day 21. cali love.

so after an awesome time in malibu with my boy jj, i left for santa barbara to hangout with my amazing friend from workcrew, kailey vanderbaan. santa barbara is a beautiful place sandwiched between mountains and the pacific blue. as always, i was able to see the Lord working again. This time at kailey's leader meeting for younglife. it was fun meeting new people and getting to see how "productive" young life meetings can be. and i put that in quotes because when i say productive, i mean the complete opposite haha. every other sentence was a funny joke, or someone being witty, which was totally awesome and exactly the way meetings should be. it's always lame if its just quiet and right to the point. gotta mix it up everyonce in a while, ya know?

we also got a chance to go out to this pier out on the ocean, which was mindblowing. i would def put santa barbara on the top 3 spots of my trip.

after leaving the sunny shores of SB, i headed up north to sacramento to hang out with my friend from woodleaf, trevor ganz. trev was a sound tech while i was a ridge runner wrangler. we had a chance to really talk about younglife, since he just got on staff, which was exactly what i needed. he told me all the good, the bad, and the ugly things about being on staff. it was great to hear all of that because it really gave me a new perspective on being a yl leader. i mean, i've heard it from my leaders back home, but not in this full detail. plus its always good to hear from outside perspectives. one thing we did that was supergnarly was play frisbee golf on the capital. yea thats right, the capital building in sacramento. haha. it was pretty rad. i also got a chance to hang out with my summerstaff boss kevin eastway, and one of the other wranglers, val deroos. and it was great to see them!

one thing i'm really pulling away from hanging out with trevor is trust. learning to trust that the Lord is working in huge and unexplainable ways. we may not be able to see all that is going on, but we have to be faithfull to the path He is leading us on. Even when times get rough, and when we feel like giving up, i've realized more and more that God is so present just as much there as He is when we're on the mountains.

next stop is woodleaf and chico! chicka chicka yea.