ACTS

I just got home from a weekend away! I flew into Philly on Fri morning for a conference at Eastern University, called Association of Christian Teachers of Sociology. I presented the senior paper I wrote this past school year to about 25 professors that were present. The paper was an ethnomethodology on 5 inner city girls that I had coached for Chattanooga Sports Ministry. I was looking to better understand their construct of a world/life view. They found my presentation to be fascinating and requested that I come back next year (we will see about that). That night we went to Lancaster County in Penn to talk with a Mennonite couple and eat dinner at an Amish home. It was very interesting to meet people that live such a different lifestyle than everyone else. The Amish meal was fan-freakin-tastic. And the food just kept coming and coming....

On Saturday, Jen Venter and Lauren Beckley (friends I met in Italy) picked me up from the conference to hang out the rest of the weekend. We were able to see another friend, Tanya, that lives in Delaware for dinner. It was great to see those girls again and be able to reminisce on our good times last summer. Then we went to D.C. on Sunday! We really enjoyed ourselves and were happy to be reunited.

Getting back today, I have been reading my How to fund your ministry book on my trip and it has been helpful. A lot of review and reinforcement of what I have learned so far. But I read about the difficulties in being a single girl in ministry. Some families would rather support a couple than a single female. This was just a realization for me and a reminder that I am limited in my capacity due to my relational status, but Lord has perfect timing. But at the end of the chapter he comes back around and says that women are very affective fund raisers and it is something to recognize so that they (I) can be better supported through the process.

I have configured. I have 15,000 so far, I need 25,000 more. If I have 25 friends at 25/month, 15 at 50/month, and 10 at 100/month I will reach my goal! It helps me to break it down this way, and hopefully it will help others as well. So I am excited to get going and talk to more people!