Week 11

This week was another week full of excitement and new experiences! After being off a week from Thanksgiving it was nice to be back with everyone.

On Monday we had our weekly dance lesson with Trish. Everyone is beginning to really get into the swing of things (no pun intended) and learn all the moves! Jonathan, who usually is one who is a little reluctant to participate, jumped right in! We all cant wait to show off our new stellar skills! After our lesson we all got ready for Young Life Movie Star club. Hannah Montana, Dog the Bounty Hunter's Wife, Troy Bolton and Jennifer Hudson and just a few of the movie star's who made an appearance!

Opryland Hotel was on the agenda for Tuesday. We were all excited to go look at all the Christmas decorations and lights. It took us a little while to find the right place to park but everyone was patient and we soon got to the hotel. We brought along camera's for everyone to use to take plenty of pictures of whatever they wanted. We all had a great time walking around enjoying all the Christmas decorations. Our end mission ended up being to find the main Christmas tree. We were able to find it right before leaving. We almost missed it because it was so large it didn't even look like a tree!

Feed the Children was our usual Wednesday stop. This continues to be one of the highlights of our week. This week we unwrapped tea boxes and taped more boxes. It has been so fun to see all of our relationships grow with the staff at Feed the Children.

On Thursday we were supposed to go to Blood:Water but they had a change of plans at the last minute. We decided to get a few Christmas presents for the men at Room in the Inn. We drove to the Dollar Store and everyone got to pick out their own gift. We all decided that it would be best to get the men something that they could use. Everyone picked out great gifts like a blanket, shampoo, socks, and toothpaste. After we got all of our gifts we went back to the church and wrapped them and all made Christmas cards to go along with each gift.

We set up for Room in the Inn on Friday. Young Life Leaders Brooke and Christi have been coming to help us set up. Its been great to have their extra hands to help us out! We set everything up and put out our wrapped Christmas gifts and cards at every bed. After that we hung out for a bit and played a few rounds of Uno. After a long week everyone was pretty wiped out (including me!). It was good to relax and spend some time with each other just hanging out!

Stephanie