So the day started early at 4:30am CA time. Our flight to Salt Lake City left Sacramento at 6:20 - how I did this with no coffee is beyond me. It was great to get to the airport and see my friends from Chico - but goodbyes were terrible too. Luckily I had a week to spend at home to see my family - I had a great day in San Francisco with my mom, a beautiful hike with my dad in Livermore, a hilarious day in Santa Cruz with my friend Allison, and an amazing family BBQ! But back to the flight. We had a speedy connection in Salt Lake and then we were finally on our way to Philly! Once we got off the plane, us California kids just about choked on the humidity and were shocked that it was 95 degrees outside - because wanting to be comfortable, we all traveled in sweats!
Once there, God gave us His first assignment for the summer: Working on our patience. Our plane got in around 4pm and got picked up by the staff around 8pm. One might ask what we did for those four hours. Well, Janae and I searched for food - which ended up being a complete failure because everything was past the security checkpoint; thank goodness for free wifi since that took up a good majority of the wait; and we finally met up with fellow OC'ers waiting for the shuttle!
The first night was full of jet lag, meeting roommates, and organizing the rooms. My roommates are great - from all over the place! Alyssa goes to Illinois State, Lauren is from Miami University in Ohio, and Rachel goes to the U of Minnesota! However, there was one glitch in our room - no working lights... - but luckily, that was quickly resolved!
Fast forward to today - the second day. It was mainly the cleaning day, so our impact group (my roommates and another boy's room) were in charge of cleaning the "Large Intestine". Now, I understand that that sounds disgusting, but trust me, there's a reason for it's name. It's the part of the basement where anything and everything get dumps. For example, we found beach toys, drywall, a toilet, games, decorations, the list goes on and on. Fortunately after a day of work, we were able to relax and go to the Boardwalk - located 3 blocks away from the house! It was the main amusement park's "birthday" - so rides were only $1 each and best of all, there were fireworks!!! It was so great to be able to walk around and make connections with the people I am going to be spending the rest of my summer with!
I know this is going to sound cheesy, but it's true: I feel like I have already been here for a month. I know a majority of everyone's names, and have really made connections with some amazing people. I for some reason keep thinking about the last day of project that is so far away, but realizing how sad I will be, even though I've known these people for 48 hours. It's amazing how close you can get to 101 other college students in 2 days when you see them every waking second!!
That's it for now - hope you enjoyed it!!
PS, pictures will be coming soon!!!!
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:12-17
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