Thoughts of Summer

I haven't stopped talking ALL day or ALL day yesterday. For most of you that know me, this is very unusual. I guess I should feel lucky that I lost my voice for the entirety of last week - instead of this one. Why didn't I stop talking? Well, I had 20 interviews back to back for college students that will serve as our interns this summer. And let me tell you...they were quite impressive. I am a good interviewer, I've done it a lot in my few years of my big grown up jobs and I like to think that I am a pretty good judge of character from the time that I meet you. I had my guard up, ready to catch any and every flaw from every single one. And did I find any today? Any yesterday? Nope, I don't think so. Not one. They make me so excited for what is to come for the summer. I know that we will have ups and downs (that's a given), but to bring in interns that are so dedicated and excited about working with our kiddos...warms my heart. These kids are come from low-income families, are abused, neglected and some even live in their cars. They come to us for a summer of fun and reading. They learn with our program...and they LOVE it. I know it's going to probably be the busiest, craziest summer of my life, but I'm EXCITED. I am excited for it to be here and for these interns to learn how to lead and just to grow in their walk with Christ. I really believe that some lives can be changed by this program and I haven't even experienced it yet. Please pray for these interns, to prepare their hearts to help these kids and pray that the kiddos come ready to soak all of this love up. It's so exciting. I'm so excited. I don't even care if I talked all day and will be talking all day for the next week. I know that this summer will be amazing.