Sunday & Monday

Since I wasn't able to write yesterday and I have a few minutes to sit and think, I thought I would catch up on what happened yesterday and today.

Sunday....

It was our first Sunday as a group. We had to go to a Baptist church in Morristown. The preacher had us go up to the front and prayed for us. He then went on to deliver a powerful and wonderful message about not allowing the strong faith of the believers before us be in vain. Our faith should be comparable to those like Abraham and Stephen. The message really put everything in perspective and reminded all of us just why we're on this earth and who put us here. We need to remember our reason for being here and that's the only reason why we're here: to bring people to Christ and not back down when faced with adversity. To promote vacation Bible school, after the sermon, some staff brought in two wallabies! They were so adorable and felt just like a baby rabbit. Adorable.

After church, we all met the pastor and hung out a bit. The lake was our next destination, so we had lunch there, took pictures, and tried to figure out what to do during the afternoon. **Look at the pictures from the lake the next post down.** We didn't have orientation or anything to do so we had the rest of the day to ourselves. The guys decided to go golf and Nichole and I went to the Samaritan House to get breakfast things together for Monday. We had to do yet another Wal-Mart run (those are the best!). The decision was made that there would be as little cooking to be done as possible on Monday because, well, it's a Monday so who really wants to stand over a hot stove on a Monday morning? No thanks =) By the time we got everything, Nichole and I were ready to just chill out. We decided to get our computers and compare cute boys on facebook. It was pretty hysterical.

The guys came back and we decided to get pizza and a movie for the night. "Yes Man" was the choice for the evening along with "Taken". Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to watch the latter because of time constraints. "Yes Man" was hilarious. Jim Carrey is my all-time favorite comedian (well...besides Jerry Seinfeld, David Hyde Pierce, Adam Sandler, and Andy Samburg. Okay, so I have a few).

Adam came back from his weekend away. George decided to make breakfast at 10am since it was Memorial Day (?) on Monday. Let us sleep in a bit. The rest of the night was spent playing Mario Carts on Adam's Wii and then crashing into bed about 1am.

Today...

The day started late and ended early. I got up a little early to go over Nichole's so we could start breakfast. Adam came over a little later and helped with muffins and cinnamon roles. Yumsters! Cereal (in real bowls!), fruit, muffins, and cinnamon roles was the agenda this morning and it turned out pretty well.

Off to work we went. Betsy reported to the front desk while Taira and I spent the day organizing AO shirts, getting them ready for re-sale. We took inventory of those. Other than that, we restocked the shelves for tomorrow, ate lunch, then went to the Samaritan House to take inventory for dinner tonight. Tacos were on the menu tonight and, of course, Betsy, Taira and I were the cooks. Dinner turned out exceptionally well as always =) We made a cake and cupcakes that turned out to be a huge hit....maybe too big of a hit.

After dinner, we went back to the apartments, chilled out, brought in a bunch of furniture into Nathan, Adam, and Will's room to watch "Taken". It was SUCH an awesome movie. I loved it! I may need to buy it one of these days...yes. I will.

Ok I need to be up in about..mm..7 hrs?...so I'll write more tomorrow.

Ciao!