I miss sleep

So I don't feel like I have slept all week.  A lot has been going on at the ranch, and just in life lately.  If you could be specifically praying for me during this time at the ranch for me just for confidence and relationships with the other mentors.

I have really enjoyed getting to know my new co-mentor, Erika, she is pretty amazing, I must say.  We have already gotten to know each other better than Kelly and I ever did.  Which I love.  Erika is from NJ and I thought that would be hard because she is from the north, but it has given us something to bond over. For those of you who are confused at this point, pretty much my entire family lives in either NJ or PA, so it is just coo that we have that in common.  So anyway, Erika is great and I know that I will be learning a lot from her.

Anyway.  There have been a lot of changes on the ranch and they are hard for people.  First being that Kelly, my last co-mentor is still here.  This is a hard change for her specifically.  The 4 girls that are in the house with me have been her kids since she started at the ranch, so it hasn't been an easy move for her.  The girls are still getting use to it as well.  However, they also love Erika.  I'm sure that one of the girls would much rather have Erika and Kelly instead of me, but you know whatever.

The second change that just happened was we got a new student.  This is hard. I just got use to the 4 that I have had all summer and now we have to start training a new student to follow the rules that the ranch has set up... This is going to be a somewhat hard task.  Partially because both Erika and I forget about saying yes ma'am or yes sir... instead of just saying yes or no.  Not to mention feeling like we have to constantly remind her to ask permission before doing something.  Although she is doing an amazing job.  One other interesting thing, is that she is already lying about stuff to the girls.  Why is it that we feel some much like we have to fit in that we start lying about ourselves?  It is truly sad.  Hopefully, because level 1 is setup to build trust worthiness, with time she will start telling the truth.  Thankfully her roommate is really trying for level three  and knows to talk to the house parents about things like that.

Alright. So we have a new student, Brady.  I have a new roommate.  Yup.  Life is good.  And is also hard, so I'm just asking for prayer.