Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday: Water Day!
Hey everyone, it's Emily and Catherine!
Yesterday, Wednesday, we woke up to more rain. We had lesson study and wrote letters to our donors. Around 11 we left for the water park here in Iowa, the "Lost Island". We had Sonic for lunch, and for many people it was their first time there. Then we went to the water park, which was in a different city, so it was sunny and perfect weather. Our group divided into smaller groups and ran off to go to all the slides and rides. We were having so much fun, we decided to push dinner back so that we could have more time at the park. So much fun in fact, that we didn't take any pictures (Sorry!).
After a full day at the park, we all were starving. We left to make our reservations at Olive Garden where we enjoyed our last dinner together. Back at the church we had ice cream and a farewell party. We shared highlights and gratitude, and we did a candle activity. Each person picked a name of someone else out of a basket and shared a great quality of that person. We had some packing time and watched a movie, getting us to bed around 2 a.m.
Overall we had a great last day together and we are really sad to leave Iowa :(
Yesterday, Wednesday, we woke up to more rain. We had lesson study and wrote letters to our donors. Around 11 we left for the water park here in Iowa, the "Lost Island". We had Sonic for lunch, and for many people it was their first time there. Then we went to the water park, which was in a different city, so it was sunny and perfect weather. Our group divided into smaller groups and ran off to go to all the slides and rides. We were having so much fun, we decided to push dinner back so that we could have more time at the park. So much fun in fact, that we didn't take any pictures (Sorry!).
After a full day at the park, we all were starving. We left to make our reservations at Olive Garden where we enjoyed our last dinner together. Back at the church we had ice cream and a farewell party. We shared highlights and gratitude, and we did a candle activity. Each person picked a name of someone else out of a basket and shared a great quality of that person. We had some packing time and watched a movie, getting us to bed around 2 a.m.
Overall we had a great last day together and we are really sad to leave Iowa :(
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Bowling and Poo Head.
Hey guys! Glad you’re all reading our blog, it’s pretty awesome to have one. Today we were planning to mow a whopping 22 lawns, but last night Kim did a rain dance and it’s been pouring cats and dogs ever since. So, instead of doing service work, we hung out in the morning doing class time, had Indian food for lunch, and then we went put-putting and bowling! Drew won put-put with a score of 43 (I think) and Ed served us in bowling with 141 (Jeni at close second one point behind). It was great when we all kept changing our names on the bowling lanes: Scott was Cot and Something Awesome and Andy was Striker. Then Gen was Humblest Person Ever, Best Bowler Ever and Superbowler, haha.
After bowling we went to dinner at a great hamburger place called hamberg’s. Their were pictures on the walls of all of the presidents that had eaten there, including Obama, Reagan, and Clinton. And George Washington… just kidding…but really, he did. We played a game during dinner where Kim was supposed to freeze at some point during the meal and everyone who saw her was supposed to freeze too when they saw someone frozen. Then there were only three people still talking: Andy, Jeni, and Ed who were oblivious to the game for about a minute after everyone else was frozen. Everyone was cracking up when finally they noticed.
At night we played a big card game called Poo Head. The point is whoever loses is officially the Poo Head until the game is played again. Poor Ari. Some of us affectionately call her Pooh Bear.
Anyways, it was basically a party day after many days of work and none of us can believe the trip is almost over! It’s really sad :(
We’ll see you all on Thursday!!
-Andy and Scott
After bowling we went to dinner at a great hamburger place called hamberg’s. Their were pictures on the walls of all of the presidents that had eaten there, including Obama, Reagan, and Clinton. And George Washington… just kidding…but really, he did. We played a game during dinner where Kim was supposed to freeze at some point during the meal and everyone who saw her was supposed to freeze too when they saw someone frozen. Then there were only three people still talking: Andy, Jeni, and Ed who were oblivious to the game for about a minute after everyone else was frozen. Everyone was cracking up when finally they noticed.
At night we played a big card game called Poo Head. The point is whoever loses is officially the Poo Head until the game is played again. Poor Ari. Some of us affectionately call her Pooh Bear.
Anyways, it was basically a party day after many days of work and none of us can believe the trip is almost over! It’s really sad :(
We’ll see you all on Thursday!!
-Andy and Scott
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