He is Lord

Okay, I'm sure these college posts are getting annoying, but if you don't want to read it, you don't have to :)

I've been packing...or trying to at least. I've been purging my room. I cleaned out my closet, and have two full trash bags of clothing that I am going to give away. I have 5 whole trash bags filled with trash or random knick knacks that I just can't hold onto anymore. I've been purging my life, basically. I've also been crying a lot. Going through old stuff, finding old photos, reading old journals, looking at clothing I used to think was cute, it's all very emotional for me.




Yesterday was my last day at my church. God has blessed me with an amazing church family. From the time I was very young, God has placed people at Hillside who have ministered to me and shown me the love of Christ. From Miss Sheri to Miss Toni to Re and Chris and Kim and Jake and Kayla to Pastor Terry to Roy and Lois, God has put these awesome leaders around me to help me through every part of my life. I cannot begin to express my gratitude to these people, and my awe at how freakin amazing God is. Aside from the leaders at church, I've been blessed with three amazing girlfriends who have held me accountable and prayed for me and cheered me up and loved me through all of high school. While we're all different ages, we've bonded over Christian pick up lines, missions trips, all nighter sleepovers, and ultimately our desire to seek God's will in our every day lives. While saying goodbye to all of those amazing people was very hard, it was saying goodbye to my Sunday school class that made me the most emotional. I started working in the nursery in 5th grade with my mom, and it didn't take long for me to realize my calling was with the children. Miss Sheri trained me, and when Ms. Toni took over, she trusted me enough to let me teach my own class. It was such a huge blessing to me, and while I was the one teaching the kids about Jesus, I found that they often showed me more in my walk with Christ than I could show them. By the time my freshman year came around, I was positive that I wanted to pursue a career in children's ministries. While my career ideas changed a few times throughout high school, I have ultimately come back to children's ministries. God has brought me here again, and I know that these kids are my calling. Children's ministries is where I am meant to be. I love each and every one of the children I teach, and saying goodbye to them killed me. They will continue to be in my prayers every day, and I pray that another amazing teacher will step up and be blessed by these amazing kids.



As if saying goodbye to all of that isn't hard enough, I had to say goodbye to a group of girls who have been my closest friends since kindergarten. I know a lot of people make fun of Heritage, and say that it must be so awful going to the same school for 9 years. It has its downside, as any school does, but I had the time of my life there. More importantly, I met my best friends there. Lauren, Natalie, Audrey, and Deanna have been my best friends for all of elementary, middle, and high school, and as we had our last Starbucks date, I again was overwhelmed by how much God has blessed me. I have been through everything with these girls, and now as we all go off our different ways to college and beyond, I know I am forever changed by these girls. I love them so much, and I know they say you never stay in touch with your high school friends, but I don't believe they ever had friendships like we do.



So this sums up how I'm feeling right now. I haven't said goodbye to Ben or my mom yet, and I know that'll be the real kicker, but I want all of those that read my blog to know that I am going to miss you. I also want you to know that while I am very emotional, I am also very ready for the adventure that God is leading me on. I have prayed and prayed and prayed, and I know I am not going to Biola blindly. God is leading me there.

With that, I will finish this blog, and thank the few of you who read it. God is doing amazing things in my life, and if you'd like to continue hearing about it, I'll continue to post about it. Back to purging my room!!!



-Savannah



"Take my life and let it be all for You and for Your glory. Take my life and let it be Yours."