he's a fish!

so, my cousin is awesome...and i'm not even exaggerating because i love him.

dakota is 16 and is currently one of the fastest swimmers in the world in the 200 m butterfly. he has already qualified for the olympic trials which take place in a few weeks. this past weekend he swam in the omaha grand prix...about 800 elite swimmers competed. he was racing against people twice his size and age (that is sort of an exaggeration...but those other guys were HUGE and older then him!)

here is the video of the race. dakota is in lane 3...he trails for the first two laps, but kicks tail in the last two...beating the other guys by 2 seconds!! he swam his personal best, 2:02.77! i am SOOOOOOO proud of him and love him SOOOOOOO much! this kid has a great future ahead of him.

quick recap

sorry for the pack of post-age! a lot has happened in a little time...

no more work until july 28! WOOO HOOO! it is officially summer and camp season has begun. i do miss work though...am i crazy?!?

impact came and went...it was wonderful as always! REC was amazing. sharon is incredible. i hope to be able to carry on in the tradition of excellence that she has established. our REC staff was phenomenal...and anything you do with malaysia steve is going to be better then awesome!!!

i turned 24! can you believe it?!?! i can't...i still feel like i'm about, oh, 17-ish...sheesh...everyone at camp was so great. i was sung to by large groups a little more then i'm comfortable with, but it was so sweet. i got some great gifts...and a million birthday cards from one of the schools...thanks mac and green 1! i'm so lucky to get to spend my birthday with some of my favorite people in the whole world!

i'm currently in TN for a few days visiting some family. it's a bittersweet time...more on that later...

superWOW starts next monday...holy hannah! staff training starts thursday...i feel so unprepared...but it is going to be A-MAZING!! we have a great staff assembled, incredible people to bring the Word and lead us in worship, and i know that God is going to show up and change lives in ways we could never imagine!!!

i will try to update more often!!!

until then...



Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; YOUR NAME and YOUR RENOWN are desire of our hearts. Isaiah 26:8