Calvary Chapel Conference Center

Last week I said goodbye to Archstone after 6 years of employment and I started my new job at Calvary Chapel Conference Center of Murrieta! I am the Accounts Payable/Admin Assistant to the Director. The conference center is located at the Calvary Chapel Bible College Campus. I am so excited to work at such a beautiful place. I did a little bit of online research on the Hot Springs and found the following:

"The history of Murrieta Hot Springs is as colorful as any you'll find in this area. The therapeutic value of the hot springs were known by American Indians for centuries before Europeans came to the valley. Community namesake Juan Murrieta washed his sheep in the springs. In the 1880s, a San Diego laundry business sent its clothes by train to Murrieta to be cleaned in the spring's invigorating waters. Fritz Guenther bought the 200-acre property in 1902 and established the successful resort. Guenther added many of the buildings and other facilities that made Murrieta Hot Springs famous. The resort attracted people from all over, including some of Hollywood's biggest stars, among them Jack Benny and his wife, Mary. The Guenther family ran the resort until they sold the property in 1970. That's when things got a little weird. Subsequent owners are said to have laundered money for the Teamsters Union through the resort. Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa is reported to have been seen there shortly before disappearing in 1975. About that time, a self-proclaimed doctor of philosophy leased the hot springs and set up a clinic that promised to cure cancer using a diet of lemon juice and water. Desperate patients came from all over, as did the television show 60 Minutes which did an expose on the clinic that helped put it out of business. In the early 1980s, the 300-member group Alive Polarity bought the resort and turned it into a vegetarian commune. The commune lasted a few years. In 1995, Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa bought the property for use as a Bible college."

-Images of America: Murrieta Hot Springs

This is the lake that is just steps away from my new office. There are huge catfish in here! I look forward to being able to take a break from my work and take a walk around this beautiful lake.
Here is the main lobby for the conference center. My office is just down the stairs to the left of the entrance.
The Overflowing Cup coffee house is about 30 steps away from my office! I have to admit that I plan to frequent this establishment and spend many hard-earned dollars here. They have a delicious white mocha! I am trying to get the manager to bring back the lavender flavor that they used to offer but discontinued because not enough people liked it. I used to love having a lavender steamer. So yummy!
A view of the Bible College campus. It definitely feels like a resort. What a beautiful place to study the word of God!