I've realized rather quickly that I go through phases with things. One minute I'm all about something and the next I'm over it. Obviously, blogging happens to be one of those things. So due to my lack of writing any this semester, let's do a quick recap. Since the end of January, I have:
-Cheered for the Patriots in the SuperBowl (because when your friend/host for the weekend is a Patriots fan, you become one too)
-Lived in middle TN for 15 weeks with a family I had only met in passing one time before I actually moved in (no worries, I work with their oldest daughter at Show Hope so it wasn't as random as it sounds)
-Met and became friends with 4 of the most inspiring people one could ever intern alongside of
-Ridden in the top of a double decker bus for 4 weeks
-Stepped foot on 14 different college campuses in those 4 weeks
-Attended an ETC simulcast and CAFO 2015 (in person!)
-Freaked out after seeing a couple of famous people in Franklin
-Stepped out of my comfort zone and made new friends in Franklin (not with the famous people, but man that would be cool)
-Accepted a job with a summer camp, later turned down that job offer, and become a site supervisor for the summer day camp I've worked at the two previous summers
Whew. Now I think we're all caught up.
My second internship with the Red Bus Project was one that I will never forget. While I was interning with the same organization and essentially doing the same thing as before, this time around was also so different. I love how creative God is because He can use the same thing to impact or affect us in completely different ways. During my first internship, I learned a lot about God and His different character qualities that I saw not only in myself, but in those around me, in creation, and in the everyday mundane things. This semester, I learned a lot about myself.
-I learned that I love the little details - and I'm actually okay with loving that I love the little details.
-I learned that I love being challenged - and I'm determined to do whatever it takes to accomplish said challenge.
-I learned that I love going deep in conversations with students I've never met.
-I learned that I love loading a Penske and writing on chalkboards.
-I learned that me yelling "Hey I like your Fuge shirt!" to a student across the green from me is surprising to some of my best friends because the me they knew in summer 2014 would have never done that.
-I learned that I love doing even the smallest of tasks, like laminating luggage tags or counting workbooks.
-I learned that I genuinely appreciate people who tell me they see something in me that I don't see.
-I learned that even when I feel the most alone, God is still there, even when I don't think He is.
Even though this season was a little bit harder than I would like to admit, I think one of the reasons is because I learned so much about myself. I'm the type of person who always looks out for other people, their needs, and their qualities while rarely taking the time to see myself, my needs, and my qualities. The funny thing is that God knows exactly what we need at exactly the right time, even if that means more of a look into who we are and who He is making us into.
I still don't have it all figured out and I never will, which scares the OCD/detail oriented/planner person in me. What I do know is that this season of RBP was just as sweet as the first and I'm excited to keep on learning more about myself and who God has made me to be as I continue transitioning out of that season and into my third summer at the YMCA.
Please pray for me as I continue this transition (I'm not a fan of transition whatsoever) from living in middle TN to being back home and as I prepare for summer camp, along with my fellow staff and our kiddos we'll get to know and love throughout these next 8 weeks.
Here's to hoping I won't have to recap much the next time I blog (aka hopefully I won't be as forgetful over the next few weeks)! Happy summer everyone!
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