shadowboxes, csi, and ministry.
at the begining of last week, i felt like i had quite a productive week.
on saturday i decided that i wanted to make a shadowbox end table to put my sand dollars and shells in that i acquired from washington. the week before i had scoped out shadowboxes, but i couldn't really find what i wanted. so off to the home depot melissa, christa, and i went. we decided it would be a good project to make our own table. so we asked an employee, we spent a few hours deciding what the heck we wanted and i charged my credit card.
when we got home, we looked at the pieces and thought to ourselves, how do we know which angle to cut these? (because we wanted the pieces to fit nicely together, we knew we had to cut at a 45 degree angle). after doing some science, we finally figured it out and began cutting/nailing/glueing the box together. it was quite nice and we felt like real women.
the next day, after church, (which i was finally able to attend because i wasn't working!), christa and i began nailing the legs on (screws would have been better, but you know in a house full of gals, we don't have a drill). i almost decided not to paint the table because i liked how the wood looked!
on monday i was woken up by christa saying that our cars got broken into. well, not broken, because the doors were unlocked. lisa had her id stolen, melissa her ipod charger, and me, well they took my glow sticks. lisa called the cops (for others in the neighborhood also had the same problem) and the officer was there promptly. after talking to us all, he began finger printing our doors. he had a csi kit and all! it was quite the morning!
on wednesday i went to primary health (i had to ask around where the heck to find a doctor that would take walk ins), and i got my physical so i could mail off the last part of my dts application. it was cheaper than i thought, and i learned that my vision in my right eye is worse than my left, but they are still good. i should here in a couple weeks from ywam on my status!
the rest of the week consisted of full days at work and by saturday i was beat. that night i got some news and it put me in a foul mood until the next day (yesterday). my boss could tell something was up and after talking with him a bit i felt a little better.
lately, i've been thinking a lot about how much i appreciate my boss. his door is always open, and he really cares about how i am as a person and how i am growing as a leader. he wants to see me succeed. he wants me to be the best i can be. i never imagined that i would care as much as i do for him. i just pray that it goes both ways, that i am doing my part too. i really feel like i am playing some pivotal role in his spiritual growth, that perhaps i'm watering or planting or weeding his seed for Christ. i think that not only am i there, as a merch specialist to grow as a leader but also to help him. he is my ministry right now.
there is a person in my life that says they worry for me as someone going into missions because they don't see me at the church all the time (they didn't know me in seattle!), they don't see me as a christian. when i was a teenager, i didn't understand most of the people at my church, i thought to myself 'why aren't they super involved in the church like me?'. it took me years to realize that they aren't wrong, they aren't 'bad' christians. their work, their kids, there other aspects of life are their ministry. you don't have to be at church everyday. you don't have to help with every ministry you can. thats a sure lie. my ministry right now is at work, working side by side with several people who don't know Jesus at all. being a good influence. using positive language. being encouraging. talking about Christ. God doesn't look at 'all the things i do in church'. He's looking at who i am impacting. He's looking at my effort. He's looking at my willing spirit.
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