Internship #1

Woke up at 4:00am on the morning of the 29th,

finished packing up my bag and I was off to LAX.

The plane rides were fine, one to Chicago and

the next to Jackson. Planes are meant for tall guys.

I arrived at the airport to be picked up by 2 two

year interns named Rachel and Maria and a

summer intern named Katie.

Once we got to the center I was greeted by JP

(John Perkins) himself. He seems to get shorter

and shorter as the years pass. It could be me.

I then moved into my house, an older 6 room

house occupied by a few two year interns as

well as the other summer interns with me.

That night I was able to get to know the guys

in my house a lot better while watching the

Lakers do work on the Suns, and where was

the game? o ya, Phoenix.

The following day I went to church in Jackson,

Sonic for lunch, then was able to go to another

camp in West Jackson to attend a fun afternoon

community BBQ. I was able to meet a bunch of

new friends and realize how terrible I am at

basketball. Then a home study that night.

John Perkins grandson, Big John, lead the

study on Jesus' prayer from John 17. Then

he challenged us to write a prayer in response

to Jesus' prayer, so here is my response.

Dear King Jesus,

The sacrifice you made on this worlds behalf,

the sacrifice Your Father made when giving

You to us, and knowing of the joy You felt in

the process, is unfathomable. Lord, the unity

that You and your Father have is something

I now see as necessary for Your children here

on earth to obtain. Lord I pray that I, Your

servant, become one, unified with Your

children. Lord please continue to overflow

me with Your joy, Your perfect joy,

especially in times of trials, help us to take

joy in knowing from those trials we will

produce perseverance. Lord give me

confidence when I worry about the troubles

of this world because You King Jesus, have

overcome the world. Lord fill me with Your

spirit to overflowing so that the world may

see you through me. Help me always

remember what You did for me on that

cross. I love you papa

Amen

The past couple of days have been devoted

to orientation. Being that this internship is

going to be a summer camp that I will help

run, the other interns and I have been

getting to know each other as well as

ourselves better for the purpose of furthering

God's Kingdom through working this summer

camp for the next 8 weeks.

Well thats it for now! Thanks for all the

prayers, but keep them coming. Stand

firm for His Kingdom!