King Cake and Sheep

There are two things that I learned about this week....

One day, I saw this bakery with the words "KING CAKE" in the windows. So, I assumed that this was just the name of the bakery, but I was wrong. The above picture is something that is called a "king cake". I am actually interested to see how many of you know about this dessert. Apparently, people eat this cake around Mardi Gras time and it is quite the tradition. This is what wikipedia has to say about the issue: "the cakes have a small trinket (often a small plastic baby, sometimes said to represent baby Jesus) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket (aka small plastic baby) has various privileges and obligations". I have no idea what those privileges/obligations may be, but I am just kinda creeped out by the fact that there is a small, plastic baby baked in. 

Sheep. This is the second thing I am learning. I am learning how to be a "sheep". The first week I moved here, I went to a meeting about shepherding/discipleship/mentoring. The speaking talked about the importance of being mentored by and mentoring your sisters (or brothers) in Christ. This is something that was talked about in a lot of my ministry classes as something to do when in ministry. But I had never really experienced being mentored. So, I signed up to be mentored by someone. And today, I met my "shepherd". I have found that I am excited to learn from her walk with the Lord and have someone teach me in this person way. We talked about our backgrounds and families and what brought us to Cincinnati. It was a very good first meeting and I really feel as if the Lord is going to teach me so much through her. I am ready to learn, I am ready to grow and I think it will be great. I am officially - and forever more - a sheep. 

RESET

This weekend I had my first real "plans"! In this case, "plans" are defined as doing something with people that i have never met or heard of before, plans that I made on my own with someone else. And, the first case was this weekend. So, let me explain:

The church that I am going to does an all-church journey once a year. Everything else in the church stops and all areas - kids club, students and adults - focus on this one study for six weeks. At the same time, everyone is encouraged to join a small group for the six week journey. So, I did and on Saturday I had dinner with the girl who is hosting our group -- meaning that we are just going to meet at her house. There are about eight of us girls in this group and I am really looking forward to meeting more of them. The journey is called Reset (hence the title) and is designed to "reset" what you think you know about Jesus. It should be an awesome six weeks. 

BUT dinner on Saturday was wonderful, it was just good for my soul to meet someone new and start (slowly) forming relationships with people. I know that this may seem insignificant to some people, or maybe you are not as excited as I am. However, it is a very good step for me and makes me very excited about the future! 

p.s. my small group is meeting on Thursday..... maybe this will turn into my new TT?? 

correction.... remember i am new at this

so, I HAVE to apologize to my dear friend Lindsay Marie. In my last post I mentioned that there were people that encouraged me to start this blog and really it was Lindsay and Jenny both. So, Lindsay, thank you for telling me to do this. I think it is fun. 

a day of new things

Today is a day filled with new things. I got a wonderful haircut and since I am feeling so good I have finally decided to start this blog (with the help of jenny and my sister) So, you all know I moved and I think this will be a good way to keep you updated on my life down here. Also, I think it will probably be something that is fun for me while looking for a job. This blog will probably change a lot over the next few days as I figure all this out....but here we go!