What a week! This week has been quite a heavy one. Monday we started our class with J.P. (Jim Paulson) who teaches Theology. I was quite excited about this class, but as the week went on that excitement left. I love Jim, he is a great guy but his teaching style was not necessarily my favorite. I had a hard time understanding what he was talking about and what exactly he was getting at. I was a little angry because I didn't do well on the quizzes, even if I did study my butt off. Some of the things he said I did not agree with and had many questions after each day of class. We didn't do much this week because of class and all the homework we had to work on. I was a little frustrated because no matter how much I studied for the quizzes I didn't do well, but at least I passed =D.
Well, it is day six here at the Olympics. What an AMAZING experience I am having! We got here last Wednesday and that was a gong show. We were on the go all day long. We got to go to the dress rehearsal for the opening of the Olympics, which was beyond explaining. It was wonderful! Watching it on T.V. is nothing like seeing it in person. We were also correcting things that they forgot or what the crowd was doing wrong =D. Friday, us at Whistler Park (W.O.P.) had our first day of work. We were just a little bit excited! The day was great! I had a great time working. The people i worked with were nice and I had a good time talking to all the spectators. The next day was even better. I had great supervisors and the day was just a good one. The next day I didn't have such a great day. I was tired and not really feelin like working. But it is amazing how God gives me energy when I feel like I don't have any. God gives me the energy to get out of bed.
Here is what a day of working at the Olympics looks like: Get up at 3:30 , get ready and eat. Leave for the bus at 4:25 (I think), the bus comes at.. I don't know what time but we get there at 5:30ish. We then go through security get our lunch ticket and our ticket of where we are going to be working (which changes every day). We start at 6:30 and work until 1 or 3:30 or sometimes 5. The only thing that I wouldn't mind changing is the one meal during our shift. For those who know me, know that I LOVE to eat and am always hungry. This one meal thing during sometimes an 8 hour shift just does work for me. The other day I almost passed out from not eating. I eat at 4:30 in the morning and then sometimes I don't get to eat until about 1. But I have been bringing snacks which helps a little.
God has given me great opportunities to talk to people. I usually have a good conversation each day with a person. I have been able to tell people that I am at Bible college and what we do. They think it is very cool that I am doing that, but some people just stop talking to you when they hear it. I was working with a kid named Patrick and I was able to tell him about Theology and what it was and what we were doing for or our paper. I am becoming more bold and being able to start a conversation with people, which was always hard for me. It is still hard, but God has been giving me the ability to talk with people. When I see how much I put myself out to these people, I realized that I should be living like this everyday. That I need to be talking to people and reaching out to them everywhere I go. I have met many Americans which is awesome! There was a fam from Chicago the other day and then another fam who said they would root for me! It was nice meeting people from home. From being so far away it is a great way to be able to tell them why I am here in Canada, which brings up the subject that I am in Bible school. One of the girls I told that I was in Bible school asked me if I was very religious, I was a little taken back wasn't quite such what I should say so I just said, "you could say that I guess".
It is amazing because people can tell who we are. They say that we have a "joy", a "spirit" and an "energy" about us. They will say to me, "you are part of that group aren't you?" I love being able to say yes to that question. Being able to say yes I am in a group that makes such a big impression on people and that people can tell us apart from the others. I have been seeing God working so much on this trip, and I am loving it!
Please pray for energy and that we will all stay healthy. We are already getting very tired and exhausted, and some are getting sick. We have crazy schedules and are on the go all the time. Thank you for all your prayers! We see prayers being answered every day here! What an amazing God we have!!
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