I've been caught in a whirlwind of things going on this past week and I've had trouble processing everything in order to put it into words here. I've also done a crappy job of taking pictures of everything, so you'll have to show me grace in that. :)
work has been so great! Brynn, Tyler and I got to take about ten youth to go white water rafting on Wednesday on the Wenatchee River, about 2 1/2 hours East of Seattle. This was so awesome! First of all it was TONS of fun for me! But even more awesome was that it was so fun and great to watch our youth having the time of their lives! The smiles on their faces were absolutely priceless the entire day. We got to have a cookout afterwards and played some frisbee, and the whole time was really awesome. It's been really great too, because some of the youth are starting to get where they know me and recognize me and we're connecting and that's been really awesome.
It's also been awesome to get to be learning so much from the staff. On Wednesday I got to go with Kate to "Cop Talk," which is once a month and a police officer from the U District comes to talk to some reps from the UD Service Providers about what's been going on and to just be in communication and keep one another informed. On Thursday we had our first staff meeting since I've been here, and I got to meet Liza, who is on our staff as a counselor. The next six weeks in staff meetings we're really evaluating our organization and our strengths and weaknesses and working on producing some 3-5 year goals that we want to work towards. I think that getting to be a part of this process will be really awesome!
ruf has been so wonderful as well. They had their last meeting of the semester on Wednesday, and it was their finals week so they just did a movie night and snacks and stuff. But everyone has been so friendly and welcoming! On Friday I got to meet the campus minister's wife, Amy, and talk to her at Abby the intern's wedding shower. She was absolutely wonderful and I'm so glad that they will be around this summer and I can hopefully get to know them better. On Sunday I took the bus to church at Greenlake PC, which is where Ryan and Amy go and some other kids from RUF. The ones that I had met before, Carter, Mark and Nate were so friendly when they saw me there, and when they found out I had taken the bus to get there offered me a ride home and then took me to lunch! This weekend Randy texted me and asked if I had gotten a chance to walk around the UW campus yet, because I had mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had wanted to. Since I hadn't yet, he offered to take me on a tour today! It's just been such an awesome blessing to have this community here who hardly knows me but yet has been caring for me so, so well. It's really just beautiful.
home is finally a place now! After staying with Abby for a week and then at an RUF girl's apartment for about 3 days, I got to move into my permanent apartment with Cilla on Wednesday! It's a one bedroom loft above a pizza place named Zeke's. It is precious and adorable and I love it. Cilla has been great, and so welcoming and it's been great to get to know her better these last few days. I don't think I'd realized how much my wandering had been affecting me, but it's made such a difference to be sleeping in a bed and not living out of a suitcase anymore.
weather has been beautiful this week! I love the sun and cool weather combination, and it's putting everyone (me included!) in a much better mood!
Love
Katie
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