The Beginning

After one very long week of workshop training, small group role-playing, all-nighter resource gathering and a whole lot of meals with Disciples leadership... it's all over. One of the many highlights of the training week was dinner with our General Minister and President Sharon Watkins. Exceptional pizza, dazzling conversation and some much needed couch-lounging... not sure of a better way to get to know the resident-big-deal of the Disciples Church.

Peace Intern Pizza Party with the General Minister and President

From left to right: ME, Sharon Watkins, Katie Russell, Christian Watkins

Tomorrow morning I depart the beautiful city of Indianapolis for Alabama. Camp numero uno.

The way the Disciples Peace Fellowship Peace Intern program works can be broken down like this:

Learn really fast.
Get creative.
Make workshops that won't bore high school students to tears.
Find a way to empower youth.
Don't sleep.
Learn even faster.
"Finalize" your plans.
Get dropped off at an airport.
Hope to all things that are holy your flights go through.
Get picked up at the airport by a stranger.
Sleep at a stranger's house.
Transform the stranger into a friend.
Revel in the glory of sleep.
Go to camp.
Change all the plans you thought you finalized.
Forget what sleep is.
Spread the message of peace.
Go to another airport.
Rinse and Repeat.

In blogs to come you can look forward to the following: all things camp.

Here is the state-list:

Indiana ~ DPF Intern training
Alabama ~ CYF camp
North Carolina ~ CYF camp
Arizona ~ CYF camp
Kentucky ~ CYF camp
*Vacation in LA*
Seattle, WA ~ CYF camp
Spokane, WA ~ CYF camp
*Vacation in Seattle/Vancouver*
Kentucky ~ Young Adult Event

The adventure begins.