December 14, 2007
Friday, September 28
Posted in ECMT Journal
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Friday, September 28, 2007 - 5:22 PM ET Near Seiverville, TN Current Music: ZOEgirl - "Good Girl" WOW - journaling two days in a row. That's really something. We'll see how long I can keep it up. Just picked up most of the rest of the team from the airport. Ryan and Courtney (YAY!!!!) [went with me on the California mission trip earlier this year], Brian from Delaware, Josiah Poch (the one Jared [his brother, former AIM intern] told me to keep in line  ), and Brooke, a girl who's never done anything with ACTION before! Plus Caleb from Colorado and his mom got in last night. She's leaving tomorrow, I think.Last night, driving into training camp, we got the bus stuck in a ditch and sustained a minor injury to the bumper. Kristi got to call Tess and Jory - a job I wouldn't wish on anybody. It was partly mine and Lauren's fault, but... that's a long story. Got to do casting [choosing parts for the mime songs] this morning. That was fun. It was especially fun trying to guess the strengths and weaknesses of people I'd never met. Also got seat assignments. I'm with Nicky, and the other four girls are in a row all across the back.We got REALLY nice, almost brand new, roomy blue backpacks. Good thing too, because the zipper on mine is now totally fried. The guys got the yellow ones. One had a ribbon tied on it, leftover from the Midwest Mission Trip. We gave that one to Jacob. Traveling with little kids is really interesting. Gabriel [Kristi and Jorge's 18-month-old son] is usually pretty sweet, but he is so annoying when he cries. He's also not talking yet, so it's really hard to figure out what he wants! Lily [their 3-year-old daughter] is OK - she gets kind of annoying with her endless knock-knock jokes, but other than that she's pretty cute. Nicky [age 5] is sweet too. But when he - or Lily - is grumpy, he's no fun. Our cabin at training camp is neat. There are six bunk beds - 12 beds total - in the main room, plus eight in the back - total of 20 beds. LOTS of space. We've been using the back bedroom as a private changing area, so we don't have to go to and from the bathroom - big, nice, warm showers! - in our PJs. I think Tess and Jory are waiting for us at training camp. That'll be fun - my first really INTENSE Jory experience! We don't have a whole ton of songs to learn, though, and the ones we do have are pretty basic. The Bible studies are going to be the really intense part. Well, we're almost there, and I'm going to get a bit more Sonlight reading done. I've got about the first three days done - OK, but could be a lot better.Signing off from the biggest tourist trap this side of Branson (that's Pigeon Forge, if you're wondering), Katie |
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