HELLO! So we're back in Jocotenango now! After Monday's 8 hour travel escapade, we decided to leave as early as we could handle today from the orphanage. We were planning on just stepping out of the house at 6:30 am and walking around with our hiking backpacks plus my guitar until we found a taxi. THANKFULLY Herlyn, the mom of the orphanage, got up with us and advised we call a taxi because they never circle that area of Xela. But today we made excellent time and I was stepping into my house in Joco at 11:15. But that's boring news, i'll tell you about the rest of the week...
pretty much it was amazing! I felt like I spent the whole time in the presence of God. They were long days, but not that physically draining, and it was just such a sweet experience. Herlyn has a younger brother that took us to see a Meet the Fockers (they're all in English with Spanish subtitles) and then to this really cool touristy antiques cafe after for cake. It was great to have a night out :) Oh, except the town is pretty sketchy... Herman carried his TAZER with him while we walked from the car to the theatre entrance! thankfully he didn't have to use it. oh, it's crazy, every year the college students in guatemala have a few weeks where they dress in black or purple robes with pointed hats and tiny holes for eyes (yes, you read right... pretty much hundreds of KKK-looking people walking around a foreign country. unnerving is an understatement) and go around asking for money. they use the money to throw a year-end party, but they can get a little violent. like they get on the buses and usually they are harmless, but you give them a Q (like 16 cents) if you have it! They go around to businesses too, and if the owners don't pay up they come back in the nights and do major vandalizing. sketchy, yes. so we saw them EVERYWHERE in Xela and mostly at nights. crazy sauce!
we did lots of cleaning and cooking and painting for the orphanage and just hung out and danced with the kids. it was super super super awesome and fun. last night they made us all goodbye cards and it was ADORABLE! i miss them already... There was a big football (soccer) game between Guatemala and Belize last night, so we thought "hey, fiesta!!" and brought the TV into the dining room and had hot dogs, pop, chips, candy, cookies, balloons, and face paints for them. it was a HUGE hit and just so much fun. and Guate won, 2-0, so that was even more awesome :) and then we had a dance party. v. cool :) yeah... so that's pretty much been the week! awesome, amazing, and fun. oh, except today on the chicken bus from Chimaltenango to Joco, all of Joanne's money and debit card was taken from her money belt, which was well hidden under her pants, a shirt, and a hoodie. Poor girl! She had lots in there too. it'll be a good wake-up call for all of us, i guess.
so tomorrow is a well needed day off to do laundry, internet, and we have to take these spiritual gifts/personality tests for the knowing yourself/spiritual retreat week we're doing starting Tuesday. I'm excited for that. Blayne Greiner, a first semester speaker, is coming down for that! hurrah! it'll be a good week to process my time here, figure out some more of who i am and where i'm going. it should be awesome! and we'll be on a coffee plantation. oooo! so far all the coffee i've had here has been instant, which is raunchy. ok, ok, so i don't actually drink coffee, so i can't tell if the stuff here is good or not, but apparently the real, homegrown stuff tastes different than at home. but yeah, that's about all... gotta run! Meeting Katie and Jo and Niki at the fountain. Miss you all! happy days!
PS. Mom, Dad, Joel, Paul, Nicole: PLEASE email me! i haven't heard from any of you in ages and i miss you. Paul: Go to Esperanza.
PPS. All you others, PLEASE email me! i will reply! and i love feeling connected to home and knowing how you're all doing. be blessed!
Psalm 58
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Hey-lo all you whiteys out there! On Friday we packed up, hopped our bus, and took off to Monterrico for 3 days! It was AMAZING! We drove to this lagoon and then had to take this sketchy looking boat through most likely pirrahna and lagoon shark-infested waters to reach the place where we were staying. It was SMOKING hot and awesome. We had to walk for about 20 mins to reach our hotel, but it was sooooo worth it.
ok, get this: EVERY room (2 person per room) has a hammock hanging outside of it and each bed has a mosquito net that hangs over you at night. There was a small pool that was always the most perfect temperature, and then (drumroll please) THE OCEAN! Smokes, it was so great! I couldn,t believe that it was the Pacific Ocean! SUPER warm and HUGE waves and BLACK, smooth sand. I was in heaven. AND we had boogie boards, so we body surfed and boarded alllll day. and I brought my thermarest, let it self-inflate, and laid on it with my towel for the rest of the hours of the day. It was super salty and sandy though, so when i was feeling particularly sticky, i showered off and jumped in the pool, where i stayed for HOURS, reading "The Princess Bride" (the book is super hilarious!) which Dee leant me. For dinner we walked down the beach until we reached Johnny,s, which had good food, but BAD sand fleas. The first night i was bit SO bad, but only for like 30 mins, and then they were gone! it was nuts! the next night we decided to sit up on the veranda at Johnny,s to avoid the buggies.
