this is my friend abby. she is going to be a senior in high school next year, she is an incredible soccer player, and she is one of the most joyful people i've ever known. i met abby this summer when her friend rachel brought her to an event we had with HaU. a little over a month ago abby came to m-fuge with us and on that trip, she came know Jesus in a personal way. i will remember the night she surrendered to the gospel for the rest of my life. i was walking down the hallway of the dorms where we stayed in nashville and from the end of the hallway [about 50 feet away] i could see abby grinning from ear to ear. she was about 10 feet from me when she said "guess what?", without giving me time to even take a breath and with all the volume she could gather, she yelled "I love God!". i think that she woke up everyone that could hear the sound of her voice, but her joy and excitement were not going to be silenced that night. she had come to know true forgiveness, grace, and love; and she just couldn't contain it. today i got to sit at panera bread with abby and just talk through what life has been like for her this summer and what she is looking forward to this year. as i sat on the other side of the booth i was humbled by the burden she has for friends to know the freedom she lives in and challenged by the undeniable joy she has in relying on the Lord more everyday. she shared with me how nervous and excited she is to live her last year of high school differently. i can't wait to see how God uses abby to change the girls on her soccer team and the people that sit behind her in math class. one thing is certain, He has big things in store for this precious girl.
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