Well I have been here in Philly for five days now. Its been a crazy five days, very busy, and a lot of fun. I have a great staff here to be working with, and they are GREAT.
Just an update on what I am doing, and what I am doing for the rest of the summer: My job title is City Host. Basically, I am working for a missions organization where youth groups from all over the United States come to do inner city service projects. Specifically, I will be leading these groups around the city to the various service projects that we do. So this week so far, We have been going to the different organizations that we are partnered to serve with and taking a tour and hearing the heads of these organizations share their passion and experience for their organizations.
Talking with these people is the most amazing thing ever. They are overflowing with vision and excitement about what is being done, and what is going to be done.
As many of you may know, my senior year of high school I started my own non-profit organization, brown baggin' it, passing out bagged lunches to the homeless around Colorado Springs. This idea was rooted here in Philadelphia four years ago when I came to CSM with my youth group on a missions trip. Tuesday night, part of training was to talk with Joetta, the women who inspired me in such a big way to start my own ministry each week. I was so excited to meet her, because she really paved the way to make a dream of mine come true.
She is such a passionate women. She can hardly walk and she lives an hour away from the city, yet she is so dedicated to helping the less fortunate. I was able to go out and pass out my own bagged lunch and get into an awesome talk with Robert, a homeless man, who I saw the face of Jesus in, for 45 minutes! As the night started to draw to an end, and I finished, waiting for the other groups to get done passing out all their lunches, I had a chance to tell Joette my story. She told me I gave her goosebumps, while I myself was just in awe to talk with her.
I feel as if I have been here already for months, with the close knit staff, and the amazing experiences I have already had. This summer is already gearing up to be a GREAT one. God is truly working in this city, I feel so fortunate to even be apart of it.
Summer Staff (left to right): Katie, Kathleen, Me, Amy, Breauna, John, Brittany
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