Reflections from the past week and a half...

So real quick, for those who don't already know, I've been blessed to be able to accept an internship out here in the city of Denver, Colorado.  It is with Providence Bible Church. Been here for a week and a half already and I'll be out here until the end of July.

In the past week and a half, I've been broken down, shocked, challenged, and amazed here in the Mile High City.  I knew coming into this that this internship with Providence Bible Church was going to be challenging and awesome, but my expectations are continually being shattered.

Last week was pretty exhausting, for multiple reasons.  Some highlights came from our training that we'd have from the morning into the afternoon.  As usual, when bringing in a new group of people to an organization, we were given the first day for an icebreaker, overview of Providence, Logistics and things like that.  Then came information concerning the Clayton area (where we are living), Denver as a whole, and meetings with some people that work here.  The meetings that were with Z and with David were very key in opening us all up into being transparent with not only each other but ourselves, the community of those around us, and most importantly, with God.   I found out a lot about myself during that one day.  As much as I would have preferred not to, I came face-to-face with some fears, some obstacles, and things like that. It's incredible what you can find out about yourself when a man like David asks the right questions, and it's also incredible to see how certain things weigh on you and keep you from truly being you and moving forward in what God has in store.

All us interns minus Grant

So to sum up most of last week, it was information overload, somewhat, and emotionally stretching and exhausting.  Saturday, we went to the 16th Street Mall, which was pretty cool, but one of the many highlights for me came from Monday when we went to the Red Rocks.  Leading up to Memorial Day, we'd struggled to figure out what we all were going to do on our day off.  After talking to multiple people, we decided to go 30 min out of the city to the Red Rocks Amphitheater.  Best choice we could have made.  While this became a relaxing day where we could enjoy this wonderful bit of Colorado (that we've been able to see so far), it also became somewhat of a bonding moment and led to some awe moments where we just sat on top of these huge rocks and, I have no idea what the others were necessarily thinking about, but so much of the stuff that normally goes through my mind just quieted down and I was able to enjoy this time and regroup/reorganize myself and while I wasn't necessarily thinking about the upcoming week in particular, this time of relaxing in a wonderful bit of nature, was energizing.

Without a doubt, I know that this is where I know God wants me to be at this time.  I've met so many incredible people, and while not everything is perfect and there are problems here, I've seen so many incredible things as well.  If a week and a half has already had this much, with the other 5 interns who continue to become very close friends, I cant wait to see what the rest of this summer holds.