9-26-09

Friday we had a big breakfast at Evangel, but usually we will be eating breakfast at our houses. Food is like a really big deal here!!! It’s good but bad at the same time. I heard the base director, Michael Berg, kind of takes pride in having good food here, and that not all bases get it this good. But it seems like we eat every couple of hours!!! Craziness!! We had orientation all day Friday which was kind of boring and a lot of the info had been in the info packet that I got after I was accepted.
For groceries here at our house, we have a shopping run once a week where we get a gift card to a store called Publix (kinda like Dillons, if you know what that is) and one of us has to shop for breakfast, weekend meals and Wednesday dinners at home. I was assigned to do the shopping this week. My roommates are kind of health nuts, so it will be interesting for sure! Lindsey was raised Vegetarian, but now eats chicken and turkey bc she needed more iron, Jackie is allergic to gluten and Alicia has been having some stomach problems and is planning to stop eating gluten as well. For anyone that doesn’t know me well… I like food!!!! =] My mom is an amazing cook and I’m used to her kind of hearty cooking!!! I will surely miss it!! That was kind of long, but I think everyone was satisfied with what I got mostly.
We had our first (and hopefully only) Dorm Meeting Friday evening. Aleese just went over house rules with us and where and what we have to clean and stuff. Curfew was covered which is 10 pm Sun-Thurs and 12am Fri-Sat. Also we do not have tvs in the dorms. Grace and Eric have one in their room, but we are not allowed to use it unless specifically invited to watch a movie or something. We are not allowed to gather around a laptop and all watch a movie together either. If I want to watch a movie, I can in my room with headphones. I am really going through some So You Think You Can Dance and The Office withdrawals =[
Alicia, Jackie and I went to bed pretty early last night, but Lindsey went and hung out with some other girls. I was just really wiped out!!! All this adjusting and transitioning is exhausting!!! It’s been kind of interesting. Since I left my house in Wichita I was nauseous until I woke up this morning (Saturday). I also felt like I was on the verge of tears most of the time and I have cried several times since I’ve been here. But I am feeling a lot better now. That doesn’t mean I miss people any less though!! I’m just excited to see what God is going to do in me!!
Today we had some more orientation; we had to do a little skit, which I actually didn’t get nervous to do. That is very unusual for me bc I hate getting up in front of people and I’m not usually the skit kind of girl!! After lunch, we went to hand out flyers for a BBQ, hangout and live music activity at a church called New Beginnings where a YWAM staff guy is also youth pastor. I walked around with a guy named Caleb who is from Towanda, KS. That was kind of cool to get to know him better since we’re from kind of the same area. We actually have a mutual friend too!! Tonight was our first “Fun Night” at which we watched Hook. It’s been a while since I’ve seen that one, so it was kinda funny!
Well I feel like this is too long, but I do have more to say. But I guess I’ll save it for later!