Another week of awesome campers!!!

Today I got to sleep in a bit. Sarah and Stacey went to the airport to get Stacey's home church and Sofia and I stayed to attend church. I woke up and ran to Lowe's then got back just in time for church. Church was great and we had to introduce ourselves to the congregation. After church we went to meet Stacey and Sarah and the group at Wendy's. Well we didn't exactly make it because Sofia said she knew where she was going, but it turns out she didn't and we ended up WAY far away..... We ended up eating at the nearest place and then going to Walmart. Someone stole my razor out of my shower....no idea who, but one day it was there and the next day it was gone....So i bought a new one. After I came back and met my new group!! I hung out with them and played Man hunt. Took a quick nap and then went to Walmart and the grocery store. We cooked tacos for dinner! Then got ready for Worship and hung out with my group a little bit more. The other group got here a little bit later than planned so we pushed worship back a little bit. When worship did start it was great! We have an all Asian middle school youth group! They are awesome!! My group is awesome too! It is going to be great. Anyway though, Worship got over and it was pretty close to lights out so the groups had group time then went to bed. We hung out with Matt and Josh (my new best friend) and Matt brought us ice cream!! Now Josh just left and it is twelve so I MUST go to bed. I miss you all!! LOVE YOU!!

A day of rest...

Today was a great day of rest. We woke up after staying up WAY too late last night with the campers. We fed them breakfast and sent them on their way. I skyped with Jamey a bit and Stacey went to pick up her friend Yana (okay I have no idea how to spell her name, but that is what it sounds like) She is from the Czech Republic. We hung out a bit and a man from the church asked us all to come over and hang out by his pool and do laundry. We jumped on the oppurtunity, so the entire day was spent laying out and playing cards and such. He fed us Salmon for dinner, It was so great! I slept for hours out by the pool! Then we came back to the church after dinner and watched a movie and I painted some shoes I had bought! They are super cute! Then I talked with my mom for almost two hours! It had been awhile since we spoke! Now it is late and I'm headed to bed. Campers get here tomorrow YAY!! 

Crash Course in Roofing...

Yes that is right....I learned to roof today while sitting atop the roof over the telephone.....BUT now I'm pretty sure I can handle it! Today was the group's off day so that means that it was our work day! We made them a continental breakfast and went back to take a nap for about twenty minutes(I didn't really go back to sleep, but I tried) We got up and Stacey and I had to go to Mr. Roberson's house to make measurements on the roof I will be fixing this week. We grabbed a quick lunch at Chick-fil-a (PS It was cow appreciation day today and if you dressed up like a cow you got a free meal, we forgot, but tons of others didn't) We then headed to Lowe's. I got all the materials for my worksite!! No more Lowe's this weekend! Then we headed back to the church. I re-dyed my hair :) It is now purple purple instead of slightly pink. I then got ready to go to dinner. While I was getting ready Sofia found out that one of her close friend's mom died. She was really upset so keep her in special prayer!! She decided she wasn't up for dinner with us, so Stacey, Sarah and I went. We went to this cute French Cafe. I had quiche! Then we headed back and got back just at the same time the youth group got back from the city. They ordered pizza and we went and got ice cream. Ever since we have just been hanging out and playing music. I'm soon about to hit the bed. It is a sad morning tomorrow.....saying goodbye to such a great group that I've gotten to know and love so much!! Sunday brings in anew group...hope I love them just as much!!!

Last work day :(

Today we got up and had my favorite breakfast, CINNAMON ROLLS!! haha so Jimmy,the cook, and I had fun with the icing on the cinnamon rolls. Then I got my group together and we headed out for an awesome adventure. I took them to a soup kitchen and we went on the metro. They had fun! The people at the soup kitchen were great! We had dance lessons while serving haha! After serving we grabbed Wendy's for lunch. We headed back to the church and got some bathing suits and went to the nearby pool/water park. The group paid for my lunch and for the water park! I'm so spoiled! We had a great time but the pool was SO COLD! After the pool we came back to church and I got ready for worship. We were missing a Jesus for our skit so we had to change a few things around to make it work. We had a special worship and my group invited me into their devotional time :) It was sweet. Then I spent some time with Sarah and Stacey and now I'm watching Alice in Wonderland with my group! Looks like it is going to be a long night! haha Sorry nothing too exciting! Tomorrow is a work day for me!! I have to learn how to roof...joy joy...

