day 1

I’ve been wanting to post for some time, but just never seem to get the opportunity because we are jam packing a lot in everyday so far.

The drive from Lewiston to Ellensburg was a long one! We stopped 3 times in three house, but thankfully we had somewhat of a flexible schedule where we didn’t feel we needed to rush. We made a stop at Palouse Falls on the way since most us hadn’t been there.

Once we got to Ellensburg we settled into our sleeping arrangements and went to bed fairly early. Woke up Friday am to eat breakfast my mom made us and then we headed for our Hike…with a twist. “with a twist” has seemed to be our theme so far.

The team had a partner and on partner was blindfolded for the hike and the other hand to verbally guide them. After they had their chance, they switched and they switched partners. It was a fun time that ended up at Umptanum Falls where we were able to sit and do an activity together.

The rest of the day was filled with VBS preparation, by practicing all of our areas. A day of VBS consists of Music, Story/Drama, memory verse, invitation, crafts, games… so we divied up who is doing what each day. We feel as prepared as we can be, and our project leader prepared us to “be prepared for anything and to be flexible.”

We had dinner prepared by my grandma and of course she went all out making, ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, veggies and fruit salad. I only mention all of this because the teens were sooooo excited about it and compared it to a thanksgiving feast. Ha!!

We then played some games and attempted to head to bed early since we had to leave Ellensburg at two in the morning the next day. Well it’s kind of hard to sleep in broad daylight, so needless to say I went to be about 11pm and woke up at 1:40am.

We made it the Sea-Tac at 4:00 unloaded made it through security with only 15 minutes to spare. I am on a separate flight from the rest of them for $$ reasons. They only a certain number of tickets left on the cheaper of the flights, so I’m flying separate, but we are meeting in Dallas and are on the last flight of the day together. I have a 3 hour layover.
. But I did fall asleep before take up and slept about 3 hours of the flight to dallas, so I’m feeling somewhat rested now.

That’s all for now. Not sure how often I can update. But I may be able to tweet more often. Check my twitter at http://twitter.com/starbucksgirl and you can hear more sparatic updates most likely.

Signing off. Cassie