Prayer. - 7/28/14

Prayer. - 7/28/14

It has been way too long since the last post. I am going to keep this one brief! I am tired, but doing well! The internship here at church is going really well! I need to get back to work, but I would ask you, the reader, to pray for me. Yes, I need prayer. Crazy, right? Who do I think I am asking for prayer...! 

I need prayer to get the job done! I have a lot of work to do with this internship! This week, specifically, I'm teaching on Roman Catholicism (Which I know nothing about) for our Wednesday night Bible Study. And, I know I'll have other teaching obligations. Also, I will be meeting with a bunch of people this week. I am incredibly nervous about that! I have never been great at just hanging out and having lunch with someone, so this will be a challenge! The next big thing is my class for school! I am way behind and need to finish it in two weeks! I am getting ready to come back to FL! These next two weeks will be crazy. I know, there are others who need prayer more than I need prayer. I know that this is not that big of a deal, but I would great appreciate it, if you would be so willing, to pray for me! 

Hopefully, I will post as to how I've been doing in the next couple of days! A lot has happened!

Thank You!

6/25-7/3 - Dyslexia

6/25 - 7/3 - Dyslexia

Well, a ton has happened since last post! So, why keep talking? Here we go!

6/25-6/27 - The rest of VBS was fun, a little crazy because on Wednesday and Thursday night were overnighters. The first one was great. As the intern, I had to go pick up the pizzas for the group. There were 7 kids when I left. My attitude was totally wrong. I was tired and just wanted to go home. The last thing I wanted to do is to be with these smelly kids. But, by the grace of God, I actually felt love for the kids. As I entered the cabin, there were 2 kids. I searched for the others and they had all gone home. Just two of the boys were left and the youth Pastor and I. It ended up being a really awesome night! Pastor and I talked for a while and the kids loved it. Just us going back and forth with jokes and theological topics. For some reason, they loved it! Later, Pastor and I were talking about reading speeds. He said he was an incredibly slow reader at 20 pages an hour. I told him that I read about 6-10 pages an hour. He was shocked! (Don't worry, this random fact comes into play later)

The second overnighter went, well, alright. Not as good as the first night. There were more kids this evening; which is fine! These kids are great! A great group to be with! Earlier I was speaking with my girlfriend and told her about my reading speed. She asked if I had Dyslexia. I was shocked! I never thought that I could have it. Later that evening, we tried to prank the kids. Pastor, myself, and several older leaders decided it would be a great idea to take smoke bombs and air horns and toilet paper and air-soft guns and pretend to be terrorists and scare the kids. It failed miserably. (For the record, it was not Pastor's or my idea to do all this stuff. We wanted to scare them by creating a dark figure in their window or something of the sort, but not to come in guns a blazin') It only caused all the kids to be angry at us for making the entire cabin smell terrible and filling it with smoke. Also, it woke the neighbors. Yuck. But, hopefully they will have a good story out of it!

Later on the next day I went online and took a simple test so see if I had Dyslexia. Not professional by any means, but it gives an idea as to what to do next. Well, after several tests, they all said that I probably have Dyslexia and should look into taking a professional test. Not sure how I feel about this. It's not that big of a deal, but to a certain extent I feel like a freak. Someone who has this mental disability and is an outcast from society. This is not true! I know it's not true! It did, however, make me much more concerned than it should have. 

6/28 - Earlier in the day I spoke with some of my best friends from FL over Skype. It was so good to hear from them and to see how they are! That night we had our young adults Bible study. We talked about what men need to be in a relationship. Terrifying! Not because I don't want to be that, but quite the opposite, I will never achieve perfection. I can learn and strive to be this Biblical man who leads his wife as Christ did for the Church, but will never meet it perfectly. It was incredibly helpful to learn about what it looks like for Godly Christian men to be in relationships! 

6/29 - Taught in Sunday School. And played softball with some friends! However, this day, despite the good start, may have been my worst day in several months, if not several years. I cannot go into more details, but please understand that I'm doing well now! (7/4)

6/30 - This day was filled with studying! Awesome! Pretty much the entire day I was in my office studying for an upcoming lesson or for my independent study. I loved it!

7/1 - Not much happened today. We got a new dishwasher.  

7/2 - This was my day off! Really just relaxed the whole day!

7/3 - Came into work later in the afternoon. Well, first, I went to Starbucks and tried to do my devotions. For some reason I became incredibly frustrated with my inability to read well. (But, that is for another time) We, our associate Pastor, some friends, one of the youth, and I went to visit a shut in from the church. The Pastor, as we were walking out the door to go see her, said that I would be leading a Bible Study. No preparation time, just go time! He had been thinking about doing this for months and was quite pleased with himself for keeping it a secret until now. Well, to summarize, it went really well! All by the grace of God!

Thank you!