Many New Learning Experiences!

I realize that I haven’t blogged in awhile, so I figure I better fill you guys in on what I am learning.  There has been a lot going on these past several months.  About a month ago we were blessed to have a wonderful family, Morgan and Megan Mcray and their two kids (third due during the summer), join us for the rest of our journey.  I was a little worried leading up to the arrival of the Mcrays not know what they were going to be like, wondering how the change would affect my time at Sandy Cove.  Thankfully God knows what is best and he doesn’t listen to us and what we think is best, because I was very wrong about them.  It turned out to be perfect timing.  We, as a team, were going through some hard times for a couple of months and God knew just what we needed… the Mcrays.  I don’t want to go into detail but I definitely have been learning a lot through the difficult times.  I would love to say that I totally conquered everything but that would be a lie, there is still a lot that I personally have to work on.  One thing I have been learning, slowly, is that I am responsible for how I react.  Living and being around the same people 24/7 is hard.  God made us all with different personalities, backgrounds, childhoods, and passions.  With so many differences there are going to be tensions and annoyances, but it is about how I react to those that makes a difference.  One thing that people who know me well will know is that I hate conflict.  Hate Hate Hate conflict.  But living with others with those differences, it is on me if I flee from the conflict.  So I still hate it but I have dealt with conflict head on a couple times. 

Also something that I have been learning that is still a little fresh is that it is so easy to feel like you have lost control of your life.  Whether it is taking on too much at one time or getting caught up doing many different things that you forget about yourself and making sure that your own life is in order.  I am not going to lie that one of the things that I have slipped out of doing is devotions.  I hate it and I can tell that I have been slacking on them.  Also feeling clustered.  Sometimes you need to declutter your life and your room.  Once that happens it makes you feel like you are actually on top of things.  Also, being at Sandy Cove it is so hard to eat healthy being around all of the junk food (especially when working in the kitchen) and also going out to eat.  We have gotten so sick of the options at Sandy Cove that a lot of times the easiest thing and tastier thing is to just run out say to chick-fil-a or something. 

For those of you who might not know but I figured out what my plans are for after Converge.  I finish Converge June 1 and I will have a week off and then I will be returning to Sandy Cove to work in the snack shack for the summer.  I will be the assistant manager of what they call the 10^th Hole.  It is going to be an incredible experience and very stretching.  I am looking forward to putting to use the skills and leadership training that I am learning through this time in Converge.