So... it's been a while since my last post, and since then, a few things have happened. Let's see if I can remember them all.
1. I am going to Scotland! Yay! I did end up getting accepted to the LDC (Leadership Development Course) there, and so will be leaving NZ in April, right after my birthday. I'm gonna come home for a couple of days, and then head to Scotland! Seriously, I am very excited about this. I am hoping that it will really encourage me and help me to put more of an edge on my leadership.
2. The new DTS started! They got here... one day ago? It already feels like a week. But we picked them up, driving through a tropical storm, yesterday. They are a good bunch. I really like them. But I'm glad not to have the responsibility of leading their DTS. It's not them, it's me. :) But really, it is a little strange, after having led 2 DTS's in a row, to not have much responsibility with these guys, even though I really like them. I feel slightly wistful. And at the same time relieved. I feel like I have very little to give out after the last year, so am enjoying just being friends. So this is best for all of us. Heh. I know it sounds like I am breaking up with them, but I don't know how else to say it... All of that aside, I think it will be a really good school, and I'm already excited to see how God rocks their worlds while they are here.
3. Um... I must have more news. I can't think of it. Whatever.
So, for the next 7 weeks or so, I'm gonna be here, doing whatever I can to help out, and registering students, and hopefully helping change the website. And spending some quality time with God, too. Not that I don't ever spend time with God. But I was doing some teaching for staff training last week, and I was reminded of some things. First of all, I was walking down the driveway, thinking about what to talk about. Which was a surreal moment, because... I don't know. I feel like I have all these big questions about what I do and how I do it and what kind of
direction I want to take the ministry I am involved in and all this stuff. And suddenly none of that mattered a whole lot, because what I really needed was to figure out what to talk about for a couple of hours the next morning. And it kind of hit me anew that God wants to provide for me in the moment. Not that he's not interested in My Life: the Big Picture. But maybe I can relax a little bit about it, precisely because he IS interested in it, and precisely because he can also help me figure out what to say tomorrow, and that's what I needed to be listening to. And it's probably a lot more related than I know, and if I would just pay a little attention, the answers to my "small" questions might not be so different than the answers to my "big" questions. Maybe. Speculations from my walk down the driveway. Which, by the way, is a good place to walk and pray, and has seen the footsteps of probably thousands of people doing just that. Which I think is cool.
So, by the way, in the end, what I talked about was "Loneliness in Leadership". And I talked about courage and knowing God in that loneliness... I will not go on much more about it. I read a few chapters out loud from Prince Caspian, which was not one of my favorite Narnia books until recently. But there is this awesome part with Lucy and Aslan, and nobody else believes her, and... well, it's good. I like it, not just because of Lucy and her total need and dependence on Aslan to lead the people with her in the right direction, but also because she was not actually the "leader" of the group. Anyway, I could go on, but I won't. But I will say that it was a good session. I wasn't sure how people would do just listening to a story, but I think they're all hooked on Narnia now.
There were more things to say from my walk on the driveway, but this is getting long, and I am getting sleepy, so I will save them for another day. Good night!
1. I am going to Scotland! Yay! I did end up getting accepted to the LDC (Leadership Development Course) there, and so will be leaving NZ in April, right after my birthday. I'm gonna come home for a couple of days, and then head to Scotland! Seriously, I am very excited about this. I am hoping that it will really encourage me and help me to put more of an edge on my leadership.
2. The new DTS started! They got here... one day ago? It already feels like a week. But we picked them up, driving through a tropical storm, yesterday. They are a good bunch. I really like them. But I'm glad not to have the responsibility of leading their DTS. It's not them, it's me. :) But really, it is a little strange, after having led 2 DTS's in a row, to not have much responsibility with these guys, even though I really like them. I feel slightly wistful. And at the same time relieved. I feel like I have very little to give out after the last year, so am enjoying just being friends. So this is best for all of us. Heh. I know it sounds like I am breaking up with them, but I don't know how else to say it... All of that aside, I think it will be a really good school, and I'm already excited to see how God rocks their worlds while they are here.
3. Um... I must have more news. I can't think of it. Whatever.
So, for the next 7 weeks or so, I'm gonna be here, doing whatever I can to help out, and registering students, and hopefully helping change the website. And spending some quality time with God, too. Not that I don't ever spend time with God. But I was doing some teaching for staff training last week, and I was reminded of some things. First of all, I was walking down the driveway, thinking about what to talk about. Which was a surreal moment, because... I don't know. I feel like I have all these big questions about what I do and how I do it and what kind of
direction I want to take the ministry I am involved in and all this stuff. And suddenly none of that mattered a whole lot, because what I really needed was to figure out what to talk about for a couple of hours the next morning. And it kind of hit me anew that God wants to provide for me in the moment. Not that he's not interested in My Life: the Big Picture. But maybe I can relax a little bit about it, precisely because he IS interested in it, and precisely because he can also help me figure out what to say tomorrow, and that's what I needed to be listening to. And it's probably a lot more related than I know, and if I would just pay a little attention, the answers to my "small" questions might not be so different than the answers to my "big" questions. Maybe. Speculations from my walk down the driveway. Which, by the way, is a good place to walk and pray, and has seen the footsteps of probably thousands of people doing just that. Which I think is cool.So, by the way, in the end, what I talked about was "Loneliness in Leadership". And I talked about courage and knowing God in that loneliness... I will not go on much more about it. I read a few chapters out loud from Prince Caspian, which was not one of my favorite Narnia books until recently. But there is this awesome part with Lucy and Aslan, and nobody else believes her, and... well, it's good. I like it, not just because of Lucy and her total need and dependence on Aslan to lead the people with her in the right direction, but also because she was not actually the "leader" of the group. Anyway, I could go on, but I won't. But I will say that it was a good session. I wasn't sure how people would do just listening to a story, but I think they're all hooked on Narnia now.
There were more things to say from my walk on the driveway, but this is getting long, and I am getting sleepy, so I will save them for another day. Good night!
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