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Christ for the nations
Bee Cave, TX the second picture may seem out of place, but my cousin and i had the chance to drive down to Austin just a couple days...
Jules Arata
Apr 21, 20244 min read


hope extended
Broken Arrow, OK i feel like a lot of these blog posts lately have been a combination. of what i learned on the event and in staff or...
Jules Arata
Apr 12, 20243 min read


marked by praise
Friendswood, TX Space City took a whole new meaning this week. yes, we were just down the road from the Houston Space Center. && what a...
Jules Arata
Apr 7, 20243 min read


a protest against hunger
Chelan, WA Chelan, a town you have probably never heard of, but need to add to your bucket list. (this was another last minute change up...
Jules Arata
Mar 24, 20244 min read


teach them like a friend
Syracuse, NY my 50th event. feels monumental by that number alone, but this one gained even more significance as it was my first event...
Jules Arata
Mar 16, 20244 min read


life is good, God is greater
Novi, MI the Lord used this event in so many ways. He used it as evidence of something i learned recently: that we are emotional beings...
Jules Arata
Mar 3, 20243 min read


can't pour out unless you're being filled
Red Oak, TX this weekend, i was local, but just a little bit south, in a small town called Red Oak. so familiar, yet new. we got to...
Jules Arata
Feb 25, 20243 min read


the stories untold
Austin, TX i was going to call this blog: "the capitol: family edition (again)" but i just did not want to forget what the Lord taught me...
Jules Arata
Feb 18, 20243 min read


the city that built her
Darien, CT i got to walk into this event looking at it through a unique lens. i was going to my college roommate's hometown. since i had...
Jules Arata
Feb 4, 20243 min read


a bham special
Bessemer, AL set the scene: i haven't been to AL since i was 12, but i had a feeling in my gut that something was going to happen on this...
Jules Arata
Jan 28, 20244 min read


dinner is ready
Fargo, ND "have you ever stood in the middle of a miracle?" this is a question i asked my friend this morning. he said that he was not...
Jules Arata
Jan 15, 20244 min read


a texas christmas
Driftwood, TX driving events feel different in some way. i don't know if you could tell, but i do not write about local events i do, bc i...
Jules Arata
Dec 3, 20232 min read


it's giving season
Lorton, VA after never having been to the DC area my entire life, i have now been 4 times in the last year, which is wild to me. but its...
Jules Arata
Nov 20, 20232 min read


감사합니다 - thank you
Johns Creek, GA 안녕하세요 -- Hello! this was a weekend unlike any other event. one completely immersed in a culture so different yet so...
Jules Arata
Nov 13, 20232 min read


down to the gulf
Gulfport, MS this event felt familiar to me, having worked an event about a year and a half ago just next door in Ocean Springs. yet this...
Jules Arata
Nov 4, 20232 min read


california girls
Chino, CA after two years, i finally got to go to California for work. it felt that much sweeter bc it felt like i earned it. it was an...
Jules Arata
Oct 22, 20232 min read


the capitol: school edition (again)
Austin, TX this was not my first time at this event, having been here almost exactly a year ago, i had an idea of what to expect. we had...
Jules Arata
Sep 28, 20232 min read


troop 323
Universal City, TX i had heard about this event. how amazing the church was, the host team was, && how smoothly this event usually runs....
Jules Arata
Sep 17, 20234 min read


double-header
Dallas, TX && Magnolia, AR to be completely honest, i expected turbulence. i fully thought it would be a rough re-entry into working. but...
Jules Arata
Aug 22, 20233 min read


upstairs: football edition
Broken Arrow, OK my oklahoma event is the last one before camp...again? it felt poetic that my last trip before i go to the mountains for...
Jules Arata
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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