Mulling It Over

To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure what I want to communicate here yet. Just that I want to communicate it. So, I guess we’ll find out together what this blog is all about. The word “legacy” has been bumping around in my mind today. We went and did Christmas with my dad’s side of the family at my grandparents house in the middle of nowhere Mississippi. Which is actually a charming place. This is the first time I’ve gotten to see this side of my family since getting home from the Race. It got me thinking about who I was the last time I was there. But it also got me thinking about the legacy of the Powell family. Who we are, what we’ve done, where we’re going. On an unrelated note I found out from my aunt today (from a DNA test she took) that I am 69% British, 32% Irish, 6% Scandinavian, 1% Greek, and some minuscule percent Middle Eastern. So.. Do whatever you want with that. Uhhh... Home? I’ve blogged before about the incredible people in my family. Especially my two

I’m in a good season right now. Like a really good one. I’m going into my first real job. I’m finally doing something where I feel like I can have a tangible difference that caters to my specific skills and abilities. I’ve made great community here. I feel like I’m right where God wants me to be. Made amazing friends and more! It’s just good. I have a hard time being content. I’m constantly (frustratingly) thinking that there is something I can be working on. Something I can be doing or fixing. I sometimes don’t leave well enough alone. But for whatever reason in this season I wasn’t like that. It was more like I thought everything was going so well that I didn’t want to move too far to the left and mess everything up. So I stayed still. Or rather have been staying still. Only lately had I been thinking about what could be wrong with this. I had been driving forward so hard on my professional and personal development that something had been left out of the equation

This short season is coming to a close. CGA ends in less than 2 weeks. 2 weeks! That’s insane. This has been a great time in my life, full of learning and growth. For one of the first times in life I feel like a genuine adult, which is weird. By that I mean, I feel like I have a true grasp on where I’m going and how I’m getting there. The Lord has laid out a plan in front of me and I’m in step with it. It’s a pretty cool plan, too. I’m excited to announce that this coming January I will start a job with Adventures in Missions in the World Race department! My position will have two main themes. Most of my time will be spent doing development in the World Race. Improving it, doing projects, problem solving, and just trying to add value wherever I can. The other part of my time will be spend doing Squad Logistics for the World Race Fusion route. This is a great fit for me, I think. I love problem solving. I love streamlining and developing things. It was something I t

Ephesians 6:16 – “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” Shield (noun) – 1. A broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows etc. 2. A person or thing that protects. (verb) – To protect (someone or something) with or as if with a shield. Turn on the news. See anything positive going on? Probably not. Or if there is, there is little. Not enough to break through the gargantuan issues and atrocities of war, racism, murder, genocide. I could go on and on. Maybe don’t turn on the news then? Try the internet. There you see nothing but the biting, vicious attacks of peoples opinions toted around as fact. Seeking nothing but tear the opposing worldview down. Basically, there’s a lot of badness out there right now. But lets face it, there always has been. I’ve posted a great deal u