Today was a beautiful day. A day to rest is such an important thing, but something I seldom respected this past year. This summer has been as good a time as any to change that, and I am very thankful for the opportunity I have had to refocus and take the time to recreate habits that I should not have ever fallen out of.
Instead of waking up at 6:30-7am today, I actually took some time to sleep. Even though I had planned on getting the same amount of sleep as I have been the past couple of days, my body would have none of that nonsense. I ended up sleeping until 9:50am, which was 10min before I had to be at the school to pick up the keys to the dorm. Good timing! Not gonna lie.
We live right next to the school, so I just walked over quick. I got the keys from Roxanne, learned how to shut the alarm off in case of a false alarm, and walked back to the house. I made an egg sandwich that desperately needed some bacon or sausage, but was good nonetheless. I read over my devos and enjoyed some more time in the Bible than I usually have before going to the office during the week, which was awesome.
Afterwards, Jonny, Laura, Emily and I went back over to the dorms to put up signs so that all the churches know where to go when they get here tomorrow. We had some confusion when we tried to correlate the maps that were given to me by the director of the school and the actual dorm rooms. It's all good though. We figured it out.
Shortly after we got back, Steven got back from Cool School, and he and I headed out to SF. On the way, I wanted to stop one more time to try to find Francis, who has the keys to the Two Strike community building. I called her cell phone and I was told that she was on her way to All Stop to get gas. As God had planned it, we were just driving through Rosebud when we were told that, so we watched the All Stop for Francis' truck.
We actually passed All Stop right after Francis pulled out in front of us, so we ended up following her back to her house. We found out that we kind of creeped her out a little bit, but she laughed once she saw my face. Oops.
I wanted to get keys from her, but she told me that she still needed to get the copies made because she had been really busy this week. She was going to go down to Mission to get copies made, after she dropped her groceries off, so she said she would call me when she was done.
In the mean time, Stephen and I went out to SF to find some people, but we stopped three times and we did
not find a single person we were looking for. What's with the Two Strike/ SF area and the troubles we have finding people in those communities!? I don't know, but this week has been pretty stressful trying to find people.
We drove back to our house, and shortly thereafter, Lauren, John V., Bloom, Sarah, Emily, Matthew, and Audrey came over so we could have some pizza and hang out. It was Lauren's birthday today, so wish he a happy birthday! We sang to her, had cake, and chilled for a little bit before everybody went their separate ways.
As everybody was leaving, a storm was rolling in and some people had mentioned going out to the field and watching the storm. Nobody ended up going out, but Jonny, Emily, Laura, and me, but dang. It was one of the coolest things I've experienced.
Since it's so flat out here, you can watch the storm coming in for miles, and the magnificence of God displayed as the storm was rolling in was an absolutely incredible spectacle. Jonny was reflecting the entire time about how cool it was that although the storm seemed so huge and went on for miles, God was still in control. There was no need to be afraid; God was there and He controlled the fury of the storm. Yes. Humbling to say the least.
We stayed out there for at least an hour waiting for the rain to come. And we only left after we were drenched by rain water. We jogged the half mile or so back to our place to dry off, and let the rest of the storm pass over us. It was a wonderful bonding experience to say the least.
After everybody got back to the house and dried off, we decided to watch a movie-- The Bourne Identity. Great movie. Great end to our day of rest.
Tomorrow the craziness begins. LJ Week is finally here and the interns are ready to rock.
Thank you so much for reading about my day today. I truly appreciate your support in this way.
Things I learned today:
1. Anybody can bond in the rain.
2. God holds the fury of a storm in His hand; how much more does He hold the plans He has for each one of our lives?
3. 2 Peter 1.
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