Our Last Wednesday

How do you prepare to say goodbye? I've been struggling with that idea ever since we turned in our resignation at Dakota Ridge Assembly. It's a little strange especially because we will still be here in the state, same home we've lived in for the past year-and-a-half, I'm in the same job and we aren't leaving the country for another 6 or 7 months at least. I mean, I don't want to say goodbye because I don't want to cut off all kinds of communication with our teenagers. I want to stay connected with them. But I know we won't be seeing them every week like we are used to. In fact, I don't even know how often we will see them before we leave. That makes me very sad. I also know that our role as Student Pastors is coming to a conclusion and we do need to step aside so another SP can take that role. This saying goodbye thing has never been easy for me and I think I am kind of digging my heals in...even though I know it's our time to leave.
To our students (if any of you ever read this):
I will miss you terribly. I can't help but tear up when I type this. You have been a huge part of our lives these past four years. I know it has been our role to hopefully impact your lives to follow Christ into eternity, but you all have impacted my life beyond what you can know. I hope that we can stay in touch in some form or another (thank goodness for social networking sites). It is my desire to reconnect in a few years and see that you are still following Christ and have made your own decisions to believe in Him and His promises. I hope that you know how much I love you! And I can still be called or texted if you have things weighing on your heart.
Follow your dreams and your passions! God has created you with specific skills and talents and rejoices when you use those to His glory! He's like a proud dad.
I love you guys and will miss you terribly!
Bridget

A Big Day

Today was a very big day. We did something we have never done before.
We formally resigned from youth ministry at Dakota Ridge Assembly.
We have known this day would someday come. We didn't know how, or when, or why, but now we do.
We are so excited about what the future holds.
God has placed a passion in our hearts to become misssionaries in the Phillippines.
Specifically the eastern Visayas, to the islands of Samar and Leyte.
We will be partnering with career missionaries of 20 years, the Alstons.
We're looking forward to the coming weeks as we write the ending of this paragraph of our lives and prepare for the coming months of preparation, training, and raising support.
Thank you for your support, we need your prayers as we take this step of faith.

Heb. 11:1, 2 (The Message)
^1-2The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.

A Slight Change

To those lucky people who have already read my first 2 blogs,

I am changing the content of my blog. Originally, I was going to use the blog as a "keeping up with the Summers family" type blog as well as a running journal for myself. Kind of like an accountability system. Well, running isn't the most exciting thing to write or read about if it's not on your radar. So, without further ado, I am tracking my running via another medium. If you are truely interested in tracking my running progress (I won't be offended in the least if you aren't) you can follow me at www.dailymile.com/people/BridgetS .

Thank you for reading and for your support!