Yesterday I was able to sleep in till 10! New Record! When I got up I got ready for church and then got a text from one of my team mates who said she was making gluten free pancakes. The gluten free worried me a little but I thought eh why not try it!? It definitely had an interesting taste haha. It was very grainy but nothing a little crunchy peanut butter couldn't fix! After that, I finished getting ready and then went to church with a new group of people to a different Catholic church (St.John Catholic church) that was a little farther away. I actually enjoyed this church a little more because it looked like a combination between St.Marys and the Newman Center in DeKalb. It was so weird because before mass started they asked if there were any new people at mass that day, and for us to rays our hands. Obviously we did, and they gave us little gift bags with fiber 1 bars, a pencil and a program in it. I've never heard of a church giving you a gift for going! Very weird but I suppose whatever floats their boat.
When I got back from church I had a little bit of time so I face timed (A.K.A Skyped) my dad knowing that the annual Hay Ride out at the lake was on Sunday. I was able to see a few family members which was awesome! And the photos I saw on Facebook were phenomenal! I started to remember last years hayride and how much fun it was to carve pumpkins, chat with family and at night scare the living daylights out of the couple that we helped put their car with a flat tire on a trailer. I had a lot of fun memories at those family events and hope everyone had a blast like I know I have every year!
When I said bye I got ready for my Independent Service Project (ISP) I had that day. The service project that we went to was called "Fairytale Town's Safe and Super Halloween." It seemed as if you were in a "land" at Disney World with all the different crafts, games, and characters in the park. I was in charge of taking the photos of the little kids with "Jack the pirate". I'm pretty sure I said "Look up here! OK 1-2-3 Smile! Oh great picture!" at least 200 times haha. All the little kids costumes were so cute! Some of my favorites were a family, with the parents dressed as if they were going on a safari and the little boy who was probably 2 or 3 had a little tiger costume on. Another boy who was probably 10 had a suit on with a name tag that said "Walt" and he was holding a small Mickey Mouse. (If you don't understand, he was Walt Disney.) We didn't get back until 11 (could have been 10:30, but a train was stuck on the tracks.) I was super tired, especially because I knew I had PT in the morning. But I sure did go to bed quickly that night!
Today I got up at 5:20 and got ready for PT. One cool thing about having to get up that morning is being able to see the Giant harvest moon still shining bright. For PT this morning each team had a challenge to complete so that meant as a team we had to finish 250 squats, 20 laps, 200 squats..etc. After that I ate breakfast (the usual banana and protein bar), and got ready for the two meetings for the morning. After the meetings one of my team mates and I walked over to a Chinese restaurant that is about a 3 minute walk from campus. After that we went back to campus and my room mates and I have been struggling with our mini fridge in our room because the door won't close, because of all the ice that has built up. So I turned up the temp a little so it could get defrosted, but it wasn't going as fast as we wanted... So I decided to get a hairdryer and speed up the process. My roommate and I sat there for 20 minutes and melted the ice down low enough so we were able to close the door. Once I got done with that My team had to meet at the team van to go shopping for snacks for the trip to and from our Minnie spike that'll be this Wednesday through Thursday. I ended up filling up small bags of raw almonds, dried banana chips and dark chocolate covered raisins. Once we got back I had some things I had to type up for the first spike and then make dinner. Thankfully I got there a little late because my TL messaged the team and said we were going out for dinner because all the kitchens were going to be without water because there was a big back up in the drainage from past teams pouring oil in the drains. We ended up going to a pizza place which was relatively cheep and you could build your own pizza.
The next two weeks are going to be extremely hectic my TL keeps telling us, so keep the prayers coming everyone, they are working marvelously!
Also thank you Grandma and Anna for the wonderful cards! I received them today and I love to hear what has been going on! I'll try to write back as soon as I can!
I believe these photos truly capture the beauty of the lake. I wish I could have been there with you all but you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be there next year! And just know I am having a great time helping people, trying new things (pretty much just different foods haha) and am learning! And for the two who took these photos, you did an amazing job.
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