Good morning! I've created this blog because so many people have asked about my internship, and this seemed like the best way to keep everyone updated. I am working this summer as the Jhi intern at Perimeter Church in Johns Creek. Jhi is the middle school ministry here which goes perfectly with my major (middle school education). I guess first I'll start with some background info:

I've gone to Perimeter for my entire life and in middle school always attended the Jhi programs. Through those programs I became extremely close with the staff and loved everyone there so when I went to high school I didn't want to leave them. I ended up staying involved with Jhi as a volunteer for their Friday night program called the Bricks (where students can come and hang out with their friends, get food/drinks from the cafe, climb a rock wall, play games, etc.) and leading different discipleship groups. Through this God showed me my passion for middle schoolers and I was able to decide that I wanted to be a middle school teacher. Now fast forward to about two months ago...

I've kept up with the Jhi staff, but it's gone through quite a few changes in the past two years that I've been at UGA. Anyway, I got a call saying that the staff was considering me to be the summer intern, but I needed to send in an application with my resume and have an interview. This was completely a God thing because until that moment I had been planning on staying in Athens and taking classes. Instead, I sent in that application and the process was starting! Long story short, I had my interview when I was home one weekend, loved the staff, and was offered the job that same day! This incredible blessing was just placed in my lap.

I'm already finishing up my second week out of ten being the intern and I love it. I love the staff that I get to work with, wearing actual clothes rather than norts (nike shorts) and t-shirts, and doing anything that they need me to do. I'm mostly doing very intern-ish jobs such as typing, stapling, running errands, etc. but I love it. I'm learning more about myself and the way that I work best and I can't wait to see how the summer goes!

One of the first jobs I was given was to create 3 personal and 3 ministry goals for myself for this summer and one of the goals was to keep a blog and update it twice a week, so y'all can hold me to it! Please let me know if there are any questions I can answer as I'm not the most creative person, and I'm definitely NOT naturally a writer. I'm working on it though!

Prayer Requests:
1. That God would lead me toward the students that He wants me to create relationships with.
2. That I would have a servant's heart even through the mundane tasks.
3. That my heart would be malleable so that God can do great things through me this summer.