A Splendid Weekend

So this weekend we were supposed to work with a ministry called Revolucion. A man who works with YWAM, Omar, runs this ministry. Between the base and the beach is a skate area. Revolucion reaches out to the Ensenada youth through skateboarding. So this weekend Omar wanted us to work with fixing the skate ramp. We met at 9:30, took all the pieces out of a truck, and painted all of them until right before lunch. Then we put them back in the truck. JP told us to meet back there at 1:30 to do something else with the pieces. Julie and I asked JP to drive us to Applebees in Gringolanda (aka this shopping area that has a Walmart, Applebees, Dairy Queen, and Burger King). We ended up with eight people eating at Applebees and it was so much fun! But we were late coming home so we rushed and ran up to our rooms to change. As soon as we got back down JP said, "Well guys I have some bad news. Something happened... and Omar told us we don't have to work anymore! You have a free day!" That was stupendous. So we just relaxed. A lot of people caught up on sleep. We socialized and watched movies and stuff. Then Sunday JP and Jaime went to pick Sarvia up at the airport in San Diego (she spent a week visiting the DTS that is on outreach right now), so they said we couldn't go to church unless we found one within walking distance. But we've gotten pretty close to the pastor and most of the members of the church we normally go to, so we called him and he sent some people from the church to pick us up! It was great! We fit like ten people in a mini van with seven seats. And the roads we took were ... a bit absurd. So it was a blast. Then Sunday night we got almost all the young staff to go to Starbucks with us and we just spent time hanging out and bonding. Then one of the girls asked me if she could practice putting fake nails on me. She wants to become a nail technician apparently. So I let her practice... I had one beautiful nail for about an hour. The end.

This week we have a speaker named Dean Sherman. He is speaking on relationships. Basically what we've learned so far is that all the problems in the world are due to selfishness. And the answer is always love. Ok well I have to go to small groups now. More later.

Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

Wow it's Friday!

This week absolutely flew by! Wow! We had Tim Pratt come and speak with us on team building. We did a lot of stuff with trust and group exercises. We figured out how we work together and what everyone's personality is. In case anyone knows what it means, I am popular sanguine! It was a blast this week. The only sad thing was that Sarvia was gone all week. She left Sunday and will get back this Sunday. I missed her so much!

Yesterday was really cool. They didn't have anything specific for our local ministry, so we just prayed and asked God to put on our hearts what was on His heart. We had a bunch of random things. My group was made up of Ruth, Jessie, and Jaime. Jaime had this picture of kids and the words "Be kind", Ruth saw an eye, and Jessie saw a stadium. I saw a mother with a little boy and little girl. The other group saw a couple thing as well, but all that I remember was Heidi saw a dusty road with dogs in it. Pretty much every road in Ensenada, but still interesting. So JP directed us how to get to the stadium. He told us it was near a Calimax (grocery store) and he told us how to get to the Calimax. So we started walking. We passed this adorable little boy and little girl and stopped to chat for a minute. They were two and three. So we kept walking and were scared out of our minds by three dogs near the end of the road. All of a sudden Jessie stopped us and said we had just walked down a dusty road and noticed the dogs. So we stopped and prayed about what to do. We decided to walk back down the street and pray over the homes and the people. We turned around and the dogs were gone. We thought was pretty cool because there were not a lot of places to disappear to. So we walked up and down and just prayed that the devil have no hold and that God surround these people. Then Jessie thought that it would be a good idea to just buy basic groceries for those families. And we knew how to get to the grocery store! So we went and bought like beans and rice and tortillas and apples and a couple other things. We walked back and stood at the door. We prayed over the food and prayed that their hearts would be open and accepting. The mother hesitantly took the food and it was clear that she needed it. The little boy was so excited and he was smiling so big. We told them it was from God, not us, and that God wanted to bless them with it. Then we left.

Sorry there's no transition or ending, but I'm late for lunch and I have to be ready to go in twenty minutes. Ok miss you all!
Love,
Coray

Well that was unexpected.

