A week ago I returned to Elgin after being on the road all summer long. Being "on the road" is something that many of the housemates here do, whether it's leading Workcamps all summer, leading conferences or orientations, or recruiting for BVS - we all have our share of "oh the road" time. But, I say this in a more literal way lol. I just returned back from a cross country bike trip, starting May 1st at the coast of Virginia, and in a round about way, ending in Cannon Beach, Oregon. If you want to read more, check out bvscoast2coast.brethren.org! I left Elgin, in April, with a full home of housemates, only to return with almost a completely new set of housemates. A little weird to say the least, but I've been loving getting to know each of them, and it's been fun seeing the difference in house dynamics.
Without further ado, I'd like to introduce to you our new housemates! Kristen Hoffman, Hannah Shultz, and Theresa Food! Kristen is working on Junior High Conference and Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS), and Hannah and Theresa are planning and leading Workcamps! They'll each have times to blog, so I'm sure you'll meet them more later! Welcome to the BVS House !! :)
As you can imagine, with a house that has had many different people living in it over the years, you collect a lot of random things. Since each person only is living here for a short amount of time it's hard to feel ownership over all the random things to sort through them and throw out the random junk. But! Today we did just that! With the help of many gracious people, we went through the garage, basement, linen closet, flower beds, and chainsawed the tree that had fallen in our yard yesterday, from a huge storm that passed through. (side note: we didn't attempt the scary attic) There's still lots to do, but it's a start.
Glad to be cleaning up the house, getting rid of the old and welcoming the new!!
Chelsea
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