While there are many stories to be told as to how I got to this point in my life; there are even more people to thank-- I figured this first post really just needed to be a quick update. Bear and I (for those of you who don't know, Bear is my father) flew in Wednesday evening to Colorado Springs. Yesterday morning we checked me into the Youth with a Mission, Strategic Frontiers, location just a few short miles from he Garden of the gods. After checking me in, seeing my room, dropping off my luggage & picking my bunk, Bear and I headed out to run some errands for the few things I forgot. I got to spend some extra time with him thankfully since we checked me in around 10am and did not have to be back on base until 4pm. Then we went to a dinner where staff and students were introduced and I did my least favorite activity in the world-- spoke into a microphone in front of people. After the dinner, Bear headed out and I headed back to my room for some quick alone time and unpacking. If you know anything about me, you probably know that I am apt to live out of a suit case until I've worn everything into the laundry basket, so my being the only one in my room unpacked is nothing short of a miracle. But this is my new leaf, so not only did I unpack, but I made my bed!! That's right, my mother and my boyfriend just fainted in shock. :) After unpacking and chatting it up for a bit with my roommates, I hit the freshly made sack and slept pretty well in this tiny twin bunk. Though, lets be serious, I really missed my fuzzy old man puppy to sleep with me.
Then this morning I woke up before 6am so I could shower and dry my hair before the roommates woke up. Breakfast starts at 6:45, then we had a day filled with plenty of syllabus stuff- he who we are's, the why we are's, the do this, please don't do that's, the here's this & that's... Even the, don't let in strangers and what to do if we come across a stranger who most certainly does not belong here. I felt a little better when I realized they aren't completely anti self-protection of fire arms out here in hippie land. Then we had a break before dinner when I played a thrilling game of spoons and did what I cold to observe and learn about my fellow students. Then there was dinner, followed by a few big group games. I'm not a huge gamer outside of my family christmas games where we are all a bunch of dirty cheaters, so playing cheesy don't cheat games is hard for me. Ha. But I am pushing myself outside of my hermit shell and engaging in people and doing my best to not be the loner girl that I can so easily become.
Okay so I don't know much about many people, but here's my basic run down:
-there are 28 students, 22 female and 6 male [most girls seem to be exactly like all females and stick to their own personal groups and types, while the guys seem to be mostly afraid of speaking near a female-- oh and I don't really remember anyone's name]
-the leaders are either married with children, or married with children on the way, or about to be married.. There are tiny humans everywhere, and Bear called it a beading ground. Haha!
-my roommates are as follows:
London- her name is Victoria and she rocks with her British accent. She when to University in London to study English Lit so I already like her- she is 25 and thinks she may want to become a women's prison Chaplin :)
Minnesota- her name is Angela. She is 23 and incredibly quiet. She likes photography and claims to come out of her shell once she gets comfortable, so I will be very interested to see who she really is, hopefully soon.
Texas- her name is Sierra and she's 18 and just graduated high school in November. She is incredibly outgoing and you can just see how excited she is to learn what on earth God wants from her.
This is all just a lot at moments, I often find myself overwhelmed. I hope to give you something worth reading soon, because I am praying I will be doing something worth writing even sooner.
.jrc.
Sounds awesome! You will be blessed!
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