SOS Beach Day.

I'll admit it: I'm a terribly blogger. I'm horribly inconsistent, and I tend to update on my life quite some time after events have happened. Just like I'm going to be doing right now. The last two months of my life have been crazy, but please allow me to update event by event.

One Saturday in the beginning of May, we had an SOS staff beach day. We carpooled to Corona Del Mar in the early afternoon and hung out. The weather that day wasn’t awesome, but it was warm enough to be in shorts and tees.

I had had a rough Friday night, and I almost bailed on the event. I just wasn’t sure that I wanted to be with people. However, as soon as I got there, my boss Claudia asked me how I was doing. She had seen a tweet I’d written the night before and wanted to know if I was okay. While everyone else went down to the water, she and I sat on our towels and talked about life. She is so incredibly wise and had great insight to offer to me. That conversation alone made my time there totally worth it.

Some people came back from the water, and more of our staff arrived. We all ate dinner together and spent time in conversation. It started to cool down, so I changed into jeans. A fire was lit, and we made s’mores. As it got darker, we all gathered together around the fire pit. We were each given a little container labeled “Pray for SOS,” which we filled with sand. We split up into small groups and prayed for the staff, incoming students, and fall orientation. When we gathered back together again, we spent some time in worship.

This staff is so incredible, I can hardly believe it.
I am so, so blessed to be a part of it.