Nathan Reiger, a speaker we had from first semester, came to Monterrico with us and we had a few sessions with him. It was fantastic! He spoke on community and the natural stages that groups go through. i think it really helped our group to recognize some of the vibes that have been going on within us and how to healthily reach true community. Me and Nathan talked for a while too after, and he challenged me to face some of the demons in my life. I was super glad that we talked. I know I need to take some time to sit and process it all though... things move pretty fast-paced around here. Today marks our 5 weeks in Guatemala! It,s insane, really...
So we came back from Monterrico, all very very red. Nicole, remember how we just sat in self-pity on the cruise because we were so fried and how bad it hurt to move? massive deja vu. except it only hurt for 2 days and i haven,t peeled or anything. hopefully i,ll just brown nicely :) i totally forgot to bring sunscreen to the beach, but even those who slathered every 20 mins look like tomatoes. its awesome :)
so we came back from Monterrico, showered, packed for our independent service week, and met in the park for pizza, as we do every sunday night. Me, Ben, Kara, and Joanne are all working at this amazing orphanage in Xela ("Shay-lah") called La Casa de Fe y Amor (The house of faith and love). There are 7 children: Roxana, Pedro, Jose, Elias, Arresallie, Juan Carlos, and Edgar. The owners of the place are a young married couple with 14 month old Andreas. Our instructions on how to actually get to Xela were ridiculously ambiguous and insane, so i woke up on monday morn and prayed for an adventure. whoops! haha! It was awesome, seriously. We took a bus from Joco to Antigua. Then we bussed from Antigua to Chimaltenango, where I saw a huge box of teensy chicks and proceeded to buy one for 6 Q (a buck Canadian). Jo (our fearless leader for the week) forbade me from buying one, so i told Ben to get one. and he did. and so did Xena (her group travelled with us for part of the way). and we loved the chickens SO much. they were adorable! except they didn,t have fluff on the backs of their necks. must be some Guatemalan strand or something. anyway, from Chimalte, we caught a coach bus (v. nice) to Xela, where we played with our chicks the whole time. But when we got to Xela, Ben all of the sudden decided he didn,t want Franklin! (that,s what i called him). I was devastated, and Xena refused to take him. This guy that worked at a furniture store came by and said he was cute, so Ben gave him away. I hope he doesn,t become a meal. anyway, so in Xela we took a taxi to the address we were given, which, as it so happens, DOESN,T exist! we spent over an hour in the taxi, wandering around the same area. we tried calling our leaders, and the leaders of our leaders, and our contact people, and this other lady, but none of the phones we tried worked, and when they did, none of those people,s cell phones were on. so he dropped us off at McDonalds where we had burgers and McFlurries (they have butterfinger mcflurries down here! score!). We finally got a hold of the lady that said she might pick us up, and an hour later, she did that. and another hour later the owners of the orphanange arrived and we arrived at the place. it was a long day, but fun!
It,s SUPER chilly in Xela, which took us all by surprise. But we,re surviving fine. We,ve mostly just been cooking meals for 14 people and folding clothes. Tomorrow we,ll do a bunch of painting for them. The kids come home from school around 1:00 pm and have a siesta (nap) for a few hours after lunch, so we hit the town for internet, phone, and chillaxing. We,re here until Sunday. Then on Monday we head to a coffee plantation for a spiritual retreat week with another one of our first semester speakers. it should be awesome! anyway, i must run. miss you all! see you later!
ok, get this: EVERY room (2 person per room) has a hammock hanging outside of it and each bed has a mosquito net that hangs over you at night. There was a small pool that was always the most perfect temperature, and then (drumroll please) THE OCEAN! Smokes, it was so great! I couldn,t believe that it was the Pacific Ocean! SUPER warm and HUGE waves and BLACK, smooth sand. I was in heaven. AND we had boogie boards, so we body surfed and boarded alllll day. and I brought my thermarest, let it self-inflate, and laid on it with my towel for the rest of the hours of the day. It was super salty and sandy though, so when i was feeling particularly sticky, i showered off and jumped in the pool, where i stayed for HOURS, reading "The Princess Bride" (the book is super hilarious!) which Dee leant me. For dinner we walked down the beach until we reached Johnny,s, which had good food, but BAD sand fleas. The first night i was bit SO bad, but only for like 30 mins, and then they were gone! it was nuts! the next night we decided to sit up on the veranda at Johnny,s to avoid the buggies.
