What a great weekend! The youth leaders went up to WOL for the Annual Leadership Conference. It was an intense time of training and I know we all came home a bit overwhelmed. So much good information and now we have to sift through it all and figure out what to do when. There were a number of answers to prayer while at WOL- good bonding time, new ideas, networking, connection with our STORM ministry team, feedback from churches coming to our youth rally. I was happy to get home- but it was a good time.

Monday night was a great evening! I had the opportunity to fellowship with some local believers at a Bible study not far from my home. I didn't know any of them- and I was encouraged by their passion for Christ and their desire to reach their community for Him. Many testimonies and the message challenged me- I've been convicted lately about my use of time and especially how much time I put into actively studying the Word. It is an area of failure on my part and I know that I need to make a more concerted effort to have a vibrant time meeting with God each day. One speaker this weekend said, "You are only as close to God as you desire to be." That hit me- the depth of my spiritual walk is dependent on me- the time and priority I give it.

I went into work today ready for another day- and by the middle of first period I was not feeling very well. Nausea, brain fog etc... I had to sit down because I was afraid I would puke all over my student's desks. I gave it until the end of the period and then decided that I needed to go home. As I was heading upstairs to speak with my assistant principal, one of my students came in and told me he had just thrown up. It took everything within me to not gag. Then a lady walked by with cookies and that made me want to gag even more. After getting permission to leave and wrapping up my lesson plans- I headed home. I crawled into bed and stayed there until 1:30pm. There is still a queasiness in my stomach which I hope goes away by tomorrow- but otherwise I'm feeling better. I'm sure it is just a 24hr bug. Either way, I have to go into school tomorrow because I have 2 important meetings I have to attend. In the afternoon, I was able to do some reading and prepare for youth group tomorrow night. That was good.

So- with that said- I'm going to head to bed!
Always~
Elisabeth