I’m sitting at a desk. In a cubicle.
It’s cold in the office but my body doesn’t realize it because I’ve
been battling nervous sweats every now and again through the day. I
think back to the other professional jobs I had ‘Pre-Race’ (P.R.) and
wonder how this is going to compare/contrast.
It’s cold in the office but my body doesn’t realize it because I’ve
been battling nervous sweats every now and again through the day. I
think back to the other professional jobs I had ‘Pre-Race’ (P.R.) and
wonder how this is going to compare/contrast.
I wish I would have kept my red
stapler.
And I wish I had updated pictures of my family printed out
so I could frame them in one of the umpteenth number of driftwood and
seashell frames I unwrapped during the weekend of unpacking in my new
condo. I miss them so much already. 
the Siblings.
And then Sami Moor walks by my
cubicle and hands me a trading card with Zach Morris (‘Saved by the
Bell’) on the front. She tells me he is my new boyfriend. In the same
moment I look up to see a rubber chicken Scotch-taped to a plastic
horse on someone’s desk, and I then receive confirmation that yes,
I’ve come to the right place. These people are in fact my people. For
this next season, Gainesville, Georgia is home.
cubicle and hands me a trading card with Zach Morris (‘Saved by the
Bell’) on the front. She tells me he is my new boyfriend. In the same
moment I look up to see a rubber chicken Scotch-taped to a plastic
horse on someone’s desk, and I then receive confirmation that yes,
I’ve come to the right place. These people are in fact my people. For
this next season, Gainesville, Georgia is home.
Monday began my first day on the job as
a full-time staff member for Adventures in Missions, home to the World Race. Working under Jimmy McCarty, I am the first fresh face to
help build Adventures Youth, a new division of AIM’s short-term
mission programs. I. Love. My. Job. We have quite a load to
accomplish to prepare for next summer’s season of youth mission
trips, but I am ready for the challenge. Before I even left for the
World Race I remember sharing with supporters that I one day wanted
to be seated on the other side of missions, to be the one doing the
sending instead of the doing.
And here I am…
The atmosphere in the office is
everything I could have hoped for. Relaxed yet business,
reverberating with the Holy Spirit, yet there are some inappropriate
jokes that slip out. Some people are clothed in starched dresses with
pretty flats. Some are in cut off’s with greasy hair. It. doesn’t.
matter. Throughout this past week every time I pull my head up from
trying to wrap my mind around the task ahead I see beautiful, radiant
lovers of Christ surrounding me, working at very different tasks
alongside me, encouraging me, asking me to lunch, have I got
everything settled in my new place?, do I need anything? – and this
is the body. Working together to build, encourage, and bring Kingdom.
And I am blessed and honored to be called to be a part of it.
everything I could have hoped for. Relaxed yet business,
reverberating with the Holy Spirit, yet there are some inappropriate
jokes that slip out. Some people are clothed in starched dresses with
pretty flats. Some are in cut off’s with greasy hair. It. doesn’t.
matter. Throughout this past week every time I pull my head up from
trying to wrap my mind around the task ahead I see beautiful, radiant
lovers of Christ surrounding me, working at very different tasks
alongside me, encouraging me, asking me to lunch, have I got
everything settled in my new place?, do I need anything? – and this
is the body. Working together to build, encourage, and bring Kingdom.
And I am blessed and honored to be called to be a part of it.
So, to communicate to you what this
phase of re-entry looks like, I could tell you how awkward it was for
fellow P-Squader, Juliette and I to be in our OWN place the first few
days. Walking around on carpeted floors, with central A.C. (Thank
you, God), staring at the blank white walls and plenty of space with
no furniture to fill it. But, what I would rather tell you about is
the community I’ve rejoined, and how excited I am to continue a life
of accountability and pressing in to what the Lord has called me to
next. I look forward to keeping you updated with new developments and
more of how His works are advancing.
