Iowa-Home Away From Home

I saw lot of corn fields. And even eat some Iowa corn. 

This last week I was given the best opportunity ever, I got the chance to go to Iowa and hang out with some of the coolest cats on the block. For the last two springs I lead a group while they were here at YWAM SF and just made some of the strongest connections with them ever. I really made some strong relationships with the students and even stronger relationships with the leaders. These relationships will be forever.
During my time in Iowa, I took every chance I could to just relax and hang out with friends there. I finally got to see what Big House looks like. Got to hang out with the students on their territory. On my last night there, we had a BBQ/Bonfire/ SF Reunion at the home that I had been staying at for the week. We hung out at the fire and played 'star gazing'. 
I couldn't of asked for a better time for this Iowa trip. It was just a refreshing time that I had. Just being in a place where I just felt at home and was surround by people who I consider family. When I was getting on the plane to head back to SF, I started to cry. I wasn't just crying because I was sad to leave, even though that was true, I was thinking about how I was no longer going to be on staff at YWAM SF come to the end of February. I wasn't going to be the person leading my family around the city. Would I one day be replaced by someone else? It also hit me, that I was going to be moving from my YWAM family. People that I have grown close to. People I have laughed with and cried with. People that love me for who I am. And they know my flaws and weakness, but guess what.... THEY STILL LOVE ME. And that is how my Iowa family is. They got to know me and my story, and they still love me.
It was really hard for me to leave. I didn't want to but knew that I had to. Hopefully I will be back there in December, if not, I will be seeing most of them in March. I will take that 5 hour drive to SF to spend the week with them!

[Sorry, I don't have any pictures to share with you guys. I am normally good with taking photos, but for some reason I didn't this trip. But I took a photo from google.]

Here is the Iowa Family. This was taken this Spring.