Longboarding

Hello American people!

I've been here for a few weeks now and I've started to notice a few things. First of all, any American student that I've met always talks about food. In fact, most of the conversations I have with my housemates are about Taco Bell, Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, and McDonalds. I now realize how cheap food is in America and I've had a craving for a McNasty for weeks now.

I also tried skateboarding and longboarding today with Will and Matt. They said that I was doing pretty good, but I just felt really nervous and never felt that I really had the hang of it. I also found out by trying to "drop in" on the skateboard that it's very hard to convince myself to do new things and overcome my lack of balance. I had a lot of fun though. However, I am now hard pressed to resist the urge to go out and buy a skateboard or a longboard.

My assignments for church life and fieldwork have come in the e-mail, and I'm being assigned to the Macquarie extension service. The service takes place in a movie theater that they rent out every Sunday. I'm not sure what my role will be yet in either the youth or the main service, but I'm sure God will bless whatever assignment he has given to me. I'm going to meet with my specialist at some point this week to find out more details about my placement and assignment.

Tonight, I was asked to run sound for Merryland's Youth, since their sound man was unable to make it. Matt wanted to come along as well, so together we were picked up by a leader from Merryland's and taken to the library that they convert every week into a church. It turns out that we not only had to run sound, but also set up the sound board, the snake, amps, and run leads everywhere. Thank you Steve, Clayton, and Pop for teaching me just about everything I needed to know to be able to do that. Matt and I were able to correctly connect everything and then run sound that night with 0 glitches. We performed our work with excellence and God rewarded us by seeing 8 kids respond to the altar call and begin their journey with Christ. Sadly, I am probably not going to be able to serve with Merryland's Youth any longer since I am rostered into the Macquarie Youth service. However, I am thankful for the time God has allowed me to spend there and for the ability to serve.