hey everyone!
So it's been about a month since my last blog entry, which doesn't seem all that long ago, but at the same time it does. Let me catch you up as to what has happened in the last month before i move on to what i really want to talk about. Alright, well, i arrived home from the Philippines on August 3rd. And was home for about a week and a half when i started working at my summer job from last summer temporarily because they needed help desperately, and i needed the money, so it was a win-win for everyone. Also in the past month, i was able to hangout and catch up with friends that i had missed dearly for the previous four months while i was in the Philippines.
Alright now...unto the main event. This past week i officially moved to the YWAM Metro NY base here in Smithtown. It is as much fun as i thought it was going to be. The people here are beyond amazing. And i can't think of anyone else that i'd rather be on staff with. Yesterday and today were staff training/orientation days. Both days were amazing. Both days were stressful in their own unique ways. Yesterday was stressful in the fact that it was much more theological and way above my thinking level. Today was stressful in the fact that it was just a massive amount of information in not a lot of time. It was brain overload to the max. But I have some amazing friends here, and they helped me sort through some of what i was feeling, and gave me suggestions on what i could do to further process what i was thinking/feeling. I think it's just going to take me a little while to get used to how things work here as a staff member given the fact that this is my first experience as a staff member for something like this. But i can honestly say, I am definitely looking forward to living life with all the staff member's for the next two years of our lives, and the students that arrive in about 2 weeks for the next six months!
With the wind,
Mark
