I can’t believe that a month has passed since I drove with my parents from Frisco, TX to Raleigh, NC. I sometimes can’t believe that I actually showed up (hahahah). 1,047 miles from home is pretty crazy. Coming to Raleigh, fears of basically starting a new life were very real. New job, new friends, new home, new city/state, new EVERYTHING!!! It was (and still kind of is) all very foreign to me, but my time as a Raleigh Fellow has been nothing short of sweet. Lots of laughter happens here!!!! I continuously see how the Lord has shown up for me. If you were to ask me a year ago where I thought I’d be in a year… I would not have said here.
Being a Raleigh Fellow has been great! The friendships that I have started to develop here are so incredible and real. This is the first time I have experienced a community this deeply rooted in faith and it has been so neat to be apart of. So far, this experience has been exhausting and life giving.
Let me show you some of my favorite September moments!!!
-Hayden