It was a nice sunny/cloudy Sunday afternoon, I was sitting in my room thinking about the smell that was coming from the bathroom. I said to my roommates, "we need to clean our shower! It doesn't drain anymore". They all agreed and I decided to take on the task myself. I got my chop sticks and went over to the shower, hoping that the hair or whatever was in there would be easy to get out. I popped off the drain and looked in, I couldn't believe what I saw! I thought that something was growing in there! I tried pulling it out with my chop sticks but it wouldn't come. So I tried pliers but that didn't work either. So I finally got the idea of using a hanger and that did it. I hooked onto a huge chunk of hair and then "plunk", a huge hair ball came out! I have never seen a hair ball that big before! It was the high light of my Sunday, getting that out of the drain (yes, I know, its sad that was my highlight. Sundays aren't very eventful).
I can't believe so much time has past. The weeks have been just flying by. We had Gospels the other week, which was one of my favorite weeks. Wes was amazing! He did such a great job teaching us and helping us understand what we didn't get. I enojyed his class so much! I asked him if he would stay another week to keep teaching us, but sadly he said no. I would have loved to sit for another week listening to Wes compare Matthew and Mark. I am hoping though that I will be able to take one of his classes at Briercrest.
This past week we had DTG (Ditch the Genders) which is always interesting. The girls went to Safeway ( love that store!) and got some yummies then drove to a New Life church (where some of the K7s go) and sat in a little building and ate our snacks. After that we went to go do an aerobic dance workout. It was awesome! it was hard but it was really fun. The lady hard core! After we did our work out we went back to the guest house and ate, wrestled, had room competitions, ate some more and then ended the nigh with a nice little talk. I enjoy DTG, each time I feel as though the girls get closer. I love all the girls here, they are amazing!
Thursday we went to go shred the gnar! Which was so fun! I love snowboarding. Jim was trying to teach me how to crave, but it didn't go very well. Craving is where you go on your toes and lean so you are on the edge of your board. It helps you turn and it just makes riding easier, rather then leaning on your heels the whole time. But I just can't get myself to crave, it freaks me out! I have no control when I am on my toes, all I do is bail. So all morning long Jim would say, "Ok Ellie, this is it, try it. You can't go down the hill without trying it". Then I would say, "mmm... NO Jim, sorry! I can't do it! Its scary!!", that is how our conversations would go. But by the end of the day I told him I would try to do it, which I did. I made it but didn't do it quite as well as I would have liked.
Things have been just flying by. This week flew by without me even knowing it. We went surfing for a couple days, which was fun. Surfing is extremely hard but extremely fun. I enjoy it even if it takes everything out of you. I think I am going to move to the beach, live like a bum and just surf all day long. What a life!
I can't believe that I only have 3 weeks left of this amazing experience. But I will be here during the summer counseling and then off to Briercrest. I will be doing the TESOL (teaching english as a second language) program, which I am excited about! I can't wait to see what God has in plan for me.
If you could please pray that we will enough energy for our last class and that we will have the will power to keep working. We are getting tired and want to just hang with each other rather then work on school. Thanks for the prayers!
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