yes, it's true - i'm going to update my blog. in a way this is good. i think most of you have probably given up on the possibility of me ever blogging again, so the pressure is off! if you ever come here again, it will probably be weeks from now. well, that makes me feel better!

well, my summer of course, was crazy! it was good, but crazy. i really love all the camps and trips we do and i love being with my students. i have many funny stories about myself and them from this summer and i'll try to get to all of them eventually.

my summer started out in a sad way. my grandaddy hunt passed away on june 7. some of you might remember that i went to spend some time with him back in april. he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in march. but, even with the heads up, it all happened pretty fast. but, ever since i found out he was sick, i've been thinking about him and how blessed i am to be his granddaughter. family is such a mystery to me. i don't understand how God works everything out and places us in the families that he places us in. i don't know why some people are placed in homes that are full of love and others are in homes absent of love. i don't get that and sometimes i think it is unfair, but when it comes down to it, i'm thankful for the family he has placed me in.

at youthwave this summer, one of the leaders there was challenging the other leaders to make a commitment to make disciples of Christ in their family not just of their kids, but of their kids' kids and of their kids' kids. when he said that i realized that i am a part of just that. my grandfather left a legacy of followers of Christ. i wish you all could have known him. the best way i've come up with for describing him was that he was such a good man. he worked hard and was never rich, but he didn't mind. he was kind and loving. he was married to my grandmother for 58 years. he didn't talk a lot, but when he did talk people stopped what they were doing and listened. he was humble and had incredible integrity. he loved God and he loved the the word of God. he also loved people. for years and years he shepherded the church at auburn. even after he stepped down from that role formally, he was a shepherd to that church. we heard that just a few months before he passed away, he was still making phone calls and checking on people he hadn't seen at church in a while - including auburn's football coach, tommy tuberville:)

he also ran a little shop called the sani-freeze that was kind of an auburn trademark. i have great memories of going to auburn on game weekends and visiting my grandparents at the sani-freeze. we could have anything we wanted to eat there, from hamburgers to ice cream. in one window of the store, they had shelves of gum and candy. they always gave us those little brown paper bags to fill up with as much gum and candy as we could.

i guess i could go on a while. there was an article in the paper about him that week. he was a really good man!

the funeral was hard, but it was good. it really honored my grandfather. one of the speakers read psalm 1 as a description of the kind of man my grandfather was and i agree. one of my best friends, alison glenn, drove over from columbus, ga to come to the funeral and that was such a blessing.

when i think about it all, i'm blown away by God's goodness to my family and to me through everything. the day he passed away i was at the lake with some of my high school girls. my dad called me that morning pretty early to tell me he wasn't doing well. i was able to call my grandfather and tell him how much i love him. about 30 minutes later my brother-in-law called to tell me he had passed away. i'm still thankful for the chance i had to talk to him one last time. i'm also thankful for my trip to see him in april and the fact that the rest of my family had time to be with him over the last few months. another great blessing from God was that my wonderful girls that were with me at the lake that day, slept in so i had a couple hours of quiet time that morning to be sad and think and pray. once they woke up they were great of course and when i came back from the funeral they had written me cards and bought me gifts. they are the best!

ok, so this is really long. my summer adventures will have to wait i guess because it time for me to meet kasey for abs class! yea! 30 minutes of torture. but, no pain, no gain - right? peace.