So this weekend, I built a house. By myself. Just kidding. We woke up at 6:45 Saturday morning for Sjoerd, Heidi, Marleen, and I to go build two houses with the staff and a team that flew in from Dallas. Awhile into it, a girl named Lindsay told me that I was the host. The girl who was supposed to be the host was at a funeral. I had never done this house builidng thing for Homes of Hope and I did not even know what a host did. So Lindsay kind of explained to me and then I just kind of improvised. Basically I was supposed to tell people what to do, make sure everyone was drinking water/staying hydrated, and keep people encouraged. I was supposed to form relationships with the people. Then when it was lunchtime I had to set up the table and all the food. Then I cleaned up afterward. And after lunch Lindsay left and I became photographer as well as host. So, basically I spent my day passing out waters, watching the kids of the family that we were building a house for, and taking pictures. The little girl, Dana, got super excited every time I took a picture and she wanted to see it immediately. She would then look at it and laugh. She was so cute! We built the house for a family of four- Jorge, Silvia y sus hijos, Irvin y Dana. They were so thrilled with their new house! And Silvia was so awesome!

So we were all excited to have helped, but we were also excited to be done the next day and go to church, sleep, and just relax. Alas, that did not happen. Sjoerd and I were told that we would be working again. So I went to bed at 6:30 and slept till 6. That was incredible and I really needed it. Then I went down to breakfast. We drove to the hotel to pick up the team from Dallas, then we drove them by the base so they could see where we lived, and then we went to the site. I had told Silvia goodbye the day before, so she was all excited and we talked some more. They had woken up early and started making lunch for us. They worked on it from about seven to 12. Some of the woman on the team took Silvia and the kids to the store to buy food, clothes, shoes, and bedding. Sjoerd drove. I had to stay and help with lunch and other stuff again. When Silvia came back she told me she had never bought so much stuff in her life. She was so excited about all that they had. Each of the kids received a toy and they were both super excited as well. I spent the day taking pictures again. It was wonderful. And it was awesome to see the house done and give them the key and watch them walk in. Silvia made it through the team's thank yous and gifts (Bible and team picture) fine, but she wanted to say thank you and then she started crying. She was beyond thrilled to have this house. She said it was her biggest dream come true and she couldn't express how greatful she was that her kids would no longer be cold and electricy-less. It was wonderful to see her face then. I will be posting pictures just as soon as I get them. I used the base camera because they were actually for a slideshow. But I'll get them tomorrow. So then I drove back with my new friend Martin. It was so good to see my girls again when I got home. I missed them a lot the past two days. It was semi-overwhelming, but at the same time so fulfilling and wonderful. Plus I became better friends with all the guys I worked with. I worked with Steve, Cody, Martin, and Lindsay. And I got to drive once with Oscar, so I got to know him too. It was a blast.

On top of all that goodness, Sjoerd is starting to learn how to be with six girls. He has started to give hugs and not freak out when we get somewhat near him. Last week he was asking us why we're always touching each other. But this week he is not flinching when we get near, which is terrific. My girls are only getting better. I love them all so much and I hate when I can't be with them. Ok well I'm kind of sore and I'm sitting uncomfortably, so I'm going to end this abruptly. Pictures are coming on facebook soon. Love and miss you all!

Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

Oh my gosh has it really been a week?

Wow this week flew by! We had two professor named Jack Kody and Skip Anderson this week. They talked about The Father Heart of God. We spent so much time learning, I probably can't even sum it up! They had eleven points about God as our Father. I learned so much and it was so incredible! We had class from 9:30 to 12:30 with a ten-minute break at 10:30 and 11:30 and every time they said "ok break time" I would get so confused because I'd think we'd just had a break! I learned sooooooo much! One day, Jack had us cancel our group exercise and small group so he could take us out for a surprise. We drove to the ocean and started walking down. All of a sudden we realized Sarvia and Jack had stopped, so we went back. They were negotiating a price for an hour boat ride on the ocean! We got to go out for an hour and see the ocean, the sea lions, and the dolphins! It was awesome! We also started small groups and spanish class this week. My small group consists of Sarvia, JP, Ruth, Sjoerd, and myself. Spanish class is killer, but I only had to take it two times. From now on I'm going to help Sarvia with her chores and talk to her in Spanish during that time. We also started work duties. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I work in the kitchen from 3:30 to 5:30. On Thursday we had a local ministry opportunity. We went to the house of a woman who started a ministry for kids and we painted. The ministry she started, began with three children. She had done it for eight years and now there are 80 children involved! So we got to help her out a little bit and then we got to pray with her that they would be able to buy more land so they can fit all of the kids. Tonight we had our first group exercise. We tried to play volleyball, but no one really exercised. So then we played soccer, but that didn't really work either. So then we all ran into the ocean and started a game of "all the girls try to dump Sjoerd in the ocean". That finally made us all work out! We were running and laughing so much and now my legs and stomach hurt! Ruth and I both ended up being dumped in the ocean by Sjoerd..... Tonight we get to go to Bajio again. I am super excited! I think Bajio might be my favorite part of the week. Though I do love the worship service we have every Thursday night. Oh and we got to go to Walmart today because we didn't get to on Tuesday because there was a bomb threat... which, just like at school, no one ever followed through with.

