Chaplain Life

Week 4 of Internship Begins
Week 7 of Being Home Begins

I've found that living at home benefits my CPE experience greatly. I ride to and from work with my sister everyday and come home to my family. My parents ask about my day and listen to me if I need someone to listen. It's really healthy.

My CPE group is also amazing. Everyone gets along and we're having a great experience. It's not at all what I thought it would be. So far I'm having an ok time. I should also mention here that Paul is my favorite co-worker and also very awesome!

The hardest part is how much it drains you. There's this strange feeling that you get when you walk into the hospital. Once you cross through those doors you can almost start to feel yourself wearing out. I can only go into a few rooms and talk to people before I'm feeling exhausted! Sometimes I find myself almost wandering around the hospital thinking about what to do next. It often feels like you go into a room, talk with someone and then you leave and then what? Nothing. I get this kind of "so what" feeling after I leave some rooms. But every room is different. Some rooms I leave smiling, knowing that even if it was for just one second I distracted someone from what they were going through. Other times I leave shrugging my shoulders not knowing if it even mattered.

As for learning things about my ministry I'll have to fill you in on that later. I still haven't decided exactly what I'm learning. I'm not saying that I'm not learning anything I'm simply saying I haven't put the pieces together just yet. More on that topic later.

Think happy thoughts for me!