It's been a happenin' week!

So this week has been pretty crazy, but it's been great fun as well! They keep us busy around here! All kinds of stuff has happened so I'll just start day by day!


Wednesday (June 13) we had our off day, so it's just a good day to hang out with people and relax! Nothing too big went on!


Thursday (June 14) was when everyone (well half of our group) went back to work! But for my team it's the day for Bible Study and 1 on 1's if you don't have it on Monday (which is when I have mine)! Bible Study was great! We holed up in a little corner in McAllisters and got 2 dollars off of our meals because we work at Dollywood! Woohoo! In bible study we are going through Romans and it is so cool to see that all throughout Romans, Paul is basically giving them guidelines to the Christian life - a rule book! And also informing them (over and over) that it is both to the Jew and the Greek! What a blessing! We did the overview this past week and then will be doing chapters 1-3 this week! It's been great to do some inductive reasoning with words! Also, Thursday is usually our day to go evangelize and share the gospel in Gatlinburg, but we were unable to go because it rained (well, stormed) that night! So since we didn't go, we all played outside and made a sonic run! It was a great time of fellowship and fun with everyone being together from the program! 


Friday through Sunday was the dreaded back to work days...! But we actually ended up having a lot of fun up at the ropes course! Friday I was doing harnesses once again, so the day went by fairly quickly! Saturday I worked in "Camp Teachittoomee." This is the place for little kids to play who can't go on the big ropes course. They were so fun to be around and watch! And Sunday I worked my first day on course! It was fun, but somewhat boring.
However, we did work late that night for what is called "CoasterCon." This is a group of major fanatics that love themeparks and coasters! I guess you could just call them daredevils..? I don't really know! But they were great and we just watched them do the ropes course as well, even though some of them scared me a little bit with their uncautious ways, it was still fun!


Monday (June 18) is probably one of my favorite days! It's really chill and relaxed because half of our group is working, but it's also my favorite because I have my One on One with my team leader, Sammi! At the beginning of the program we prayed and asked the Lord to show me one thing that He wanted to teach me -- turns out I'm learning about the Fear of the Lord and how that plays into being a Godly Woman, while also how it plays into sharing the gospel, which is ironic because my (impossible but Possible with God) prayer for this summer is that I would fall in Love with sharing the gospel! So naturally thinking about fearing the Lord and being in awe of who He is, Sammi and I went to proverbs 31(shocker, right?) haha! But through these verses I learned so much and have been looking up fear throughout scripture! They all point to the fact that those who fear the Lord are righteous, have wisdom and derive their strength from the Lord and nothing else! They are humble and only want to praise God! There are so many instances when this is true and I'm so excited to learn more! Also on this day after my one on one - 8 of us girls went out thrift shopping for clothes for our square dance on Tuesday night! We may or may not have gotten a little lost! But we had a great adventure for about 2 hours! It's been great getting to know girls other than my teammates as well!

Then came Tuesday (June 19) where we had Ex-TAWG (extended time alone with God) in the morning and then had "gender day" where we split off into male and female and went our separate ways! The boys played sports all day, but we went to the Sevierville city Park and had a lesson on the purpose of women, which was great! Then we played bucketball and some frisbee, while also just chatting away and crafting some cards with cute paper! Typical girls, I know! After that we all came back and got ready for our fabulous square dance with the boys! I had only square danced once before So it was pretty new! But we did get to wear fun outfits all night and had a blast learning the moves to keep a square!

And today is once again, Wednesday, our day off! Nothing too big is happening except for some Bible Study Prep, blogging and some letter writing and catching up with people who aren't here with me!
And while we were out at McAllisters I found a Lady Bug on my salad... I don't know about you; that was a new one for me! I didn't eat it, but I got a free cookie! 

Sorry that it's so long, but now you're all caught up!

Romans 1:16 & 17 are officially my summer verses, along with Proverbs 31: 18, 25, 30

In Christ,

Rach