Tomorrow half of us are going to work with Homes of Hope and build a house for two families. Marleen and Heidi are working with one group and Sjoerd and I are working with the other group. We are building for family in which the parents are 22 and 21 and the children are 6 and 2. The dad's mom told them about YWAM and Homes of Hope so they came to ask for help. So we will spend all day Saturday building them a house. We have breakfast at 6:45 and then we leave and get back in time for dinner. Ok I'm giong to be late to get to the kitchen and Bill will not appreciate that.

Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

Bajio y Iglesia con Felipe

So I can't remember how much I said about Bajio on Friday and I'm not going to check, so if it's repetition just skip this. But Friday night we met at 7:30 in the worship hall with JP and Sarvia and a girl named Debora who is here from Swiza (Switzerland in espanol) for two months I think. A local pastor named Felipe met us there. He and JP explained to us what we would be doing. They were very safe and very realistic about what we were doing. They made sure all the girls had every part of their body covered and absolutely no jewelry. They told everyone not to be stupid and that we were gone to the Red Light District to give soup and hot chocolate to the homeless and drunks and prostitutes there. JP and others have been doing this for the past ten months so he has developed relationships with all the people. Anyways, so Felipe and JP prayed for us to be protected and be a blessing to the people. Then we sang two worship songs. We all loaded up the van with cups, spoons, a table, and the big jugs of soup and hot chocolate. We drove there and set it all up. There was already a line of people waiting for us so that they could eat. So as soon as we set up, JP prayed for the food and the people. They filed through the line and each received generous portions of the cocoa and soup, while we told them "Dios te bendiga". Many questioned why we were there and we got the opportunity to tell them about Jesus. One man I talked to told me his life was good and he didn't need God. He asked me why I thought he needed God. Then he asked Sarvia who God is. He wasn't satisfied with the answer so he left. The next man I talked to was named Francisco. He stuck around awhile. He seemed to want Jesus but at the same time he didn't. He said he was in between the two roads and that he was afraid of reading the Bible because of the truth in it. We talked for awhile and everyone else had a chance to talk to him too. I'm sure we'll be seeing him next Friday again. One person that Jessie talked to, had had too much to drink, so I didn't expect much and I didn't really want her talking to him. However, she shared her testimony and he asked (more or less) "What would you say if someone wanted to accept this Jesus? I mean, I don't! But if someone did, what would they do about it?" And it went on like that for awhile until he broke down and asked her to help him pray. Then he went to JP and Felipe and a couple other leaders and started asking questions. It was super cool and it totally humbled me. When Jessie came over I asked her to please not talk alone to guys when they are that drunk and high because it scared me and she turned around and said "He just accepted Jesus into his heart." And I was just kind of like "Woah." I felt really awful. I'm working on trusting Jesus in every situation and knowing that He does know what He's doing. Anyways, as we loaded all the stuff in the van again we prayed again. We asked if anyone wanted to come pray with us and one guy who hadn't eaten our food, but was walking by trying to sell roses wanted to. So JP prayed over the people we had helped and prayed that this man would be able to sell all his roses and be able to pay for his food and his family. The man asked how he could talk to us again and we told him we'd be back at eight the next Friday. We got home around ten and were all exhausted so we all crashed into bed.

