How Far I've come

I may have had struggles in my life but I look back and my whole life has changed over the years, as I young kid if you ever thought that I would be this passionate gymnast (I was never exposed to the concept of gymnastics until I was 16 although I do kind of remember channel hopping and I clearly remember seeing Kerri Strugg do that monumental vault routine in Atlanta 1996 that earned her gold and whilst injured too), or become a youth leader for a strong church and mentoring countless numbers of kids. If you told me all this back then I would have said that you would be crazy but God is full of surprises and incredibly so as I wouldn't trade my time with the youth ministry on friday nights let alone the times I spend at gymnastics practice for the world. I have dealt with kids suffering from the most intense issues touching on the most intense horrific stuff and I have seen them rise to become men of God in the most incredible way. I have  learnt how to face issues like suicide and homosexuality from youth kids past but yet I still feel that need to continue to reach out to the kids that come along but Friday nights isn't only my mission field, its the skatepark ministry that I'm involved in, it's the gymnastics club where I just love to train week in and week out as I just be myself around my awesome teammates. I have joined a group called Gymnasts for Christ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=231487334271
This group is dedicated to christian gymnasts like myself whose aim is to make the most of the time at practice being ourselves and showing the love of Christ at the same time and just giving God the glory for blessing us with the ability to do such an awesome sport. This is who I am: A dedicated Church youth leader, A passionate dedicated gymnast and above all a child of God giving him all thanks for the things he has blessed me with.