community
Yesterday, my team and I wrapped up seven months of hard work, meetings, trainings as another year of TC comes to an end. With attendees offering one another hugs, others signing shirts and leaders bursting into tears of joy, I once again stand in awe of the lessons I have learned and the way God had shown Himself to me during this week. In comparison to years past, I can wholeheartedly tell others that I gave this year's conference everything, from interviews to trainings, from administration to accountability. I'm not preaching that hard work will bring upon sweeter and better fruit, but my goodness, I observed and learned a lot . Each year, God presents a new word to me during the conference: joy, unity, mosaic; this year, He gave me the word "community." 1) Authentic Christian Community is shown when we grieve together. Day 3 was a rough day for my youth leaders as they watched one of their captain friends struggle mentally. It was an absolute uphill battle tryin...