Week two from the eyes on an optimist

I like to believe I am an optimist, a glass-half-full kind of girl if you will. I say this because I was reading my fellow interns' week two blogs (or at least those ambitious enough to have theirs done by Saturday evening) and observing a common theme: frustration.

I’ve found in my past experiences that I prefer to focus on and remember joyful occurrences. That’s not to say that I don’t get frustrated and can’t get caught up in it. That’s also not to say that my fellow interns' frustrations are somehow less important than my good experiences. I am being purely selfish in my reflecting so that in a few months when I reread this blog, I will remember my second week fondly.

All that said, I realize that I have been truly blessed this week.

Having never experienced anything quite like the Boys and Girls Club, I had some nerves about how I would fare. As is becoming a recurring theme in my life, I realize I should just trust God and not worry. The club is a great place, and I can’t think of a “job” I’ve had where time passes so quickly and effortlessly. I’ve developed a joy for listening to kids learning to read. I’ve discovered that mostly they just want you to spend time with them – be it playing Candy Land, Foosball or something in between.

I also appreciate what an amazing place Booneville is. I am also realizing how amazingly small it is compared to anywhere I’ve been before. Where else besides Booneville, Arkansas, can I volunteer with a set of people in the morning and get to spend the afternoon with those same people’s children?

So if I had only one word to write in my memory for my second week as a GreaterWorks intern in the community of Booneville, it would be blessed. I am blessed for the people I’ve met; blessed for the plug-in griddle Katie found this morning so we could make pancakes (we will have a stove soon… I hope); blessed for what I will learn this year through the books I read and the teammates I am living with. I am blessed.

And with that, I think I will go get myself a glass half full of water.

Until next week,

Becca