Nathan Reiger, a speaker we had from first semester, came to Monterrico with us and we had a few sessions with him. It was fantastic! He spoke on community and the natural stages that groups go through. i think it really helped our group to recognize some of the vibes that have been going on within us and how to healthily reach true community. Me and Nathan talked for a while too after, and he challenged me to face some of the demons in my life. I was super glad that we talked. I know I need to take some time to sit and process it all though... things move pretty fast-paced around here. Today marks our 5 weeks in Guatemala! It,s insane, really...
So we came back from Monterrico, all very very red. Nicole, remember how we just sat in self-pity on the cruise because we were so fried and how bad it hurt to move? massive deja vu. except it only hurt for 2 days and i haven,t peeled or anything. hopefully i,ll just brown nicely :) i totally forgot to bring sunscreen to the beach, but even those who slathered every 20 mins look like tomatoes. its awesome :)
so we came back from Monterrico, showered, packed for our independent service week, and met in the park for pizza, as we do every sunday night. Me, Ben, Kara, and Joanne are all working at this amazing orphanage in Xela ("Shay-lah") called La Casa de Fe y Amor (The house of faith and love). There are 7 children: Roxana, Pedro, Jose, Elias, Arresallie, Juan Carlos, and Edgar. The owners of the place are a young married couple with 14 month old Andreas. Our instructions on how to actually get to Xela were ridiculously ambiguous and insane, so i woke up on monday morn and prayed for an adventure. whoops! haha! It was awesome, seriously. We took a bus from Joco to Antigua. Then we bussed from Antigua to Chimaltenango, where I saw a huge box of teensy chicks and proceeded to buy one for 6 Q (a buck Canadian). Jo (our fearless leader for the week) forbade me from buying one, so i told Ben to get one. and he did. and so did Xena (her group travelled with us for part of the way). and we loved the chickens SO much. they were adorable! except they didn,t have fluff on the backs of their necks. must be some Guatemalan strand or something. anyway, from Chimalte, we caught a coach bus (v. nice) to Xela, where we played with our chicks the whole time. But when we got to Xela, Ben all of the sudden decided he didn,t want Franklin! (that,s what i called him). I was devastated, and Xena refused to take him. This guy that worked at a furniture store came by and said he was cute, so Ben gave him away. I hope he doesn,t become a meal. anyway, so in Xela we took a taxi to the address we were given, which, as it so happens, DOESN,T exist! we spent over an hour in the taxi, wandering around the same area. we tried calling our leaders, and the leaders of our leaders, and our contact people, and this other lady, but none of the phones we tried worked, and when they did, none of those people,s cell phones were on. so he dropped us off at McDonalds where we had burgers and McFlurries (they have butterfinger mcflurries down here! score!). We finally got a hold of the lady that said she might pick us up, and an hour later, she did that. and another hour later the owners of the orphanange arrived and we arrived at the place. it was a long day, but fun!
It,s SUPER chilly in Xela, which took us all by surprise. But we,re surviving fine. We,ve mostly just been cooking meals for 14 people and folding clothes. Tomorrow we,ll do a bunch of painting for them. The kids come home from school around 1:00 pm and have a siesta (nap) for a few hours after lunch, so we hit the town for internet, phone, and chillaxing. We,re here until Sunday. Then on Monday we head to a coffee plantation for a spiritual retreat week with another one of our first semester speakers. it should be awesome! anyway, i must run. miss you all! see you later!
