I keep thinking I'll get better at this..

So, I look at the blog, and I really do think about starting a post...but then something comes up or I suddenly find the happenings of my life to be completely uninteresting. I certainly don't feel bored in it, but I always wonder what's interesting enough to share here. Hmmm...well last I wrote on here I had just ended my first week. Soon after that I began a job with a program called Playball. It goes into Pre-K centers and teaches motor skills to kids. I really enjoyed doing it, but I was spending the entire day to organize what was happening for only a couple hours in the afternoon and realized it just wasn't working out. When I went to quit that job, the lady who was my boss said that she still thought I was a great employee and wondered if I would be interested in being a receptionist for her friend's chiropractic business. YES, I would. So a couple weeks ago I began there as a receptionist and feel like I have been picking up on things pretty quickly. So, that's what I'm doing to make money. I have also moved to Lawrenceville, GA from the house in Dacula, to what will hopefully be a more permanent situation. I live with a couple that goes to 12Stone and has a 2 y/o son. They are really great and he is really well behaved and I'm really enjoying living there.

As for the internship, it continues to go well. I feel like there is a good balance of being used in what my gifts are, but also that I am learning a lot about what ministry should really look like. I am praying that through this God will continue to show me what it really looks like for my life. I just keep taking steps as He puts them in front of me and I am more and more excited to see where they lead. Last weekend was very cool, about 20 IWU students came down for the weekend to preview the church and look at the internship program. It was awesome to have people here that I know and to show them how ministry happens here. It is so difficult to explain to anyone what church at 12Stone is really like, because outside of here, I haven't experienced anything like it. It was affirming to be able to talk about the internship and the church and how great I think it is, then remember...I get to work here! It is nice to have some projects now to do and it is good to be able to pitch in and help organize things. A couple cool things from the last week...first, we did an emergency food drive over last weekend just to quickly get food because the Lawrenceville Co-Op, who the church works closely with, was VERY low on food. I was able to help organize it and through an awesome act of God we collected more than 20,000 food items in a weekend! Second cool thing, has been the opportunity to volunteer each week at the Co-Op. This week I was able to be a greeter, where basically I hand them a clipboard to fill out their info, but also am able to just sit and have conversation with them while they are waiting to be helped. There were a couple of ladies who sat down and I could just see that one of them was really carrying some heavy burdens. She had a tearful look even though she was not crying. I sat and talked with them for probably a half an hour and it was just a really Spirit-filled time. I found out they are both recovering from crack addictions and really have lost everything, but are trying to get back on their feet. It was just really good to hear their stories and to be able to pray with them. Do I know that everything they told me was the truth? No. Do I know that they will never again touch drugs and revert back? No. Does it really matter? Nope. God decided to show up in the middle of an otherwise ordinary day so that the three of us could have a Holy Spirit encounter and that is what matters.

The last new thing in my life I guess is that I have begun my master's through IWU. I am getting their master's of ministerial leadership. Currently i am in a Non-Profit Management class and it is going alright. I am hoping that before I'm 25 I'll have finished my internship, my master's and my ordination. If all goes as planned, it should happen. Hmm...that's all I can really think of as being new for now! Pretty much things are going great and I would love to see you visit Atlanta! :)