Winding down...
Whew! It's been a long 2 months! I can't believe this time next week, it'll be July! I've been back in the Mont Alto area for a week...dealing with the torrential downpours and flooding. I have bene house-and-dog sitting for a friend this week, and it's been an adventure. But more on that later. I'm BAA-ACK! And it's good to be back. I missed the community here and my friends from here. It's amazing the way God develops relationships. So, let me attempt to tell you in a nutshell what the past two months have entailed for me.
Let's see...it all started with heading to Spring Institute in May...which was a challenge. It was hard to be back around everyone all at once again after a year alone. I have community here, but it definitely looks different than CCO community and is separate from CCO community. Both are good, and both are healthy (I think) but it's hard to transition between the two. It was awesome to room with my friend Brandie and to get to spend some time with some other friends. It was an interesting first week. And then I headed into the woods. Wow. Still processing this experience. This trip was so different from the trip I took after my senior year of highschool. It was physically, spiritually, and emotionally challenging yet again, but in a different way. I was the YOUNGEST on the trip. How crazy is that? But it was good to receive guidance and to be involved in true loving community. We hiked 1-1.5 miles up a mountain. It was straight up, until we reached 3500 feet. I'll hopefully be able to post some pics in the future. I was scared to do it, and almost copped out, but Harbo talked me into it and I was fine. It was good to spend time with the group that went up and get to know those who I didn't know as well better. And the best part was allowing people to care for me. Becky carried my bag down, and Kelly placed her feet firmly in front of my so I could slide into them. Wouldn't have made it down the mountain without injury without them. Good folks. But more on that later...
Then I went home for a week of vacation and a week of support raising/school stuff. Fun times! I washed down my Gram's porch, caught up with my friend Stang, and read alot. It was good to be home for a while, but I definitely am where I belong now. It was hard to live, but good to leave at the same time....I don't know how to explain it. Home is not the healthiest environment for me, I am discovering. I love my family, and they are wonderful, don't get me wrong. But they don't understand what I do and they don't understand my schedule and they don't understand me. Our beliefs are somewhat different, and it's hard for me to be around the negativity. But God is good and He provides. It was a good time of reflection and learning to live in the midst of change.
Now that I'm back at Mont Alto, I have a new supervisor and a different area director. I am looking forward to the fall, but I am also pretty scared about all that it entails. I really need to get my prayer life back on track, and start praying harder for my students and for the ministry this year. I have so many dreams, but achieving them is all up to God...and transitions are hard. I am praying that I can keep my energy up, and that transitions go smoothly. So, please pray for me. That's about it for now...there's definitely more, but I'm not sure how to put it all into words just yet...so maybe in another post. Hope you all are well!
Let's see...it all started with heading to Spring Institute in May...which was a challenge. It was hard to be back around everyone all at once again after a year alone. I have community here, but it definitely looks different than CCO community and is separate from CCO community. Both are good, and both are healthy (I think) but it's hard to transition between the two. It was awesome to room with my friend Brandie and to get to spend some time with some other friends. It was an interesting first week. And then I headed into the woods. Wow. Still processing this experience. This trip was so different from the trip I took after my senior year of highschool. It was physically, spiritually, and emotionally challenging yet again, but in a different way. I was the YOUNGEST on the trip. How crazy is that? But it was good to receive guidance and to be involved in true loving community. We hiked 1-1.5 miles up a mountain. It was straight up, until we reached 3500 feet. I'll hopefully be able to post some pics in the future. I was scared to do it, and almost copped out, but Harbo talked me into it and I was fine. It was good to spend time with the group that went up and get to know those who I didn't know as well better. And the best part was allowing people to care for me. Becky carried my bag down, and Kelly placed her feet firmly in front of my so I could slide into them. Wouldn't have made it down the mountain without injury without them. Good folks. But more on that later...
Then I went home for a week of vacation and a week of support raising/school stuff. Fun times! I washed down my Gram's porch, caught up with my friend Stang, and read alot. It was good to be home for a while, but I definitely am where I belong now. It was hard to live, but good to leave at the same time....I don't know how to explain it. Home is not the healthiest environment for me, I am discovering. I love my family, and they are wonderful, don't get me wrong. But they don't understand what I do and they don't understand my schedule and they don't understand me. Our beliefs are somewhat different, and it's hard for me to be around the negativity. But God is good and He provides. It was a good time of reflection and learning to live in the midst of change.
Now that I'm back at Mont Alto, I have a new supervisor and a different area director. I am looking forward to the fall, but I am also pretty scared about all that it entails. I really need to get my prayer life back on track, and start praying harder for my students and for the ministry this year. I have so many dreams, but achieving them is all up to God...and transitions are hard. I am praying that I can keep my energy up, and that transitions go smoothly. So, please pray for me. That's about it for now...there's definitely more, but I'm not sure how to put it all into words just yet...so maybe in another post. Hope you all are well!