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september was fun!!!

if only the weather got cooler

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As I pack up my things and move out of California I can't help but reminisce all the extraordinary people I've had the honor and privilege of meeting at @thrivecollege I would always say, "I'm never moving to california" but after these two years and all the freinds I've made over this time... it would be very difficult for me to say that again.

Maybe one day I'll return back to a place I could say was my second home.

For now the journey continues... God has recently led me to an organization in which I will be leaving the states soon to help lead college students in Ecuador for 10 months.

...Stay tuned for updates...

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forever grateful for Breakaway ~ the place i accepted Jesus for the first time as a camper, and where i now get to help and watch others do the same 🩵

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Fulfilling February🩷

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✨2025✨

A year full of ministry, missions, camps, events, conferences, travel, weddings, camping, concerts, and so many sweet friends. Feeling so incredibly blessed to live this life.

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sooooo last year 🎆

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This was a good year. I am so thankful for the people God has placed in my life this year. God has once again never failed to surprise me with His beauty.

This last month I have searched for every opportunity for a worship night, every church service, every special event to experience God. But the Spirit gave me a revelation that I get to experience Jesus everyday. I don’t need to see with my eyes or hear with my ears nor hunt for a location or the sound of music.

There is no better place you can find Him better than the very desperation we are all currently in. The very brokenness Jesus died for.

Jesus is not hard to find if your heart is open to Him. (Romans 1:19-20)

Thank you Jesus!

Here are my top five reads of 2025.

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first roll in the books !

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Undeserved, June Edition: BREAKAWAY GB & AUBURN

June was filled with a lot of cool things: How To Train Your Dragon releases in theaters, I celebrated my first birthday as a Bayside Staff Member, and plenty of other cool things to celebrate.

But nothing even comes close to the impact that Breakaway 2025 had on me this year. This has genuinely been the best year of Breakaway I have ever had. I had the absolute pleasure of leading for two separate campuses, and both were amazing in their own right!!

Granite Bay: I met so many new people and grew so many new relationships than I ever thought I would! Thank you everyone at Granite Bay for making me laugh and making me feel so welcomed for the week I was there with you all!! Everyone was so talented, professional, and intentional, and that’s something I definitely won’t take for granted.

Auburn: WHAT A WEEK WE HAD TEAM💪🏼. If I was told as an outsider that this was Bayside Auburns first ever FULL WEEK of breakaway, I don’t think I’d believe it. I’m so genuinely amazed and impressed with the entire team behind putting on this event, and I cannot tell you how many hundreds of hours was put into every minor aspect of this event. Raising over $4,000, creating an intentional and captivating Rally, creating the culture of breakaway but with an auburn twist, and soooo much more that I can’t type here. Well done to everyone on this staff and volunteer team who made this happen! It genuinely could not have happened without you, and I’m so proud of every single person who was involved!!

Best staff team in the world:
@curtharlow @sergemoskalets @karston.williams @jfpowers1 @lisette.cornelius @therealrachael @nikki.pichardo @ash.berndl @kendieamores

Thank you Jesus for such an amazing June, probably the best one yet!

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much love for may 🌞🌞

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Deceptive Ignorance

“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” - 1 Peter 5:8

Spiritual warfare is a very misunderstood topic that may be leading us to be ignorant and afraid, two words that you never want to hear out of a Christian’s mouth. And because Ignorance is the foundation of Satan’s deception, his schemes ought to be exposed because, without such knowledge, a believer can fight for, defend, and protect evil spirits under the false pretense that he is defending God since, when the person experiences something supernatural, he automatically assumes it is divine, therefore deserving our defense. Meaning that man, through ignorance, can stand against God and attack the very truth of God, yet also defend the devil, and oppose God, unless he has knowledge. Likewise, it isn’t about what you have right, but what you have wrong.

What is demonization? It is a misconception that if you have a demon, you are possessed. But that is not always the case for the word possession. Possession can mean two things. Something that possesses you, or something that you possess. The greek participle daimonizomenos which in its root means “a demon causes passivity” this indicates a control other than that of the someone who is demonized. It is someone who is submitting to the devil, opening doors to spiritual attack.

The word “demon possession” should not be thrown around lightly. Because If I could give you one thing, demons do not own anything. They are only squatters or invaders of territory that does not belong to them. (Ps. 24:1). They are tenants whom you’ve given the keys to live there (Jn. 10:10). The bottom line: there is only when way to get rid of them: The way, the truth, and the life, Jesus Christ.

It’s the name that demons tremble and the name through we claim victory. When you commit your life to Jesus—when you say “I belong to Him” you are declaring that your body is no longer your own—its real estate, owned by the Holy Spirit. The enemy needs to hear that loud and clear.

The enemy may be strong but the one who lives in us is stronger.

In Jesus name.

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BARNABUS - “He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith” Acts 11:24 💙💙
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so much love for this trip & this place. so blessed to be on barnabus. a team full of the Lord’s love and encouragement. i loved getting to spend the week with my barnafam and build long lasting connections and memories, while secretly putting forks on each other. so thankful to have the opportunity to connect with the ninos in mexico and get to revisit familiar places and faces. so blessed to be able to worship God with my bayside community. so much love for my favorite place & the creator of the universe 🤍🤍

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