The Calm Before the Storm

I've now had a few days to recover from the second week of RUF Staff Training in Atlanta, and it was great. This time around, all the campus ministers and all the interns were there, and between meetings all day and some one I just HAD to talk to every time I turned around, it a was a busy and fun week. The four of us with Ole Miss RUF cooked out at Hammond's house one night, and I think that it's gonna be a good year with this group.

Earlier this week I got a call from the RUF office that I have officially been cleared to move (thus I am past 75% of my support), and I can't tell you the relief and thanks that comes with this. I am humbled and encouraged to have so many people behind me in this endeavor.

Throughout the summer I've been occasionally meeting students and gathering names, but in a couple weeks, the whole meeting people thing will explode. I can't wait for it. I really am so excited to get started! I think the anxiety will set in soon, but I'm still just looking the experience, hoping I can do my job, learn a lot, and have some fun along the way.

On Sunday I'm going to be commissioned by my home church, which is really a blessing but a little scary. There are A LOT of people at Christ Pres. Then next week will consist of packing up my things and spending some time with Nashville people, before I make the move on Saturday the 15th!

But for now I have one more day at the beach with my family, where my grandmother and I tried to catch fish with our hands yesterday and where my niece just learned to say my name, and where I see a game of cards, a book, and a nap in my future. After that some good time home in Nashville.

And then... Oxford!