Anyway, let me tell you about my week! I picked out some good stories for you and they are in no particular order because that's too hard.
My good friend Matt the church administrator took me on a tour of the Tallahassee Community College last week. It was just a little easier to learn my way around that campus than it was for FSU... Anyway, it's a pretty neat campus, and my tour was a "scouting mission" of sorts. I was looking out for evidence of campus ministries at TCC. I didn't see too much, but I plan on continuing my scouting in the near future.
Something unfortunate happened last week. My student friend Corey was in the hospital with a collapsed lung, so I visited him Thursday and Friday. He got out of the hospital on Saturday in time for the game (that's what he was most worried about). I was glad to be able to visit him and give him a break from the boredom.
Someone else was in the hospital last week too... that's right, Pastor Jay and Liz had their baby girl early Saturday morning! Her name is Cricket Belle Winters, and although I haven't met her in person yet, I can attest to the fact that she is adorable. Cricket is doing well, but Liz is still recovering (thankfully at home now) so keep her in your prayers.
Last Thursday, I had a great time volunteering at the community center garden. Once again, I was weeding with my friend Elm. As Elm keeps teaching the center kids, it's important when weeding to get the whole root or the weed will just grow back. I was digging to find the end of a root. And digging... and digging... Eventually, some of the center kids became interested and came over to help. They chose just the right time, because we uncovered an orange tree root, which they found incredibly exciting.
On Sunday afternoon, my Huddle and I did our outreach. We made bag lunches -- with two sandwiches, an apple, cheese crackers, and a bottle of water -- and handed them out to the homeless. I was extremely impressed with my Huddle, who came up with this idea all on their own. They're already talking about doing it again. You rock, Freefalling Mongooses!
Those are the good stories from the last week. This weekend I'm excited to go to Valdosta with two of our student leaders, Austin and Caroline, for a leadership retreat! I'll give you the update on that next week. In the meantime, here are some pictures. The first is Caroline, carrying all of the bags of sandwich supplies; the second is the root Elm and I worked so hard to uncover; and the third and most important is Cricket!
No comments:
Post a Comment