1st Week

Hello all,

Today marks one week since I arrived here at Harrisburg Discipleship Center (note: that will probably be the last time I write the whole thing out). So what have I done this past week?

-I moved in and am rooming with Ryan, the Manager of Maintenance from Kansas who was on staff during my training, so we already knew each other.

-I began getting accustumed to some of my new roles, mainly the house keeping ones, while I will become more involved in community outreach coordinating closer to and after the fall YES training begins.

-We went to Camp Hebron for Staff Retreat/team building "preweekend." We did the low and high ropes courses and other team building activities which created a few memories (such as me losing a button thanks to HDC director Chris Epp's over enthusiastic attempt at pulling me back by my pants after I had leaned far out over an imaginary tar pit to rescue a little stuffed animal during one of the low ropes events. Seriously, if you have to read that sentece three or four times, I will not be offended), and spent a lot of time sitting around the fire chatting. There will be five of us staff as of Thursday, and we are hoping for a cook soon.

-I helped with a few painting projects around the house.

and I think that's the big (and the slightly bigger than small) stuff. It's been a good first week, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming weeks and training. My fellow staff members are a fun group to work with, and it is exciting as my role here continues to take shape and fall into place.

till later,

Ben