Life in the Big D

So I've been living in Texas this summer. May 30 I made the 10 1/2 drive down here and started a new chapter in my life. The reason for moving down here was to do an internship at Compass Christian Church in Colleyville, TX. Colleyville is a suburb of Dallas/Ft. Worth and actually is closer to Ft. Worth than Dallas (15 mins to dowtown Ft. Worth).

I've been staying with different families and I'm currently living with my third and final family, the Vale's. The Vale's have two kids, 15 and 13 yr old boys. The houses I stayed at prior to this one didn't have any kids so this has been a nice change.

I'm interning in the Family Life department which oversees birth through high shcool. The Family Life minister is my boss, Louie, and he has people under him that run the specific ministries; high school, middle school, preteen, children's, and infants. I've worked in all of these areas and learned different things about each one. Most of my time has been spent in the Children's area; I know God has not shaped me for Children's Ministry but the experience is still good.

I love the people I work with and some of the students I have come to know. There is one family I have gotten to know better than the others and I talk to them quite a bit. That familiy consists of the parents, and two girls 16 and 12 yrs old. The father finds me each Sunday and we talk, as does the mother. The girls and I have had some good laughs along the summer and it has been great to get to know them. This Wednesday night the father and I are going out to dinner and to see The Dark Knight. It will be a night to get him away from the girls in his house.

Overall the internship has been good. I've been to two camps and we are currently setting up for VBS. Our church goes all-out for VBS so days have been long. Yesterday was a 14 hr day for me ha ha.

If I had it my way I would like to stay down here. The people are nice, the church is great and the area is nice (wealthy community, I don't fit in but it's cool). More to come on the internship I'm sure...