Friday(June 3?) was mostly a free day. Some people were at work and some haven't started yet, myself included so i'm pretty sure not a whole lot happened. I think mostly I just caught up on some sleep and relaxed for a bit before our project activities that night. A few of us went walking the strip and just enjoyed the night. but around 9ish we all met up to go spread the word about our pancake dinner we were having. We drove to or walked to places we knew international students were staying or just walked the streets inviting the internationals we saw. We were really just praying God would send us to the right people, and that they would see fliers and come. My group didn't have too much luck. We went up to Ober Gatlinburg to some of the apartments to try to find people to invite but saw absolutely no one.... until we got in the car. So sam had to jump out of the car and go invite them. Those poor girls probably thought we were crazy. But we just prayed our efforts weren't wasted and actually the others groups had a lot more luck than we did.
Saturday was also kind of a lazy day. I got to sleep in then I woke up and had some quiet time with the Lord, and since people were still at work, I decided to take a book to the pool and chill in the sun, and cool off in the water. It was nice to have an entire afternoon with just me and the Lord. (I got a bit of a sunburn though lol) Saturday night was the smokies game and that was fun too. Sadly the smokies were stomped, but it was still fun to watch the game and hang out with everyone on project. Not to mention the fireworks, which were really good by the way. A little pre- fourth of july excitement :) and then hanging out afterwards til 1 or 2. I'm pretty sure I haven't been to bed earlier than 12 since I got here lol.
So did I get up for 8:45 church sunday morning? nope! I got to go to the 11:30 am service. That is definitely one good thing about bigger churches. The church I went to was alright. A little weird. I felt like it was very over commercialized.... I mean they were selling coffee in their lobby. It just didn't feel really sincere to me. And maybe that is an unfair accusation. It could have been an off Sunday (they were updating on their pastor who is in another country right now on a missions trip). And they could all very well love the Lord and enjoy their services like that. I'm just not sure its for me. So I'm not really sure if I will go back there or if I will try a different one next Sunday. After church we had lunch and then when I got back to the condo I got to relax for about an hour before we had a worship team meeting. And then band practice for the ones who would be leading worship this Tuesday. I'm really looking forward to that. I enjoy singing, and the girl I sing with, Bethanie, teaches voice lessons, so I'm getting lots of tips! I think I may actually pay her for some lessons while I'm here. Might as well bring back as much experience with me as I can!
And finally Sunday night was our big Pancake dinner for the international students. We met up at 8 to have prayer and just to get ourselves focused and then we headed out to the place we were having it. We got to use this cute little area of the methodist church that was a really cool place to hang out. A few of us went out looking for people and knocking on doors of the places where we knew they lived to offer them rides so they wouldn't have to walk. And we didn't have a bad turn out! It was really cool to just get to talk to some of them and hear their stories. And amazing to be able to share the gospel with them. It was just unspeakable to look around the room and be able to see people sharing the gospel with those students. Such a good feeling. I don't know or think anyone got saved last night, but they heard about Jesus and a seed was planted. And that is a good start. It's up to God to grow it, and will definitely keep pursuing after them. We are going to have another social to invite them to again. In the meantime we will be on the lookout for opportunities to share with people at work, or meet while just out and about. I know we will start going out with soularium sometime soon but i'm not sure when yet.
Then what did we do? I figured we would all be tired and actually get to sleep at 12. did we? of course not lol. We had a dance party until 2 am. bahahaha! such a good night. God's work and dancing. It was a pretty good day! But anyway, today doesn't hold too much. Everyone is off today so it should just be a chill day with project stuff and getting to hang out with each other building our friendships. Oh and I start training for work tomorrow, so i'm a little bit nervous about that. I don't think it will be to bad, I'm just not sure what to really expect. Hopefully I won't make too many mistakes lol. But I need to go clean my room before room checks, and then get ready for the day and project meetings. I will definitely let you know how my first day at work goes. Wish me luck!
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