Three in One

You may think I'm talking about the holy Trinity, but for once, I'm not. I'm talkin' three entries in one day. Crazy- I know. I've been living and working in San Antonio for two and half months now and I just wanted to give you a little taste of what I've been up to thus far...

THE WELL

This is our Tuesday night worship service that we hold on Trinity campus. We have 4 awesome student interns (they're all seniors at Trinity) that we meet with once a week and they help corral the students and get the job done where the rubber meets the road. Along with these four there are a group of student leaders who are mostly juniors, seniors and some sophomores who are just excited to help and they meet us two hours before the Well to help set up sound equipment and pray over the room. They are also incredibly awesome. At the Well we sing songs, announce some outreach/mission/bonding opportunities and listen to a message from the director, Jason. Then we break down all of the aforementioned equipment, talk and head home. Home for me is a whole 'nother story- but briefly, I recently moved from this home 25 minutes outside of the city (the city where the church and universities are)

to this home which is two blocks from Trinity campus and a five minute drive to the church. I'm settling in. The Well is where a majority of the work load goes but at "the office" there are still phone calls to make, meetings to go to, bible studies to prepare and fliers to design, just to name a few jobs. BUT, i love it

ACL

Yeah, that's Texan for "Austin City Limits" which is a three day concert-festival that has been held in Austin for the last 5 years. Luckily, I know the right people and I was able to get a ticket for a sold out Sunday line-up. I met some friends there and throughout the day saw KT Tunstall, Matt Costa, Jose Gonzalez, Matisyahu and the big guns, Ben Harper then Tom Petty. Afterward we hung out at a real-life Austin apartment (kinda like 'Reality Bites' but in Austin, not Houston). The whole day rocked and I am so glad I was able to go to ACL since I couldn't go to Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival for the first time in 9 years. Good times.

FALL RETREAT

Our first big event went off with barely a hiccup. We had been planning for this weekend since the former intern, Lindsay, left in July. This was just a time for us to take the students away from the city, school and stresses to a ranch 1.5 hours northwest of San Antonio (a.k.a. Hill Country, a.k.a. where the trees are) and provide them with three days of sports, relaxation and a good lesson on remaining in the journey rather than being focused on the destination. Our leadership team, along with the guest speaker (Jason's old Cali buddy), hit it out of the park once again and people left with smiles on their faces and a skip in their steps. If you've never played Around-the-World ping pong then just stare at thislast picture andyou'll figure out how. Very fun. I was able to throw the softball around for a couple of hours on Saturday, which was nice, especially with the cooling jump in the river afterwards. I'm paying the price tonight with soreness in muscles that i didn't even know i had. Overall, a successful trip and I'm excited to see the students I met this weekend at The Well on Tuesday.

I'd be remiss if I mentioned all of this fun stuff without including how much I miss everyone in Seattle/Bainbridge. I knew it was going to be hard to move away, but some days are harder than others. I guess it took this big move to realize how much I love everyone over there, and it's a tough lesson to learn when you're in it. So that's it for now but as soon as more events come up I'll write more about my Texas adventures. I hope everyone is well and that I'll hear from ya'll soon.