A Place Only You Can Go

This one's for you guys.

romans 12:1&2

now playing: A Place Only You Can Go -- Needtobreathe

Sunday. August 11th. 11:30 pm. 

What did you people do to me? You took a shy girl who was too comfortable in her own surroundings and thoughts and transformed her heart. You've got me saying things like "merhhh. merhhh." and you've got me waggin' my fingers all over this town. I thought this was just supposed to be a summer job for me, but I was seriously mistaken. I was unaware of the things I would experience this summer, and my heart is so overwhelmed to think back on my time at New Frontiers. I learned more than I ever could have imagined. From how to really clean a bathroom, how to cook for 120 plus people, how to tie a bowline on a bite, to learning how to really love my neighbor, and learning what a servants heart should look like. I sat on top of the summit of Big Hump on the A.T., roughed the open waters and headwinds at center hill lake for 5 days, brought Jesus to the people of Haiti, and sat around the table (family style of course) with my great staff family for countless nights of good food and even better laughs. These memories will never leave me. They will play in my head for months to come. And at some point or another, each of your faces will shine through and remind me of all the reasons I love you. I must thank you all for such an incredible summer. You challenged me to be the best me I could every day, you encouraged me when I struggled, you taught me when I needed help, and you offered your company when I just needed you to be there. For that, I am forever grateful. I'm just a little upset that you guys did this to me. You've got me in tears. You flipped my heart. and what was thought to be just a summer job in the beginning, has become so much more than that. It has become my life, my motivation, but most importantly it's become home. Soon enough, we will all be going our separate ways.  some of you, i will see often. and some of you, I wont see for a while. but i will keep each of you in my heart always. 

so here's to the staff of 2012. Let it flow.

"In my heart you'll always know:

 there is a place only love can go, 

there is a place only you can go."

Emily Ann

(sometimes known as Mermily)