Season of Change

How strange to see the full view of Reality again.

As Andy (our Interim chaplain at Calvin) so aptly put it, "the Lovefest will end," and indeed, it already is fading. The past week and a half with Barnabas training has been transforming in and of itself; I learned so much about myself and about the people on my team--God is amazing. God is good. God is faithful to us all. But now our job has begun and we're all back on campus doing this thing for real. Unreal. So crazy. Introducing myself as Barnabas is a kind of a weird thing, but it's kinda fun, too!

Eric and I are together again, after three months apart. It was a strange reunion for both of us--rather surreal, a little awkward at first, and yet I knew his face and his smile and his eyes so well. It was good to catch up, especially to talk and hold hands again. :) So strange, but I like it. ;)

I had an amazing experience with prayer last night. Some girls and I from the team spent 3 hours worshipping our Father. It was pretty intense, actually, and we spent some time reflecting on it this morning before heading out from Cran-Hill. It was moving and powerful; it showed me how real prayer can be. I seek to learn more about prayer, about different kinds of prayer and to be held accountable in praying more often. I'm meeting with Sharon Bytwerk this coming Thursday to spend some time talking about prayer and praying together. It should be a good experience for me, and I hope to meet with her regularly.

Speaking of prayer, pray for me-- of all weeks of the year, I've come down with a cold in the last couple of days. It's rather inconvenient timing, and right now I've got a headache, itchy watery eyes and some congestion. Sad day. I'm going to seek out some meds and make sure I use the next few days before classes start to take it easy before the intensity of September!

Much love. Thanks for your support.

Betsy