hmmm i sit here and think about the kids that i used to have. the high school students who craved nothing more than a place to be themselves, a support system that genuinely loved them and believed in them. For a season, this was the YC, for all of us it was a season that we could not put a price on, that we will never have back and will never fully understand the impact that was made. As staff each one of us chose to give up things to see these kids lives changed and now ,we each are going seperate ways, being pulled from olympia, and learning more and having Jesus' complete blessing poured over us. Each being given the desires of our heart's. New, exciting, challenging, and refreshing. It's crazy to think back on those 10 or so months that were filled with tears, stress, and the constant of days draining into days without a breath. ahh the nights spent in the ER with the students that are burned into my heart or the days of laughter and hugs in Seattle. I will never forget the beauty of what happened in a little youth center in downtown Oly....
It's weird to think that it was ever a part of our lives. that it ever had anything to do with who i am now. haha but it had so much, it shaped me into the bold, strong/ weak person that i am today. taught me so much. Shaped every one of us as leaders, showed us passion and the raw love of Jesus Christ.
Though it may not be a part of me now, may not be where i'm working. it will always be a huge part of me. I may never do anything like it again, but Jesus, my precious Daddy, i will forever be grateful for where You've put me, the places and people that i've encountered over the last year. It's been a season that will forever remain driven into my soul.
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Wait, what? Explain please. What happened to the YC?
About 4 months ago the YC ran out of funding. A church in downtown olympia gracefully let us move into their building. Though this was a blessing it was also difficult for our students had a hard time coming because it was in a church and we did not have much of our stuff/ games n such. WE were not able to do much of the case management and such that we were doing in our own building. It's still a part of the downtown Oly's church and they are going to be taking it over full force sometime soon. But as for the the YC as we knew it, it no longer exists. It's hard, but we know that the time we did have with our kids made an impact in our lives and theirs. so there ya have it ;)
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