The end of a 4 year blessing and the beginning of a new Adventure.

Life is a Seriously Ridiculous rollercoaster. Imagine all the ups and downs and backs and forths and times you said, "I will never do this" or "I am done with that" and still you find yourself coming back to that very same thing. This has happened to me in a couple of areas. First off after working at Dairy Queen for a year I said I would never do it again. It wasn't that I wasn't blessed by the job or that I wasn't thankful but I really did not like it all that much and had no desire to go back. And still, over and over God called me back there. He provided for me through the work that I did at Dairy Queen and blessed me with great employers who welcomed be back with open arms and who were sad every time I left for a short time. Now, God called me to quit that job and take a leap of faith and go back to another thing that I said I would never return to.

So second, I was a youth pastor at a little church in Shasta Lake City for over 2 years. It was the most difficult thing that I have ever done in my life. I struggled with more with church, faith, and following christ during and after my venture. I came out a lot more educated but extremely exhausted and burnt out. After talking with the head pastor on a Sunday morning he was telling me that I had to do whatever God called me to do and that might even include coming back out to Shasta Lake again and screaming in my mind was this one thought, "I will never come back out here." Well never say never. God gave me a vision for the youth of Shasta Lake City 4 years ago and during my time away from being a Youth Pastor He only enlarged it. I also have struggled a lot in my faith and my walk with the Lord in really deciding how I want to live my life. And, when God had divinely orchestrated everything together to bring forth the opportunity for me to step back in to a Youth Pastor role alongside a team of people I love and respect very much I decided to follow Jesus. So now I am leaving a job that I said I would never return to that I came back to time after to time to trust God and follow Him to do Youth Ministry in a community and at a church that I said I would never go back to.

Sometimes the way God works is Seriously Ridiculous.

 I have no idea how my bills will be paid but I know this, God has always provided for me whether it be through a part time job, random checks in the mail, or other people listening to the voice of God and supporting me financially as he has lead, my bills have always been paid.
So here I go. I'm taking this leap. I am excited and terrified and at the same time full of hope and peace knowing and believing that I serve the one who fills us until we are full and provides beyond what we think that we need.

Pastor B

haha pastor thats funny...