soulfeet

November 4, 1982 August 7, 2009

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November 4, Thursday

Mental endurance comes with the Word in my mind:  Retemorize!!

Block change was today and tonight we saw the “block slide show.”  It’s been a real one.  Let me see how much I can recall:

~Arrived Tuesday, September 7, and registered.  My heart thrilled with excitement that I had made it here.  I walked in Kenyon Hall and while walking out I read the signs, “Ask God”….”First thought.”  I was home.
Upon arrival I met my Twig Coordinator, Nancy K.; my Branch Coordinator, Dave S.; and my Area Coordinator, Rappy P.  I received a pink card with all my information.  My job assignment was ‘Housekeeping.’  Well, I thought, that was o.k. but wasn’t what I really wanted.  But I learned from it, I’m sure.  I learned to pray for toilets,  to do things right, to think, to take the authority because I have an invested right, to love my buildings, and to be proud of my job…no matter what it is.
That Tuesday night was opening night.

~ Our first and only class was PFAL (Foundational) where we vividly got to see the hearts of our Corps Coordinators.

~Other stuff:
Twelve-minute test
Work Appreciation Day
Introduction of Staff
Get acquainted with home night (our room was a country saloon)
Fortieth Anniversary Week where I worked Bless Patrol on 12-hour shifts
The Staff Follies
I was a Guest Buddy
I had my interview with Dave B.
Craig came twice
Three groups of L.E.A.D. went out
L.E.A.D. 104 had an accident
Body, Soul, and Spirit Week
Parent’s Weekend where I got to work in the Floral Department
Dean Don came once
I got to clean the President’s Office in Wierwille Building
I ran 6 miles one time
The 11th Corps put on a folly for the 13th Corps called “Saturday Night Alive”
We saw and heard “A Day in the Life of the Wierwilles”
Christian Communication with practice/instruction in learning names, sharing a childhood incident and an incident where I learned something
Ambassador and Fire Place Room set up and ushering
Mealtime Bless Patrol
Voting for Kansas Governor
Worked in the Dishroom
$200.00 tuition was given to every in-resident Corps
And on and on and on

And now it has come to an end. I’m thankful to be here. My life is becoming full; I must believe that.

I’m recognizing that my righteousness and my worthiness in Christ is coming alive. As the flower blooms and opens it petals and is drawn toward the sun, it begins to radiate. Such is my life. I go not unnoticed and the Lord God is preparing my life for great things.

My job this next block is Dining Room Set-up. I’m not real thrilled about it, but I’ll do it with all my heart. I want a job where I can be around a lot of leadership. I want a job where I am challenged to lead others and can be hollered at for mistakes, a job I can stick my teeth into and recognize that it has got to be God.

I love you God. I’m going bye-bye now. xxoo

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