So I have been trying to figure how to really explain my experience as a YAV so far. Whenever I talk to people they are asking, "How is Denver?" "How are you doing?" "Tell me about your job." Of course my first response is "Everything is great!" Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying everything here and by no means feel like I made a mistake by deciding to become a YAV but there are certain things that I never expected to encounter. I have been spending some time this week trying to reflect on my time here so far and figure out how to use the challenges of the last two months to enhance the next two months.
Here are some of things that I have been enjoying so far:
~weekly running clubs
~Friday community days
~laundry and grocery trips with the roomies on Friday nights
~building relationships with the staff at the parish
~finding a church home at Central Presbyterian downtown
~Racine's California Chicken Sandwich (grilled chicken, 2 strips of bacon, avocados, tomatoes and spicy mayo)
~reading time on the light rail
~almost daily viewings of the mountains (as long as its clear)
~snow in October
~online tv reruns
~bread runs with Adrianne
~finding friends
~joining an indoor soccer team
~making room to recognize God's presence daily
I have been spending sometime today reading my fellow YAVer's blogs and it has been reassuring. We may not all be going through the same things but it seems that we are all going through something and are still positive and excited about our experiences.
As of Friday it will be seven weeks until Christmas and that means on Monday I will have been here for nine weeks.
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