MONDAY NIGHT!

Thank you so much for praying for my talk on Monday at Young Life club! We had 70 plus high school kids come that night! It was overwhelming but so much fun at the same time! My talk went really well I felt like all the kids were listening and the Lord gave me confidence in it. The Halloween club was such a special event because it was my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY with my Young Life girls! Its so crazy how fast the year went by! One of my girls wrote me a letter today and it was just so encouraging to really see the Lord work through her life and that she sees the Lord in my life. It has been such an amazing year!

This upcoming summer we have summer camps and I think 2 of my girls are going to be working there for a month! I know this is going to be such a huge growing experience for them! Please pray that we get even amount of spots for kids to work at camp so then my girls can go together instead of having them be seperated! I am really praying that the Lord will provide them to go! My group of girls coming to my cabin time have been up and down. Please pray that the girls will be encouraged to come!! Thank you so much for your support! Love you all!

Lauren

YOUNG LIFE UPDATE

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for supporting Young Life! Young Life has been awesome! We have a couple of new leaders that are already connecting with kids which is really encouraging! This year has been a great start with the fellowship and the club in general.

This upcoming Monday we are having our annual Halloween Club! This is proboably one of the biggest events of the year! We are having it at one of my girls, Holly Herzog's house! I will be speaking at Club Monday about the Immoral Woman! Please pray that the Lord will use me to speak to the hearts of the kids at the club! That the Lord will really speak through me!

The Lord has been teaching me so much the past month. He is really teaching me about having Him be my number one in all circumstances. That all I need is His love ALONE.

"Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance! I will bless the Lord who guides me, even at night my heart instructs me. I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me."- Psalm 16.

As I was hiking during my quiet time, this verse really struck my heart. GOD ALONE is my inheritance, He has been such a blessing in my life. God is guarding my heart at all times. Its so amazing how I am actually walking into a blessing with Young Life and the season I am in life. God is really teaching me how to delight in Him and KNOW that my Joy comes from following His will and serving Him.

I also am learning a lot about truly HOW BIG GOD REALLY IS! I started this accountability group with two of my girlfriends and we are going over crazy love. It has truly been such a blessing to have such amazing friends in life to walk with during this season. This book has really opened my eyes to the how Big HE really is.

My prayer is that I will desire God's will in my life and that my heart will always be on fire for Him. That I learn to completely fall in love with Christ. That I serve wholeheartedly without any fears or distractions. I really feel like the Lord is slowly taking each fear out of me one by one.

Praises:

* The Lord has provided $6,500 of my budget so far!

* New freshman have been coming to club!!

* I started a jewelry line called Charis! Take a look http://charisjewelry.blogspot.com/ !

Prayer Requests:

*That the Lord will provide for my grades, I have been struggling in my classes

*Freshman boys to come to club for Corey to take to camp!

*A couple of my girls would like to do workcrew this upcoming summer where they live at camp for a month and serve. Pray that we get spots together at Woodleaf for the July session. It is really hard to get spots all together at the same camp!

*Pray for a re- energized bible study. My group of 13 haven't all been showing up to my bible studies. I changed my bible study to Thursday evenings so hopefully the girls can make it!

Thank you so much for your prayers! I am so blessed to have all of you supporting me! Love you all!

-Lauren

YOUNG LIFE NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

Hello friends and family! Thank you so much for supporting the ministry the Lord has put before me. I am so blessed to be given the opportunity to serve on Young Life staff. Through eight months of prayer about my call into this ministry, I can confidently say that the Lord has called me to Young Life. I am really excited about this new season the Lord has in store for myself and His ministry. I am so thankful you are a part of making a difference in these kids lives.

This year was a great start! Our first club was awesome! From now we are doing an integrated club with San Clemente and San Clemente Downtown! Corey (New Area Director for San Clemente Young Life) did a great talk on how Jesus wants us to come to Him to celebrate! We have a handful of new leaders and I was so encouraged for this new school year!

I have a group of 12 Juniors in high school that I have been mentoring for the past year. I took them to camp this past year and it was amazing! Never cried and laughed so much in my life! 7 of my girls committed their lives to Christ. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79apOT41Mg) They are on varsity cheer this year and 3 of the 11 are doing Jr. Leading for my cabin times (bible studies) It is so amazing to see how the Lord has been moving in each of their lives and how thirsty they are for the word! I am really excited about this upcoming year to see how the Lord is going to grow them.

Please pray for :

*My personal spiritual balance. I have been struggling with balancing Young Life, my personal life, school and my spiritual replenishment.

*My encouragement starting this new job and just where the Lord has me in life.

*Young Life Club- that there will be a smooth transition for combining Downtown and San Clemente.

*Finances- My budget for the year is $13,000, I still need to raise $7,000 of that!

*Leaders- Pray for the encouragement for all the leaders and that the Lord will provide new potential leaders.

*YL girls- pray that they will continue following Him and will pursue a stronger relationship with Him.

Holly Herzog

Corin Burns

Lauren Jackson

Taylor Drew

Sarah Mikosz

Lauren Zines

Nicole Pappalardo

Amanda Simkins

Ivette Stevens

Kelsey Bennight

Farrah Haglom

Loni Carissa

Thank you so much for all of your support in Young Life!

Love you all,

Lauren