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Written by Brittany Jones
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 Tour....? Well tour was amazing. There is really so much that could be said about it. It was a life changing time for me. Before tour I had no idea what I was in for, I didn't know much about what I was going to do nor did i know any of the girls i would be spending the next two months with. When leaving for tour I was overwhelmed with some situations and consequences due to poor choices I had made. I was bitter angry and full of heartache. I felt so depressed and lonely at times. Little did I know that God had some lessons for me to learn. I learned to let my hurt go and to let myself be renewed.
If we live regretting the past then we will never fully appreciate the present. There comes a time in our lives when we need to fully surrender our lives to God and when we do it is so much easier. God will open doors and show you the path to take but will also put people in your path to help you and build you up. That's what I found this summer on tour. I found life long friends, a path I need to travel down and a God who helps me to trust again when I allow myself to grow in Him. Tour was certainly a challenge but worth every early morning and every late night...it changed me and I would most definitely do it all over. |
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Written by Melanie Bozzay
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 What can I say? Tour was a tremendous challenge for me. I came into the internship with only a vague understanding of what my responsibilities would entail. Originally, I thought I'd just be training students, helping out at outreaches, and showing the love of God to people. And that ended up being part of it--but there was much more to this experience then I could have ever fathomed at the beginning.
Tour pushed me to redefine my understanding of life, people, happiness, myself, and, ultimately--God. God used the obstacles I faced on tour and the people I came into contact with to begin a transformation in my life that drew me closer to Him and taught me to trust and adore Him in a way I never had before. I was overwhelmed and blessed by God so much on this internship, in ways that are continuing even after tour. I'm grateful I was given the opportunity to do this internship . . . it has changed my life.
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Written by Jodi Palermo
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 Before I went on this internship, I was scared. Scared of what was going to happen with my future in school, life, and my relationship with God. I didn't even realize how afraid I was until God started bringing everything not of Him out and filling me up with Himself. He totally turned my world upside-down and inside out. Be brought all of my impurities to the surface. Impurities I didn't even know I had and were suffering from. God brought them to the surface and started wiping everything clean, especially this spirit of fear. This internship was the most challenging adventure I have ever taken in my life. I grew as a leader, as a person, and in my relationship with Christ. It’s definitely not easy at all, but He will refine you and you'll come out a new creation. After all, that’s what counts! Zechariah 13:9 "I will refine them like silver and test them like gold." |
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Written by Alexis Gargasz
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 This summer was amazing and challenging. Any spiritual, emotional or internal baggage I had before coming on this trip came completely to the surface, which is great but hard. But with a team of people who, in the end, love each other so much, getting through those valleys of darkness were made easy.
God showed me a lot about the person I actually am, and the person He craves for me to be and how greatly the two differ. I grew tons, but it doesn't stop there. I still have so much to do, learn and see. That idea that it doesn't end in August is so crazy, and it is overwhelming because during the summer its 24 hours of servant hood. The way I lived my life before tour wasn't like that at all. And life after tour isn't to that point yet either. From one extreme to the other, I am now able to find ways in the own life to incorporate the things I learned this summer. No matter how hard I try to explain this summers events, happenings or emotions, I can't, words simply don't do it justice. There were awesome amazing mind-blowing times and there were of course hard times. But I grew from both and learned that God is in control of everything even what we call "mistakes" or "mishaps". |
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