Busy Bee

I can't even remember the last time I blogged.

I have been caught up in working and working and some days off here and there.

We officially started our new rotations this weekend. I learned all the ins and outs of being part of the administration team. I get my own desk and even phone extension. I also get to work the coffee bar on Saturday mornings. So now I officially can work at Starbucks as well. By the end of this year--I will be a professional housekeeper, Barista, Cook, Secretary, Landscape artist, Ropes Course Instructor, Painter, and many many more.

I am learning how to make lattes and mochas and chai tea and cappuccinos. The coffee world is quite a science and it is something that most all people in this world get happy thinking about. So it is my privilege to try and perfect and serve them the best hot drink--to start there morning off with a smile.

On my days off, Jena and I went to Silverthorne and did some desperately needed stuff. We had a girls day, and it was all I needed.

The next day, Jena, Alyse, Steebo, Reid, and I went to Boulder--which I may have to admit is a possibility of where I may want to be next year. Jena and I loved it there--and even agreed to moving there after this year. It is a young, cool, hipster town. It is also the home of University of Colorado. I got to go to Whole Foods and eat lunch, while the rest went to Chick-fil-A--something they all had been craving for weeks. We then went to Target, REI, and Jena and I went to Borders, while the Alyse and the boys went to play Frisbee Golf.

When they picked us back up, we headed to the downtown area, Pearl Street. We walked and window shopped, and I loved every second of it. We got coffee, and then ate at a sports bar and watched part of the World Series game.

It was a perfect and relaxing day off.

To stay or not stay in Boulder?

I guess we will have to wait and see.

I also got to watch the Florida/Georgia Game at a fellow-staff persons house. It wasn't the most excited Halloween--but it was too cold and we were too exhausted to actually do anything. So we watched college football all night long. Second best thing you can do on Halloween.

Here are most of us, and a few staff watching the game.

This weekend was our first Young Life group. The rest of the groups that have been coming have been from other organizations, or adult retreats, or churches. So we were all so pumped to have our first Young Life group, and this weekend once again reassured me how much I absolutely love Young Life, and what they are about, and how they love on kids.

There were a couple Urban groups this weekend. And that too, reassured me I have a heart for those kids. The kids who may not have the privilege to afford going to college, or the kids that don't have two parents, or the kids that have no hope of being successful.

We got to go to "club" and see all the kids get so excited to sing and dance, watch skits, and play games. The speaker this weekend was pretty hipster himself--with a bull-nose ring in his nose, and long, shaggy hair and ripped up jeans and hobo-style sweater. It is refreshing to see someone like that, and it gives kids a different picture. They may have this image of Christians--clean-cut, goody-goody, has no fun. But this guy, obviously has his fun.

There is no formula to what you need to look like, or how you need to act. It is all actually pretty simple--we are loved by the Father, and He calls us to Love Him and Love Others.