especially it can be hard for some people to know how to respond to things like your mom’s passing… I mean the rest of the world has hard things happen and they have the kind of attitude of oh that’s just life… but for Christians it can be hard to grapple sometimes with knowing that God is good and yet bad things still happen, and the tension of not knowing how to deal with that can be pretty awkward. And I can see, too, especially for youth who have grown up without facing as many difficult situations, it would be a lot harder for you to relate on the same level when you’ve experienced deeper pain and loss than they know what to do with. As long as you’ve got a few close people who can still support you and have your back, even if it’s not anyone your age, that’s a blessing! How has it been going walking through all of it with your dad and siblings? Have you had to take on more responsibility at home or do you have grandparents and other relatives who have been able to step in and help out?
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