Seeking Jesus... Day 11 Wed. Sept. 12, 2012

   Well, I'm officially a part of the Trinity Baptist Church Staff. I am the Youth/College Intern again. I have held this position for the past three years during the school year. I am also taking on a new role within the church. I am filling the role of Seminary Intern. With this new role in the church, I will be working with the Outreach committee at the church to help develop and implement an outreach program. I will also be working in other areas of ministry around the church. Working in these positions will also help enhance my seminary experience as I will be able to relate and apply what I am learning through seminary and apply that to a real time church environment. I will also be surrounded by colleges who have gone through the seminary experience and they will be able to help and encourage me along my journey.

   I have spent the past week reading, reading a lot. When you procrastinate, the reading adds up. I have a paper to write, so I have reading to get done. I will also be going up to Nashville on Friday for my first on campus class. There is some reading to get accomplished for that as well before I head up there. I have found the readings thus far to be difficult. There are two books that I am reading for one class that have been easy to follow and understand. The third book has been difficult to understand and digest. I have found so far that there is much I don't know. Most of this material is new. This presents a different challenge than previous classes. With my undergrad degree, there honestly wasn't too much new material. I had already learned much of it. With the majority of the information being new now, it takes longer to process and digest. It's a new challenge, but one that I'm up for as it will payoff in the end. It is exciting to learn new material and to learn more about God's word, but also scary at the same time. Knowing there is much information to learn and that it is important to understand it all, is also scary. But that's part of the journey too...