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| It's official. My car will be packed and I will drive away from Miami on August 15th.
It is my last week working with FCFC and all the kids for out-of-school camp. That being said it has reminded me how short my time remaining here actually is. I mean it is less than a month. When I think about all this, I'm filled with sadness. There are parts of me that just don't want to leave. I remember graduating from high school and being so eager to leave Warren, Pennsylvania for something different. Then I remember leaving Alma College in Michigan excited about what the future might hold. Of course there were people I would miss each time I changed my location...but I would certainly meet new people and keep in contact with those I knew already. Why then am I having such a difficult time with this idea of goodbye? A part of me is eager and anticipating my move to Pittsburgh for seminary, but somehow so much of me is eager to remain and see what possibilities lay ahead of me here in Miami. From the age of 18 it was all about constant change; in classes, in friends, in summer employment and the list goes on. At age 23 I think a part of me is beginning to look forward to the idea of remaining in one place for a while. This is desire is foreign to everything I've ever had in me. I think I'm beginning to see the value of building up long term relations and connections with others.
So if I'm done with my placement this week...you may all be wondering what I'll be doing until it's time to go. Well I'm scheduled to babysit my directors kids for a few days with my roommates where we will watch the entire Star Wars trilogy, swim in the lake, do lots of art projects, and partake in one awesome syrup fight! Then I go on the end of year reflection retreat....where I'll get to sleep in a tree house....a real tree house! It will be like the Swiss Family Robinson! The rest of my time I plan to spend with the people I've met while enjoying all the things I love about Miami-Dade county and checking out some fo the things I've yet to do.
For Warren folks, I'll be in Warren between the 17th and the 22nd.
For Alma folks, I'll be visiting sometime this fall to speak at chapel
For any of you...I'll be welcoming visitors in Pittsburgh!
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| So I guess it's been a while since I've updated this xanga. I'll give it a try though I think I'm quickly fading on this blogging thing.
Happy Fouth of July everyone! I hope you all have fun-filled days of parades, family, friends, food, and fireworks. I've been hearing and seeing sparklers and fireworks of every kind since about 2 days ago. The kids in the neighborhood run around all day setting the small kinds off. Last night I walked outside and it was like a thin layer of smoke covering the air. Today though are the real fireworks. I'll be heading up to Heidi's house to chill with the rest of the year-long volunteer gang for the afternoon then I'm heading down to a picnic and firework viewing party with some friends in Florida City (last stop before the keys).
There are 3 weeks of "Out-of-School" camp left. My time here has really flown by and it suprises me. At the beginning of the year it seemed like it was going to be so long. There is a part of me that definately wants to stay here in Miami even though I know I would want to be working doing something else. It's funny how quickly I make connections and then I have to leave them. Still I'm getting excited about seminary. 3 years of intense study and practicum. I've always been a person who's like change regularly...change of location...change of people...change of everything. God has definately begun to show me the need for steadiness in my life. Funny how I'm beginning to feel at peace with the idea of being in one place for more than a few years.
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| This past week was AWESOME! Maybe even my favorite week out of my year.
I was a counselor at a 4 day urban youth camp Saturday through Tuesday and returned to Miami to work long days 8-6pm with my kids here. All this going on with extra church services and opportunities for service and fellowship really makes for a full week, but also really helps me to see the purpose of being here. I like all the activity. Sure from time to time all I want is a little personal time to be by myself...but this week was awesome! And the perfect end...or maybe the perfect beginning to my next week is Easter! Christ is Risen! Amen!
New Picture...a painting by yours truly completed during the Easter Sunrise Service at Bayside. | | |
| Psalm 121:1-2
[1] I lift up my eyes to the hills--
from where will my help come?
[2] My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Can I get an Amen? How about an Hallelujah? | | |
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