The first full week of booking is done, it was a crazy experience to say the least (check out the Fall 2012 booking video.It will get your heart pounding). We spent most of our days calling and emailing hundreds of IC supporters across the country, trying to see if they'd be interested in booking a screening this fall. It's a long and repetitive process but it's incredible to see the reach and scope that Invisible Children has across this country (and now world, for that matter). As long as the days have been, there is no way to ignore the impact that this system creates. One major thing that has stuck with me about Invisible Children has been how personal they are; how, as a supporter, you feel like you're a part of the family no matter what. I'm learning that in order for that relationship to form, hours upon hours of hard, un-glorified work must be poured in. With work Monday through Friday, 8am-6pm, I get home pretty exhausted. But it's the kind of exhausted that rests easy with my soul; a kind that is grateful it's being put to good use.

Mountain Best. We're 3/4 complete!

Living with 60 other people has been a whirlwind. Community here is just something that happens, regardless. And for that I'm incredibly grateful. It's easy, however, to just go through these few weeks and get psyched for tour, without investing much in the people around me. With the busyness of work and the exhaustion at the end of a long week, I understand, and have fully had the urge to just hop in bed and call it a night. But I'm learning that it's what I put into this experience that will determine the outcome. Every person here has a story and I want to hear as many as I can. I've already heard incredibly tales of how people became involved in this cause that relates us all, and I'm thirsty for more. My goal over these next three or so weeks before tour launches is to invest in this community. I know how special this community can be and slowly but surely, as the feeling out process has died down, I'm seeing it blossom. 

This community is unlike any group of people I've ever been involved with. Comfort lies within the halls of our office and the walls of our home. As I'm surrounded by so many different beliefs and stages of life, questions have arisen and answers are in the process of being dug up as my mind tries to wrap itself around this new entity. The growing pains are certainly not taking a break here, in fact, if anything, the muscles of my mind have already been stretched to new lengths here. 

The Ugandan Roadies are coming soon! Many of them
are students from IC's Legacy Scholarship Program

One thing we are all incredibly stoked about is finding out who our Ugandan teammate is; we should find out in the next two weeks or so. I am so incredibly excited about what I will learn from living with someone who has survived the conflict I've been fighting to end. Honestly, I cannot process it right now, but I know once our team is complete, my perspective will change immensely. That is something I welcome with open arms.

This place continues to teach me. I am here because it has been so crucial in building my faith and I continue to be drawn in by the mystery and
intrigue of growth. I am here because I have absolutely no idea what will come next and I want to be a part of that, whatever it may be.

Until next time, I love and miss you all.

PEACE.