4 months at RVR

I'm home for christmas and am so thankful to God that I've been able to intern at the Ranch this year. It's getting me out of every comfort zone that I enjoy. Yes, I enjoy my comfort zones. I don't really like to lead and be in charge. I'd rather take orders in the background. I don't like coming up with ideas either...all these things I am having to do. I'm not a task oriented person either, service is not a gift I excel in. (I'm realizing that even though I'm not task oriented the gift of service doesn't have a lot to do with that. It's an attitude of the heart and I am asking the Lord to give me a willingness to do things unto Him because it's not really a task it's putting others first!) When the Gospels talk about serving I know that I am not the servant that Christ was on earth...and I really want to grow in this area. RVR has really helped me in this area, serving. Rather than resisting altogether I am more eager to do so and I know it's God if I am ever serving instead of sitting. I love the real life aspects of the Ranch. Working with the people you live with can bring a lot of drama to the surface- so far things are awesome and we are working together well . I'm really excited about knowing the interns more and working together better...but so far it has really been a blessing that these girls have been awesome to work with. I'll be starting into the course work of the masters degree that I am working on through Baptist Bible College in PA. So we'll see how that goes. So far RVR has turned out to be way more learning than I ever learned in the tunnel of books and college - so getting a masters while I am there feels right. I love the feeling of being stretched and growing is fun.

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these are some pictures we took while hiking the AT in PA and going to Baltimore for lunch w/the Ranch ....this is leisure time obviously=)