Hope you all are doing well! Everything here with me has been going smoothly.. Every day is a gift.
I went through a bit of a funk earlier this week, just kind of being bored with work and a bit of a longing to be home.. not that I was feeling discontent with life here, but just feeling that I was missing out on some good things back home as well.
Yesterday I came out of that funk though - haha. It was a busy day at work, with deadlines to finish the weekend bulletins and get those sent to the print shop, as well as a few other random jobs I've been working on finishing up. One thing I'm working on right now is a banner for the community PEACE ministry. >Here's a fun fact for you:: Guess who I've gotten to work with on this project? Matt Bruce, husband of my former Huntington University resident hall director! It's a small world I tell ya.< PEACE is one of the larger ministries here at Saddleback. "PEACE" stands for: P.romote reconciliate, E.quip servant leaders, A.ssist the poor, C.are for the sick, E.ducate the next generation. Their ministry is all about assisting and providing solutions for the global giants found in our world (Spiritual Emptiness - Self-Serving Leadership - Extreme Poverty - Pandemic Disease - Illiteracy). I've really enjoyed getting to learn about different ministries while serving at Saddleback. It's been neat to not only get experience in my field of work but also to get this insider's look at so many other areas of service.
Every week I've been getting to know more people and make more friends, so that's been a great blessing. A few highlights from my week - On Sunday, my friend Michelle (an intern) and I were able to go to the morning service together and grab lunch and hang out at the room a little afterwards so that was great. That evening I went to my small group and then I went with Kelli and a few others to an evening service at a church in Costa Mesa called Rock Harbor (about a half hour from here). It was a neat service that appealed to a younger (20s/30s) demographic. On Monday I got to go out for lunch with a new friend, Lisa. She and I met through our staff group that meets once a week. Lisa works for Crave (the college ministry) and she's just great :) On Wednesday evening I got to go hang out at "The Ranch" with some of the interns that live there. "The Ranch" (Rancho Capistrano) is a Saddleback Regional campus but they also have housing for some interns in separate programs as well. (Laura - The Ranch reminds me of Escuela El Sembrador where we stayed in Honduras! So I like that about it) I think it's really pretty out there.. (as if everything in this area isn't - haha.)
So yeah, on Wednesday night I went out to the ranch to help my new friend Justin design a flyer for their 'Night of Worship' event that is coming up. We're pretty proud of our work...
Tonight I've got plans to go see a movie with Kelli, Matt, and Jorge (and whoever else may come.) Then the rest of this weekend I plan to work on the Huntington University Volleyball media guide that I'm designing for their upcoming season. (Well, okay mostly I'm just updating the one I had made for my senior project last year.) Next week I've been given a design job I'm looking forward to. I get to design the background or the "skin" for the bulletin that will be used forth of July weekend. I'm thinkin something Patriotic haha. It'll be a fun creative project.
Love you all. Have a great weekend!
Oh! P.S. Happy birthday to (Aunt) Melissa and (Cousin) Evan today!! Yay birthdays!
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