Today was my first day with the Employment Development office. I was super excited to start the week with Eric and learn some things from him today. However, my day did not really turn out the way I had expected, which is never a bad thing. God obviously has His own plan and His plan is more important than mine. Though I am worried that I didn't use my time effectively today. Here's how it happened:
I woke up with less time to spend on my morning in general, but I focused on my devos and breakfast. I spent some time praying that God would just use my day today and that I would be focused on His will instead of mine. Before I knew it, it was 7:45am; time to go.
I got to the offices by 8am, just like Eric had asked me to. When I got there I asked if Eric had gotten in yet and the receptionist said she hadn't seen him. I went down to his office to ask the office manager if she had seen Eric yet and she hadn't seen him either, so I just sat outside his office and waited. I waited for about an hour, and Eric had yet to step foot in the building as far as I knew.
Luckily, just as an hour was about to pass, the office manager walked out and asked if I was still waiting for Eric. I told her I was and she told me that maybe I could go out to the shed and see what was going on out there. She took me out to the shed and introduced me to some people, and I jumped right in.
Throughout the day I built two picnic tables, and started work on a pretty good sized fence. I met almost the entire crew which was great because I am absolutely out here to meet people. However, it was almost really awkward because not only was I the new guy but I was also the new white guy. We'll see how the rest of the week plays out.
Overall I had a good day, but I was really questioning how I was using my time and whether or not this was really God's plan for my day. I am out here to learn about the people of Rosebud, but long term, my understanding of Rosebud business will be very important; I didn't learn anything about business from doing manual labor all day.
All these thoughts were going through my mind most of the day, but near the end of the day, one of the guys asked me what made me come out here. This question gave me an opportunity to tell him that I was a Christian and that I felt God was leading me out here for something.
I don't know that I'll ever know if he'll even remember that conversation we had, but I pray that God will use that interaction for His glory. I do know that if it hadn't been for that conversation, I would've felt like my entire day was wasted to some extent. Which may not be a correct view of my time out here, because I think God's plan encompasses everything that happens to me in a day. God had a hand in it, so I shouldn't question it.
Anyway, that was a good portion of my day today. I got back around 4:30-5 and I was starving. Emily and Laura got back from grocery shopping around 5pm as well, and they started supper. The spaghetti was fantastic.
After dinner, Jonny and I went over to Greg's to try to grab an extra car for the interns, but there were some complications with that. So instead we decided to explore Greg's land a little bit, which was pretty cool because he's staying on 1500 acres of land right now. We couldn't even see the end of his property from his house. Crazy.
So that's that. Thanks for reading, once again.
Until tomorrow,
Brenden
Things I learned today:
1. Hurry up and wait. Its all Gods timing.
2. A ship in harbor is safe but that's not what ships are for.
3. How to build a picnic table
4. Matthew 11:28
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