First day

I woke up this morning and drove to church. While driving and as I walked into the building I had a moment where I realized and thought "wow this is where I live, this is my new life" And though it was a really big moment, it felt right. The sermon this morning was pretty good. It was all about loving God and loving others. Fitting for this summer, fitting for life :)

I went out to lunch and had coffee with Patti. (One of last years interns) That was great. We connected really well. It was great to hear her thoughts and about her life.

I left straight from there to get to Hartford. Driving into the city was exciting! I walked in the door and was greeted with a friendly hug and smile from Amy. Amy is our boss and camp director. The other interns started showing up and joy filled the house. Cara, my roommate showed up first. She is great! I can tell I am really going to enjoy working with her. Steve and Brittany( from last summer) showed up next. That was exciting! Alyssa was next to show up. We got all settled in and I really feel like I was already able to bond with Cara!

HCM put a huge dinner on for us. We ate good food and got to know each other a bit better. It was good to see everyone from last summer again! Rex, a board member and one of the guys who lives upstairs, shared with us a passage in Hebrews 5 about Jesus' time on earth. That in His time here He learned obedience through suffering. Rex shared with us that we will do the same this summer. We may not directly endure suffering but we will no doubt witness and live within the suffering of the community.We will meet children this summer who have suffered and that will not be east. This summer will be challenging, but we will grow. Russell challenged us to seek to find Jesus in other people. Our mission is to be like Christ but to be able to see Christ in other people is huge.

Tomorrow we leave for a few days to work at a camp a few hours away. We will be doing some service projects and some intern bonding time. That will be great!

Please pray that God would give us the eyes to see Him in this community. That we would be able to serve each other. That we would love each other with the love described in 1 John! Please pray for unity.

God is so good! He is alive in working in all of us.