Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Today was my first full day of work and it was absolutely wonderful! Here was my schedule for the day:

6 AM – Wake up

                Devotional

                Read my Bible – That usually consists of opening up to a random page and reading a chapter. Anyone have any suggestions on a good daily plan?

7 AM – Breakfast

7:30 AM – Leave for work!

8 AM – Work time! Today we bagged phone books! It was definitely something I had never done before, but the girls had a system going that made it a lot easier! Since I got my nails done last week I just bagged and one of the girls tied them all for me. It actually made it A LOT faster to do it that way! We bagged, tied, and stacked 3,200 phone books and finished them all by 1! We all forgot about lunch because we were so determined to get it all finished! J

1 PM – Swimming in the creek! Since we finished so early we(the girls, myself, and another staff member) all hung out at this creek that was under a bridge! Hearing the cars pass by really freaked me out! Eventually I didn’t even notice them! It was really relaxing until everyone but me and one student saw a snake in the water. None of them wanted to get back in! Hahaha! They did after about 20 minutes and the fun continued!

5 PM – We came home and hung out for a bit. The girls went and cleaned and stuff and I hung out around campus until dinner.

5:30 PM – DINNER. It was so yummy! I love hamburgers!

5:45 PM – Ladies’ Staff Meeting with Pastor Ashley. We went over some rules and our schedules for the week and talked about some things around campus. It’s weird being in this position having been a student. I always wanted to know what was talked about at Staff Meeting when I was at NLH and I bet it was like this. I had to get onto one of the lady’s because of her attitude and I wasn’t sure if I handled it correctly. Being a teenager in a position of authority over someone with children my age(or sometimes older)  is strange. I was afraid that my age would be a disadvantage but a couple of staff members have reassured me that it didn’t matter. I was told that a lot when I was at Teen Challenge. Age is just a number in the program. I feel honored that I have been placed in this position!

6:30 PM – GSNC class! I remember taking this class at Teen Challenge and loved it! It was very interactive which I enjoyed! This is actually for the girls led by Pastor Ashley. I went tonight because she reviewed some of the rules and I’m not completely caught up on them. The review was good! Some of the rules are more lax here than at New Life House so I don’t want to write them disciplines for something they’re not doing wrong! I would feel really bad!

7:00 PM – Down time! I am off for the rest of the night so I just get to hang out! Right now it’s storming so I’ll probably take a shower soon. If it doesn’t pass I guess I’ll just take one anyway! LOL. Creek water is icky!

I got my schedule for the rest of the week! My first night watch is Saturday! Since the girls will be sleeping I’m not too worried about it, but it’s weird being called a staff member and having some of those same duties that my staff members had!

The girls(They’re all older than me, but I’ll still call them girls. I’ll always be a “New Life House Girl.”) are so fun! Like all TC students, they have their struggles but their personalities still shine through! They each remind me of at least one girl I was in the program with!