Selfless Love

Well about another two weeks have passed, two very cold weeks to be more specific.. Wow, how the time flies. As I’ve settled into my new home I’ve realized just how hard it is to keep up with the dishes. They haunt me at this very moment, I have a large pile up from some beef stroganoff that I had made. Speaking of my delightful beef stroganoff, cooking has also been a learning curve. The first week I made a lot of instant foods with about one meal mixed in. This was an unhealthy, choice with how busy we’ve been here at camp because it didn’t provide me with enough protein. As usual, we had our Monday morning meeting. Typically, after my meeting I would go to Riverside Christian School. However, my initial meeting with the principal was slated to happen on Wednesday so I once again worked with Roger. At Riverside Christian School I will teach elementary chapel, play at recess, and help the maintenance guy. Working with Roger, I did more jobs by myself like painting some shelves and wiring different miscellaneous projects.

Over the weekend I did some cooking. I had some grilled cheese, then started a fire, and was once more snowed in. At the beginning of the weekend, Roger and I visited a local airport hoping to find an FBO(fixed base operator). Instead we visited a weather station and got a 2.5-hour long tour. It was very educational. If you want more details, text me, I’m happy to talk about it. Martin Luther King Jr.’s day and weather

once again left me to work at camp rather than at Riverside. However, this work week was different. We have a couple and one other volunteer with us to knock out most of the things to do upstairs. Contrary to last week I have had a homecooked meal every day and intend on keeping up the trend.

On a more personal level, I have felt convicted about my jokes and therefore have been calling them out as I make them to help me stop. I would greatly appreciate your prayer in that area. I also restarted a small group that has actually been really great. I’ve also been doing a great devotion on increasing in God’s love, which recently has been reminding me to try to love selflessly. My theme verse for the week is “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4