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Best weekend ever.

So I am now comfortably living in my new house, the rain is great life is just great. This past weekend we decided that we should go to California! It was pretty random but ended up being an amazing trip. 

We had to spend barely anything because cass drives a Prius(I now want one..) and that was great…and we brought all of our food. 

We left around 3am, and then went to Santa Barbara which was BEAUTIFUL. (literally the entire time I kept thinking, why the frik dont I live here? oh because it costs a fortune to live here…thats why. )Went to the beach, and hung our. read sweet books, talked about life.

and chased birds. 

It was an amazing weekend. We ended up getting lost, kinda frustrated ( called my dear friend Ninja, why yes he has a code name… aha. and he was no help to me at all. thanks very much Ninja, there is your shout out in my blog. hope you enjoyed it.) 

and ended up having to turn around a few times… while I was walking back to the car I heard “look dolphins!” and behold, there were dolphins. 

I felt like God was saying, 

“Christian you may be lost, but to me you’re not. YOU are exactly where I want you to be. So enjoy my creations because this is all for you. “

In this very moment i am very content, and at peace. There is something about not having money. I was talking with Ninja about this today. but I like not having money because it more apparent to me when God blesses me with things. I was so dang sick of having top ramen in California, and the girl we were staying with made us hot dogs. HOT DOGS. I felt like God was just blessing us with a real meal. I like that I can truly trust God and know that he can provide meals for me. I would prefer being broke over having millions of dollars. really. I like the way my life is going. 

Its pouring down rain and I have to bike home. this will be very funny. 

Love me for me.

I am currently sitting in my house. Honestly every time I write that I feel a tad bit weird… like wait a second I LIVE HERE.

but as I am here, I feel like I am living the way God intended me to live my life. In community with people who really love Christ, enjoying each others company, laughing, and enjoying Gods creation. 

It has been so beautiful. just hanging out and talking. Its glorious.. Its really cool how its set up, behind out house is 2 additional houses. Directly behind us 4 yl guys live there, then behind them is 2 other girls who were living here before.

Its like a little block of great people. 

I will post picture later, when the internet isn’t so slow. but we planted a garden in out back yard! YES WE HAVE A BACKYARD…

its going to be great, were going to have a bon fire, a bar-b-q and then out sweet little garden. 

but we went to the farmers market and just wandered then saw this guy who was selling lettuce plants. so we bought some then were inspired to start a little garden. so thats exactly what we did. 

Its super cute, we should have actual lettuce we can eat in about 2 weeks. how cool is that? 

God has truly blessed me with a great community of people. as I write this one of the guys is fast asleep on the lov sac in out living room, I walked out there to get my laptop and though to myself, this is going to be a regular occurrence. and honestly I really am okay with that. 

I have so many new brothers and sisters. Its beautiful. 

You have calmed greater waters, higher mountains have come down.

I will miss this wall that I painted. 

but I will also enjoy these beautiful flowers in my front yard. 

Sad to walk away from this room. 

Exciting to walk into this room.

Camp was an amazing experience. It still surprises me how much being a leader really blesses you.. 

we had some pretty awesome shirts. 

Photo credit:Alex T. dude… didn’t even know you were there. NOT okay. 

and some pretty amazing girls. (and guys too. but the girls were the best=) )

Sweet girls. -Sarah P, Sara O, Hanna, Haley, Katie, Charmaine, Keirstan, Mandi, Allison.

You have truly blessed me. Even though it break my heart to walk away from this sweet little town of ours, and from you guys I know that you can do this. I know you will be great in your life. In everything that you do. From going to school, meeting new friends, starting new school, ending unhealthy relationships, to starting new healthy ones. It wont be easy. but Jesus is with you. You guys can do this. Don’t forget that moment when you found God. Hold dearly to that sweet moment. Look at the people in your school, and see what a great need they all have. that great need is to hear about God. Thats now your job. Love them like God loves us. Think of this skit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA

remember all of the laughter. 

