Fun memories: My best memories happened in the Klub (the kitchen/ dinning room). We laughed so hard and just gathered around the table for deep conversations, coffee, hot chocolate that was more pudding than liquid, quiet times, grading papers, and a door that almost never closed. Everyday life and relationship happened in that room. It was where I went to be alone and to be interruptible. It’s a happy place in my mind now.
Emotional
Encouraging feedback: strong gift of administration, servant’s heart, seeing the little details and the little needs, “fighting for” teammates (seeing what is happening and speaking up about it if it’s not fair)
Constructive feedback: Be gentle even when you are having a hard day. Relinquish control and busyness to sit at the feet of Jesus
Spiritual
Biggest lessons/realizations: God’s definition of love
Ask the Lord (ATL) for a word or phrase to summarize the month: Rooted
ATL for a word to prepare for next month: Hope
What are you leaving behind? Perfection
What are you taking with you? Peace, Joy, Amazing memories
What made you feel alive? Talking to the middle and high schoolers. Being able to speak into their life and share my story but encourage them to create their own!
What was difficult this month? Learning how to love with God. Why was it difficult? It required me to hold healthy boundaries. I wasn’t meant to fix myself or other people. I am created to forgive, to love even when it’s hard, to choose love even when I feel the opposite. To love in the face of rejection. I learned to love myself just as much as I learned how to love others this month.
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