I seem to have found what God has intended for me to do. It is ever evolving of course. But I’ve come to manage this ministry team leader role as if I knew what I was doing. Somehow I knew exactly what I was getting into. It’s every bit what I expected. I can tell you however, that it has been difficult. And I knew that it would be.
I’ve gotten to develop some great friendships that I will remember forever. The thing is though, that I will never see them again. That thought is… well, I don’t even have the words. But thankfully we will always have this summer, and we will also have the internet.
A month from today I will begin the Fall semester at Dallas Theological Seminary. It’s the second half of my first year. And in just two weeks, Summer 2018 for me in Death Valley will come to a close.
Ministry. My first time involved in ministry. What does this even mean? The word most directly means an agency or entity that is governed by a minister. However in a Christian context the following definition is helpful, “a humble but loving service to the needs of humanity at large” (italics added) (1). For me then in the context of 
