heh.heh.

i'm the worst at keeping one of these things. i'll do a quick one though. WELLLL, i just got back from spring break on sunday night. it was so awesome. my friends and i started a Bible study way back in the day, and we were trying to figure out what to do for spring break. our original plan was to shove seven of us into a suburban and  drive across the country. yes, i know, pure genius. one night though, we all had a revelation. we were talking about what it meant to really serve Christ, and one of us meekly put out the idea of doing a ministry thing. of course, i was hesitant because roadtripping it across the US sounded like a lot more fun. But we prayed about it, and we really felt compelled to do something for people other than ourselves. anyways, about a month ago we had all signed up for this thing called urban plunge, and basically it was  a weekend in the inner city of st. louis with an organization called World Impact. it wasn't a missions thing, it was more like 'get familiar with the city and don't be so intimidated.' which is what happened. we were split up into groups, and our goal was to talk to 5 people and open up with them. i was SO scared. but i ended up talking to about 4 people, and it was crazyyyyy how open they were and how human they were too. i was expecting a gun to the face. nah, it was really awesome though. 

sooooooo, after this experience, we got close to the staff, and we had the urge to ask them if we could help during spring break. coincidentally, our spring break lined up with theirs, and it was their biggest event of the year: VBS. yes, it was indeed a perfect

 situation. so we set everything up and headed over there

 for spring break. the people that went were these kids:

^that is me,michael, rachel zahnhiser, josh cranston, caleb romoser, jordan hohm, and niqui reinhard. 

so, we travelled there last sunday night. we had NO idea what was in store. basically, the World Impact made us run the whole thing. It was sooooo exhausting. We got up at seven every morning, and ended the day at five, and still con

tinued throughout the night to work on what we needed for the following day. we planned the Bible lessons, we taught the Bible lessons, we ran the skits, we planned all the electives. my electives wer

e art and drama. i taught art with josh and drama with caleb, and we were totally by ourselves when we did that. we were drained but the kids we met and the relationships we built were so incredibly worth it. 

the first day we had about 12 kids, but it reached up to 3

0 by the end. the staff told us this was the best vbs they had ever hosted. which meant the world to us because we honestly put in 100% the entire week.  the first few days we had a group from

 clemson university that helped out.

thats our group that we had till wednesday. they were really helpful. some

tim

es it was too many bodies though. they were awesome kids, and we actually went to one of their worship services for a night, and it was incredible. well, my favorite memory from this trip was on friday. caleb and i had to teach the Bible lesson for

 that day. so on thursday night we sat down and started to plan it out. immediately we got nervous because we realized we had to share the gospel story with them for that specific day. all week we had been talking about the ten commandments. but on friday, the point was that the ten commandments were not eno

ugh, that we all n

eeded Jesus. Caleb and i prayed about it for a long time and spoke with the staff about it. and on friday, it ran so smoothly. after we spoke, we split off into groups and asked the kids what they about Jesus and what He did on the cross for us. Michael and i had three boys, and one of the boys, Jeremiah was really curious about it all. He's

 seven, and has a real brilliant mind. He seemed to full

y grasp it all, and I asked him if he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart. He said yes, and i went and prayed with him. He was so happy afterwards he went and told everyone. I started crying because i couldn't believe God had used me to do such a powerful thing. Quite a few kids came to Christ that day. That moment was truly one of the best 

of my life.

That's Jeremiah. My little buddy, and now a brother in Christ too. =)

Yeah, so that week was just so re

warding to all of us. We grew spiritually and really had some tough stuff thrown at us. Adrienne and Jordan, holy crap you guys are awesome. I'm telling you, working with inner city kids was just crazy. I don't even know how Adge and Jordy do it all the time. 

I feel like i could write a novel more, but i have to eat dinner in like two seconds. so, yes, that was great and superb. and i can't really put it all into words. 

but Hannah's due soon! and i CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i miss you family. a lot.

that is about it. much love and all that jazz.

-kell

oh and p.s. me and michael are doing pretty spectacularly. =)