Howdy, Blog!
This is Bryan here, and I’m a brand new fellow typing this from the Crutchfield residence. They’re my host family, and it has been super fun to live here! We chat for way too long at night (totally worth losing sleep to chat), enjoy drinking water together (hydrate or diedrate), and hosting all the other fellows on Wednesday nights.
Our first week was the welcome retreat. While it was a recent experience, it feels like forever ago! I had a great time getting to know all of the other fellows, and an even greater time on the jet skis. Josh and I tried to catch a catfish overnight, but apparently they were all full from dinner. The welcome retreat was a wonderful time to learn more about what it looks like to be a fellow as well as gauging the vibes of our class (better vibes than all the previous classes of course). We had lots of fun, lots of meals, and spent lots of time learning about each other.
While retreats are fun, part of fellows is working at an internship (ooh how professional of us). I have the privilege of interning at Neighbor to Neighbor, where I spend my time professionally playing with kids! In reality, Neighbor to Neighbor is an amazing organization with a wonderful website that explains what they do. I spend my time there building relationships with the kids, driving them to and from Neighbor to Neighbor in a sick 15 passenger van, helping grow their teen leader program, and a lot of other cool tasks. I did not expect to play such a large role in an internship, but I am very excited that I will get to grow while working there while hopefully helping them grow as well. This will be a fantastic place to advance God’s kingdom in the workplace.
So far, I have loved being a Raleigh Fellow. After only a few classes, I am already more excited for them than I was to take Salsa Dancing 1000 at Clemson! We have been sharing testimonies throughout our time here, and it has been beautiful to see the stories that God is telling through all of our lives. I am very grateful to have heard about the program, and am so very excited to see where it takes all of us!
Tootles!
Bryan Polk