Sad Day at Ms Rosa's

Today was the last day at Ms. Rosa's. I woke up and realized I had forgotten to get a hacksaw so during breakfast I had to run to Lowe's. I got there and got the saw and ran back. I had to throw down a biscuit and sausage and run out the door. While on the road I got to talk to Jamey for quite awhile which was nice! We got to our worksite and got busy. They finished their jobs so quickly! They are great workers! The best I've had this summer. They cleaned up some of Ms Rosa's dishes. They were very very dirty.....A roach crawled out of her coffee maker....It was bad, but we got everything done! We had a sad goodbye with her and took some cute pictures. I will have to post them this weekend! We came back to the church and as soon as I got back I had to start preparing for the cookout tonight. I cooked all the hotdogs and about half of the hamburgers. :) I was such a great cook! I grilled them on a charcoal grill even! We had to light it and everything!! I am rather proud of myself. After we finished eating we came back to the church for worship. I looked up some stuff about the soup kitchen I'm taking my group to tomorrow. It is going to be an adventure! It is going to take AWHILE to get there :( My group is going to all match tomorrow! YAY they bought TEAMeffort shirts! Then we had worship and now I am blogging of course and about to go to bed!! 

Another day of work work!

We got up today and got ready and I got my group out the door! I took them on a scenic route of Georgetown to Rosa's house and on the way I talked to my mom and got a text from Jamey. After arriving we just got straight to work. Rosa kept wanting us all to stop and watch Michael Jackson's funeral haha! I bet she asked me a hundred times to sit and watch! After we finished up work for the day (nothing too exciting happened while working...) we headed back to the church. I went to get gas and then made it back just in time to take my group to the showers. We got a new shower facility at a local park! It is so much better and we get to go before dinner which is much better. The park also has an awesome pool area with slides and everything. I think my group wants to go tomorrow so I'm pretty excited!! After showers we came back and had dinner then I had to run to Lowe's. We made it back for worship and worship was great! After worship we hung out with the band a bit and then gave ice cream to the campers. I took some of my group to walmart to get some things for Ms Rosa. We got back a little after lights out and I hung out with them for a bit. Now it is almost 12 so I'm headed to bed! 6:30 is pretty early!! Last Day at Rosa's tomorrow :(

Roads are closed....Now what?

We had breakfast this morning and then we set out on our way! When we started out everyone was excited and so was I! As we got closer to our destination we found out the road we were supposed to take was CLOSED! I was leading and all I knew to do was follow the GPS. We followed it and took quite a scenic tour of downtown DC. It took a little longer than planned, but everyone thought it was cool that we got to see all the sights. When we got there Ms. Rosa was at dialysis, so we started on all the outside work. My campers are great workers! They were excited and just jumped out there and got started on their tasks. It was hard for me to keep them busy. All went well though. We are working on several things. We are scraping and sanding fences and repainting them we are scraping and repainting steps and handrails. We are repainting her kitchen. We cut the grass and cleaned her yard up quite a bit. We also are fixing some storm doors and re-caulking windows. Overall we have a lot to do this week for Ms Rosa!. She is so so sweet! One of my campers who is about to be a freshmen watched All My Children for an hour with her today! It was so funny! After work was over for the day we cleaned up and headed back to the church. We had about an hour and a half before dinner, so I caught Sarah, Stacey, and Sofia up on my day and they caught me up on theirs. We headed up for dinner that was cooked by some sweet ladies of the church! They just volunteered their time for us! It was great. After dinner we got all the campers to the YMCA to get showers. My group went first, so I was the first to encounter the YMCA staff. We had problems of course...The YMCA staff said we could not shower until 7:30 and we were there at 6:45. They also said we could only go three at a time when they have about 8-10 showers! I called Stacey and in the mean time started sending my campers to the shower. Stacey immediately got on the phone and started to figure out other shower options for the rest of the week. Keep us in prayer that we will find a better place to shower! We got everyone showered and headed back for worship. We had wonderful worship and then as the groups were having group time we snuck away to get ice cream. We got back and hung out with the campers for a bit and now it is time for bed!