This morning I had the prediscipleship group at 8:30. I left in plenty of time, but was an hour late to arrive. Last week there was a 5K for breast cancer. Apparently this week there was one too, but I didn't know it. I was about 10 cars behind the runners, who took up the entire highway. If only I had been five minutes earlier! Behind me were miles and miles of traffic. Actually, let me correct myself. They were not runners. They were walkers. Which meant after an hour of driving with the speedometer registering 0 kilometers per hour my clutch leg was very tired.
I sent a message to the leader of the group to say that I was going to be late. I missed the whole thing. He was able to take an alternate route. I know an alternative to get home from the church, but I wasn't sure about how to get from my house to the church in a different way.
Today I was talking with a lady from the church whom I really like, but don't know very well. She is a social worker too. We talked about the possibility of her doing some of the home studies with me, since Chayito is busy and can only do them for one week in November. Of course, we need to run all of this through the proper channels. But I am so excited with the idea of using my mind for assessments again!
She told me that if we get the home studies done, there are members of small groups within the church who have been wanting to serve in Los Pinos, but weren't sure how. The home studies will show us how church members can serve fellow church members or families of the kids from the Breakfast Program! I am really, really excited about this. It is right up my alley. I never knew there were others who shared the same interest. It seems like I will have lots of support. I sure hope things fall into place as we take this idea to the leadership. I am going to pray about this. I think after a year and a half, I have started to find my niche! I will continue at the Breakfast Program, of course, because that is where all of this stems from. To get outside and stretch my brain is going to feel wonderful.
I also talked to the man who is organizing all of the sports programs for the kids. He asked me to take names of 21 kids who want swimming lessons, 10 kids who want to play tennis, and 15 girls who want to play soccer. He also said that the pool is going to provide another swim instructor for us! We are bringing 7 kids each day and we will have the teacher from the pool as well as me working with the kids. This is awesome!
Every day I feel like things are becoming more clear as to how I can serve to my full potential. Now I can't wait for them to fall into place and come to fruition. Not only is this great for the kids, it also makes me feel like I am serving as I should and living a more complete life. I don't mean to be self centered, but it feels really great on a personal level. I am grateful to God for that.
