Summer Plans?

Matt and I are really struggling right now trying to figure out what we are going to do this summer. We are praying that God will shut and open doors to show us exactly where He wants us to be. We have really been praying that He will do that. However, as of right now, we still have a few different options. We have basically narrowed it down to two places right now, but neither one has officially offered us the position yet. That is where we are hoping that God will make it clear where we should go. If both places offer us the position then we will have a very tough decision to make. I will try to share a little bit about each place.

Dry Bones is located in Denver, CO. Matt and I would be serving alongside around four other interns as well as the Dry Bones staff. Youth groups come in during the summer. They spend the first part of the week on the mountain and the second half of the week on the streets ministering to and loving the homeless youth of Denver. This would be an amazing, life changing experience. We would raise our own money for the summer and can raise anywhere between $1500 and $4000. We would live with families from churches in Denver. You can read more about it at www.drybonesdenver.org

Our other option is working as youth interns in Glenwood Springs, CO. It is a church of under 200 people. They do not have a youth minister so Matt and I would basically be in charge of all youth activities. We have been told that they have a “generous budget” set aside for the youth group and that it is ours to use. We would be allowed to plan and lead mission trips, service projects, classes and whatever else we felt would benefit the youth group there. It is a recreational city and looks to be a beautiful and historic place. We would live with families from the church and get paid $4000 each for the summer.

Obviously as far as money is concerned, Glenwood Springs seems to be the best choice. We also tend to lean towards Glenwood due to the fact that we think we may be the only applicants for the job. If that is, in fact, the case then the youth there will not have any kind of “youth minister” for the summer if we don’t go there. Dry Bones has many more applicants and could easily fill our position if we chose to go with Glenwood Springs instead. However, something about Dry Bones still really calls out to us. It is such an amazing ministry. We know it would be life changing. (We HAVE discussed that we could even plan a Dry Bones “mission trip” with the “generous budget” at Glenwood Springs.)

We are just really struggling with what to do. Glenwood Springs seems to make the most sense as far as a “job” is concerned, but we also feel very called to serve in the way that Dry Bones is serving. We are still praying that God will make it clear to us where He wants us to be. We both want to ask for your prayers as we try to figure things out. We should be hearing back from both places in the next week and a half regarding their decisions.

Keep us in your prayers! I’ll keep yall updated on what we find out. Any suggestions?