Man this place is incredible. I wake up in the morning and am so grateful for the chance to be here. Every morning I wake up to an incredible sunrise - yes Katie is not only getting up at sunrise but she is running an exercise group! Crazy, Tuesdays is boot camp and Saturdays is kick boxing 7 am! Another student and I share the load of running it so I have my two days. It is a funny thing but I have to say I am tough and we always hurt the next day which is great. All this means that I have yet to have a sleep in. Yep I have yet to have a sleep in. I think this is the longest I have ever gone without my beloved sleep ins!!
There has been so craziness – You can see the snow – but here is a picture of my first snowball fight of 2006. I can’t really call it a fight as I got hit in the face as I was talking to someone and went down. I began to bleed and this was the result. Funny thing was it was thrown by a really petite girl and she felt really bad. So you know me, have to play it up. It was actually fine but just looked bad for a couple days. Oh the fun!
I also went to my first American football game (the YWAM team “Buckwheats” are 6 – 0, which means they haven’t lost yet) IN THE SNOW!! They play in the snow. Craziness. Needless to say I went out and brought long johns the next day as I froze. Thank God for the gift of snow boats I got my first week. This is going to be a long winter. Crazy thing is that I now really love football, as I am the head cheerleader and scream encouragement at everyone. LOVE IT! I am even going to try to get to a professional game with one of my friends who plays for our team.
Everything is going well. Had a few hissy fits about living in community but on the whole it is great. We did 1st and 2nd Thessalonians AND Philippians all in one week then Romans last week. It was crazy. Romans is an incredible book and I highly recommend reading it when you get the chance. Craziness. I got some great “light bulb” moments and was exhausted at the end. I worked for 14 hours straight two days that week. My work duty, snack bar and my volleyball team “dill pickles” gets me out of the study chair thank God! Miss real food with garlic and lime, just the freshness of our food. Praise God though, the food is great. All is great!
