Be The Change !!!

ok so i know i haven't blogged in forever. well, its because i went on an amazing trip to New Orleans with the youth group at my church. and it was life changing!!!!!! we went to the ELCA youth gathering !!

so everyone jokes around about "seeing god", finally having that moment when ur like omg god really dose exist (not saying i doubted it, i didn't) and he wants me to be the change. well that happened to me :)

i had a feeling that this trip would be life changing and it was in so many ways.

i feel like i became more independant because being that far away from home for a week made me learn new things about myself and life. like how drinking water is GOOD!! i got dehydrated while in New Orleans, and sick from the dehydration. it taught me to take better care of myself, i never want to be that dehydrated again!! i also learned that my parents arnt always gona be there every time i get sick, or need them.

i also, as i said before, "saw god". i learned so much about god and life while at the worships every night. like how god put us on this earth to change the world, how we need to let other now about the problems in other country's. we don't always want to see it, but we need to so we can help them. its a serious problem, and it needs to stop!! the poverty in Africa is something that we can change, and the poverty in Mexico ( we r right next door to them ). so lets be the change !!!!

i also learned about tons of amazing charity's. like free the children, a charity started by two brothers to help kids in Africa get a better life. i also heard life changing stories. like the one from a man who was taken by the rebels in Africa when he was 5, most kids don't survive to tell the nightmare, but he did. he told us about how he was abducted to join the rebel army and forced to shot this best friend, and his story of escaping it. this all lead him to be the change and help others. and the story of a man who got his legs amputated off, and how he wanted to prove to people that he would be able to walk, and how no matter what ur obstacle is in life u can over come it. AMAZING!!!!

i also meet tons of people. so i didn't come home with a new bff, but i did become more outgoing and talked to random people just because they were standing next to me :) <3 its amazing how many high 5's i gave and got. Lutherans really do rock!!!

so i know i used the term be the change alot, but u can be the change u wish to see in the world!!! i know it may seem like u r just one person and how can u change anything, but when we all team up we can !!! a little goes along way :) and anything u do can help, even if its just donating money.

so through this trip i got a whole new view on living life, and about how amazing god is. <3

be the change - Chris X Christine