Update

I'm so proud of myself for updating this so soon! It's Friday here and horribly hot and humid outside, so I'm sitting on the living room floor wrapped in a wet towel, trying to cool off.

Yesterday I went to my service project for the first time. It's at a place called Newtown Mission, and it's similar to a soup kitchen, but much more Christian. My evening went a little something like this: I arrived at Newtown around 4:30 and went straight to the kitchen. I helped prepare the meal and around 5:30 all the volunteers got together to break into their "teams." Each time has a different job (like serving food, cleaning, prayer, etc). I was in the prayer group. So from 6:00 to 6:30 there was a church service for the people who come to Newtown (for food) and during the service the prayer team sits above the chapel (in a little room) and prays for the whole 30 min. It was a really cool experience. After chapel the prayer team goes and sits with the people who come for the food and just visit with them and connect. I talked to this amazing woman named Jayne, who had a pretty incredible story. After the kitchen closes and everyone has gone, the volunteers get together and pray for the people we talked to and just debrief about the night. I feel so good about this place. I really feel like I'm supposed to be there and God has something to teach me through these people.

After volunteering I went downtown with some of my new friends and we grabbed some food and listened to live music. It was a fantastic night, but I stayed out way too late. This morning I had to catch a 7:00 bus downtown with my roommates to meet up with the ASC kids for a library tour. Woo hoo.

Anyways, tonight I'm going to a Bob Dylan tribute concert. I'll try and take more pictures, I haven't been very good about that.

Also, my Aunt died yesterday, so if you could really just pray for my family, especially my mom, that would mean a lot to me.

Love,
Kristin