Even the dinosaur impersonations. 

remeber that I love you. 

and God never stops loving you. miss each of you dearly. 

change… and alot of it.

Well I am currently sitting in my house. weird… my house? I need you by shawn mcdonald is playing the background…my window is open so it smells so pretty, and im in my cozy room with a hot mocha in hand and my room still in need of my fingerprints .* 

But its going well. This whole transition, moving out of my house with my parents, into my own house, where My family wont be. is going surprisingly well.(for now) Im not sure if there is going to be a point where I just kinda loose it and break down(honestly im waiting for that) but so far im doing pretty well. I will be in the house by myself for a few days, unitl Bekah and Gretta come back.

I am praying that those few days wont consists of me kinda freaking out instead enjoying the alone time. Because if were being honest I have been lacking a lot of that lately. 

It is also hard to not talk to Brandon, well I wont be able to talk to him for 4 weeks. so far we are a week and a half down, with too many days to go. Its hard, because when someone is your best friend you want to tell them everything. I want to be telling Brandon everything but I cant. well because he is in Africa. 

I am thankful God gave me such a great guy as a best friend. really, he is a blessing to me. (can you tell I miss him… just a tad?)

So far today I rode my bike a lot. My mom is staying with me for a few days, because God knows that I may loose it if I didn’t have her here. I feel like I am weening myself off of my family. We made pancakes this morning(SUCCESS first meal in the house, even if it was a little smoky after, and the spatula wasn’t really a spatula… I sure did it!) and then went to talk to Barnes and Nobles about me working there**  then my mom and I went to the tattoo parlor. yup. you read right, she was thinking about getting the same tat as me. but kinda chickened out. oh well. and then rode everywhere on our bikes. Got a frying pan( i probably looked RIDICULOUS. trying to ride a bike with a frying pan attached. pretty Humerus.) and then went to target, and just rode around. I have a feeling I will be doing alot of that pretty soon. more to come later. Dexter just downloaded. 

yes the show Dexter. the one with the killer. Thanks Erin and Jordan for getting my hooked. 

* this may sound weird but when I go places, like SS or Work crew, or a new house…. I always want people to be able to walk into the room im staying in and say”yes thats definitely Christians room.” In other words, put my finger prints all over it. My pictures, blankets, books, clothes. all of it. I want people to be able to tell from a glance that its Christians. not in a super possessive way at all. just that mines different. 

**If anyone who reads this could pray….that would be great. I am in need of a job. really soon, and it sounds pretty promising. I just need to go back in a about a week to get everything else figured out. I would hopefully be working in the coffee shop…. how perfect would that be? 

Change in my life..

I wrote this post a while ago, right before leaving for camp. though that I should post in anyway. 

Things in my life are going to change. To start with I leave to take kids to Young life camp in a few hours. I am SO VERY EXCITED. This week is going to be full of a lot of different things. Late nights, little sleep, laughing very very hard, crying, growing, and beginning new relationships with the sweet girls that I will be bringing. Its going to be great. The hard part of it is that I am moving to Flagstaff. 2 days after we get home from camp. And as of right now, we don’t have anyone to take over Kingman young life so it is going to come to an end. This is pretty hard to grasp. The ministry that I have been dreaming about for years will be coming to an end. One of the best things that I heard was while on summer staff was this: “Christian you did not die for these kids. Jesus did.” There was a reason for me to stay in Kingman. There was a reason God told me to stay here, and lead young life. Maybe it was so that the kids I did grow with could come to know Jesus, or so that they are able to see Jesus through the things that we do, or so that the seed was planted. God will take care of these sweet kids. God will love and cherish them more than I would EVER be able too. God will reveal himself to the sweet girls that I have grown with in so many different ways. I need to trust and know that God has moved bigger mountains. So on another note …things are going to be changing in my life. I am moving, starting a new job, new house, new school, new friends, and a new town. But I know that this is the time for me to go. In the midst of all of this change Brandon is going to be in Africa. While he is there we won’t be able to talk(yes for 4 weeks. We can do this!) …well because he will be in Africa. But I know that Brandon is going to be doing, and experiencing so many wonderful things. God is using him. And its going to be wonderful. So proud of Him and what he is doing. If you would like to follow his blog while he is in Africa just go here. http://thestonesripple.blogspot.com/ If you could be praying for each child that will be going to camp that would be amazing. And for the big change that is going to happen.

