Now that all of training is over and groups are starting to come, we’ve finally gotten into the swing of things. We’ve had class daily since Wednesday and there have more opportunities for real connecting to happen between the students. I feel like my day will be pretty representative of what a normal day will look like here:
6:42 a.m.
Alarms start going off in my side of the cabin. I still have eight minutes left on my alarm, but when you share a room with four other girls, the time you wake up and fall asleep often depends on them. I check my watch to make sure I still have a few minutes to sleep and then I roll over and try to catch a few more zzz’s.
6:50 a.m.
My alarm finally goes off and I roll out of bed, grab my contacts, and do the whole morning hygiene routine. Unless I am going to work out in the morning (like I am tomorrow morning – biking!!), I always shower before dinner or before bed so that I can wash the daily grime off. After I finish in the bathroom, I make my bed, get dressed, and gather my things for the morning.
7:17
I leave the cabin to head up to our common area/kitchen and dining room/classroom space: Mi Casa. Mi Casa is the common space that the backpacking program here (Eagle Quest) uses during the summer, and it’s a five-ish minute walk uphill from our cabins. This morning I almost turned around and grabbed my rain jacket because it looked like it was going to rain, but its been so dry out here that I decided against it..
7:22
I get to Mi Casa and I’m hungry and ready to eat breakfast. Unfortunately, someone locked us out of MI Casa the night before. Mi Casa is essentially a decked out screen shelter, so we have to close everything up at night to keep the raccoons out. The only time this is a bad thing is when someone accidentally forgets to leave the door unlocked.
7:25
I decide to go ahead and start my quiet time instead of eating breakfast first. We usually have an hour in the morning to eat and have a quiet time. I normally eat breakfast first so that I can spend as much time as possible in the word, but I switched it up a little today.
7:45
Josh and Meredith, our mentors/leaders, come to breakfast and unlock Mi Casa after sending another student on his bike to go find keys. I go inside, make some yummy oatmeal, and then go to have breakfast.
8:10
I go back to my quiet time. I read out of Matthew, Genesis and Job and then review verses from a lesson last night about God’s faithfulness, love, and how he always chooses us. Let me just go ahead and share those because they are incredible:
John 1:12-13; 1 John 3:1; Galations 4:6-7; James 2:5; Romans 8:17; 1 Peter 2:9-10; John 15:16; Isaiah 62:12; John 3:16; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:23; Hebrews 13:20; Hebrews 9:15; Romans 5:6,8; Romans 8:14-15; Matthew 1:21; Romans 6:1-6; Romans 8:1-2
8:12
It starts raining
8:53
We all stand outside for a few minutes trying to decide whether or not we should go to the training we are supposed to be at by nine. We start running there in the rain anyways (none of us have our rain jackets with us).
9:10
The guy who is supposed to be training us finally shows up and says we can’t do anything because of the rain. We go over some stuff anyways.
9:30
I run back to my cabin to get my laptop and then walk back up to Mi Casa. I journal and write until lunch.
12:00
A couple of the guys made grilled cheese and ramen noodles for lunch to mix up out usual spread of sandwiches and chips (we eat other things when we eat with retreat groups, but when we’re on own, its usually sandwiches).
1:00
Class time! We are starting from the basics and progressing throughout the year. Our class was over making observations while reading your Bible. We focused on 1 John 1:5-7 and discussed the importance of making observations before interpreting the Bible.
3:00
We met one of the full-time staff and went to go do a work project. We started making a garden and my job was to go find volleyball-sized or bigger rocks to line the garden with.
4:30
I went to the logistics meeting in the coffee shop so that we could go over the schedule for the group that came in tonight.
5:00
Dinner prep! Two other students and I made quesadillas and guacamole for everyone. I made some cupcakes too! We finally got some butter, vanilla, and eggs up at Mi Casa and I was so excited to bake again. That is definitely something that I miss.
7:00
We ate our delicious dinner. Yummm.
7:30
We started cleaning. I made a huge mess from baking…so it took at while.
9:00
Hangout/bonding time on the porch. We talked for a few hours and then headed to bed.
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