time off

Here's some good news. . . last week I was officially hired as part-time administrative staff at Spring Arbor Free Methodist, under the young adult and adult discipleship pastors. This is good news since I had already given my notice at my previous job, trusting that something would work out. I will be starting no later than August 1. Also in the works is a part-time internship under young adult ministries at the church. So, amazingly, God is providing a way for me to work in the area of ministry I'm passionate about!!

Since my old job ended last week, I've been taking some time out this week to relax, hang out with friends, read a book, have some extended prayer times, etc. It's been good but somehow my time gets filled up just as quickly! I've had a chance to go out to Somerset Beach Campground a couple of times to hang out with Maria and Robbie Bolton at their site, as well as hang out with the usual crowd of friends. I've also been reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, and I've been able to have a lot more time to do things like go to Lime Lake or to Ella Sharp Park and walk. I've also taken this chance to ride my (borrowed) bike around Jackson to save on gas money, which has been nice.

And speaking of Somerset Beach Campground, man, I was so refreshed by the overall atmosphere of Family Camp. It was encouraging to see so many people respond to the Spirit's movement, and I was excited to see people challenged by the amazing preaching by Kenny Martin. Whew!

So that's what's happening with me. Off to set up a DDR party for tonight. . . I know, it's a rough life.

bautismos (baptisms!)

I made it back down here just in time to get to Somerset Beach Camp and attend the baptism service at family camp. . . I was excited to witness as two of my friends from CAV, Carlos Rivera and Carlos Mauricio, were baptized. Here are some pics!

Carlos Rivera

Carlos Mauricio

back

I'm back from vacation, back to Jackson, back to work for my last week at Allied. . .
Vacation was interesting, I think I'm still processing some things since there wasn't a whole lot of alone time for introspection. At the very least it was good for me not to do anything really "productive" for a week, something I'm not very good at doing (not doing?), which I realized once again. It was also good to spend time with my family, especially my grandparents and my aunt, but also my parents and sister. We don't get to spend that much time together very often anymore.
Well, anyway, more at a later date.