Last Team Time

Tonight was our last team time. It's so crazy to think that 3 months ago I was walking into the CIY office nervous as everything and tomorrow we walk out not wanting to leave. I can't even imagine life now without knowing my team. Courtney, the one who can always find something funny out of a situation, is my partner in crime. She was always there when I needed her. I can't imagine going through Registration day without her. Austin, the most selfless, humble person I know. He was always going off of what Courtney was saying. The two of them would always make me laugh so hard!! Morgan, the most positive person! The best team leader I could have ever had! Then there is Jake, the energizer/ dreamer. The little brother of the group. These people helped me so much. I have learned so much from them and it has made me grow as a person. Tomorrow, I have to say goodbye to these people. It's making me tear up as I think about it. It's going to be so weird for me to go back to my life without these people there. I have spent 24/7 with my team since May 20. I always knew which person to go to if I needed help with a certain thing. I think more than anything that we have gone through so much these last couple of months together, it's hard for me to imagine not having them here when I need them. Yes, I will have my awesome friends here in Joplin but they will not understand everything that I did this summer. It's hard for me to understand sometimes. 

Another person that God has brought into my life was Audrey. She is not my teammate but she might as well be. She helped me through so much this summer also. Every time I needed to vent about something, I would FaceTime her. Yes, FaceTime. My teammates made fun of us for it but whatever. Lol. She is like a sister I never had. Someone who would always have the best advice at just the right time. She would always send me encouraging messages when I needed them the most. She is my best friend here at CIY and nobody understands why. They all laugh so hard about it. Audrey and I are pretty much opposites but that's why we love each other so much. 

Today was our last day of work. Tomorrow we head to the "lake party" which is really at white water. Yes, we know. It's suppose to rain all day. It's so weird that we don't have to go back to the office at 8am anymore. We don't have to fold t-shirts or do inventory anymore. That will be such a relief for awhile. 

Will there be a next year? Quite possibly. If God leads me to do this internship again, I will absolutely take it again. I have never worked for a company that treated their interns so well! They were always looking out for us. I think God has a plan for me with CIY but I'm not sure what it is yet. It could just be helping Carterville go to Move or Believe every year. It could be working at CIY as a PC. Either way, it was such a joy and a honor to work for CIY and the people that came with it. I can't put into words what I'm actually feeling right now. I had one of the best summers and it would be so hard to top it off.

Kristin

Isaiah 41:10