So the past few days have been absolute chaos,
or so it seems.
We've been on the go almost constantly,
but God is working,
and we are able to see the things that He's up to.
It's pretty great.
Thursday we all worked with
Week of Champions.
And it was a lot of fun.
I was with boy's basketball again,
Mary Grace was with girl's basketball again,
Grace was with baseball again,
and Courtney and Erica were with tennis.
We were all able to meet some really cool people,
and help pass out the gatorade.
After we were done with Week of Champions,
we went to North Island Baptist Church to meet with the pastor.
Most of us are helping with the youth at the church over the summer,
so he wanted to talk to us and see what we were thinking
about trying to do this summer.
Originally, we were planning on doing a Bible Club in the afternoon,
but the apartment complex manager never responded.
So we ended just coming home and practicing
more on our performance.
It ended up being a good day of practice.
Friday morning we went to Coligny Beach
for lifeguard ministry.
Erica, Courtney, and I went out together
to pass out popsicles.
And we had a lot of fun.
We saw a lot of wildlife,
including a shark.
(A guy was fishing, and he ended up catching a shark...
it was about three feet long....and he brought it to shore.
It was so crazy.)
We got to meet a lot of lifeguards,
and we met a lot of their supervisors that day as well!
On our walk we met:
Andrea,
Jimmy,
David,
Kristen (who we had met on Tuesday! It was great to see her again though!),
Steven (he sounded just like Crush on Finding Nemo! It was crazy!),
Kaylee,
Sarah Ann,
Samantha,
Ellen,
Hannah,
Steven (their supervisor),
Brad,
Matt (another supervisor. He knew us as "the Baptist Burger people"),
Whitney,
and Austin.
So it was great to meet a lot of these guys!
They were all really nice!
And I can't wait to get to know them a lot more
over the next month and a half.
After the beach,
we went to North Island to practice.
And practice.
And practice.
We were able to work on parts...
but we still have some work that needs to be done.
When we got home,
we all got dressed up,
and then we drove to Beaufort.
We finally found our host family's restaurant,
and it was almost like walking into a fairy tale.
It was so beautiful!
Everything was perfect,
and we had some of the best food ever.
We started out with:
the Southern Sushi
and the Angel Wings.
Then we each ordered something different:
I had: Sweet Tea Salmon with Asparagus and Heavenly Mashed Potatoes.
Erica had: Steak Frites with Sweet Potato Fries.
Mary Grace had: Shrimp and Sweet Potato Grits.
Grace had: Vertical Crab Cakes with Corn.
and
Courtney had: Pecan (?) Crusted Cod with Mango sauce and Asparagus.
It was all FANTASTIC!
For dessert we all shared:
2 Chocolate Skillets
and
1 Sampler (it had White Chocolate Banana Pudding, Pecan Creme Brulee, and Celebration Cake)
Oh. my. lanta.
It was great.
After dinner we went down to the Waterfront for a while.
It was good to just hang out and talk.
It was a great night with us girls.
I know we're around each other all the time,
but there's something good about getting out of the house
and having a night out on the town.
Anyway, today we were working on our performance.
It was intense.
We have done so much!!
We nailed down our dance, our Disney, our theme interpretation, and all of the things in between each thing.
It was 4 hours of working hard, memorizing, and learning.
And I'm so glad that we're done with that now.
Now when we practice,
it'll just be perfecting what we already know!
Yay!
Tomorrow is church!
And I'm so excited!
Why?
Because I get to worship Jesus with everyone else!
Anyway, that's about all for now! :)
I'll include some pics for you of the beach. :)
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