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Happy Superbowl Sunday everyone! There's some excitement down here about watching American Football, and the restaurants and sports bars will certainly be busy here in Antigua all afternoon! Lots has happened since I last blogged, so I'll try to chronologicize it by day for you :)
Jan. 30th: I had just finished blogging and headed back to Parque Central to meet up with some friends. In the park there are always little boys running around trying to shine your shoes, or girls selling necklaces, belts, etc. I had noticed one small girl selling belts during the day and she happened to be sitting next to my friend, Jo, on the bench when i returned. We had a little conversation and I found her just super adorable. Her name was Gloria and she asked me how old I was and told her I was turning 19 tomorrow. Caramba! It so happened that it was Gloria's 11th on the 31st also! So we went out and got a huge piece of cake to share. and then I helped her sell 7 belts to my Outtatown friends. It was awesome :)
Jan. 31st: First day of school! They sang happy birthday to me and we had a pinata. It's crazy, down here they tie the pinata to wires and pull it everywhere, so it's super hard to hit. Much funner though :)
Our small group went out and got a cake and shared it together. It was fitting, as 6 of the 8 of us have either our actually birthdays or our half birthdays within a week and a half of each other. More feliz cumpleanos!
I had been feeling sick all day, so I went to bed at 6:30. My parents called from BC to wish me a happy birthday at 9:30, so that was a pretty groggy phone call, but i loved it.
Feb. 1st: This was our first actually day of actual classes. I'm in a group with Ben, Xena, and Geoff. We've done tons of verbs and grammar and vocab already. Now to actually put it to practise...
Every Tuesday we are split into 4 groups and do service projects around the area. My group is working on a communal farm that grows Nispero fruit and makes jams, juices, liquers, etc. Tues afternoon there were 6 of us that scrubbed the moss of these trees in San Juan. It was quite thereapuetic :)
Feb 2nd: Today was Geoff's birthday, so after school we all headed to Antigua and had a bash at the MonoLoco (The Funky Monkey). There isn't a movie theatre here in Anitgua, but they have these cafes where you can go in and order a meal or even just a drink and they show movies in English at different times throughout the day. A few of us were going to watch one at 8 that night, but the one that was running previously went long and didn't end until 8:45 and I told my fam I'd be back by 10, sooooo... that didn't work out. But it's a neat idea, and we'll try again soon.
Feb. 3rd: Checked my email today and THANK YOU everyone SO MUCH for all the birthday cards and emails! I love you all sooo much. And thanks guys for commenting on my blogs. I read them all and cherish them. Today I led worship for the group with my guitar. Geoff was on the jumbay (funky drum) and Karis and Carmen sang also. It was sweet. I went to Pan's house after. She had to do her book report, so I sat on her bed and read for a while. Then we did some listening prayer together, which was awesome!
Feb 4th: Me, Dee, and Jeffrey walked from the pink church in Jocotenango to Antigua (30 mins) to meet up with 8 others to do our culture day. One day a week we have a culture day where we'll go on a tour, or see some sights, etc. Today we walked to Las Ruinas Capichinas, which is a 17th century convent, rebuilt in the 18th century. It was PRETTY, and really neat. There's this circular courtyard that connects 18 of the nuns meager bedrooms. We all stood in an arched doorway and then one person goes and stands right in the middle and speaks. To us standing in the arches, it just sounded like someone talking normally, but to the speaker his or her voice echoed SO much! It was amazing! So we all gave it a turn. It sounded like i was standing inside a tin can. Then we went downstairs to another circular room and stood at different places along the walls and sang. Again, amazing how gorgeous the sound was, and full! A "cappichino" is actually named after this convent and the ladies in it because of how they wore dark on the bottom and white on the top. There was something to do with the colour red too, but I forget. Neat coffee fact for all your Starbuck's junkies our there. Oh, I also found out that a thousand pound bag of coffee is sold for $18 Canadian dollars. Wow. We need to get cracking on buying fair trade stuff...
We left there and went to Santiago Cemara, a small village about 30 mins from Antigua. There we met with 15 ladies who started these tours to raise money to send all the kids in Santiago to school. We learned about the history of the village and then went inside a large house to watch how they make clothes (some shirts take a year and a half of working everyday for 10 hours and sell for only $100! Whoa!) and make coffee! The coffee trees are neat. They pick the fruit and let it dry in the sun for a month, they crush the shells to get the beans and crush the beans to get the grounds. I don't think the Guatemalan coffee tastes like coffee at home. I'll try to bring some back for you guys to try. We also made our own tortillas, which we ate with the chicken, rice, and sauce they gave us for dinner. mmm, good!
Later that night a handful of us went out for brownies and ice cream at the Cafe 2000 (one of the places where they show movies), but there was no movie on.
