The first Quarter of the year here in Kona is coming to a close. As the second quarter starts, working in the Student Services office provides me with a great idea of what the quarter is going to look like as far as numbers go. Right now we are going to have the largest quarter here in Kona EVER! As I write this we have currently accepted 321 students. Although this is a lot of students it is also a blessing for me because I will be able to work duty slots easier and not have to worry about shortages.
As I start taking on the roll of Work Duty Coordinator, more and more I start to feel at peace with this whole situation. Because the more students we have come to Kona, the more work duty spots will be filled, making my life just a little simpler. I am even having to start to think about where I am going to put the over flow of students. Having extra hands always makes for lighter work.
As far as community goes, it has been such a blessing. I am enjoying all of my roommates, even though at times living with six guys might seem like living with six...guys. I think you can imagine what I am trying to say here. But I love the community life and living with more people is better than less. Six people in the room is better than the one other guy that was there when I got here.
Lately I have been running into a lot of people from Washington, which is shocking and amazing at the same time considering that according to Gallup Poll (http://www.gallup.com/poll/114022/State-States-Importance-Religion.aspx) Washington is ranked as the sixth least religous state in the nation. Although I don't believe in religon and I believe that the spirit of religion is what crucified Jesus, it kind of gives you an idea of what we are looking at in Washington. Let me get to what I was really saying, I have met about 15 or more people from the Puget Sound area, including about 6-8 from Tacoma/ Gig Harbor/ Fox island. It just amazes me what God is doing in our state and those he is bringing out here. So, I am not alone out here in Kona.
I am looking forward to keeping you all up to date as the quarter goes on and as things progress towards this summers’ DTS.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Jumping back into Kona life
Here is a short post about what I am doing in Kona at the moment.
I arrived Wednesday March 3rd in the evening, found my room and much to my surprise there was only one other guy in the room! There are usually 6-8 guys in a room. I then found out our room would fill up once teams came back from their outreach's in about a week.
Thursday March 4th I received more information on what I am going to be doing in the Student Services office. I will be calling incoming students, answering any questions they have and praying with them before they come out to Kona. I am also going to be entering information from applications students send in and sending out e-mails to students or those that e-mail our office with questions. I also met up with a friend of mine from last summer named Ryan, he is the head of the DTS office which is next to the office I am working in. I have been talking with him for the past month about what I would be doing when I got to Kona. Along with working in the Student Services office I am also going to be taking over as Work Duty Coordinator for the whole campus. This entails me giving out work duty assignments to new students and making sure everything runs smoothly for the campus of about 500+ people. A pretty large undertaking for me! God is really giving me a lot of responsibility right now and I know He is faithful to help me fulfill my new responsibilities.
That is a little bit of an update of what is going on right now with me, this was written when I first arrived in kona and a new update will be posted soon.
I arrived Wednesday March 3rd in the evening, found my room and much to my surprise there was only one other guy in the room! There are usually 6-8 guys in a room. I then found out our room would fill up once teams came back from their outreach's in about a week.
Thursday March 4th I received more information on what I am going to be doing in the Student Services office. I will be calling incoming students, answering any questions they have and praying with them before they come out to Kona. I am also going to be entering information from applications students send in and sending out e-mails to students or those that e-mail our office with questions. I also met up with a friend of mine from last summer named Ryan, he is the head of the DTS office which is next to the office I am working in. I have been talking with him for the past month about what I would be doing when I got to Kona. Along with working in the Student Services office I am also going to be taking over as Work Duty Coordinator for the whole campus. This entails me giving out work duty assignments to new students and making sure everything runs smoothly for the campus of about 500+ people. A pretty large undertaking for me! God is really giving me a lot of responsibility right now and I know He is faithful to help me fulfill my new responsibilities.
That is a little bit of an update of what is going on right now with me, this was written when I first arrived in kona and a new update will be posted soon.
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