Don't worry, I'm still alive! :)

I survived two weeks of SST! It was so awesome and crazy and draining and.... just really good. I absolutely loved the group of kids that we got to work with, and I had a blast teaching the Clincher drama as well.

We spent one week here in Texas, where the students had classes three times a day, ministry prep time, intercession, worship, obstacle course time, and lake time. The schedule was packed! We were up at 7am and in bed by 11pm. crazy, crazy, crazy. :)

Then we packed into 15-passenger vans and headed up to Chicago. 20 hours later, we moved all of our stuff into the church we would call home for the next 7 days. :) The ministry in Chicago was focused around praying and interceeding, so we were really able to interact one-on-one with the people there. We were able to offer prayer to people walking past in the business district, write/draw encouraging messages and scripture on the sidewalk in parksa and pick up trash, pray for people on the public transportation systems, hand out hotdogs in a park, play soccer with Napali immigrants, and learn about Islam and Krishna consciousness (to better understand the people we were ministering to, and why they are drawn to other religions). It was a really great experience!
The craziest thing about Chicago was that I was in charge of food for the week. I planned meals, purchased the food, prepared it, cleaned it up, etc. I also had to teach a bunch of teenagers how to cook and clean... harder than it sounds, i promise :)

and yes. i survived :)

This week we have some time off... a few maintanence projects in the village. Next week is prep week, and the week after that, we start all over again with classes. Our outreach this time will be to Houston, which I am *so* looking forward to!!!

Thanks for reading! keep in touch!

Justine

Me and Meganne getting antsy waiting for the train... :)