Familiarity

When you get used to doing something it starts to go faster. This has been very evident in the past few days for me.

Case 1:

Yesterday Aaron and I went to one of the other houses and installed two A/C units. We were at the house for a little over an hour. For the first unit we had no idea what to do. We took out the instructions, and figured out how to assemble and mount the unit with the few supplies we had. (Dead power drill, no duct tape, and a window with a ledge very inconvenient for placing a unit in flat) We found a screwdriver, packaging tape, and figured out a way to make it stay in place, but all of this took us a while. First unit time: 45 minutes.

Then for the second unit we knew what we had to do, and we already had all of the supplies nearby. Second unit time: 15 minutes.

It makes sense, we knew exactly what we had to do, so the task went faster the second time.

Case 2:

Today I put finishing touches on another video, it still has to be approved, and small changes may be in store, but this video didn't even take 1/2 as long as our first. To top it off, this video was done on my own. Not to boast, because the other two have been working on a much more complex video, that my particular skills don't apply as much for. So in the week or so since our first video was finished we have finished (pretty much) two more videos that are of a better quality than the first.

This isn't quite the same principal as before, because we are doing a different task each time, but we are familiar with some of the process, and definitely with techniques to be used. First video time: 42 days, Second and third videos combined: about 10 days.

Case 3:

This project.

The first week here was long. I was excited to be on project, but I was also a little nervous to be away from home for the entire summer. It seemed like 9 weeks was going to take forever. I felt like God had called me to this project, and I just had to serve my time, and then I would get to go home, and everything would go back to normal.

Now we have officially seven more work days, three trips to campus, and only a few more whole group activities. I won't just go home and be back to normal, because there will be a new normal. I have grown so much over this project.

I won't say I'm a different person, because my beliefs are still the same (but stronger) my flaws are still the same (but more apparent to me) and my personality is still the same (maybe slightly more awesome) but seriously I have grown so much in my walk with Christ this summer. So, until next time,

God Bless.