How He loves us

I am surprised and overwhelmed with how much I am loved. thats something that I can safely say… There was never a moment in my life when I thought my family truly didn’t love me. Now don’t get me wrong there was fighting, screaming, arguing, but in all of it I never though that they didn’t love me.  And then to think that there is a God who loves me even more than I can ever imagine is hard for me to grasp. 

A common theme in my life lately is the constant reminder of How much God really does love me. There is this song called “How He Loves” and I am often taken aback by the lyrics in this sweet song.

You should check it out. It rocks my world. 

Im Home

ahh I am home.

Woodleaf was soooo great. Truly an amazing time there.

I was blessed with an amazing summer staff.

So going into the month I was suppose to be a cook(oh goodness) and I was really praying that I was be in the right place going into it. The day I got there, they pulled me aside and asked me if I wanted to switch jobs becasue they needed one more person in to sugar barrell. So I made this face and said no I couldn’t. This was where God wanted me. 

kidding.  I said of course. God had this planed all along.

So I work for a month in the Sugar Barrel. I made whirleys, ice cream cones, smoothies, nachos, and pretzels. I loved every second of it! 

and I will  say this.  we danced, alot.

While I was there my sweet brother was working at Woodleaf also. So we ended up getting baptized there together. I was baptized when I was about 11 and it really didn’t mean much to me at all. I wanted to do it when I sincerely meant it, and wanted my brother there for it.  

This month consisted of:

me laughing until I almost pee.

a dead fish in the toilet.

Our laundry in boat in the middle of a lake.

Me almost chopping off my hair a few times.

Sweet smiles from my brother.

Dance parties all the time.

Lava.

the whirley line. (across the shirt…so good.)

a sweet reminder that I am a camper, just a few steps ahead. 

worshiping God with a community of amazing people.

While we are at Young Life camp they have say-so. IF you dont know what it is, its when high school kids stand up and announce to their fellow peers tat they have decided to accept Jesus into their lives. I will say this, you WILL be teary eyed by the end. There were hundreds of kids who decided to follow Jesus, and I got to be apart of it! Even if it was just making whirles, working in the kitchen, mowing lawns, belaying, cleaning toilets, makin coffee, of serving table. 

We ALL were apart of those kids announcing that the are following Jesus. 

While I would be sitting there in the club room, looking at all of these kids who come from different hurts, families, homes, friends, all I can say is that 

The Angels were throwing one HECK of a party. Seeing soo many of Gods children coming home.

This month was truly a blessed month. I was pulled and streched, heart broken, then rejoicing. God is so good and faithful to us. I am not worthy of this love at all. Thank you Lord for loving me when I dont deserve it. and choosing using me when you really dont need too.

The song that truly defines our month. Love everyone I worked with. You all have blessed me so very much. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7SQBJTjwOw

Oh and here is a video that Jake made. THanks so much! 

http://vimeo.com/12993424

Woodleaf

Christian DiBlasi

Young Life Woodleaf

11359 La Porte Rd

Challenge Ca 95925

I am leaving tomorrow for a little over a month, and it will be so great! I have been to Woodleaf twice before month times on Work crew and LOVED it. This time will be different.  

1. My sweet Brother will be there

2. I will be working in the Kitchen

and it is going to a blast. 

getting Letters brightens your day. we wont have cell phones or the internet, so letter are fun to get.

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