I just wanna say....

I wish you could see Molly, my host family's dog, right this very second. She's rolling all over the carpet and growling frantically. This creature is absolutely the funniest thing I've seen this week. She does this every day when I come home from work. I've also realized that she's a good alarm clock because she slams herself on my door at 6:45am every day. It wakes me up, of all things. Oh here's a thought: when I'm in Auburn maybe Jason could just slam himself against the door to wake me up....and bark a little.

Today Nick and I had "orientation". Basically we got the 4-1-1 on youth ministry at WhiteStation, our purpose as youth interns, the ropes, the do's and don'ts, what we have planned for the summer, and a huge to-do list. It was really good to sit and talk with Courtney and George. I feel like George is a big well of wisdom for youth ministry (kind of like Jim is for the ACSC) so I plan to soak up as much of that as I can. We had breakfast at the Atlanta Bread Company (like Panera in AU) talking through all of these things.

To be honest I started to feel slightly overwhelmed. It's a lot to do with tons of responsibility but for once I feel like it's where I need to be and doing something that DOES matter. The great thing is, I've got this guy, Nick. He is going to be such a help this summer and I can tell it already. I know he was feeling the same thing I was but he just kept telling me "Oh, yeah. We've got this. Let's do it!" He's a great optimist and his spirit reminds me a lot of Maribeth's, which is AMAZING. I think we're going to accomplish a lot together and I'm excited to become good friends with this kid.

After our "orientation" we met up with the Children and College ministers and interns for lunch at the Memphis Pizza Cafe. It was pretty good and I had fun talking with the college interns. One of the girls, Sarah, is great to talk to. She's really out going and has a passion for Invisible Children so of course you know we'd be friends.

We went back to the church and got a lot of work done this afternoon. We're starting on the BIG summer kick-off video which is a really big deal for the WSYG. I'm really excited about what we're working on and it'll will be full of comedy.

Well I'm going to see Pirate of the Caribbean III tonight with a big group from WSYG. I've got a little work to do before I can go, but I'm really excited! Thanks for reading! Arrrrgh pirates!