it turns out i am working at camp this summer after all. for awhile, they weren't sure they were going to be able to find an internship placement for me, so i got the okay for the summer job. i'll be serving the camp lone star summer staff this year as "administrative deaconess." (my guess is they were pretty excited when they came up with that for me) basically two parts: the administrative half consists of registration and helping plan off-site trips and special programming weeks. the deaconess part means i get to help and check in on Bible studies and just be there for counselors. all in all, it sounds like a pretty good gig.
one week after i finish at camp, i will be moving to dallas to serve my year long deaconess internship at linc north texas. no, i didn't spell linc wrong. it stands for lutheran inner-city network coalition. i'm pretty pumped about it. for one, i get to live in texas! two, i've only heard good things about linc and the leadership there. three, i asked for something outside the box and i definitely got it. four, i think it will be an internship a bit out of my comfort zone, so i'm excited to learn and grow. five, there is the possibility of some pretty cool roommates. so overall, i think God has been preparing me for what is just around the corner.
currently though, before either of those can happen, i have to get through my last three weeks of grad school. this consists of two presentations, a ten-page paper and my MA exam. i've been reading like crazy studying up on Christian education. i'm sure it'll be fine and not as difficult as i'm psyching myself up for it to be, i just don't want to have to retake it later down the road.
i have to start my goodbyes with the group home. they really have become like family. they might be the hardest to part with. those ten folks have forever stolen a piece of my heart. i don't even want to think about it.
on top of all this, i'm getting ready to leave the place i've called home for the past two years. not that i'm too upset about leaving st. louis, it is weird to think i may not see some of these people again. so it has become a balancing act between old friends and new friends and a boy friend (in addition to studying, field work, and camp prep).
so needless to say, my mind has been going about a hundred miles a minute and will probably continue to do so for awhile. i'm ready to move on, but then other days, i want to cling to what i know. i feel like i've written this entry before and in a way, i have. i am not a stranger to change, but that doesn't make it any easier. i pray that God would calm my heart through it all and that He would be my strength and guide through these next transitions.
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