Sunday MYF

On Sunday night we had a suprise roast for the youth intern at our church because she is leaving for costa rica soon. she thought we were having a photo scavenger hunt. everyone took off but then came back as soon as sarah was out of sight. i was in sarah's group so we actually had to do some of the scavenger hunt while they set up. here are some pics from the scavenger hunt:


this picture had something to do with golden arches...



youth fountain



Olivia's in the MAFIA!!

Orange in Aggieland

The grass is greener!



It's fun to stay at the YMCA!!



Six Flags!

 this previous thursday- friday olivia and i had a chance to go to six flags with our youth group for youth week. i had been SUPER excited about this trip for a long time because this would be my first time to go on a true rolla coaster. so on thursday afternoon we headed up to dallas-arlington area where we stayed at flower mound umc. we unloaded our bags and then headed to our associate pastors seminary graduation ceremony. she was very happy that we were there. after the ceremony we went to sonic for dinner then headed back to flower mound.

the next morning we had breakfast then we were on our way to six flags!! once we arrived i was sooo excited to go on my first rolla coaster. we were originally planning on going to the titan first but we took a wrong turn and ended up going to the texas giant. it was almost our turn then the rolla coaster had technical difficulties. we waited around 45 mins. then decided to leave. we headed to the titan after that. i was so scared and excited!!


 

after the titan



before the titan







Jr. High headed to San Antonio

The past few days Olivia and i have had a chance to go to san antonio for the yearly jr. high mission trip.

on the way we stopped at the WHOOP stop-- a total aggie gas station. behind us is a replica of the aggie bonfire at the whoop stop.





WHOOP stop!



we stayed at alamo heights umc which if you've never been before is HUGE! we stayed in the youth area part of the church.

 we worked at the methodist mission home in san antonio. the methodist mission home does adoption services and schi-- southwest center for higher independence. we helped with their new outdoor area. we pick axed, dug, and successfully tore out a huge tree stump that looked like seven trees had grown together.

we had a lot of interaction with the schi students which was awesome! on monday we got to meet the the special olympic usa championship softball team!! only a few of them are in the picture though.

Each day at lunch we ate with the schi students. a majority of the students were deaf so the first day it was kind of hard to communicate. but it turned out that on tuesday we took a sign language class before lunch so we were able to communicate better. it is a tradition to get a sign name but a deaf person has to give it to you. i got one and i learned my name in sign language.


This trip was an amazing experience and i will surely go on lots more mission trips!!!