Office life.

I've never really had a real job. I've always been a babysitter. Since I can remember that is what I have done. I watch other people's kids. Every summer except for the past two that is what I have done to make money. I have definitely never had an office job, but that's where I've spent a good chunk of time the past few days, in the office. This is our first "normal" week of work. Every morning our schedules start with "office hours." I'm not sure what I thought it would be like, but it's better than I was expecting. It's good to all come together and work alongside each other to begin the day. Especially with the way this internship is set up, time that we get to spend together as a team is precious. Time that we get to spend together learning how we all work, think, and just do life is valuable for us collectively as we learn to better love one another, and also individually as we find our place on this team, develop our strengths and realize areas of weakness, where we need encouragement and help.

Even though we all have separate things going on, separate projects, separate life happenings, separate goals and hopes, it is comforting to be close to my team. To know that even though we are all so different, we all have common ground to stand on, firm, unmovable common ground. And I need them to remind me of that sometimes. I pray that as I continue this summer, I would work to actively engage my teammates. That I wold strive to know their hearts, but also to let them into mine. I'm not the best at that. It's ok to show weakness and vulnerability. I need to constantly be reminding myself of that.

Outside of the office, we had our first Ultimate Frisbee of the summer last night. A good number of people came out to play, and I am also thankful for the others that came out to watch and hang out on the sidelines. It was really, really, really hot. I don't know how they played for two straight hours. We enforced lots of water breaks, but still the heat was killer. It was a good first week though.