Orientation!

Here I am! We arrived at orientation just barely at two o'clock on Sunday, August 23rd, and have been meeting and learning and orientating in general ever since. Our orientation has been a mix of meetings, long and short (mostly long), and exploration of Chicago - our new home for a month!
It has been an exciting process to get to know the other participants, who come from all over. We have people from Manitoba, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and a plethora of other places, and for the past six days we have been learning about each other's backgrounds, homes, families and personalities.
Everything we have done so far has helped us to get to know each other better, and it has all been at least interesting (and often fun) just because of that.
It has also been great to stay here at Jesus People USA (JPUSA). The people at JPUSA are full of passion for God and love to talk about it - already we have met JPUSAs from California, Wisconsin, down South, and all over, and they have all expressed such delight in the Lord. It has been a very inspiring experience just to hear them talk. On top of that, they are all kind and have immediately welcomed the 18 of us into the community, extending their facilities, food, and kindness openheartedly.
I'm enjoying every minute and excited to experience the rest of orientation!