On Saturday afternoon Mom, Meme, and I headed off to Auburn so that we could stay the night in a hotel and they could drop me off early on Sunday morning so I could go on the "Give Kids the World" trip. I woke up at about 6:15 a.m. on Sunday to find a text message on my phone explaining that we would no longer be able to travel that day because our graduate assistant that was supposed to drive a car of us to Kissimmee, Florida was very sick with a stomach virus. This was a slight problem because dorms are closed so I didn't know where I would stay because mom and meme needed to get back home. Thankfully the group leader offered that I could stay at her apartment even though she wouldn't be there. Whenever I got to her apartment, her roommate (who also went on the GKTW trip) was there to let me in. I spent that day laying on the couch and texting, it was slightly awkward because I didn't know her but I got over it- she was really nice! There are a few things I could say that were very funny that happened to me, but because I can't filter who reads this and who doesn't I'll just keep them in my own brain for me to laugh at :)
Thankfully the graduate assistant was better on Monday morning so we then traveled eight hours to our destination! When I got out of the car, I looked around and noticed how sketchy the place was. I'm pretty sure the whole group felt that way. Maybe it's just the fact that Auburn feels safe to me and I just keep comparing everywhere I go to Auburn? ha. After riding in a car for 8 hours, I was feeling pretty grumpy. Lately my relationship with God has been slacking very much. And I know exactly what it is. This is kind of a side story, but a little while ago God told me to get rid of something and I didn't... because I'm selfish and kept trying to reason that I wanted this thing in my life. After months, I finally got rid of the thing that God wanted me to. It has been difficult and still is extremely difficult. Y'all probably think I'm addicted to a substance or something lol. No substances here... it was more like I couldn't distance myself from a particular person. But right after I let this person go, I felt like a million dollars and my relationship with God was at one of the highest points its ever been at, so I was certain that I made the right decision. Shortly after, I stopped reading His word and fell down again (even though I still haven't talked to this person). I find that once I get confident I stop reading the bible. So this morning in church I was extremely convicted that I'm not going to hear God's will for me if I'm not in the bible like I should be. I suppose that's the reason that it's been so difficult to let go... because instead of listening to what God has to say, I'm always trying to listen to myself. Which sucks and I do not suggest it. So anyways now that I have gone off on this random soap box, back to the story :) So Monday night I was a little down and hopped into the shower. I was thinking about many things... and all of the sudden I realized that I left my pearl earrings on. So I reached for my right ear and noticed that the pearl was not in my ear. The back was still somehow on the back of my ear and my left earring was still on. I immediately dove down to this sketchy bath tub to look for the pearl. The drain began to clog up... I thought that I saw something white in the drain. I started to push the water back so that I could grab what I thought was a pearl. Soon afterwards, the drain was unclogged and the white thing was no longer in sight. I couldn't help but to want to cry. It was just one of those days. So whenever I got out of the shower and was moving my clothes to the hotel room I was a little frustrated. I prayed to God that mom wouldn't be too mad at me whenever I told her I lost the pearl. I wanted to pray that I'd find the pearl, but I kept thinking that'd be too much of a ridiculous thing to pray for considering I'm pretty sure it went down the drain. As a threw down my clothes that I had changed out of on the ground, a white pearl rolled out of my shirt and onto the floor. A big smile flew onto my face. I know this was a God thing, I don't believe in coincidences. It's funny how that one thing can happen to remind you that God's still there for you and it's never to late to start reading His word again. I really don't know what the mysterious white thing in the drain was... but hey, some things you just don't wanna know!
On Tuesday, I was placed to work at the Gingerbread House in the morning. I would carry trays from the breakfast line to the tables, so I got to talk to alot of families about what they were planning on doing that day. We served about 500 people that morning. The older people volunteering are by far the most active old people I've ever seen. Can I have some of their energy? haha. That night, I served dipndots at the pool party.
On Wednesday, I worked at the horse rides. I helped to keep kids from falling off of the horse. This was a really neat job because we just had alot of interaction with the kids. I had fun talking to the other volunteers as well. One of them was from London, and even though he moved to the United States 20 years ago, he still had a very strong British accent! I could have listened to him talk allll day! There were a ton of families from other countries. That night, I worked the carousel. I didn't get to talk to kids that much because I was working in the back with the machine. A raccoon ran onto the carousel, and a kid wanted to ride the carousel so we couldn't let them down! As soon as the carousel began to spin around, the raccoon came running towards me but thankfully ran straight to the bushes!
The carousel!
Part of the castle!
On Friday, we went to the outlet malls, which was really fun and the group got to spend alot of quality time together. We also went to Downtown Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Lately my hair has been bothering me because it needs to be cut! I kept twirling two pieces around my face under my chin without even knowing that I was doing that. It was so dry that the pieces got caught together and a knot formed. Without telling anyone what happened, I just couldn't help but to burst out with laughter so hard that I was crying! Before long, the whole table was laughing at me... well actually with me considering that I was laughing too! If you know me, this probably sounds like a common situation that I would get myself in. It was embarassing, but I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! Sadly, we didn't get to go to a theme park because we just didn't have time... but I kept thinking of all of the memories that I had with the AHS band last spring in Orlando. That was so much fun!This week has been so incredible, it's just hard for me write all of the details down whenever I get worn out from writing so much. But if you have any questions about the trip, feel free to facebook me :)
