Some know of my long journey through college...squeezing 4 years into 5 and a half :/ Anyways, that part of my life was a huge growing and transitioning period for me. I learned a lot in my time at Hannibal-LaGrange College. I gained wisdom from men of God who graciously and lovingly took me through the scripture and even some through life. For these men and their ministry I am eternally grateful.
I also did some awesome internships and got to work along side some of the guys who do ministry best in the state of Missouri. My last summer in college (summer of 07) I was going to be interning at FBC Raytown and then graduating in December of that year. All the details were worked out and I was excited to work with 3 awesome youth guys at a youth ministry of 200 plus students. Before that time in life I had only been a part of my youth group growing up (20 at most) and others not reaching even a 100 students and most times no more than 30. There was even the infamous phone call with Brett that I'll probably never forget...ask me another time and I'll tell ya.
As the Spring semester in 07 was winding down I got a call to come to the Registrar's office. I am getting ready to go into my last semester in college and they tell me I owe over 2,000 dollars to come back. I was floored. I didn't have that much money and neither did my parents. So, I called Brett and told him I couldn't come...this absolutely broke me! I was so pumped about this internship. Ryan Langford had asked me to come the summer before when I was interning at the Baptist Building with Matt Kearns and the team. I had been looking forward to this for a long time.
I went home. I didn't want to but I got a job waiting tables at Country Kitchen. I did that for two weeks when I got a call one morning. A friend of my mom's had called her to see if she could meet with me. Having just got home I didn't want to get on the phone because I had been at work all night waiting tables of cranky drunk people but I talked to her anyways. And glad I did...she wanted to meet me at Starbucks so I gladly obliged lol.
We met and she asked me if I still wanted to go to KC and intern at FBC Raytown. Weird question I thought because they had already started and I was trying to make money to go back to school. She told me if they would still let me come she knew a family that would pay the money it took for me to go back to school. I was speechless. I didn't deserve this.
I called Brett and after talking to Ryan they said I could still come. So I packed up the 1989 Chevy Astro and headed for KC. I'll never forget how grateful I was that day. And on top of that my manager at Country Kitchen totally understood and told me to enjoy life...didn't see that coming either! I learned a lot there that summer and I look back at all the lives I was able to get to know, the people I did ministry with and how my relationship with the Father grew. I miss Graham, Tyler and the 32 Langford children too ;) but also the students!
Thank you, Jesus, for your blessings I don't deserve!
I also did some awesome internships and got to work along side some of the guys who do ministry best in the state of Missouri. My last summer in college (summer of 07) I was going to be interning at FBC Raytown and then graduating in December of that year. All the details were worked out and I was excited to work with 3 awesome youth guys at a youth ministry of 200 plus students. Before that time in life I had only been a part of my youth group growing up (20 at most) and others not reaching even a 100 students and most times no more than 30. There was even the infamous phone call with Brett that I'll probably never forget...ask me another time and I'll tell ya.
As the Spring semester in 07 was winding down I got a call to come to the Registrar's office. I am getting ready to go into my last semester in college and they tell me I owe over 2,000 dollars to come back. I was floored. I didn't have that much money and neither did my parents. So, I called Brett and told him I couldn't come...this absolutely broke me! I was so pumped about this internship. Ryan Langford had asked me to come the summer before when I was interning at the Baptist Building with Matt Kearns and the team. I had been looking forward to this for a long time.
I went home. I didn't want to but I got a job waiting tables at Country Kitchen. I did that for two weeks when I got a call one morning. A friend of my mom's had called her to see if she could meet with me. Having just got home I didn't want to get on the phone because I had been at work all night waiting tables of cranky drunk people but I talked to her anyways. And glad I did...she wanted to meet me at Starbucks so I gladly obliged lol.
We met and she asked me if I still wanted to go to KC and intern at FBC Raytown. Weird question I thought because they had already started and I was trying to make money to go back to school. She told me if they would still let me come she knew a family that would pay the money it took for me to go back to school. I was speechless. I didn't deserve this.
I called Brett and after talking to Ryan they said I could still come. So I packed up the 1989 Chevy Astro and headed for KC. I'll never forget how grateful I was that day. And on top of that my manager at Country Kitchen totally understood and told me to enjoy life...didn't see that coming either! I learned a lot there that summer and I look back at all the lives I was able to get to know, the people I did ministry with and how my relationship with the Father grew. I miss Graham, Tyler and the 32 Langford children too ;) but also the students!
Thank you, Jesus, for your blessings I don't deserve!
FBC Raytown Underground
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