No pressure...

Well this is going to be a two-topic entry. I forgot to mention that yesterday I went with John and Fiona to Invercargill. It's, I think, the southernmost city in New Zealand...or at least on the South Island.

They had a regional meeting for their denomination and so I went with them. I thought I would have to walk around the city for 4 hours but when we got there, John handed me the keys to the truck. Fiona reminded me "stay to your left. give all right of way to anyone on your right" and they sent me off!

So I went out driving around Invercargill, which is INFINITELY bigger than Te Anau - meaning I had more than one lane each way to work with. I had turning lanes on the opposite side of the road. I had traffic all around me. It was INSANE! But I did quite well. Not a single accident. Not even a honk from another car. I, Jacquie Fleet, am a competent driver.

At least with an automatic transmission...

I raided the Christian Bookstore. I bought two pairs of boy shorts (that are perfect capri length on me). I bought a pair of sunglasses for less than $2 Canadian - and they actually look pretty decent!

I spent most of my money in the bookstore buying resources for the youth office/library. So I didn't have much left to spend at the end of it. But at least I'm getting that money back within a few days.


Ok so here's the other part of it - the part that relates to the title of this entry.

Today was a Youth Trust meeting (the guys that are in charge of funding and my job description...) and I was asked to come along to share my vision and plans for the upcoming year. After I gave a brief outline of my vision, mission and purpose for this ministry, they were quite impressed at the organization (ha. Timmy Moore made me look smart!).

Anyways, in the end, I left and John decided that his vision for Godzone (the youth event he's been running) has to go in a different direction and to let me have every Friday night. So now that I thought I was going to have a laid back week next week doing block plans and messages, I have to try to juggle that with planning twice as many events now.

I'm QUITE okay with that, of course. I love doing the ministry side of it. It just means a little more pressure on me now. Pretty soon I'll be starting up my community work as well, which is what I actually get paid for.

I also had a meeting with Karl to debrief what they spoke about at the meeting regarding the things I would be doing, as well as my pay, sorting out a time to sit down and create a concrete job description and contract, and talking about my office. It was good.

I'm excited that things are really getting underway. I'm even more excited that I'll be able to separate my home life from my work life rather than live in my workspace. Karl made it very clear that he wants to make sure I have a place to retreat to from work. I'm glad for him. He's a great boss!

Well really, I guess, the whole trust committee is my boss. But he's my point person. If it's not official, I nominate him now to make it official. Yay!

I'm excited to get paid next week, too! My visa bill is really starting to hate me!

Okay...that is all. Pray for the kids. Pray for a decent turnout and for me not to get discouraged even if it isn't as grandiose as I've been hoping for...

Yikes.