so many things!

wow the last ten days have been so crazy! the weekend after the musicians left we got about 4 inches of snow. it was one of the laziest weekends we had since i've been here. we sat around and watched movies and did nothing all day long. i did get restless, so i rounded some people up and announced a photo shoot! it was so fun. we did a bunch of random stuff, and then it started snowing really hard, so we all had to run inside! then on sunday, we did more movies and games. over the weekend, a couple of us girls managed to get 5 of the guys to get a pinterest! it was so funny to help them figure it out, and has been even more funny seeing all their pins that they keep on pinning! we had lots of laughs that weekend. :)

this last week was "Holy Spirit" week. our speaker was a pastor from a local church here in denver. it was an interesting week for sure. it was a little rough. some of the stuff that went on was crazy! but i did learn a lot of stuff i didn't know. we had one day where all of us students were prayed over, and that was really encouraging. thursday we had outreach prep, and it was spanish lessons! it got us all really excited for our trip! on friday, the guys and girls split up and we just had a big group talk. it was really good to talk through some stuff with girls that were dealing with the same things! it's so true when the Bible says that no temptation has overcome you that is not common to man. it was a sweet time.

this weekend four of us girls came down the mountain. holly's sister heather was so kind to let us invade her apartment and hang out! we had lots of girl time watching movies and laughing and eating ice cream. i am so going to miss these wonderful friends that i have made. but no thinking about that now! we still have lots of time to be together. :)

next week is thanksgiving. it will be so weird not being home! i'll miss all the food you make, mama! especially all the dessert! we will be having a big thanksgiving dinner party up at eagle rock. and i've heard it's pretty amazing.

outreach phase is coming so soon! i was given the job of "worship leader" for the team. it was the one thing that makes me nervous! God has a way of stretching us for sure! our team is getting so close. i know it's going to be a super productive trip. we're going to do CRAZY cool things for Jesus. i have about 9 days until the remainder of my funds are due. i'm hoping to raise $1000 in support! if you would like to help me just send me a message on facebook or an email. alexandra.price.5941@mail.linnbenton.edu
of course i covet your prayers as well! pray for us especially the week after thanksgiving as that will be our outreach prep week where we learn all our dramas and do intensive prep!

well, hopefully i won't wait so long before writing again! love you guys!

rest

this last week we had the musicians dts come up to eagle rock. they stay down the mountain, but came up for  week and saw what it was to live up here! it was spiritual warfare week, and there is no doubt we were getting tested. it was great to have them up here, but there were so many people around that it was easy to get annoyed at someone. i really saw how close knit of a family we are up here. we had to get over ourselves and remember to love on everyone else! it was a stretching week for sure, but very fun. we also had some epic games of volleyball go on. (i'll tell you more about what i learned later.)

also, today we went to the graduation of a dts that just returned from outreach. it got me so excited for my outreach. but i started tearing up at the thought that we will be in the same place in three months. having to leave everyone and say goodbye! i don't want to even think about it! i love this place so much!

hopefully this weekend will be one of rest and relaxation. i'm so looking forward to some chill time!

humidity, mosquitoes, and children

so as of tuesday, we officially were divided into our outreach teams! my team to colombia is composed of twelve students and our two leaders. Jenna, our fearless leader, is fantastic and fun, super passionate, and kind of wonderful. Joel is her assistant leader, and his passion is ministering to turtles. we have six guys and six girls. our team is wonderful. tonight we had our first team meeting, and one thing we had to do was share a few of our strengths and weaknesses. i was amazed how balanced our team is! it seems like every time someone said a weakness, someone had a strength to counter that! everyone is so strong in their faith, and just really loves people. it's going to be an incredible time, i can see that already. we've been praying about the theme of our trip, like what God's heart is for us in this time. and we got this verse that has become our theme verse for the trip.

"and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." -Romans 5:5

we were told most of our itinerary for the trip. we'll spend the first three weeks in Pereira. we will be working with a local church that is starting a new church plant. we'll be doing lots of things including going into orphanages and working around town. we get to spend christmas and new year's there, and i'm so excited to get a different holiday experience! then in early january, we'll head south to Leticia. our biggest thing while we are there will be working alongside a medical team to put on a medical brigade. we are basically handed all the kids for two weeks and get to do whatever we want! they're expecting between 80-100 kids that we get all day for two weeks! we'll do games, dramas, stories, face painting, even a soccer tournament! on the 26th of january, we will hop on a boat and go on a 6 hour ride down the amazon. we'll make our way in peru and spend a week in some remote villages. this is the only christian organization the villagers let in because they offer medical help. we'll be roughing it ywam style. no showers, no bathrooms, lots of mosquitoes! exciting, huh? we'll then head back to Pereira and do a few more things there for a week. it's an incredible trip to be had! 

and here is a team picture! it was an informal picture for our contact down in colombia, so we'll get an official one soon! from left to right, in the back we have jeremy, brady, taylor, caleb. the middle is emery, me, jenna, kelci. and in front is hannah, maria, joel, and kara. 

I'M SO EXCITED!