Hello all -
Ah, what do you know? I'm so bad at writing on a regular basis. A whole month has passed! Things have been quiet here at home - everyone has been so incredibly busy - between tree jobs, working other jobs, working on the farm - it's been a good month. I've been at Country Kitchen now for just one month, and today I gave my two week notice - my last day is July 7th. I was offered a position just yesterday with Econo Foods, our grocery store in town, as a baker in the bakery. I'm really excited for this change and to be able to bake on a more regular basis. This position will also be able to extend through this first year of seminary, and a little extra income during the school year never hurts anyone. I guess I was never truly happy at Country Kitchen - the cooking was mundane (everything comes from a box or a package) and everyone seemed really stressed, all the time. It was a stress-fest 24/7.
I've gotten more things squared away for Luther Seminary this fall - found out my apartment (I'll be living in Sandgren 135, so come and visit!), signed more financial aid papers (loans...again), and am looking at what courses to take this fall. Seminary has been something I've been dreaming about for four years now, and I'm excited and elated that it will soon be a reality. I'm excited to see what my peers and colleagues in ministry are up to, what their hopes and visions and dreams are - and to see how and where I will fit in, just as well, in the public arena of Christian ministry.
I'm missing Holden like mad - I get updates every so often from dear friends and see pictures of the mine remediation, and it makes me wish that I was there among them, seeing the same sights. I miss Vespers and sharing the peace and classical music night and so many other things that I was blessed with in calling that mountain valley home for one year.
It's then that I remind myself that life is just as well here, too, on the plains of Minnesota. Life is great, here, where we are blessed with family and laughter and goodness. So it goes. :)
Christ's peace, my readers -
Dean