AY! It just deleted everything I had about church! Ok so we went to Felipe's church of maybe fifteen. I forgot to mention that some of his church was at Bajio with us. It was an awesome blessing to see this church because it was like the ones the Bible talks about in Acts. It was in Felipe's house and they were just so grateful to be there. They told us they didn't have a denomination, they just wanted to love and follow Jesus. They were very passionate. We prayed a lot and sang a lot of worship songs before Felipe preached. My favorite worship song so far is "Eres TodoPoderoso":
La unica razon de mi adoracion eres tu mi Jesus
Mi unico motivo para vivir eres tu mi Senor
Mi unica verdad esta en ti eres mi luz y mi salvacion
Mi unico amor eres tu Senor y por siempre te alabare
Tu eres todopoderoso
Eres grande y majestuoso
Eres fuerte, invencible
Y no hay nadie como tu

In my rought translation it means:
My only reason for my praise is you my Jesus
My only motive for living is you my Lord
My only truth is in you, you are my light and my salvation
My only love is you Lord and forever I will praise you
You are all powerful
Your are great and majestic
You are strong, invincible
And there is no one like you

I love this song! Anyways, then Felipe preached and it was an awesome sermon on what worship truly means and how each person worships differently and we can't judge others by how the worship their Lord. It was wonderful. Then after the sermon, one women pulled out the guacamole she had just made and three bags of chips and we ate and chatted. One man walked around pouring coke for everyone and refilling glasses repeatedly. They were so friendly and eager to make new friends. They kept telling us how blessed they were to have us there. They said we didn't even need to do anything, they just felt blessed by God to have us at their church. They were such incredible people and I love them already! We will be attending their church weekly to form and maintain relationships with the people.

Ok well I'm going back out to the sun and to work on my book report. It's due Friday and I need to get started! Miss you all lots!

Olvide

I forgot about our Scavenger Hunt. On Thursday we had a scavenger hunt in downtown Ensenada. We were split into two teams. Jessie, Ruth, and Heidi v. Sjoerd, Marleen, Julie, and myself. We had to buy a turtle w/a bobbing head, an ensenada bumper sticker, a braid in our hair, a bracelet, and a pack of blue chicklets gum. We had to take a bus and then figure out where to buy it all. Then we had to get back. And all we had were 120 pesos. The bus fare was 32 pesos for the four people in my group. We had to bargain w/the people for all the prices. By the time we were done we had ten pesos left. So we walked like three miles back home. And we won! It was a blast and I loved the test to my spanish.

So today we went to La Bufadora and it was beautiful! It's like a blowhole. It's probably the top tourist attraction in Ensenada and there were like a hundred booths set up along the path and I loved using spanish to tell the people what I wanted and bargain with them. Once again it was a blast! I had about thirty dollars and I managed to buy a shirt, a purse, earrings, and a dress! I love them all! And now I'm done with my tourist shopping for the next three months. All of us except Jessie just put on our sundresses and bathing suits (in Sjoerd's case, just bathing suits and t-shirts) and went down to the beach. Sjoerd and Ruth swam and the rest of us soaked up the sun. A girl named Alejandra (Alex) came with us. She did a DTS in Tijuana and now watches the Kemp (director of the base) kids. She is awesome! Anyways, we went for a walk on the beach. The other day we spent like an hour talking during lunch. She's really cool and we've become good friends. TTFN!
Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

Saturday

Today we are going to see La Bufadora which is a giant blowhole and a major tourist attraction. But first, I convinced Sarvia to stop at Starbucks!!! Yesterday we started our small groups. I am in one with Sarvia, JP, Sjoerd, and Ruth. I really like it! Then we went up to this thing called "Prayer Mountain" where we could look out over the whole city. We took some pictures and spent some time praying over the city. It was quite beautiful watching the sun set while we were up there. Then after a dinner a bunch of the wives get together and do nails, so I joined. Then we went to a thing called Bajio. We took soup and hot chocolate to the Red Light District. It was super cool. The people knew we were coming because we do it every Friday at eight apparently, so they were all standing in line and they all knew Jean-Philippe's name. But they all had to wait while JP prayed over the food. It was really cool talking with them. Some were new and they asked why we came. I got to tell two people about God's love and that we were there to share Jesus with them. One of them told me that he didn't need God because his life was good and he was happy. The other one told me had was scared of the Bible and he was in between the two roads. So we talked about how Jesus isn't the scary one and how you can't be between two roads, you have to choose one. Two really drunk guys came up kind of laughing and just happy to eat and then they walked off, but one came back and started talking to Jessie. He asked lots of questions and decided he wanted Jesus and didn't want to live like he was anymore. It was super cool. Ok well I need to go talk to my family on Skype.
Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

