cold stone

I really didn't know what to title this entry cause it's a little late, well not really late, I'm just exhausted. We had a great day of community and honest conversation today here in Cocoa with all the interns. All I can say is it's crazy how much you can not know about someone for an entire week and your first "judgements" change very quickly after very honest conversation. Today, if you can't gather from my rambling, we shared our stories and it was emotionally draining...but it was a good draining. I'm even more excited to learn about the people around me and it's so comfortable to know that we are NOT alone and LOVE is possible even with people from entirely different backgrounds. We all have something in common and that is a need for love, hope, understanding, community, trust, and honesty. It's insane how much we've talked about honest conversation, intentionality in what we do, and community; it's exciting and hard at the same time. I could go on and on about how much community means to TWLOHA, but that might get a little old and repetitive. More to come about how we are building a community here in Cocoa in the near future. One final note is this, although I'm enjoying getting a fresh start in some aspects of my life...I'm really missing the familiarity of Columbia and I am missing the community the Shack has offered me. I love ya'll!!! :-)

OH tonight I walked into a cold stone with my bedroom slippers and it was awesome, that's probably why the title of this post is cold stone or it could have deeper meaning (I just can't analyze at this hour). Now onto homework for the morning. Peace. Love. Hope.