March 2, 2010

This past weekend was amazing J We basically did nothing and owned the entire base because the staff had their own retreat. But sad part of the weekend- the Swiss team left L We were pretty much begging them to stay with us but for some reason they just had to go. The Orlando team came back the day that the Swiss team left and ever since we have been a little anti-social. The base is suddenly a lot louder and more cramped…This week has been outreach prep week- cant say its been the greatest week of my life but its been good. We have learned some more about where we will be going and what we will be doing. I am soo excited to go on outreach!!! It sounds like its going to a very challenging two months but it will be very growing as well. So to prepare we have been doing some research projects on the Zambia and Johannesburg, preparing dramas/skits, and doing team building exercises.

March 6, 2010

This week has been umm…interesting. It was outreach prep and I can say that I did get a small glimpse of what it is going to be like on outreach prep. Its been an emotional week just to say that at least- a lot of extreme emotional roller coaster rides throughout the entire team. Wednesday was our “fun day” and it was not really anything like it was supposed to me but still was great J We planned to go to some sweet spots outside but it was rainy and super foggy all day. But we were able to start off in the morning going to this really sweet waterfall spot and it was amazing! I’ve been missing fun outdoor adventures so it really helped J After we went to this place called the “Pinnacle” which is an incredible spot to look out at see in this amazing canyon but as we were sitting there this HUGE cloud came and swallowed us up. It made us sad at first but then we decided it was pretty sweet to be able to say we ate lunch in a cloud J The rest of the day it was rainy so we weren’t able to go anywhere else we wanted to, but we had some great ice cream and pancakes and then went to the mall for dinner and a movie. The group I was with went to see this South African movie called “Jozzi” about Johannesburg- umm I wish I could describe this movie haha Lets just say there was no real plot, a lot of feather dusters and druggies, and random fake TV show characters that the main character talked to….BUT I am super glad that I saw it. The Africans all loved it and it was really sweet to see their sense of humor and laugh with them at it.

The rest of this week hasn’t been too exciting- classes, practicing dramas/skits, and team bonding with things like movies and campfires. Today had a “car rally”- aka a scavenger hunt using cars. It was a ton of fun to me! We ended up finished first but because we called for more clues than the other teams we ended up actually in last- but hey our goal was to finish first so we won in our minds J It was really a fun day- despite the cranky pants times haha I made up a song that made my car love me just so much- especially when we were losing J It has been a good week but I have been convicted a lot of needing an attitude adjustment- and I think that’s the same for all of us. I think this week has made us realize more of what it means to love each other- especially when we’ve been with each other for a long time now and know the personality flaws and annoyances of each other J But its something God is teaching us through so its good.