Week 3

Finished my second week counseling yesterday... I've had two difficult weeks that have drained me.  I'm glad this is a 3 day weekend.  Today was spent tying a fly-fishing lure called a "black beauty", kayaking a few miles to Sawmill en lieu of a hike up Hogsback which have both been two firsts for me.  We then swing-danced which has been a fun weekend activity.  It is refreshing to get my mind off of things and to get renewed for the next week.  The past two weeks I have had kids who have had hardly any spiritual hunger.  One thing to remember is that in 1 Cor. 3:6  it talks about Paul planting, Apollos watering, and God causing the growth.  I can't take responsibility but it has been difficult to not see any fruit.  Yet, I can take the responsibility off of my own shoulders in assurance that God knows what He is doing.

Last Sunday we sang a song that had a line "break my heart for what break yours".  This week it really struck me the family situations that many of the kids face.  Divorce, foster homes, single parent families, it is really hard to see.  Each week is like that...  These kids need love.

So... due to the limited availability of the internet and my desire to use the internet when I'm tired and in Alaska... my thoughts have been interrupted and brief thus far.  Those first couple paragraphs were written last Friday fyi.  Today is Monday.

I'm pumped to see what God will do this week.  Satan has been working overtime with distractions and discouragements but I'm excited to see God work this week.  I've got nothing profound to say.  I also find it hard to write on here when I keep a hardcopy journal.  But I'm having a blast.  Yet, I'm exhausted.    May Isaiah 40:31 ring true as I wait on the God of my salvation (r. Micah 7:7).

Bedtime (as my thoughts crumble to miniscule atoms like a cookie in a cup of 2 percent milk).