Well I survived Paul's visit with flying colors. Mostly 3's and 4's on the eval so that's a good thing. He'll be coming back in May (my 11th month here!) with Margie for his final visit.

Other than that things here have been nuts. I'm getting ready to go home for Thanksgiving on Tuesday so this week has been filled with prepping lessons for the subs when I'm gone. I have a Jr High Lock-In tomorrow thru Saturday morning, for which I have yet to prepare my lesson. Sunday is Children's Message/Children's Church and I have yet to figure out how to fit Christ the King into it... HELP! And on top of all of this stuff, I'm getting sick and I literally had NO sleep last night for reasons that I could've controlled but didn't want to. (If you really want to know, IM me!)

I guess it's just that time in the internship where things are starting to get hectic and you start questioning things... or in my case, a lot of things. Like Hannah's blog says, I just need a hug from someone other than you-(probably)-know-who. Not that those aren't GREAT hugs... sometimes it's just important to have a hug from an old friend!

Would you guys just please pray for me? Pray that God grants me courage and words to deal with situations I need to deal with before they get any worse. Pray that really hard and continually until I ask you otherwise. Thanks...

I should get back to work. I love you guys! See some of you in January in good ol' Seward!

P.S. My friend, Sue Dimza, did pass away this week. The funeral was held today in St Louis. Please continue to pray for her family, fiancee, and especially her friend, Kelly, who is having an especially hard time with this.

AND... The Dinner Auction went well, for those of you wondering. We ended up making around $3,100 from it. It's not the best but it's not the worst. Not bad for my first auction ever!!

Alright. I'm in the midst of supervisor evaluation right now. Actually, as I'm typing this Paul isn't here at church yet so I guess I'm not technically in the middle of it. As soon as he gets here he'll meet with Pastor Rockey and then with us together over lunch. Then some lay people will be here (hopefully) to talk to him around 3.

You know, yesterday, I wasn't nervous at all. At least that was until I realized I was going to dinner alone with Paul and he was gonna ask me all sorts of questions. THEN I realized that these lay people he's talking to, though they like me, most likely will have criticisms and points to improve on... Don't get me wrong. I want them to. I need them to. I just don't like people talking about me, that's all.

Last night at dinner when he was asking me all those questions, he said that it was okay if we start talking about staying or leaving... so he pulled out St John's program application and pointed out that they aren't interesting in keeping the intern after internship. SHOCK. I guess I didn't realize that. I mean I really love it here. I fit in, which surprises me since I come from such a contemporary background and this is such a traditional church in comparison. But I guess I have to respect and understand that they may not want to keep me OR they may not be able to afford to keep me. It's just something I haven't thought of... But now, I have to prepare myself for the talk Paul, Pastor Rockey and I will have where that will be one of the topics.

Anywho, besides Paul being here not much else is going on. I'm keeping busy (duh!). This weekend I'm taking a few kids to a lock-in and then next weekend I'm taking 30 middle schoolers to a lock-in where I'm teaching a 1/2 hour session on relationships. Then it's our yearly voters meeting and THEN I get to go HOME for Thanksgiving!! :) It's only for 6 days or so but I'm happy just the same. I miss my mommy and daddy... and my Hershey... and I get to meet their new cat Raja. I have yet to find someone to take me to and pick me up from the airport so I don't have leave my car there... I'll find someone eventually... we'll see.

So, I'll stop rambling now. I'll update again after Paul and I debrief this afternoon to let y'all know how it went :) Later!