The Beginning....

The summer has finally arrives and along with picnics, the hot, humid weather, and harvest comes my MIP experience. The apprehension and anxiety that I had felt throughout the last week or two faded as soon as Tom and Lois began helping me move in last night and has yet to rear its ugly head again. I have many things to learn, not just about ministry and the church, but also about living on my own and keeping my own house. I have never had to cook everything for myself before and while I was excited about having good food the overwhelmingness of the task is beginning to hit me.
For a first day at a new job today was rather uneventful. After starting off with some minor research into the Lectionary and the texts for this coming Sunday I made my way to the weekly staff meeting with Tom, Lois, and Meribeth, the administrative assistant. The meeting basically consisted of the weekly agenda as well as a few items further down the road, my schedule for the week as well as some long-term projects, and attendance from the past Sunday. Lois claims that they are almost anal about making sure they knew who was in church on Sunday, but they have good reasons for why they want to know. The rest of my day consisted of various activities including research on Genograms and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, as well as some reading.
I am currently spending my evening alone, playing a little guitar and doing some more reading, for fun this time. I will leave you now with the lesson for the day from Lois, “Before going to visit someone at the hospital, check to see if they are still there.”
Peace,
Daniel

One more thing, for anyone who would like to send me mail my address here in Wichita is:
656 S. Chautauqua
Wichita, Ks 67211