My second day at Project Transformation has been very exciting. First, I went with my team to meet the church family of the site that will be hosting our day camp beginning next Monday. The whole congregation was extremely welcoming and sent us off with a word of prayer. It was inspiring to hear our pastor say that we may want to change and transform the hurting people we meet in life, but sometimes we just have to accept them and meet them where they are. Later on during group sessions, we discussed diversity and the fact that Jesus accepted everyone he met as they were. Would he frown upon a person wearing a certain clothing brand or driving a certain car, or even living in a certain neighborhood, like we sometimes do? No, he accepted everyone, and came to them where they were, and loved them how they were.
After a day of group training and team bonding, I feel much more at ease with the summer ahead of me and can’t wait to know my fellow interns better. During another session today, we did an activity that helped us realize how low-income parents, like the ones in the communities we will be working in, go through an entire month from a financial standpoint (PlaySPENT). It was stressful just simulating the situation, and I can't imagine how terrible it would be if this were to become my own situation. Why am I not in this situation instead of someone else? The PT director quoted the following message:
"I wanted to ask God why there was war, poverty, and hurt in the world,
When He had the capability to change the world for the better,
But I was afraid He would ask the same question of me."
If God gave us the ability to change the world ourselves, then I believe we should all at least try. For now, though, I going to sleep because I am TOAST.
Thank you for reading!
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Shelley
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