Busy busy busy

So I'm not going to be having a ton of time for blog stuff. Our schedule keeps us pretty busy and in our free time we will be bonding and writing book reports. Yippee. Let's see... on Monday Sean talked about YWAM and lots of random things, especially God's will being good, pleasing, and perfect. Then we had orientation and after dinner we had "dessert night" meaning we had cake and played games. Then Tuesday, Brett Curtis, who is in charge of YWAM San Diego/Baja came and talked to us about intercession. These people have incredible faith and I hope to be like them one day. Then we spent some time praying about where we should go in Colombia. We split into two groups and within our group spent like 20 minutes praying on our own and trying to listen to God. When my group came together we talked about what we saw/heard. Sjoerd saw a little boy running towards him. Jaime had the phrase "go where it is green". The others each had something about either a beach, trees, or a rainforest type thing. We then combined the two groups and it turned out that the other group had received stuff about a beach and a rainforest too. And Julie had seen a little boy holding out his hand to her and crying. Anyways... that was us trying to put into practice what we learned about intercession. Then we shared our testimonies/stories and how we ended up here. There were some pretty crazy backgrounds. Then last night we had a Wal-Mart run.

Today is Julie's birthday so when we were at Walmart last night, Jessie, Marleen, and I prepared. We bought confetti, a banner, balloons, a cake, ice cream, cookies, and pop! So when we got back to the room, Ruth and I ran to the kitchen to get plates, cups, bowls, and all that. Then when we came in, Jessie got out the cake and we started singing happy birthday. Julie was so surprised and excited! Then Jessie made her stick her face in the cake and take the first bite. She claims its Mexican tradition. So we ate a bunch of cake, ice cream, and cookies last night. It was delicious! Then, once Julie went to bed, we blew up the balloons. We opened the banner that said "Feliz Cumple" on the outside of the package (Happy Birthday), but apparently it was false advertisement because when we oppened it it said "Bienvenidos" (Welcome) on it... So we considered convincing her that bienvenidos meant happy birthday, but we thought she might walk around saying that all day so we decided not to. We just told her "Bienvenidos al ano diecinueve" (Welcome to the nineteenth year)... So we woke her up by throwing balloons at her and singing happy birthday. All day Jessie and I have been randomly throwing confetti at her. It's very fun! Now we're surprising her and going out to dinner for her bday. Oh yeah and we had cake after lunch to celebrate again. So I've had cake like three or four times already! I love it here! OK I have to go get ready for dinner. Adios!
Que Dios les bendiga.
Coray

Bienvenidos a Ensenada!

After registration we just kind of chilled and then Heidi, JP, some of the kids on base, and I played soccer. Sort of. It was more just kicking the ball around. Then the DTS staff set up a welcome party for us. When we went in to get dinner, a mariachi band set up and the staff told us we had to eat outside. We realized why as our ears exploded to extremely loud music while filling our plates with authentic mexican tacos. So we went out and listened to a bunch of songs while enjoying our dinner. Once the band left JP hung up a pinata for us and we and the base kids all took turns hitting it. I had some pretty solid contact! The two men holding the pinata were crazy though. one stood on the second floor, but the other stood on the roof over part of the patio. I thought he was going to get yanked off, the way they were pulling it! They're favorite thing to do was to hit us on the heads with the pinata since we couldn't see. It was a blast! Then we played never have I ever as a DTS group with JP, Jaime, and Sarvia. After that we played movie charades for a little while and then went to our rooms. Marleen, Ruth, Jessie, and I had an awesome conversation about a couple things from the Bible and then we went to bed.

I learned this morning that when they say breakfast is at 7:30 they mean 8. And that when they ring the bell to call you, it really means you have half an hour to come... So our group and JP were the only people at breakfast this morning. Apparently everyone ate eventually... we just didn't see them because we ate from like 7:30-7:50... Anyways, breakfast was lovely. Cereal, muffins, and yogurt. Yum! Now we're spending our hour and a half before class taking turns showering. This could take awhile. Today for our first class the man who started the San Diego/Baja base is coming to give as an introduction to it all. Ok it's almost my turn in the shower. Adios.

Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

First Day Stuff

We were joined at one am by Ruth from England. She's 18. This morning we ate breakfast at 9 and then went to church at 12. It was pretty much a day of relaxing. A few people went out for fish tacos after church, but the rest of us normal people ate sandwiches and cookies. Then we relaxed some more (I took a walk down to the beach with Marleen) before registration (at 3:30). We went in one by one and just talked with Sarvia (the director here) and Sheril (who took care of paper work). I now can give you more details.

