I don’t have time (or energy!) to write a lot but i guess some news is better then no news at all so here goes. We made it through orientation week–thank goodness. It was really hard for me because i had just started settling into the way things were when all these new kids showed up and things changed again. Anyway, now we are settling back into a routine again and it is good. Let’s see, among interesting things I have done today–well, not much really–vaccuming, cleaning toilets, sinks, etc.
We did have a wrangler rodeo yesterday and that was lots of fun. My favorite event was bareback tag where the wranglers all ride around in the ring bareback and try to tag each other–mostly the new guys just fall off but they just get right back on. Other interesting events included some steer lasso-ing which always got more interesting when the wranglers had to attempt to get the rope off of whichever part of the calf had happened to be lasso-ed. Anyway it was lots and lots of fun to watch and added something new to the day. Last night we played flag football on the field using car headlights and duct tape flags (my proud invention).
I have been memorizing Phillipians 2–a good verse for the type of work I’m doing this summer. I especially like this part:
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better then yourselves. Each of you should look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others… Do everything without grumbling or complaining that you may be blames and pure children of God in a crooked and depraved generation.”
The grumbling and complaining part is always good to hear and here at the ranch it is vital for everyone that we look to each other’s interests. It is definitely an expanding experience.
Also, on an almost totally separate topic, but still one very close to my heart, I have been reading Elisabeth Elliot’s Passion and Purity . It is a beautiful book dealing mainly with following God’s will as opposed to your own. Elisabeth talks about her relationship with Jim and how, although they knew they loved each other they decided not to get married in order to follow the will of God. Although nothing remotely in this nature has happened to me it has still been influential in bringing my thoughts into line in terms of putting God first in my life. I especially liked her discussion of staying “asleep” in Christ until He calls you to come “awake” to a boy.
That’s all for now, hopefully I will update you all sooner rather then later!
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