I was thinking a ton this weekend about how grateful I am to have had a pretty long career in youth ministry. Danielle and I were flown out to Los Angeles where I was performing a wedding for a former student. This was a girl who was part of the amazing core of students I spent time with at Bel Air Presbyterian Church. She was also in Danielle's small group, babysat our kids, came with us on vacations, interned for me in San Diego and just became an amazing friend. Her husband Shea is also a great story because his faith has grown leaps and bounds in the last bunch of years.
The wedding was a ton of fun because so many of the great families that I've been close to were all there. I've done weddings for many of them too and have another coming up in April. It's like every time I do a wedding out there its just a big party celebrating the youth ministry that I was a part of.
It's been a while since I worked at that church but social networking has made it so that I'm still very connected to many of the students and families that I did ministry to there.
It was a great time and I'm looking forward to seeing all of them again in April.
I'm pretty sure that these are kids that I will stay connected to for my whole life. I like to think about that.
