Playing in someone else’s playground

So one of the things that I tried to communicate to my last internship, with I would say about 80% success, is that I was an INTERN. My job was not to implant myself within the church and to take on huge projects that would then get left by the wayside when I left. The more I start to get into my new internship the more important I realize this issue is.

So in essence I currently have 3 months to prepare the church’s deacons for ministry, build them up so they can function, and then instill in them a sense of ownership so that they fall to pieces when I leave. Wait check that … 2 months, I’ve already been here 2 weeks.

Either way it will be a fun, if not insane, ride in Paso.

In other news God is teaching me about obedience and listening to him. Most of my mental flow got sideswiped by this. He is teaching with the Big Hammer. More to come later ... maybe ...

Getting Settled

So moving didn’t go as smoothly as I would have liked. I found I had WAY more stuff than I realized. Most of it junk and after spending a good solid week an a half of slowly packing stuff up, and throwing stuff away (I understand garage sales sooooo much better now) It took two loads of my car plus one load from my parents Ford Explorer to get me moved home. Not counting the one load left down in Pasadena at Dave Barry’s place (sorry!) that is becoming more of a hassle to get up to my parent’s place than expected.

On top of that I got sick. Mostly in the throat/sinus region of my body, and it is almost over and I’m hoping some good hard work will make my body kick into overdrive and kick the last of it. So what I had hoped was going to be a 2-day move up to Paso took the better part of a week. I’m finding that it isn’t a bad thing. Two of my aunts were in town so we got to annoy each other and cause trouble. I did make my first staff meeting on a short drive up and tried to get my calendar mostly in gear. Then went back to my parents place to get the rest of the stuff I would need for my 3 month tour.

While I was home I got this:



And life was awesome.