Networker news:)

Well, Official news is in. I've been accepted to be a church networker for the summer. I'll be spending 2 and a half months working with church youth and trying my had at ministry. It's wonderful news and I'm pretty excited. The only real worry point is the fact that I'm not allowed to live at home during this time. I have to live with a host family, which means I get to face my worst nightmare - trying to fit in with a normal, well adjusted family. Not to say my family isn't well adjusted. It's just that we're adjusted in a matter unique to any other family. I'm proud of my families independance and stubbornness, but I've come to realize that most other people simply don't appreciate such traits. Our sense of humor is little unique too. I really want to work well with my host family, but I'm afraid that I'm won't know many of the unwritten rules that normal Christian families live by. My family simply isn't big believers in unwritten rules.

The fact that this will be my first major ministry assignment is stressful too. I don't really have much in the way of organizational experience and less ministry experience. I have some training trough the discipleship program, but I still feel pretty underestimate. This networker program is serious. In addition to running group events, I'm expected to meet with the kids in one-on-one situations to just hang out. That's not counting the fellowship meetings and discipleship training. It's not a program to involve half a heart, it really take commitment.

I figure it this way, though: I'm under-equipped, completely out of my environment and without a clue as to how things will go. Really poor conditions for a teaching position, but really good conditions for an adventure. Wish me luck :) It's start on June 2nd.