Today was a pretty average day. We had our prayer time in the morning and then our little intern group split up and went around the town. Lauren, Andrew, and I went to Peachtree and Pine where we met Larry, Luis, Mike, and Jones. We all talked for about an hour. Towards the end I talked to Jones, where he tried telling me that I was one of his daughters. Several of the things he said didn't make much sense for me but whenever he was talking to me I saw a glisten in his eyes. I don't know if it was hope or because I was genuinely listening to him but it made me happy:) I just pray that as I continue to talk to him that I can understand and be able to help him. After we all went to St. Luke's park where I met Emmanuel. He talked to us about the sun and a lot of astronomical stuff (he seems pretty smart!).
When it hit 12:00ish we were pretty hungry so we went to the Suntrust building where the three of us really bonded and talked about our lives. It.was.awesome. I really felt the connection between each of us and I am so excited to see how the rest of our summer goes. Once we finished we headed down to St. Paul. Now.. once we were there I saw Jennifer. The last time I spoke to her she got upset because Gary, Hana, and I were talking about the book, Exclusion & Embrace, and she didn't know what we were talking about. Apparently she got really hurt and offended and almost decided that she wasn't coming back. So today when I walked in she wanted to speak to me. She asked me more information on the book and then she went on to say how we hurt her feelings and that her friends from Tech convinced her to forgive us. So she told me that "out of her grace she forgives me". Not gonna lie.. that was the first time I heard that & I didn't know how to respond but say "I'm really sorry if I hurt your feelings." It kind of upset me that she said that because I really didn't say a word to her.. I actually tried talking to her AFTER the awkward conversation and she said she didn't want to talk and left. It took a good chunk of my patience not to defend myself but to let her "forgive me". I just hope that things can get back to not being awkward...
After I met a man named James (who was AWESOME) and we talked about God the entire time. Now, I haven't really been able to have an entire conversation dedicated to talking about God, and boy did it feel good:) Whenever I first meet someone I always just engage in regular conversation because I don't want to sound like an evangelical person just trying to tell people to be saved. But when I talked to James, we talked about getting close to God and how we have to humble our self deeply so that we can treat everyone justly because we have no right to judge anyone. We talked for a good hour and it went by pretty fast. Soon the day ended and we went back to our house where I relaxed for the rest of the day.
Dah gum it was also SO HOT today.. it's supposed to be hot tomorrow as well.. wish us luck!
Jenny Sample
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