5th: Today we had the morning off, so i went to Katie Butz's house. Tabitha and Joel were already there and Joel accidentally let her dog out when I arrived. So we spent the first 10 minutes chasing this big golden retriever around Joco! Hahaha! At 1:00 we all piled onto a bus and headed to the base of Volcan Pacaya! We started our hike at 3:30. It was STEEP! The first hour was in bush, but the last hour was straight up loose volcanic rock. It was 2 steps up, sliiiiiide back, 2 steps up, sliiiiide back. It took a long time and the wind was INTENSE. I loved it! At the top we were able to look down into one of the craters and watch lava spit out from two different places! So amazing! Coming back down, you lean back and just run-jump.It took only 5 minutes to bottom the first part. Then me, Pan, Katie, Tabitha, and Jo ran ahead and ran the last hour down the mountain. The sun set (again, more amazing gorgeousness), and the lights from the city were beautiful and we saw fairies! Well, I guess they were fireflies, but nearly as cool as fairies. :) By this time it was pitch black and they looked like mini lights everywhere. Very exotic and romantic. We came home around 9:30 and i headed to bed pretty quickly after that.
So that's been my week! Full and fun! I'm thankful that I'm not feeling as flu-ish as I was earlier on this week. Please pray that I kick this cold for good. And also that I'd be able to really be praying lots while I'm here, and to continually step out to bless and serve these people, and not solely during our independent services, etc. It's been hard connecting with my family because they are never home, and are super busy, so also that I'd be able to be a servant to them also. How can I pray for you guys? I do lots. Pray, that is. I do pray for you guys lots. I miss you tons and hope you all are at peace. Oh, next weekend we are headed to Montoricco to sit on the beach all weekend. We also have one of our first semester speakers, Nathan Reiger, and his wife, who will be there with us and we have some classes with him next weekend. He spoke on idols and freedom in September, so I'll bet his follow-up classes will be awesome. Next week (14--18th) We have our independent service projects. I'm not sure yet what the options are, but I'd like to work with kids, either at an orphanage, school, hospital... so I'll let you know! Be blessed,
Janelle
Jan. 30th: I had just finished blogging and headed back to Parque Central to meet up with some friends. In the park there are always little boys running around trying to shine your shoes, or girls selling necklaces, belts, etc. I had noticed one small girl selling belts during the day and she happened to be sitting next to my friend, Jo, on the bench when i returned. We had a little conversation and I found her just super adorable. Her name was Gloria and she asked me how old I was and told her I was turning 19 tomorrow. Caramba! It so happened that it was Gloria's 11th on the 31st also! So we went out and got a huge piece of cake to share. and then I helped her sell 7 belts to my Outtatown friends. It was awesome :)
Jan. 31st: First day of school! They sang happy birthday to me and we had a pinata. It's crazy, down here they tie the pinata to wires and pull it everywhere, so it's super hard to hit. Much funner though :)
Our small group went out and got a cake and shared it together. It was fitting, as 6 of the 8 of us have either our actually birthdays or our half birthdays within a week and a half of each other. More feliz cumpleanos!
I had been feeling sick all day, so I went to bed at 6:30. My parents called from BC to wish me a happy birthday at 9:30, so that was a pretty groggy phone call, but i loved it.
Feb. 1st: This was our first actually day of actual classes. I'm in a group with Ben, Xena, and Geoff. We've done tons of verbs and grammar and vocab already. Now to actually put it to practise...
Every Tuesday we are split into 4 groups and do service projects around the area. My group is working on a communal farm that grows Nispero fruit and makes jams, juices, liquers, etc. Tues afternoon there were 6 of us that scrubbed the moss of these trees in San Juan. It was quite thereapuetic :)
Feb 2nd: Today was Geoff's birthday, so after school we all headed to Antigua and had a bash at the MonoLoco (The Funky Monkey). There isn't a movie theatre here in Anitgua, but they have these cafes where you can go in and order a meal or even just a drink and they show movies in English at different times throughout the day. A few of us were going to watch one at 8 that night, but the one that was running previously went long and didn't end until 8:45 and I told my fam I'd be back by 10, sooooo... that didn't work out. But it's a neat idea, and we'll try again soon.
