Hello! Well I have officially arrived in Williamsburg and right now I'm in my host family's living room writing this. Before I get into how awesome Williamsburg is, I wanted to tell you all about our training at SU.

We had a bunch of sessions that related to us and to our churches. During one, we took the DISC inventory, which describes how we relate to people. I am of the steadiness profile, which totally fits me. In another session we talked about how to write a sermon/prepare a Bible study, which was really useful. That one was probably my favorite. We also talked about boundary issues, how we deal with conflict, and stuff like that. To get to know each other, we were asked to draw a river that reflected our faith journey. On Tuesday, we went canoeing on the Shenandoah River. At first, the weather was really bad and we were worried that we weren't going to be able to go. By God's grace, the weather was pretty much perfect almost the entire time.

That's kind of a basic overview of the kinds of stuff we did for training, but what made it truly special were the people. My fellow Calling 21 interns already feel like family and we were only together for three days. Everyone is so passionate about following God and doing God's work and everyone got along really well. It was so cool to see people come together and already be kindred spirits. I hope that we are able to stay in touch not only throughout this summer but for a long time after that. We'll see each other next week for the Virginia Annual conference in Roanoke.

Tonight, my host mom drove me to the church and around Williamsburg. It's going to take me seven weeks just to figure out how to get around! There is so much to do and I can't wait to explore as much as I can. Tomorrow is my first day at the office where I will be put to work! After Annual Conference our VBS starts and I'm in charge of music so that's probably what I am going to be working on first. I'm preaching some time in July so that will be fun too.

Well, I think that was a nice long post, I really hope I can keep this up. If I slack, send me a facebook message or something to bug me about posting, k? k good. :)