class time, old people, and brownies.

hey everyone!

well it's been a crazy whirlwind the last few days! we finished off our first week with more bonding stuff. we played a scavenger hunt/pictionary/charades games and my team totally kicked butt! it was so much fun. a couple girls and i also built a fort! seriously, we spent like an hour making it perfect! it brought me back to when i was younger and we would make forts and put blankets inside and listen to odyssey for hours. so much fun.

weekends we have it pretty much free. saturday there is always a "trip" that we can go on. this weekend some people took a trip to target. i stayed back and was going to go on a hike that was organized. unfortunately, the weather was cold and icy and we had to cancel our hike. so it was a super chill day just hanging out and doing nothing. on sunday we went into town for church. after that we pretty much did nothing. we've been playing lots of volleyball and pool. yes, we have had to read a book for a book report we'll have to do next week. but other than that it's been real fun.

monday started our "normal schedule". every monday we'll go down the mountain to the base in arvada and spend the day there. in the morning we have a group worship time, followed by small groups for a couple hours. after lunch we are given the chance to do some laundry. a group of us went to one laundromat and another girl and i walked until we found a grocery store in search for some ice cream. we bought a half gallon of ice cream and demolished more than half of it! also, it was really funny to watch the guys do their laundry! when we got back to the base guess what we did? that's right, more volleyball. :) after dinner we have community outreach. my group went to the care center. it was so much fun talking to the old folks there! they are so full of joy. it was fun just laughing with them. then we went back up the mountain to eagle rock. it was kind of weird going from "home" at eagle rock to the base down in arvada. i almost felt like a stranger! but it was good to get to know the students and staff down there.

today we had our first official day of class. it was good to get into a routine! our speaker for the first week is amazing. already we've learned so much. i can't wait for the rest of the week! oh and also, TODAY WE GOT BROWNIES! they hadn't given us any sugar yet and i was so craving so dessert! but that craving was satisfied and it was so so good. oh, we also found out our work duties today. i am on dinner prep. so i get to cook dinner four times a week! it's fun! so much better than having to do dishes.

right now, almost everyone is watching tangled. it feels like it's been a month already. i love all these people so much. but for now, time for sleep!