Feb. 3rd: Checked my email today and THANK YOU everyone SO MUCH for all the birthday cards and emails! I love you all sooo much. And thanks guys for commenting on my blogs. I read them all and cherish them. Today I led worship for the group with my guitar. Geoff was on the jumbay (funky drum) and Karis and Carmen sang also. It was sweet. I went to Pan's house after. She had to do her book report, so I sat on her bed and read for a while. Then we did some listening prayer together, which was awesome!
Feb 4th: Me, Dee, and Jeffrey walked from the pink church in Jocotenango to Antigua (30 mins) to meet up with 8 others to do our culture day. One day a week we have a culture day where we'll go on a tour, or see some sights, etc. Today we walked to Las Ruinas Capichinas, which is a 17th century convent, rebuilt in the 18th century. It was PRETTY, and really neat. There's this circular courtyard that connects 18 of the nuns meager bedrooms. We all stood in an arched doorway and then one person goes and stands right in the middle and speaks. To us standing in the arches, it just sounded like someone talking normally, but to the speaker his or her voice echoed SO much! It was amazing! So we all gave it a turn. It sounded like i was standing inside a tin can. Then we went downstairs to another circular room and stood at different places along the walls and sang. Again, amazing how gorgeous the sound was, and full! A "cappichino" is actually named after this convent and the ladies in it because of how they wore dark on the bottom and white on the top. There was something to do with the colour red too, but I forget. Neat coffee fact for all your Starbuck's junkies our there. Oh, I also found out that a thousand pound bag of coffee is sold for $18 Canadian dollars. Wow. We need to get cracking on buying fair trade stuff...
We left there and went to Santiago Cemara, a small village about 30 mins from Antigua. There we met with 15 ladies who started these tours to raise money to send all the kids in Santiago to school. We learned about the history of the village and then went inside a large house to watch how they make clothes (some shirts take a year and a half of working everyday for 10 hours and sell for only $100! Whoa!) and make coffee! The coffee trees are neat. They pick the fruit and let it dry in the sun for a month, they crush the shells to get the beans and crush the beans to get the grounds. I don't think the Guatemalan coffee tastes like coffee at home. I'll try to bring some back for you guys to try. We also made our own tortillas, which we ate with the chicken, rice, and sauce they gave us for dinner. mmm, good!
Later that night a handful of us went out for brownies and ice cream at the Cafe 2000 (one of the places where they show movies), but there was no movie on.
5th: Today we had the morning off, so i went to Katie Butz's house. Tabitha and Joel were already there and Joel accidentally let her dog out when I arrived. So we spent the first 10 minutes chasing this big golden retriever around Joco! Hahaha! At 1:00 we all piled onto a bus and headed to the base of Volcan Pacaya! We started our hike at 3:30. It was STEEP! The first hour was in bush, but the last hour was straight up loose volcanic rock. It was 2 steps up, sliiiiiide back, 2 steps up, sliiiiide back. It took a long time and the wind was INTENSE. I loved it! At the top we were able to look down into one of the craters and watch lava spit out from two different places! So amazing! Coming back down, you lean back and just run-jump.It took only 5 minutes to bottom the first part. Then me, Pan, Katie, Tabitha, and Jo ran ahead and ran the last hour down the mountain. The sun set (again, more amazing gorgeousness), and the lights from the city were beautiful and we saw fairies! Well, I guess they were fireflies, but nearly as cool as fairies. :) By this time it was pitch black and they looked like mini lights everywhere. Very exotic and romantic. We came home around 9:30 and i headed to bed pretty quickly after that.
So that's been my week! Full and fun! I'm thankful that I'm not feeling as flu-ish as I was earlier on this week. Please pray that I kick this cold for good. And also that I'd be able to really be praying lots while I'm here, and to continually step out to bless and serve these people, and not solely during our independent services, etc. It's been hard connecting with my family because they are never home, and are super busy, so also that I'd be able to be a servant to them also. How can I pray for you guys? I do lots. Pray, that is. I do pray for you guys lots. I miss you tons and hope you all are at peace. Oh, next weekend we are headed to Montoricco to sit on the beach all weekend. We also have one of our first semester speakers, Nathan Reiger, and his wife, who will be there with us and we have some classes with him next weekend. He spoke on idols and freedom in September, so I'll bet his follow-up classes will be awesome. Next week (14--18th) We have our independent service projects. I'm not sure yet what the options are, but I'd like to work with kids, either at an orphanage, school, hospital... so I'll let you know! Be blessed,
Janelle
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