Day 1- Orientation

Wow. I'm on information overload. Today was crazy! we got to church by 8 and had a time of worship that was just purely worshippers wholeheartedly worshipping the Lord. It was amazing to be a part... whereas in Uturn we are really learning to let our voices be heard while speaking praise during the waiting time, and instrumental breaks and such... this morning... it was like a roar of praise.. I could hear all the voices rising up to praise our Savior. It was beautiful, it was powerful. It was comforting. The lord comforted my fears, I silenced the enemy and allowed myself to grow excited during worship! Then Pastor Dale got up and spoke and ( as usual) it hit me to the core. His words are so convicting, his passion and His fervor so contagious!
we then proceeded to have what will become a Tuesday morning routine- Family Breakfast! So much fun being with all the leaders, all the pastors, all the new people, and new faces. I loved it.. it was a beautiful picture of genders and generations.
After that we moved onto our "classroom"... which is the new Song nursery:)! and Morgan talked with us for a little while, and then Mitch came in and asked if we liked coffee.. to which everyone responded yes EXCEPT for Brad... so Mitch decided to move us to Starbucks... yay! I LOVE spontaneity!
This became our orientation time that started off with Mitch telling us her story, her testimony. it was truly incredible. The redemptive power of Christ. How he can take someone so broken, so battered, so addicted, so stuck... and make them into a woman like Mitch!! I aspire to be like her in so many ways... how she carries herself, how she uses her humor and her personality, how she spends her time so purposefully... I cannot wait to get to know her more. Oh yeah, were gonna find out our mentors tomorrow.. she wouldn't tell us today!!!!! so I cannot wait to find out who it is the Lord has assigned to me for the next 9 months!!!
Anyway, then Morgan shared a little of her testimony which was as well a powerful picture of Gods love and undying pursuit of us as His children! Then we got down to the Nitty Gritty as Nacho Libre so eloquently puts it.
we went through a couple hours of reading through the packets and listening to the heart of the program and asking questions and getting logistical stuff figured out.
So that's basically it! it was a good first day... I cant wait to get rollin and get out in the community and start DOING!I'm very tired. It's late. I have to be up in 6 hours. Goodnight all.