| | As most of you know, Lindsay and I took a job out at Maranatha Bible Camp near North Platte. Its hard to believe that this is already my 4th night here, but there are many more on the way. First I'll write a little about my first few days here, and then I'll right a little about my personal feelings...because everyone loves to share their feelings :D
So last Thursday was moving day. Our parents came and helped and Lindsay's dad brought his trailer. I also recruited a few friends to help, but mostly I just wanted them to come along to hang out. Moving out was a breeze, and it took us like 20 minutes to load all of me and Lindsay's five possessions into the trailer. We arrived at Maranatha a few hours later and it didn't take too long to get everything unloaded. Then everyone hung out for a while and then everyone left us. Lindsay and I then kinda looked at each other and realized, "This is really happening." It was really hard for me that first night unpacking everything and realizing that I wasn't going back to be with the people I have lived near all my life for quite a while. That night we had supper and met a whole lot of new people, most of whose names I still don't know.
Friday we woke up and kept getting our house in order. Once we reached a stopping point, we went into town and did various important things, like getting texting on our cell phones, making a deposit at the bank, and spending three hours in Wal-mart. That evening was pretty relaxed.
On Saturday we got up bright and early around 6:00 AM and helped run the booth for Maranatha at a local 5k event. We brought paintball guns and let anyone who wanted to try shoot some bowling ball pins. It lasted several hours. Then we went to Wal-mart again, and came home to work on our house and I got to take a nice nap.
Today we went to church in North Platte at the Berean. Afterwords we went to Wal-mart again and then came home for lunch. Then it was time for the staff to arrive, and we spent the next 7 hours over in the dining hall area waiting for the staff to arrive, cleaning, eating supper, and playing ice breaker games. It was fun.
Anyways, now for personal feelings time. To be honest, it has been a hard transition to make so far. Things are just different here. I don't know anyone. I'm sure that eventually I will make friends with everyone here and that I will be able to build some strong friendships...but not yet. That takes time.
Coming here, I had no idea what to expect, and I still don't know what to expect. I miss my home and my friends that I have been blessed to be around for the first 21 years of my life. Most people don't get to have the great friends that I have had and the great family support that Lindsay and I have both had. I love being at camp, but this isn't Covenant Cedars and I miss Covenant Cedars. This is really the first time in my life I have ever really truly been out of my comfort zone, and it just isn't all that easy for me. I know that God has great things for us and that above all things we will glorify God in this place, but it will take time for me to adjust, and I feel that there will always be a part of me back in Central City, back in Hastings, and even back at Nebraska Christian that I will miss. However, this is where God wants us, I am sure of it, and this is where I will stay and where I will grow in my faith. Please pray for us here, and come out and visit sometime!
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