Now We Know...Kinda

I have been waiting to blog until Darrell got back from his trip in Ireland where he was basically figuring out what to do with us. He was supposed to come here on Tuesday, but surprised us and was here today. So now I know a lot more about the work I'll be doing, but I still don't know that much. But first I will tell you about my week. (If you want to go to the good stuff then skip the next paragraph).
Monday we talked about discipleship with 3 members of the Brethren/ Mennonite Churches. It was really cool because we got to hear 3 different viewpoints (plus our own) instead of one. On Tuesday we talked about Anabaptist history with Megan Ramer (the Mennonite pastor). We continued the conversation over lunch with Megan and Orlando(the Brethren pastor). On Wednesday I went to work...without Kevin :( I did the same on Thursday, but felt sick, and went home early. I felt bad on Friday also so I stayed home. I spent most of my time sleeping or praying for Kevin who had his surgery Friday(mistake on my last blog about it being Sunday). That afternoon we found out that the surgery went well and Kevin should be coming back this tuesday, instead of in a month! Praise God! The weekend wasn't that special. On Saturday I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art, where I found out I don't like contemporary art. On Sunday I went to Trinity United Church of Christ. It was an afro-centric church, but although Caitlyn and I were like the only white people there I never felt out of place. It's now sort of famous because Barack Obama goes there (he wasn't there he's campaigning). The service was really cool though. Sunday night Dell Hershberger came to talk about the cross cultural experience. He talked through Monday morning.
Monday Darrell showed up during breakfast and we were all excited to see him. After Dell talked we had lunch and a talk with Darrell. He was really excited about the two places we were going to work. First we will be going to Green Hill, a camp on the coast, and I mean right on the coast with a great view. The camp is a place for the Protestant and Catholic kids can come and have fun together. After a month there we will go to the East Belfast Mission. This is more "in the middle of the action." He was a little more vague about that, but it sounds like it will be an exciting month. After that we will return to Green Hill for the rest of the time.
So thats what I know so far, and I will try to keep everyone updated.
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Mom Comes, Kevin Leaves

This week started out relatively normally. Krista talked to us about conflict on Monday. Then that night she talked to us about scripture. Wednesday Kevin and I went to work, and thats when things got weird. Kevin was acting odd during work and taking some long breaks. That night after dinner he told me that he was having some health issues. He had a fatty tumor on his leg that was causing him pain, and needed to be removed. He would be leaving on Sunday and would hopefully be able to rejoin us in time for our commencement at the end of the month. That was really a shock. I would appreciate it if you could all pray for him (Kevin Gray). He will be having his surgery on Sunday. Well that was the bad news for the week. The good news for me was that my mom come to visit and speak to us more about conflict (which we talked about Monday) on Friday. It was a good presentation and everyone enjoyed visiting with her, especially me. The next day the group helped Krista move to an apartment that is exactly 30 seconds away from our house. I helped move but left early to go have breakfast with my mom and cousin. I really enjoyed it and said goodbye to my mom. On Sunday Caitlyn and I took Kevin to the airport in the morning (the whole Ireland team). He ended up missing his flight, then not having room on the next one, so he finally got the third plane and arrived home safe. After that I went and played ultimate frisbee with the mennonite church. It was so much fun. It helped get my mind off of Kevin leaving, and it was the first "sport" I had played since I had been in Chicago (I know thats crazy for me). So that was my week. Again please pray for Kevin and the whole group who will be missing him.
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