Internship Activities

Josh patching the tar paper

Greetings everyone!

As probably most of you know already I am at Calvary Baptist in Winter Garden, Florida this summer working on my church internship. Many people ask what I do on my internship, and I respond that it's a little bit of everything. =) We don't really have one specific task. Instead we have many various tasks that we do here and there. For example, some of the things that I've done since arriving here at the church have included roofing a building, cleaning showers, vacuuming floors, preaching messages, teaching Sunday school, planning youth activities such as a mini-golf trip, organizing and teaching a Awana night, door-to-door visitation, and setting up and tearing down tables and chairs for church activities. Like I said, a little bit of everything. =)

The roofing nails to hold the tar paper on

Overall I've been having a great time. I have an office there at the church where I can stay and work on Sunday school lessons, or make phone calls to miniature golf places to find the best prices and most convenient locations, or anything else I needed to work on. I come in to the church in the morning and am there until about 4 pm. In that time I do a variety of different things, and also I'm there so that when people want to talk to me they know where to find me.

my sheet music

Even though I am doing a good amount of stuff at the church and working on getting things ready for the numerous youth and kid's times I still have a healthy chunk of time that I can spend on tasks which I put on my list of things to accomplish this summer. One of those tasks is practicing the guitar, which I have been able to come a good ways in. I'm managing to get some of the easier chords down such as D, G, A, Em, and such. I can play a song or two, such as "Are you Washed in the Blood," and sing slowly along with it, so that has been a great encouragement to my journey of learning the art of playing the guitar.

Playing tennis with a wall

I have some other things which I would like to work on over the summer such as practicing the piano, practicing tennis, working on Greek so that I can hit the floor running in the fall for my final semester of undergrad Greek. And then finally, lifting weights. Piano hasn't been going very far, partly because the people that I'm staying at have a piano, but it is severely out of tune. I think that I will bring my books here to the church and find a time a place to practice on one of their pianos here. Tennis is going fairly decently, I have been able to go to find a court and practice my serves there, and then here at the church's gym practice hitting the balls off the wall. As for Greek, it has been very hard to get myself siked up to for school work, but it is coming however slowly.

The Church's weight equipment

Lifting weights is something that I just started actually because I found out that the church has a spot in the gym where they have the equipment to be able to do it. Sometimes when I pray I like to talk out loud and walk around, especially if I have a large burden on my mind, it helps me keep my mind from wandering and getting distracted. So anyway, I was walking around the gym, and wandered up into the balcony area and in the discovered that in the far corner they have some lifting equipment.  Currently the equipment is pretty much unused, but pastor Klapperich said that I could use it if I wanted to, just to be careful, obviously. I just started last Friday, so we'll see if I keep it up. =)

So, those are some of the things that I have been doing. I trust that you are having a blessed summer as well. In the daily devotional that I read for today it had Proverbs 3:5-6 for its passage. "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Always remember to acknowledge God, never forget that He is there, watching over you, and caring for you in every trial.

Never forget who your mostest, bestest friend truly is. =)

 - Captive of Christ

Tim

Summer Time

It's June!  That means summer is in the air. And everybody loves summer because it is so wonderful! It's hot, and… and that means that I'll sweat, and that means that my glasses will slide down my nose…. No! I can wear my contacts, so that way by glasses won't slide down my nose! =D Instead… the sweat can… drip into my eyes and make my eyes sting. =§ Hmm…. Why is that people like summer so much then? Oh, Yeah! That's right because of summer vacation, they don't have to go to school. They can find jobs and work instead. =D What? Work isn't fun? Yeah it is. It's fun because you get those 6.14 inch long pieces of paper with peoples' faces and numbers on them. So, why do people want those pieces of paper again? It's not like you can do a whole lot with them. I mean, they work pretty well for making paper roses, but they'd be better if they were red or something. Oh wait! That's right! People want those pieces of paper because they are useful in trade, I remember now. You can trade them for food and other useful things. So, that's why summer is fun.

Oh! It's also fun because you can spend time with your friends on the beach and stuff. =D Well actually, the beach probably isn't a very good place to go considering the world as it is today. =/ Hmm…. Aha! Instead, you can go to Disney World and Epcot, or other Amusement Parks! =D Perfect! … But then again, actually, maybe not, because then you'd have to trade in those greenish pieces of paper that you were collecting. =( And that's no fun, because you wanted those. Hmm… I know! You can sit around for half the day and watch movies and playing games on the computer. And then you can just sleep for the other half of the day. Go to bed at midnight and then don't get up until noon, it's perfect! =D There you go, all your problems solved. Well… actually… the majority of my friends aren't here for the summer. I only see them during the school year, so I guess it's not so perfect. =C Hmm…. So, why is it that people like summer so much anyway? =S

Oh boy, some people's kids…. =P

Well anyway, summer is in the air, and even though summer does have it's own disadvantages (such as the heat), it also has a vast array of wonderful advantages. First is that you have more free time which you would never had at school unless you skipped all your classes and didn’t study for anything. And that free time can most definitely be enjoyed by watching movies or other recreational activities, but it can also be used for growth. Growth and developing the man or lady that God has created you to be. You have more time to read, and develop your mind that God has given you. More time to exercise to be a good steward of the body that has been entrusted to you. More time to practice musical instruments that you might be trying to learn or other hobbies that you might have, again, developing the gifts and abilities that God has blessed you with. Then most importantly you have more time to interact with your closest friend. Time to spend a little bit longer reading the letter that He has written to you, and time to spend a little extra time talking to Him and sharing your burdens and problems with Him. Free time seems to be greatest thing about summer. It must be used effectively though, used for God's glory. =)

Don't waste the time that you have.
- Tim