We had our first youth group meeting last night and it went really well. We are starting completely from scratch. Father took us to the basement where we had Totus Tuus and I almost hyperventilated when I saw what had happened. The youth group room had be split into two rooms, the couches were gone, and there were tables in their places. I honestly thought, "No way is this going to work." Luckily, Father said that there was another option and took us to the basement of the church. It was damp and dirty, with boxes and Christmas trees all over, but it had potential. Father is giving us leave to do whatever we want with it. Thomas and I decided to let the kids have a major role in making it "their own" room.
The meeting itself went well. We got a little confused at one point with our notes but fell back in quite well. The icebreaker went REALLY well. We had certain characteristic written on a paper and they had to go around and find people with those characteristics. It was fun and we learned who was still afraid of the dark, who wore contacts, who was lactose intolerant (turned out no one was), etc.
Anyways, pray for the youth group. They are an amazing group of teenagers and I am really excited to work with them.

Thomas, a friend of mine, just asked me to be his co-youth minister. I am very excited about this. It's going to take a lot of work but I really feel God is calling me to do this. The first is this Sunday. It's crazy!
There's so much that I would simply love to do but I got to see how everything starts working out. I taught there during Totus Tuus. I just hope that God will use me. High school is a time where teenagers are making decision that they may regret for the rest of their lives. It's a lot of responsibility. Please pray for me and if you have any ideas let me know!

So it's been a while since I've posted. I just finished Totus Tuus and am now on vacation visiting my brother. There's a lot of stuff to tell about Totus Tuus. Mostly, I am glad I got the experience. I had a wonderful team, Kelsey, Thomas, and Quentin. I had to sleep in the same bed with Kesley quite a few times so we had many midnight conversations. Quentin were always traveling to a neighboring parish to talk at Mass together so I got to know him pretty well. Thomas and I will be going to the same school come fall so we have a year to get to know each other. We're planning on doing morning prayer together and I hope we actually follow through. Sometimes you plan something but never actually do it. I hope we do.
Deacon Andrew said something before we left for the rest of the summer, "Satan is pissed about what you have been doing all summer and he will be attacking you like crazy so keep up with your prayers. If you abandon your prayers you are opening yourself up." I have been keeping up on my prayers so far. Morning, Evening, and Night prayer as well as the rosary. I pray for strength and I asked you all to pray for me as well.
I will give more of an update soon (I hope). Have a wonderful summer.
Happy St. John Vianney day (my patron saint)!

I'm the middle girl in the front row until we change and then I am the second from the left.

Let's get down to business: to defeat Satan
Did they send us sinners when we asked for nuns?

For we BC girls are of this world, but you can bet
before we're through

Ladies, God'll make a nun out of you

Obedient as St. Joseph, and poor on Earth
Once you find your convent, life'll have new worth
We're a habitless, loud, pathetic lot
And we haven't got a clue

Somehow God'll make a nun out of you

I've never had to kneel this long
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Boy I was the biggest fool for cutting Mass
God's got me scared to death
Cuz He can see right through me
Boy I really with that I knew how to pray.

Be a Nun... You must be chaste as the Virgin Mary
Be a Nun... With all the force of the Holy Spirit
Be a Nun... With all the love of a selfless martyr
Mysterious as the Blessed Trinity

The vans are racing forward
God is on our side
Learn about our order
For the path's not wide
You were not created for this world
So unpack, move in, you're here

Look how God made a nun out of me/you!

[: Be a Nun... You must be chaste as the Virgin Mary



Be a Nun... With all the force of the Holy Spirit



Be a Nun... With all the love of a selfless martyr



Mysterious as the Blessed Trinity. :]