We have officially completed one week of training here at Maryknoll. It has been a period of great learning, adjustment, and most assuredly growth. I have cried, laughed (a ton), and found peace both in the crowd and away from it. The trees look as though they are on fire with God's love, reflecting the changes that we are feeling in ourselves. There is a peace here that I have felt in few places, a stillness that seems to shake something up inside of you. Here, I am finding a home. I feel as though through every conversation I participate in, every deer I see running through the forest, every leaf that crunches under my boot, I am made new and more whole. Thank you all for the continued support, prayers, and love.
Some quotes from class:
"We might be the occasion for someone to have a conversion experience, but we are never the agents."
"The Gospel is at home in all cultures and challenges all cultures."
"The church exists by mission as a flame exists by burning."