THANK YOU! 
To be honest I feel far from you now. I haven’t set aside enough time for you. But every now and then I take a step back and realize wow only you could have brought me here, only you could have opened the door to this opportunity, only you.

I’m writing this letter on the flight home from the best summer yet. I thought to myself oh I’m a little closer to God right now up here in the sky, but that’s wrong. Yes, you’re with me here too but I sit in the palm of your hands every day, you hold me there, and that’s a beautiful image. 

A big chapter of my life is closing and I’m soon starting a new chapter. This is exciting yet terrifying, but something I have always been star struck by is that you have every detail of my life planned. You already know where I’m going to go, who I’m going to meet, the highs and lows and everything in between. What peace that brings! 

These past few years I have learned what true peace feels like thanks to the people of 2:5 community. None of us could have ever organized this group, you did that. You allowed us to form this second family and keep each other afloat in some of the most difficult times. I have learned what it feels like to have my heart set on fire for you. I want my heart to be set on fire for you again and again. like our 1Tenn Leaders say, I want everyone I meet to know there is something different about me. Something that makes them want to be more like you, not the world. As I move to a different city, I pray that our special group continues to connect and support each other. I hope to find a support system half as good as this one in Dallas although I know you are already preparing it. I pray that you set up the city for me and myself for the city. 

I learned in and through 1Tenn the importance of community and how you didn’t create us to do life alone. I now desire to have that and be that for someone no matter where I go. Thank you, Jesus.