Leading Off - It has been a very busy time in my life over the last couple of weeks. I started work, I’ve moved into a new place, a new season of ministry has started. It seems like I’ve always got something to do these days.
Elder Affairs - The job is going well. That is, I understand everything that I’m supposed to do and I’m doing it. I like the people I’m working with. The commute isn’t too bad. But… I spend eight hours a day in front of a computer screen. Which has it’s pros and cons, to be sure. Let’s face it, I’m a major introvert. I get worn out easily if I’m around people for too long. So by the time I leave work I’m ready to party! I was downright animated at Nav Night last Thursday. I guess I wish I had a little more interaction with people here at work though. I don’t even see Liz or Helen much just because I sit in the back end of the back cube row. I rarely have a reason to leave my space; they rarely have a reason to come back here. But all in all I like my job. It may not be exciting but it’s within my capabilities and it’s paying the bills. It’s a blessing from God and I can’t let myself forget that.
Continue reading ‘So Many Beginnings’
It has been a very long time since I’ve posted an update of substance. For that I apologize. Between being busy and being sick I have not had the time or motivation to sit down and chronicle the first three weeks of the semester. But here we are, already staring at September 18, and I haven’t posted even one real update since classes started on August 29. It’s a shame, I know. I think the best way to do this, rather than try to reconstruct all the events in chronological order, is to sort events by type.
Continue reading ‘My Final Fall Semester’
It has been way too long since I’ve updated. I’m sorry about that. I said I’d do better and I think I’m actually doing worse. And a lot has happened over the last few days too.
Last Thursday we we treated to a great special speaker at Nav Night who talked about reading the Bible relationally. It’s hard to put into a small paragraph just what that means so I’ll just let you take a look for yourself: http://www.saltandlightgroup.com. Lauren gave an amazing testimony, the kind that has something that everyone can enjoy and learn something from. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard better.
Friday I had my first test in Spanish since my freshmen year of high school. It was really scary, but I think I did well. The rest of the day was spent making rafting preparations.
Saturday through Monday I was in Tennessee on the Nav White Water Rafting trip. It was a lot of fun even though I couldn’t raft (bad shoulder). I like to camp, plus I really like hanging with the Navs from UF. One such UFer (sounds like an insult) named Dana is sorority sisters with one of the girls I met in Italy. The world is getting smaller all the time.
Continue reading ‘I Wish I Could Go Rafting’
