√The past two days have been so crazy. We arrived yesterday at the Atlanta Airport and sat around for 4 hours waiting for other team members. When everyone got there we split into our mission teams( SE Asia, Kenya, Uganda, Nicaragua, and India) and got sent on a scavenger hunt to our housing for the night. We boarded the tram and hit downtown Atlanta. We found our way with (no help from our leaders) to a homeless shelter called Safeway(keep in mind we had no idea that that’s where we would be staying for a night.) We were all surprised but very thankful to see a bed. No, the night wasn’t over. We went out onto the streets of Atlanta and ministered to homeless people. It was so cold but incredible. I met a lot of people but my favorite was a guy named Copper..aka Coppermann(with two n’s). He was so funny. We got to share with him about how God is the ONLY truth. After that we got to sleep.. well, not me.. I woke up around 2 in the morning with a spider in my bed.. Sleep went out the window.
On day two we traveled to who knows where on a school bus. We ended up at a camp (similar to Hartland, maybe a little smaller). We will be here till Wednesday and then we take off. Tonight I experienced worship in a very different way. It was some LOUD worship, but not because of the instruments, but of the people. People were dancing and yelling out to the Lord and crying and anything you can imagine being loud, it was happening. I have never seen worship at that intensity. I was confused at first, but it soaked in and these people truly love God, it’s amazing.
So I keep saying ‘we’. ‘We’ usually means my team of 6 other girls. I am the baby of the team by two years. So, I’ll start with Mackenzie Frownfelter. She is the tallest on the team and is incredible. She was the first girl I bonded with before the trip and will always have that specialness in my heart. There is Hannah Laibe, she is really funny andd I can’t wait to get to know her more. Then there is Sara BonJovi, she is the introvert on the team. She has a quiet personality but I still love her. After that comes Alyssa Palma, she is beatiful inside and out. We share so so so much in common and I love that. Finally we have Crystal Froelich. She is the short talkive one. She is from Canada! She is halarious. Okay, one more, My fearless leader Linsey Eaton. She is fantastic! No one better for the job. SOOOO FUNN!!
