Friday, June 4, 2010

1st week done!



Wow. what a week I can't even think of what i have done these past 6 days of being in KCK, its been so much goodness! First was move-in, it was so stress-free because of Jarrett, Jason, and my sweet Andy and his brother Michael. I felt like i didn't even lift a finger! We got settled in, I met Jill the other intern and her mom. I was extremely excited to get to know her immediately from the time I met her. She seemed so awesome and on fire for the Lord, and to be right across from the hall from each other is such a blessing!!

So to tell you everything that I have done for the past 6 days I will give you a phrase of each day, either something that I experienced, felt, or saw. Let's see if I can do this.

Saturday 5/29: move-in, Welcome to KCK dinner at the Meeks. Met lots of families in the community!

Sunday 5/30: Orientation, Prayer, first Mission Adelante church service (all in Spanish-I don't know spanish, but it felt so powerful). It was overwhelming at first, but it is certainly a dream for me to learn spanish and be able to communicate with the people in this community.

Monday 5/31: Day off, memorial day in Lawrence, KS with Andrew. What a great refreshing, restful time before we hit the ground running the next day.

Tuesday 6/1: passed out invitations to neighborhood kids, had lunch with staff at Mission Adelante and with some Shoal Creek Church folks at a neighborhood Mexican place. 1st day of VBS camp and had 75 Hispanic and Nepali kids show up for a great time. Pretty stressful day, but was excited to start officially!

Wed 6/2: Worked hard around the mission cleaning stuff and having devotional times. Had a some great contact work with 2 teens that I will be working with this summer, Helen and Iris, took them to the local Palenteria (ice cream place). Then had day 2 of VBS. just as fun with lots of fun games, dancing and soccer!!

Thursday 6/3: Started out with a great devotional time for 2 hours-I love having all of this time just to spend with the Lord. Then we discussed a book that we are all reading together with the staff-the Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer. Such a great time, then work more around the Mission. Then on to our Last day of VBS with the kids. It was a great end to a first week on the job.

Friday 6/4: Sabbath! Running errands and relaxing on this hot summer day.

Ok, that was harder than I thought! It seriously has been a huge culture shock, and living in KCK is more awesome that I expected. From the food, to the kids, to the people that I am living with. I LOVE it!

Continue to pray for me and the other interns, we are all exhausted, physically, spiritually, mentally, etc... and we are wanting to continue to be servants to anywhere that we are at. Pray for us, our unity with each other and the staff and that we are able to have a great contact time with the kids. Specifically pray for my relationship with Helen and Iris, 2 teenage sisters who God has really been calling me to and pray that I continue to learn spanish for it is a big passion of mine to learn and communicate with the families.

Also, pray that I finish up my support raising, I have just a little bit left, but I want to be able to be completely supported by the end of this month.

thank you all who have been praying, following and supporting me through finances and prayer for this adventure. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you :)