- Friday night my team destroyed the buffet at Hungry Howies, then went on to our team coach Paul's house to hang out, play basketball, ride his motorcycle around, and listen to stand-up comedy from one of our team members. Awesome night of fun and relaxation.
- Saturday Adopt-a-Block went SO well and twice as many people showed up as last time. My 3 1/2 hour break after outreach was spent being a couch potato, taking the longest shower of my life, and spending an hour and a half on curling my hair just because I could! Church on Saturday night was awesome as usual since I get to work in the cafe for both services.
- Sunday services were great, but the day went downhill once CT started and my team was given the most pointless, frustrating yardwork around the church to work on for 4 hours. Sunday night I had dinner with my home sponsors and Mrs. Ault's parents, and we had home grown/slaughtered chicken! I'm starting to get used to the fact that we eat animals that we just fed and bonded with yesterday... :)
- Monday, my day off, was spent working with my mom and making some extra cash, training for the triathalon at the Y, and hanging out with my home sponsors.
- Tuesday was morning prayer, scripture memory test (2 of my team members failed AGAIN), outreach to USF Sarasota (I got a caricature done by an artist there for free!! It's SO cute! He even drew in my nose ring!!), and Venue at night. Each week our Venue service gets better and better, and I even got the chance to talk with someone I haven't seen since senior year! Tuesday was also the beginning of our 3-day Daniel fast, during which we were only allowed to eat fruit, veggies, and nuts. It may not sound too bad, and fruit is definitely delicious, but that diet radically confuses your body and you constantly feel like you're starving to death.
- Yesterday was day 2 of the Daniel fast, and we all felt a little weaker and more hungry than the previous day. My team started out the day walking around the church at 5:30am (shocker!) for an hour for scripture memory CT. Then during morning prayer with the regular church members I just felt uninspired and exhausted, which made me feel SUPER guilty since it's supposed to be time where you just give back to God and worship Him. I was so tired that I couldn't even let myself close my eyes because I would fall asleep, even if I was standing up! After prayer I was feeling very unhappy with myself, and Justin said he wanted to speak with the whole group. We figured he would tell us to go outside and start running our usual route (Wednesdays are always running days) but instead he told us that workout was cancelled!! We were SO excited, especially since we were so hungry and caught off guard physically because of the fast. Instead of a physical workout, Justin told us we would do a spiritual workout, which turned out to be another hour of prayer and worship. THIS time it went by so quickly, and I was completely encouraged and excited throughout the whole hour and long afterword. It was just what I needed! Then my group had our Venue Prep meeting to work out the kinks from the previous night, and we were dismissed for showers/lunch for THREE AND A HALF HOURS. It was such a ridiculously long break I didn't even know what to do with myself. I forgot what it was like to have that much free time! It was awesome, and then we met back at the church for class time and our First Wednesday duties. Overall great day! :)
- Now, if you think yesterday sounded good, today was AMAZING. We started off with CT at 6:30, and surprisingly my team and I were in great moods and were just excited to hang out together, even if it was freezing outside and we had to be there an hour before everyone else. I actually woke up smiling this morning! I figured that has to be a sign of a great day. After team devotions we started the first of the three games of Ultimate Frisbee! I was terrified of the frisbee once the games started because earlier, during CT, I got nailed in the face by a super-fast frisbee thrown by one of my teammates. It was a total accident but still horrifying and painful. I had a gusher nosebleed all through devotions! But I have to say that I'm lucky that the frisbee hit me right in the septum because it could have hit me a) on the bridge of my nose, leaving a dent or breaking my nose, b) where my nose ring is, possible ripping it out or pushing it through, or c) in the teeth, possibly knocking out teeth or ripping my gums. So those possibilities considered, it was the best possible scenario for getting nailed in the face with a frisbee. :) Ultimate Frisbee was a little confusing at first, but really fun! Then we had class with Pastor Matt, where we debated about divorce and gambling and whether they are sins or not or to what extent they are acceptable. SO INTERESTING!! I had to be on the "gambling is not a sin" side and it was actually really fun. My side won! Then we had ministry time where we help out other people in different ministries in the church. I got to serve in the Cafe and get trained for everything! I now know how to make lattes, cappuccinos, frappes, smoothies, americanos, hot teas, mistos, steamers, caramel macchiatos, and a billion other things! So exciting!! ANDDDDD the best part was that the fast ended at 5 today, and we got to drink the coffees we made during training! I seriously thought I died and went to heaven. So after all that, a personal pizza from Pizza Hut, a Dt. Dr. Pepper, and some TV time with my home sponsors, I have concluded that today completely rocked.
(And I get to see my AMAZING sister and super-precious neice this weekend! I'm so pumped!!)
:D I love my life!
yayy!!! see you soon, lovey!
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