For those of you that have kept up with my writings so far, don't worry. I will not be writing a new post every other day this entire summer. If the title didn't give it away already, we have arrived down in PCB (Panama City Beach) and finished our first day at SLP (Summer Leadership Project), so I figured it would be good to share with you in more detail what will be happening down here. I will be extremely busy after these next few days, so my posts will begin to dilute down to about 1 a week or so, so please ask me any questions if you have them as I continue to share my experiences with you.
We left from my house at 9:30 in the morning with me, Andy Chambless, and Jesse Nestor and got down to The Ambassador at 3:30 PM. Immediately after we got out of the car, I met my room leader, Wes Coberly and found out my room would consist of me, him and Andy. We unpacked everything in our rooms and then went and hung out on the beach with everybody since we don't have any work yet. After that, 333 (our room number/ nickname) drove around and Wes showed us where the Wal-Mart basketball courts were. We came back to our room, ate dinner and got ready to go to our first meeting of the summer.
At the meeting, we got our handy-dandy notebooks and after we heard a talk and the rules were discussed, we were finally handed out our places of work. This is where God's first miracle happened. When I first arrived at SLP, and was signing in, I was reminded that I would need my Social Security Card so my employer could look at it when giving me a job. Of course, I didn't have it and my mom would not be able to get it out of her security deposit box until Thursday, so I was pretty much out of luck until then. Then, at the meeting, right before jobs were given out, we were told that there was only one place that did not require us to bring our Social Security Card and that is Holiday Inn. Much to my joy, 333 got assigned to work at the Holiday Inn, so crisis averted.
If you remember from my first blog post, I said this trip was not your normal church camp where we show up, hang out and have a good time and go back to our old lifestyles. SLP is real life and real struggle and we as a community will have to fight through our own trials and help carry the burdens of our brothers and sisters as well. That being said, I already love how 333 is looking so far. I got to spend a lot of time getting to know Andy this past semester through D-Group and have also already gotten to have a deep talk with Wes. The coolest thing about this room is how all 3 of us want to willingly make the effort to grow closer together and really get to know what makes us click.
That's pretty much how the first day of project went. I know it wasn't anything too in depth, but if you take anything from this post, let it be that all of us who are on this trip are children under the same God. Whether we have known each other for 10 years or just met today, He has power to bring us together and build us in the love He has provided. I have only known Wes for a single day, but have been blessed with the chance to open up to him what I struggle with and how he can hold me accountable throughout this summer and he and Andy have done the same. None of this could be done without God making it happen.
I also want to again thank all of you who have been reading my blog and have supported my trip whether monetarily or through prayer. You have done more than I could ever imagine and I am forever grateful.
Thank you and God Bless,
Stewbear
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