My first blog - exciting stuff!

So here I am, back in sunny Galway after induction and training, sat on my bed looking at the tottering piles of clothes in front of me and wondering how they are going to fit into my bag, let alone how they could possibly be construed as packing lightly… my family would be the first to tell you all that I cant pack lightly for a weekend, let alone for more than a month! They would also tell you that I am very talented at procrastination hence the blog entry instead of actually finishing packing…
This all aside I did want to get on here and blog away about the induction weekend. We were all planning to write a blog together on of the days but somehow we never got around to it so instead you lucky person get to listen to me (Susie) twittering on :D
I’m sure Barry and Orla will agree when I say that the mummy of the Interns (Rachel Bow) truly outdid herself cooking for us and providing us with personalised notebooks, hoodies, ice creams and devotionals, we all loved them so a huge thank you to her!!!
Between hundreds of card games, swan paddle boats on the Arklow river, trips to Tesco and a coffee shop we learned so much this weekend! People are so complicated and we can never hope to understand them fully, but this weekend learning about introverts, extroverts and all our different personality profiles we did definitely gain more understanding of how each other function and where we might best work together. I think on a personal level it was definitely eye opening for me, and scarily accurate too! We also learned about the different spiritual gifts and identified which ones we’ve been given, it will be really good to watch as we all grow this summer and learn to use our gifts more, encouraging each other in our strengths and working together to help in our weaknesses.
I’m hugely looking forward to Urban Soul starting tomorrow, it will be our first camp as interns and the start of a long stretch away from home - slightly daunting but also very exciting!
I should finish packing now (flip flops or sandals? Decisions decisions!) but before I do I’ll leave you with a few prayer requests we put together for this summer, supporting us through prayer is something we would all appreciate greatly!
Susie.

Prayer Requests
- Safety for leaders and campers on all the camps
- That the weather will be good (especially on outside based camps such as Urban Soul and CSSM)
- Energy for us all as we enter into a string of camps
- That God will help the main leaders on all the camps as they head into the final weeks of prep before them
- That God will faithfully provide opportunities for growth and for us to use our God given gifts
- That God will bless our mentors as they stand with us this summer