digging to the roots

during my time at PSO we learned about what to expect emotionally throughout the year with being a VISTA and i'm really just now starting to understand it. at the beginning we're expected to be really excited and ready for a challenge and learn a lot of new things. then we may get a little nervous where the material and our job expectations become overwhelming and then it'll seem like everything is piling on you and you don't know what to do with yourself.

that's where i'm at now. tomorrow is my last day with Desiree in the faith relations program and then as of 5:00 it's mine. its all handed to me to take over for the next year - scared much? yes.

but then something changes. we discover how much we really do know and suddenly everything just fits in. that's been happening a lot this week.

yesterday was the perfect example. i witnessed my first groundbreaking. i got to see the excitement of the soon-t0-be-homeowners in their new neighborhood as the construction of their new home begins. cameras, media, habitat representatives, congregation members, pastors, city council members and so much more were present for the momentous occasion and being a part of it, myself, gave me time to really think. standing there in the background, all i could do was be so appreciative for what habitat does and the fact that God provided this for all of us to experience and be involved with its purpose. any bit of doubt, frustration, nervousness i have is now replaced with the gratitude of that moment. it's a reminder that i've been granted with this opportunity to help make those moments possible.

digging dirt with golden shovels was for the pictures but its also a beautiful symbol. digging in to the truth of what habitat really is: providing a home for a family granted by God's love.