Random Bits and Bobs

It’s crazy that my time as an intern is coming to an end with my last day being the 16th of May, only two short weeks away. I go to Riverside Christian School every Monday and Wednesday to share during elementary chapel. As the months have gone by, I have played a lot of sheeps and wolves, and they have learned that there is no shot of making far or long if I’m in the middle. My lesson plan has been, up until Easter, reading a bit of Hebrews 11, and then talking about the character from the Old Testament. We finished right at Easter and transitioned over to talking about Jesus’ death and resurrection. For an Easter lesson we got crescent rolls, marshmallows, melted butter, and cinnamon sugar. We then took the body(marshmallow) anointed it(dipped in butter) put spices on it(cinnamon sugar) then wrapped it in linen cloths (crescent roll) and put it in the tomb for three days(oven at 350 for 10-11 mins). Afterwards, when we opened the tomb and all that was left was the cloths, the body was gone! That is how it would’ve gone, but I didn’t have the oven properly preheated. Instead, we played bubble gum bubblegum on the floor of the kitchen for 30 minutes while our crescent rolls cooked. Still, the kids liked it, and they were delicious.

I haven’t been able to write about everything that’s been going on, so I figured I’d take this opportunity to write about the in-between. The in between being the calms between work and sharing at chapel, etc. One thing I don’t know if I’ve shared or not but camp has a Monday night Bible study for a few young adults in the area. As I’ve been attending them I’ve been able to grow closer to the people who attend and gotten to share bits of life together. Four of those individuals also work at Riverside, so I get to hang out with them, too. Often, in between sharing at chapel and helping the maintenance guy (who attends bible study), I get to chat with two others. We always have a good time. We’ve planned a few game nights outside of Bible study that have been a blast. One particular girl who attends I’ve known for quite some time now, and asked her a question years ago that was never answered, and after three months of meaning to talk about, we finally reconnected.

And now, these are my random thoughts. I bought a smaller LEGO set with part of my tax return. I received new earbuds from a neighbor. Roger, his son, and I went fishing, I intentionally fell into quicksand. I reconnected with a friend from Africa. I made homemade brownies, then failed to properly cover them and also left the oven on while they sat on the stove, and they were hard. I gave my brownies to the Voths. I’ve gained a reputation for chili.

I have a puzzle out. I’ve made a latte almost every day. Since my first fire, I’ve mostly made one-match fires. I miss boba. I think this is unreadable. This isn’t cohesive or coherent. I guess those are my random thoughts I felt you all needed to know, I at least hope you can chuckle at this in some way. 🙂

In the next two weeks, we have a work group coming. Things we are hoping to get done are siding the house, putting in ceilings, painting, some flooring, and a lot more, I’m sure. So, pray that they would have safe travels and that we would be safe and stay cool as we work. For me, I would appreciate prayers as my time closes and that I will transition well.