Rylee's God Things

It's really funny to me how God works. About a week or so ago, I was laying in my room with a couple friends. Probably listening to some Dan + Shay music (I have my roommate hooked, now! Look at me go!) when another one of my sweet friends came in our room. She was extremely upset about how she wasn't at home, and how it would have been so much easier to be at home during this season of life and not be in DCLS. We ended up praying for her, but in the back of my mind I was thinking, "Hm. I feel bad that she's feeling like this, I've never felt like that before." 24 hours later, I was feeling the exact same way. I felt like I was missing out on EVERYTHING back home. Not only did I miss my brother and sister's first homecoming dance at school a little over a month ago, but I've also missed countless volleyball games, cross country meets, Riverdale nights with my little sisters. I've missed movie nights with my sweet Kenna, family brunches, and F...

It's only been THREE weeks since my last blog post instead of two months! Progress!! Funny that SO MUCH has happened in the past three weeks. I'm sitting in Starbucks (the closest place with wifi) with my sweet friends Kara and Salem, and Kara goes, "Wow, you have A LOT you can write about!" Tell me about it. For starters, we had the first years Feet Washing Ceremony on October 5th. The day before had been pretty rough, so it was completely intentional that this, of all things, would be the next morning. It took me a while to actually submit and get up to get my feet washed; I kept having all these thoughts that I wasn't worthy enough of it. As I got my feet washed, three of my sweet small group leaders prayed over me. And even though none of them knew how rough the past couple of days had been, or why, they prayed over me as though they knew. They prayed for everything I needed, which was completely a God thing. It was incredible. I know you're shocked t...

So... it's been almost a month since I last posted and a lot has changed, to say the least! For starters, I moved a thousand miles away from home... and that was kinda scary. But here we are! A month later and I love it with my whole heart. It's crazy how much has changed in my life in such a short time. To do a short update, here's all I've been up to in my first month in Los Angeles: After finishing orientation week, we jumped right into normal life here: Bible Study, Small Groups, Leadership Class, Book Study, Tracks. Bible Study has taught me a lot not only about God, but all of human creation. We've only had class twice, and we haven't even made it past Genesis 3, but I have learned so so much about life, love, myself, and God. Small Groups has been fun, but also uncomfortable to open up to eight people I don't know about the deepest of subjects. Book Study and Leadership Class have been pretty minor so far... lots of notes and lots of reading! I...