Doing daily life in Tulsa...the weather is cooling off, i have great friends to spend time with, beautiful girls to disciple, trips around the world to plan, and a roomate i love more and more everyday! (you know it's good if i pull out the exclamation point).
I started a book today called The Father Hunger, about our deep longing for a earthly father's validation. It is good to have a testimony of healing in this area. Currently, i am working with a few students who are lost as to how to deal with this overwhelming issue. I see it play out in every aspect of their lives. Today during our minister's meeting, Jay told the whole staff about some really intense talks he's been having with our strong, leader-type guys about pornography. It's bad. the battle is fierce. We are all trying to steel ourselves and engage the battle to address these issues over the next couple of months as we plan big retreats for the high schoolers based on the Wild At Heart and Captivating stuff.
This week i am staying with 3 kids that go to FUMC: Hailey: 8th grade, Sunday: 10th grade, Max: 11th grade. They are great. Really responsible and loving. And i was called today about a job with 4 kids ages 1-5, which would be so fun. I have a renewed vision for this moonlighting job as a housesitter, nanny, whatever. I love my full-time job at the church, but there is something really great about waking up at 6:00 a.m. before the kids, having time with God, working out, driving car-pools, cooking, etc. I get my mom fix without having to look very far. Working at an outdoor store part-time is still an option and definitely the stuff with troubled girls...so many great options, plus a job i love. Bring it on. I needed to clear the air because i realized i sounded a little whiney on the last post.
That's the update from Green Country...i bet you didn't know Tulsa was called that.
9/27/2005
Doing Daily
Doing daily life in Tulsa...the weather is cooling off, i have great friends to spend time with, beautiful girls to disciple, trips around the world to plan, and a roomate i love more and more everyday! (you know it's good if i pull out the exclamation point).
I started a book today called The Father Hunger, about our deep longing for a earthly father's validation. It is good to have a testimony of healing in this area. Currently, i am working with a few students who are lost as to how to deal with this overwhelming issue. I see it play out in every aspect of their lives. Today during our minister's meeting, Jay told the whole staff about some really intense talks he's been having with our strong, leader-type guys about pornography. It's bad. the battle is fierce. We are all trying to steel ourselves and engage the battle to address these issues over the next couple of months as we plan big retreats for the high schoolers based on the Wild At Heart and Captivating stuff.
This week i am staying with 3 kids that go to FUMC: Hailey: 8th grade, Sunday: 10th grade, Max: 11th grade. They are great. Really responsible and loving. And i was called today about a job with 4 kids ages 1-5, which would be so fun. I have a renewed vision for this moonlighting job as a housesitter, nanny, whatever. I love my full-time job at the church, but there is something really great about waking up at 6:00 a.m. before the kids, having time with God, working out, driving car-pools, cooking, etc. I get my mom fix without having to look very far. Working at an outdoor store part-time is still an option and definitely the stuff with troubled girls...so many great options, plus a job i love. Bring it on. I needed to clear the air because i realized i sounded a little whiney on the last post.
That's the update from Green Country...i bet you didn't know Tulsa was called that.
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Funny--whenever I drive through Tulsa, I sure don't feel any sense of "green country."
A year into my job, I decided to do an unofficial study on the father role. Over 70% of the youth I worked with either had absent fathers or fathers who abused them. I found that it had the most profound impact on girls when they were teenagers, and boys after they grew up to be adults and had lots of difficulty. I will be praying for you in your important work...
I love my incredible roommate!
ajc
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