Author Archives: Haylee Mitchell

Ok… so I’ve been a missionary for about 9 months now, and I think for the FIRST time I’ve FINALLY learned how to pray. Do you wanna know what I’ve learned? Alright… I’ll tell you A few weeks ago my dear brother and sister, John Paul and Sheila, were here leading worship during training week for the summer staffers. The Covecrest missionary girls were incredibly blessed to have Sheila staying in our house. While here, Sheila told us a part of her spiritual journey. She had an experience in

As the Covecrest family has been preparing for summer camp, it has been quite a crazy and humbling experience. It is an incredible blessing for me to be able to witness the fruits that have come from this family praying all year for the Life Teen Summer camps. It has only been 3 days of the first week of camp, and God is already moving in powerful ways. Last night, we had our first adoration for the teens. I was able to hear a glory story from one of the summer staffers. She told us that her entire

Alright…. so I have some things to process. I’m not quite sure how this is going to look in this blog, but I am going to try anyways! This whole year I have been discerning what to do for the future. Yes I know… this is SOO AGAINST the whole idea of living in the moment. Oops… Ok so maybe I haven’t been discerning this whole year, but since February I have been filling out college applications (actually only 2 college applications) and trying to discern if God wants me back in college this

I have been reading C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity… whoa this book  has been doing amazing things for me! Here’s one quote from the 50 pages that I copied down haha : “Give me all. I don’t want so much of your work: I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off  a branch here and a branch there. I want to have the whole tree down. I don’t want to drill the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have it out.

About once a day I think to myself, “Alright Haylee it is time to blog”, but somehow I cannot get myself to sit down and write! It’s been about 3 weeks now that I’ve had this mindset and FINALLY I see why I struggle so much to sit down and write these blogs. The reason I struggle with blogging is because I am not someone to just sit down and talk about what’s going on from day to day. As I sit down and write these blogs, I want to share my heart. I don’t want to just tell you what we do from 7 in

This Lenten season has been incredibly blessed for me so far. Emotional? Absolutely. But beyond words blessed. I feel like the Lord is about to do something powerful in my heart and in my relationship with Him because I am an absolute wreck right now. These last few days have been a test for me. I have been struggling with self-esteem, with seeing my beauty, with seeing myself in the eyes of God. I have been reflecting on my 19 little years of life, and what is the one word that the enemy has

Today for missionary formation, I was asked to lead on Primary Vocation. Honestly, I was at first a bit disappointed. Of what? I have absolutely no idea… When Chris was handing out what we were doing with formation, I remember hearing Paul get “evangelization”. He’s an amazing evangelist. I heard Paola get “authenticity”. She’s one of the most authentic people I know! Sara got “eucharistic spirituality”. Her love for the eucharist is so beautiful. And so on and so on. And then he goes, “Haylee,

Love of my life, Look deep in my eyes There you will find what you need Give me your life, Lust and the lies The past you’re afraid I might see You’ve been running away from me You’re my beloved, Lover I’m yours Death shall not part us, It’s you I died for For better or worse, Forever we’ll be Our Love it unites us, It binds you to me It’s a mystery Love of my life, Look deep in my eyes There you will find what you need I’m the giver of life, I’ll clothe you in whine My immaculate bride