Serve Day

Ah Thursdays... the expectancy and hope for Fridays with all the stress of a normal week day. Today we had chapel - an interesting experience here at Shelterwood. The Killer B's is a group of guy littles who play guitar, bass, drums and sing during Chapel. They are really quite good, and I am so glad they help us worship with their gifts. Different staff speak at chapel each week - today was one of the House Directors. He used the song, Master of Puppets, by Metallica to express how we are all slaves to something. That something is sin, and although it looks different in all our lives, it is still a master that controls us until Christ sets us free.

After chapel we had our Bigs Meeting where most of the staff come around and we give kudos/encouragement to one another. It is a great time to lift each other up and share how everyone has made an impact and been a servant here.

Next was Serve Day: a man who lives a couple miles away is a great help to us when he fixes our lawnmowers and other equipment. So today we went to his place of business and helped him with some odd jobs like trimming trees, piling wood and weed-eating his fence lines. It was a lot of fun actually although we had a discussion as to why we have a serve day. We serve these kids and this property 7 days a week, so why is this particular day considered a "serve day"? Whatever - a mystery never to be solved.

I was on lunch duty today. Lunches are so much easier to work than dinners. Although the people on dinner tonight got done by 7:30 (not cool compared to my 9:00 night last night). Anyway, after I got done with kitchen duty I relaxed for the afternoon until the girls came back at 4:00. We hung out, had dinner, played basketball in the gym and now we are in study hall again. Another day down and over and God's grace is still sufficient. Today was challenging as I had some minor disagreements with a couple girls, but after a cool-down walk with Jesus I was able to handle the situation with humility and grace. Thank God for His help!