Hello World!
I know it's been a long time since you last heard from me, and I will try to be as concise as possible. A lot has been going on here in Camden, both great and terrible, and I am leaving the place that I love and have learned to call home in just a few short days.
Along the way, I have been talking with God, sometimes arguing with God. He seems to want for my life something different than what I'd envisioned, which was staying another year in Camden. What I've discovered, though, is that when he wants something for me, he'll make it happen, and if I want it, too, then he will really make it happen. So it was with my next step: on August 13th, I will be moving to Kensington, Philadelphia, to teach English as a second language with the Sisters of St. Joseph. I will be living in community, similar to what I do now, with two other women, who will each be working in schools affiliated with the Sisters of St. Joseph. I will be in a program called the SSJ Mission Corps (here's their website: http://www.ssjmissioncorps.org/).
What does this mean? It means that I will get to work with fabulous people, again, and that I will also be able to have some contact with the people I have grown to love here. I am very excited at the prospect of having my own classes to teach, and I will get to share this year with two wonderful women, who will make up the rest of my community.
What does this not mean? I am not entering a community, that is to say, I am not becoming a Sister by being a part of this program. I have the highest respect for all of these women, but right now, I am not ready to be one of them.
I'm hopeful, excited, grateful to Colleen, the program director for SSJMC, and very much looking forward to what I know will be a year of incredible beauty and growth. I am so blessed, beyond all comprehension, to have the opportunity to do this.
For those who are looking for more Camden stories, I will do my best to post some, and also to be better in the months to come. I thank you all for reading and following my story. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Peace and all good,
Rachel
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