Lafayette water, applications and Claire

Well, made it through the first week... :)  When I got back from the lakehouse, I hit the ground running.  My first few days were challenging but good.  Spent a couple just trying to find my way around the city!!   But that's ok.  You all should be proud of me because I didn't really get lost LOST/direction turned like usual.   

Currently, I pretty much have the internship with the Vision of Hope (house for girls), am waiting to hear back about a job, and getting ready for my first day of my Biblical counseling class on Monday.  YAY!!  

I met with the director of VOH today to talk about me working as an off-site intern (someone not living at the house with the girls) and it went well. I am seeing how much of a learning opp. this is going to be!  Wow.  Im going to have to be tough and stern with the girls about the policies and rules.  Almost all the girls who come in have had no structure at all in their lives, so that's what the biggest challenge is....listening to authority.  The goal with all the rules is to teach them not only how to make healthy/smart decisions for their life, but why.  Alot of the girls come in not knowing who God is.  They, like alot of people (even believers) don't have a truthful understanding of who God is.  (I was one of them).  I desire to do this internship because I am just recently starting to see how the Bible is really worth studying and believing.  I am just starting to see how God's Word is sufficient for EVERYTHING in my life.  I desire to see girls with broken lives learn about the hope and strength we can have in Jesus.  It takes hard work to change, and growth is definitely a life long process.  

Tonite, I got to hang out with a group from the church known as the "College and Career" class. It was a hang out nite at one of the girls house and we had some amazing Asian cooking.  :)  It was really nice to be with people my own age.  The people in the group are from ages 25-35. I felt like I was hangin with the "Singles" group back at TBC, but different.  I miss you guys by the way!!  :(  When I stop and think about the fact that I don't have a kindred spirit here yet, it gets me down.  So what I'm trying to practice instead is focusing on how good God is and the fact that He was the One who brought me here...so I KNOW He will provide.  Practicing that has been a challenge.  Also, I have been trying not to be expectant of others and just serving them instead.  That humbles me for sure.  

I miss Kansas...especially the water.  The water here has an iron taste to it. Im sticking with bottled water for a while.  LOL.  The Kesslers have a dog named Claire.  She sympathizes with me about the water, so that helps.  

Goodnite y'all.