morgan's spring narrative
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2011 S P R I N G N A R R A T I V E FREE
Since Coming home from Christmas
break, our lives in the Albany ServiceAdventure Unit have been going full
speed. We’ve gone to see Silver Creek
Falls, offered a night of babysitting to
the congregation’s youngest members,
participated in two benefit/fundraising
dinners, seen to glorious Mount
Rainier, enjoyed a relaxing morning atthe Cougar Hot Springs, explored more
of the Oregon Coast, rocked out to
Thousand Foot Crutch, and went to
Idaho to spread the word about Service
Adventure.
Although our days and weeks are full of
activities they each give our unit timeto grow closer to each other. The
relationships I’ve formed during this
year are going to stay with me
throughout my life I’m sure. I found that
I am able to be myself around these
What We’ve Been Doing
ANDREA IN THE HOT SPRINGS HAND-BLOWN GLASS GLOBES JULIE AND OLIVER IN HOT
SPRINGS
TAKE A LOOK
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people which has given me a great
opportunity to grow into my character.
I feel more comfortable in who I am.
Seeing the sights of Oregon and
surrounding area has been one of my
favorite activities of this year. It was
something I was looking forward to
coming into this year and I haven’t been
disappointed. I figure if I’m going to be
on the other side of the country for a
year I might as well get my money’s
worth. So often I have to catch my
breath at the beauty that is God’s
creation, it’s absolutely amazing.
In early March one of my high school
friends came to visit for a long
weekend, that ended up feeling very
short. It was really great to be together
again and be able to show her what I
had been telling her for so long. We had
a very full weekend that was
jumpstarted by a fancy dinner and
movie night and was concluded with
ears ringing from the Rockin’ Worship
Roadshow.
We took a Saturday afternoon trip to
the Tulip festival with high hopes of
overflowing fields of color, however the
weather has been too cold and too wet
so there were very few flowers. We
were disappointed but we had a fun
time anyways.
We’ve done so much this year and our
last three months are already looking
very full as we anticipate the closing of
our year together, but we will continue
making memories.
What We’ve Been Doing (cont.)
WHAT WE DO!
OSU GYMNASTICS MEET
OUR FANCY DINNER
BOISE, IDAHO
VERY WIN DY
SO OFTEN I HAVE TO CATCH
MY BREATH AT THE BEAUTY
THAT IS GOD’S CREATION,
IT’S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
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“How are you and God?” Recently I
was asked this question by a good
friend of mine, and for the first time in
what seems like a lifetime I couldhonestly say that we were doing good.
Spiritual growth was at the top of my
list of priorities as I stepped into my
year of Service Adventure, second to
maybe having a blast (but who says they
can’t be the same thing?). Coming out
of High School I felt like I was stuck in a
spiritual rut - excuse the cliche - and I
didn’t know exactly how to climb out
of it. As it turned out listening was the
key.
This year our unit has participated in
Young Adults Bible Study where we’ve
been focusing on the topic of Listening
for God . Having the chance to sit down
with other people who are willing to
share that they’ve been feeling distant
from God and that they too don’t feel
like they’ve been giving God the best of
their lives has been a huge
encouragement to me. I have beenstretched to try new things, and I’ve
been blessed to see what God has to
teach me as I allow him into my daily
life and not just my Sunday life.
Part of my reasoning for doing Service
Adventure was that the thought of
college scared me and the mention of
more school work made me want to
scream. Although I still am not looking
forward to writing more papers and
studying late into the night I have been
able to see new changes in my
perspective of going to college. Being in
a smaller group this year has allowed
me to see that I don’t have to be as shy
as I normally am in group settings. I can
be that outgoing person when I set my
mind to it and don’t let anything hold
me back. When I tell myself to just go
for it I usually find myself in interesting
conversations with people I would
usually shy away from and try to fade
into the background. Stepping out andsaying a simple, “Hello,” has given me
more confidence as I think about my
situation in the coming year.
Starting in January our unit has lead a
worship service once a month at
church, we plan the songs to sing, the
prayers, who will read the scripture, and
the order of the service. It has been
very rewarding as we see our work
being paid off by a smooth running
service and compliments from various
members. It has not always been an
easy task as we plan together, we each
have our own ideas and different styles,
but I think it has taught us all a lot
about working together to get the job
done.
I have been playing guitar during the
services that we prepare and this has
given me multiple opportunities to
grow in my leadership skills. I’ve hadlittle experience leading songs in
worship and these times have
challenged me to step out of what I’m
comfortable with and allow myself to
be vulnerable, and it seems to me that
when I do this the outcome is usually
quite rewarding.
I started out the year
working at two jobs,
one at a MediationService the other at a
homeless shelter.
However, the
Mediation Service has
closed down and now
I am working full time
at the homeless
shelter. I really enjoy
working there and continue to see my
relationships with the guests grow. I am
going to miss them greatly when I leave
but I know that they will each hold apiece of my heart where ever I go. In
the past couple of weeks I have begun
doing some work in the office, which
has given me a glimpse into the
backstage work that goes on there. I
have even done an intake and
assessment for one of the guests.
Seeing this part of the shelter along
with my work beside the guests have
sparked an interest in social work,
which I have considered majoring innext year, however I am not completely
sure. My heart wants to help these
people in any way I can. When I hear
some of their stories my heart breaks.
This year has been a year of growth for
me and I feel so blessed that God put it
on my heart to take part in this
experience. I know that had I taken the
road that most of my classmates took
in going straight to college I would havemissed out on so much. I am amazed at
how much can change in one year, but
God is continually working even when
we don’t always see it, and I hope that I
will be on the look out for all that he
has to teach me in the coming months
and years.
Growing, growing, growing...
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