Monday, May 25, 2009

New Beginnings

I arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday night the 23rd and now have been here for 2 days.  I haven't really been doing too much but i am very much ready to get started and excited that training starts tomorrow.  I have met three of the seven other hosts and everyone else should be arriving today or early tomorrow morning.  Chris and Nikki have been here as hosts in the Spring since February and McKenzie just got here yesterday.  Chris is from Chicago, Nikki from Arizona, and McKenzie from Oklahoma.
Our housing site for the summer is in South LA...the only other white people around are me and the other hosts for the summer.  We joke that the only window in our whole house is the little tiny peep hole on our front door.....safety is more important than windows i guess....so during the day we sit with our door open just to get some natural light into the building.  In the morning I feel like i live in a cave because its so dark in our room because we have no windows...it makes getting up in the morning very difficult because i have no internal clock in the morning to tell me to get up in the morning.  I think it will be harder and harder to get up as the summer wears on and i am more and more tired...but I'm ready and excited.
As of now i don't know much more than i did when i got here...but by the end of next week...a week full of training...i will be fully equipped to lead a group through a week of ministry...i hope  :)

3 comments:

  1. USF's mission, "...The traditional motto of the University is Culture for Service, that is, we seek to foster academic excellence and the development of mature Christian persons for service to God and humankind in the world." Thank you Michelle for epitomizing the what it means to be a USF student. I am eager to follow along in the wake of your work!

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  2. Michelle having a tough time waking up in the morning...no way, I don't believe it. Haha, hope your week of training goes well Meesh.

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  3. I must agree with Jordan. You struggle getting up in the morning enough. Hope you enjoy your summer. Don't forget about us lowly people here in South Dakota. Hopefully I'll see you this summer.

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