I have been very busy the last couple of weeks. I have been gone for 3 weeks total. First week I was at Worldview Camp in Lynchburg, VA. Second week I was in Del Rio, TX. The third week I was at Topsail Island.
Worldview:
Worldview camp was AMAZING. It was so much fun. We were at Liberty University. I was in a suite with 7 other girls. I shared a room with one of my bestest friends, Amanda. We had so much fun. We did a lot of walking, sitting, listening, eating and laughing. Here is a mini schedule of our day from my perspective :-)
1) Get Up
2) Meet small group leader and walk down several big hills and through a tunnel.
3) Have Quiet Time
4) Walk some more and then eat breakfast.
5) Walk to the lecture hall and then have 2-3 lectures (they were amazing lectures about different worldviews and how to study your bible etc.)
6) Eat Lunch
7) Have small group time
8) Walk some more and then on Mon. and Tues. we had free time or Ultmate Frisbee, on Wed. we went out and evangilized, and on Thurs. we had the SPAMLEY CUP. The spamley cup was when the 4 color groups competed against each other in a relay (The colors were red, yellow, green, and blue. I was green. Blue won) It was a lot of fun.
9) Walk down the hills and through the tunnel to Supper.
10) Have 2-3 more lectures
11) Walk back up the really big hills and through the tunnel (while singing)
12) Have another small group time where we talked about our day and just laughed :-) ALOT!!!!
13) Then Bed time
Then we did it all over again. It was an amazing time. I met some really awesome girls and I LOVED my small group leader. It was an altogether AMAZING week :-)
Texas:
I got picked up a day early from Worldview because I had to leave for Texas the next day. I got home and repacked and then I was off to the airport to leave on my missions trip to Texas. This was my 3rd year going but my 1st year going without my dad or Owen. It was SOOOOOOO much fun. I had a great time. I go with my Tae Kwon Do group. Our whole group was amazing. We had so much fun together. The kids were incredible. The week was tiring but amazing. While I was there Master Jamie and I got locked in the shower trailer. There is only one shower inside and there were 9 girls. So, every year the church where we stay brings in a shower trailer. It is powered by this really loud engine thing :-) There is one side with four showers for the girls and on the other side the boys have four showers and there is a door that connects the two but it is always locked. So, I had gotten out of the shower and had just finished brushing my teeth (just to let you know this was all at like 6:30 in the morning and I am not a morning person). I went to open the door and the handle would turn but the thing on the inside wouldn't move. Master Jamie and I were not very happy :-) We tried to get the door open but it wouldn't budge. I started banging on the middle door, yelling and screaming for help. Luckily, Mr. Kent heard me and went and got the key to try and unlock the door. It wouldn't unlock. So, Mr. Kent went and get Master Cromwell and he used his credit card and got the door open. Needless to say, I did not take a shower in the shower trailer for the rest of the week :-) Other than that, Texas was amazing and so much fun. You could definitely see the Lord's work.
Topsail Island:
Then I got back from Texas at 11pm on Saturday and straight from there we went to the beach. It was a lot of fun. The first couple of days I was really tired but I finally got rested and was able to enjoy it. There was a sea turtles nest on the beach right next to where we were staying. We sat out there for 4 nights from 8pm-12pm. No turtles came. On the 5th night we didn't go out there right at 8 and all of a sudden we see all these people running. The turtles had hatched. So, we dropped everything we were doing and ran out to see the turtles go into the ocean. It was really cool and I am glad we got to see it. There were about 100 baby turtles in the nest. They were so tiny and very cute. On Monday my face got terribly sunburned so for several days I looked like Bob the Tomato from VegiTales. It was not pleasant :-) I was still able to enjoy my week. We played games, went fishing, and just hung out. It was a great way to end the summer.
Now school starts next week and I will be a Senior in High School. That shall be fun. I will let you know how that goes soon :-)