Our program will be lead by Sarvia Nino from Ensenada, Jaime, and JP. Many of you won't be interested, so skip this part, but I know my mom and dad will want to hear it:

Our weekly schedule goes as such:
7 AM Wake-up and personal devos
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Worship/Intercession/Devos
9:30 Lectures
10:30 Break
10:45 Lectures
12:30 Lunch

Mondays and Wednesdays: 1:30 Spanish Class 3:00 Work Duties
Tuesdays: 1:30 Small Group 3:30 Exercise
Thursdays: 1:30 Local Ministry
Fridays: 1:30 Exercise 3:00 Work Duties

5:30 Dinner
6:00 Dinner Clean Up Rotation

7:00 Mondays-Outreach Prep
Tuesdays-Wal-Mart Run
Wednesdays- Community Night
Thursdays- Study Time
Fridays- Bajio (basically soup kitchen type stuff. handing out soup and hot chocolate and stuff in "the Red Zone")

10:00 Quiet Time until 7 AM
11:00 Lights Out

We have different speakers and themes every week. The first week is just intro stuff. The rest of our themes are Father Heart of God, Loving the Unlovely/Team Building, Relationships, Hearing the Voice of God, Passion for Christ, Destiny and Calling, Worship and Warfare, Evangelism and Youth Culture, and Outreach Prep. Outreach prep is the last two weeks and ends March 27th. During this time we will be reading "Is That Really You God", "Captivating/Wild At Heart", "Celebration of Discipline", and "Foreign to Familiar" and writing reports on each. We have a verse to memorize every week as well.

If anyone wants to visit I have a map, a list of churches, things to do, restaraunts, etc ... so come visit! :)

Ok so that's about it. It is wonderful here and I love it!

Que Dios les bendiga!
Coray

I'm Here!

As I right this we’re driving down a road in Mexico. It’s not as hot as I expected, however it is night. My flight was the last of four DTS people to fly into San Diego airport today. I was greeted by my two leaders- Jon Philippe (or something like that. He goes by JP or Jon I think) from Switzerland and Jamie from Kansas- as well as three other DTS students- Julie, Heidi, and Sjoerd (who’s name I still can’t say). Julie’s from northern California, Heidi’s from Canada, and Sjoerd is form the Netherlands I think. We went to In’n’Out Burgers before leaving California. We drove to Tijuana to pick up a girl named Marleen who is also from the Netherlands. She spent the last two months in Tijuana. Apparently we are only being joined by two more people. Our DTS originally had 20 students, but 13 dropped out. Now there are seven of us plus two leaders. Out of us, six are girls. Poor Sjoerd.

The drive from San Diego to Ensenada is supposed to take us an hour and a half, but I’ve heard that it can take up to two and half hours. It was clear the second we crossed the border into Mexico (besides going through the station or whatever). Everything was just immediately poorer and not as nice.

I’m already having some trouble understanding JP, Marleen, and Sjoerd. Especially when JP speaks to me in Spanish. Apparently he and Jamie have read all the information on us and in the information I said that I speak some Spanish. So he asked me a bunch of questions about how I learned and such in Spanish. He speaks as fast as a native speaker, but he has an accent. It’s soooo hard to understand. However his English is even harder, so I guess it’s better when he speaks in Spanish. He and Jamie seem really cool. We’ve been blasting Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Derek Webb the whole trip. They are really outgoing and friendly and seem like they genuinely care about us even though they just met us. I’m pretty excited.

Well I’m going to put my computer away before we crash and I break it! Driving here is ridiculous! Though not as bad as the DR, fortunately. I’ll add another update tomorrow. Apparently we’re just doing church, registration and relaxing then.

¡ Qué Dios les bendiga!

Coray

Ok So now we're actually here and I met one other girl. Her name is Jessica and she's also from Canada. She's super nice and we are getting along great! She speaks fluent spanish and told me that she was only gonna speak spanish with me and help me with it until its perfect! I took a top bunk on top of Jessie. Another girl named Ruth is coming around midnight. The rumor is we're going to Colombia for our outreach. Ok my thoughts and words are all scrambled so it's time for bed. It's only 8:44 here. Ugh. This is gonna take adjustment. Sorry I have no transitions or closing. I'm exhausted. Good night all.

College Decisions

I forgot that I had promised many of you that I would post my decision on this blog when I found out.... Well, I received an acceptance letter from Wheaton on the 26th and I have decided that I am going to attend Wheaton College.