Ahh, staff meeting! Whit came and everybody shouted and sighed and pouted. I stayed quiet and happy. So content. Tony bought me burnt black coffee and as soon as VJ flipped open the enormous office calendar I announced I was leaving. Nobody complained, and Whit even volunteered to help with SAY Yes Wednesday and Thursday! What a relief.
I'm so excited for the holidays, too, for that rush of winter that starts, essentially, as soon as I get back from St Louis. On Halloween Emily and I are going to make "boatloads" of brownies, and then the youth group and a bunch of us are going to set up a table outside of church and hand out brownies, hot cocoa, and Halloween-themed tracts to the trick-or-treaters. (Free! 4+pm) And there's a staff Thanksgiving dinner, and a Christmas potluck....
So now that everybody knows I'm going, I'm pretty excited about my two weeks home. My goals are to bring back winter supplies, see my friends, be good to Pete, patch my clothes, gather crucial documents, make money.... I really wish I could raise support and NOT need a job. I want so much for my life to be made up of full-time church ministry and soup kitchens on the side!
