Woah, where has the time gone?!

Wow, wow, wow! I forgot I had this haha. So much has happened! Where to start?!  Well, I'm obviously older now. I'm 17 (soon to be 18) and God has just blessed me so much! This summer has just been amazing, especially one event. That event was NYC. NYC (not New York City ;) ) is a national youth convention where teens hang out, worship God, do projects, and listen to great speakers! It really opened my eyes, and my life has just been changed since. I feel as if God has just blessed me. I know I'm supposed to be involved in music, and also to reach out to the broken (maybe both at the same time!) And the Lord has convicted me of some things. At the last night of NYC, the leaders of our group washed our hands. This symbolized that the hands we have will be used for God, and to fulfill and further His kingdom. I still think about NYC to this day, and how I miss it. I will forever continue to think about that week.

The rest of the summer went great! I was barely home at all, which was nice :) I went to family camp, and that was awesome! After family camp, I went straight to New York for two weeks. I had an incredible time with Colleen, Bill, and (yes, even her) Amya. I played in the praise band at her church the two weekends I was there! Immediately after New York, I went to kids camp as a counselor. During kids camp, I hung out with Kayla, John, and Tucker at Eat 'n Park. It was aaaaaaaawesome! After that, I finally went home for a day, then left to hang out with Maddie Lytle for the weekend! She had her 16th birthday party, and it was INCREDIBLE! She had a tea party, and it was so rad! I have never been to a tea party before. And then on Sunday, I went to Maddie's church, and then went to a baptism at a person's house. It was so awesome to see people being baptized in a pool :) Then went mini golfing with her and her sister Julie, who is an amazing individual! She is so funny haha :D

But yeah, my summer has been great! I still have a little bit of summer left, but for the most part, it's over. I'm a senior this year! I am so excited to see what God is going to do through me this year, and for the rest of my life here on earth :)

Until next time,
Canaan

P.S. Hey Aurielle and Anjoli, text me sometime.