Thoughts and that

Me and one of my favorite profs!

Me and the fam!



And the Berto and Me...yes he is the younger sibling :)

After Commissioning, my bosses took a week of vacation to prepare to leave. I was left in the office on my own essentially. I actually got a lot done in the week. Almost all of my program is planned out for VBS. I have both of my supply lists completed. I started my Welcome program for the new Captains/officers coming in. I also had an opportunity to do some Social Work. In midst of that I realized that I wanted to know more about the law when it comes dealing with and working with people. I don't like thinking that people take advantage of services offered them. But I know it's true. Someone tried to do so to me on Friday. It was a learning experience. The more time I spend at this job, the more I learn.
I've been thinking about several things lately. Politics and relationships. Look for these to be upcoming topics. In short, I do not understand much about politics and I'm quite unsure of where to aline myself party-wise. I know that I am not a liberal but I have moderate leanings. I know that the conservative side tends to be pro-absolute, pro-life, pro-Christian values. I'm for all of those things...but does that necessarily mean I should be a Republican...b/c the majority of them are political conservatives? But I'm drawn to the Democrats b/c they tend to be pro-education and social programs. However...the majority of them tend to polarized as liberals...the non-absolutist mentality and weak arguments for their beliefs. I realize that I am really generalizing these groups. I'm hoping upon reading some books my mind will have a better understanding. At the moment, I'm making my way through Light in the Shadow of Jihad by Ravi Zacharias. I like what he has to say as his name frequents this blog. Trust me the book relates to the topic of politics. The other I'm still waiting to arrive in the mail is called God's Politics.After Commissioning, my bosses took a week of vacation to prepare to leave. I was left in the office on my own essentially. I actually got a lot done in the week. Almost all of my program is planned out for VBS. I have both of my supply lists completed. I started my Welcome program for the new Captains/officers coming in. I also had an opportunity to do some Social Work. In midst of that I realized that I wanted to know more about the law when it comes dealing with and working with people. I don't like thinking that people take advantage of services offered them. But I know it's true. Someone tried to do so to me on Friday. It was a learning experience. The more time I spend at this job, the more I learn.
I've been thinking about several things lately. Politics and relationships. Look for these to be upcoming topics. In short, I do not understand much about politics and I'm quite unsure of where to aline myself party-wise. I know that I am not a liberal but I have moderate leanings. I know that the conservative side tends to be pro-absolute, pro-life, pro-Christian values. I'm for all of those things...but does that necessarily mean I should be a Republican...b/c the majority of them are political conservatives? But I'm drawn to the Democrats b/c they tend to be pro-education and social programs. However...the majority of them tend to polarized as liberals...the non-absolutist mentality and weak arguments for their beliefs. I realize that I am really generalizing these groups. I'm hoping upon reading some books my mind will have a better understanding. At the moment, I'm making my way through Light in the Shadow of Jihad by Ravi Zacharias. I like what he has to say as his name frequents this blog. Trust me the book relates to the topic of politics. The other I'm still waiting to arrive in the mail is called God's Politics.
And my brief in short about relationships. As humans we are created to be in relationship with each other. There's no doubt about that. But my mind has been thinking about types of relationships lately. There's friendships, dating, marriage, aquaintences, passing strangers. How deep do we go in our relationships? How vulnerable are we with other human beings? Oh course the answer depends on the type of relationship we have with that person. I have to admit. I got a little cocky in this past school year. I thought I had the relationship thing down. I had several close friends and a fantastic small group! However, I found out that I had hurt several people throughout the year. I didn't intend on hurting these people, but it happened and they were hurt. I felt terrible for having caused them pain and representing to them someone, I didn't think I was. Is it possible to avoid hurting people? Probably not. It makes me shudder when I think of how I represented the Lord to those people I hurt. I didn't do a very good job. So what's next? Do I spend time worrying about every relationship I have? Do I go on and try to do better the next time? hmm...
Summer Outreach starts this week. I was feeling calm, cool, and somewhat collected until now. Discouragement is starting to creep in. What if I'm bad with the kids? What if no one comes? What if I'm boring? What if the new officers don't like how I'm doing things? I'm being quite silly as fear does not come from the LORD. It comes from the enemy. Who doesn't want little ones to hear truth. So...Thursday's going to be fine, right?