Service Adventure - J O H N S T O W N

Through MMN connections I was asked to write for another blog about simplicity. Of course simplicity is a big focus of Service Adventure, but the money saving, environment loving, and minimizing practices of this year weren't what I had been thinking about. Lately through my readings of Richard Foster and through exploring other disciplines, I've found that an attitude of simplicity spans much more than our material possessions. What I've written doesn't cover the concept quite well enough in my opinion, but it is shorter than usual :). READ IT In Pittsburgh for the day. From Left: Ev-man, Jonacio, Abs, Learrr, Eva-potata, Me, and good 'ol KR

The sun steps out from behind the clouds to paint all of Kernville in a watery glow of warmth. Spring is splashing in. You can feel it on your arms and face when you step out of the dim house. Green seeps up through the brown grass. An airplane cuts a ripple high in the sky, and small birds trickling from the trees clip the air with their short songs. On days like this, we just can't keep the New Day kids inside; it would be an injustice never mind the fact that we also would rather be playing tag on the playground rather than pushing kids through homework or through a difficult Bible lesson. So we go to the park. Somehow on these hopeful, pleasant days, however, the most unpleasant quarrels come up between the kids. Someone gets pushed. Someone doesn't want to be "it". Someone gets called names. And finally, someone has had enough. On these days, we five SAs feel all the more (if that is possible) our inexperience as we struggle to address all the wrong between t...