Twenty-seven days ago I graduated college. The evening after I graduated I got down on one knee and asked a young lady by the name of Juliana to marry me (She said Yes). Two days after that I packed all of my belongings and moved from Philadelphia, PA to Grand Rapids, MI to intern with xxxchurch.

When I received the internship with xxxchurch I was pumped. I thought I would move to Grand Rapids and stay there for the rest of my life working either with xxxchurch or another organization in Grand Rapids. I was ready to move. Philadelphia was great but at the time I got the internship my life was frustrating and instead of confronting the frustration I thought I would just leave it and start over. Juliana and I weren't speaking and I thought things were never going to improve. Two months after I got the e-mail from Craig inviting me up to Grand Rapids Juliana walked back into my life. We began to talk and mend the brokenness that was caused in the past. My feelings of Philadelphia started to change. I started to see that Juliana was the one I was suppose to be with forever. My excitement for the ministry didn't change but my priorities were elsewhere. The weeks before the move I spent almost every minute with Jul and we talked about marriage and the move and her having two years of school left. Things were good, but that moving date was getting closer and closer.

Then it came and I moved away from my fiancé to start a new job in a new place with new people that I really didn't know. I really had no idea what to expect of xxxchurch and when I got here I was surprised. I always pictured xxxchurch being run by teams of people. I thought there was a team of people updating the website, a team of people answering e-mails and a team of people editing videos. Upon arrival I was surprised to see that the teams of people I envisioned weren't here. Instead of teams of workers I found Craig, JR, Clint, Jeanette, and Brandon doing a majority of the work that it takes to run the ministry. It was a relief to see that in the middle of these giant Christian organizations there were people humbly working behind the scenes for the sake of Jesus. It's been inspiring and as I find my place within this group I only hope that I can find the same humble passion that is behind the xxxchurch name.

So after twenty-five days of interning and twenty-seven days of lots of change I find myself in a place where I need to trust God. I need to trust him that the work I do for xxxchurch, whether important or mundane is advancing his kingdom. I need to trust that even though I am 717 miles away from Juliana God will keep her safe, and I need to trust that God really does love me and really does want the best for me. So far the experience has been great and I only hope that it continues to help me draw closer to the Lord.