2.24.2007

Price Chopper is Better.

So today some the Nine12 youth group + a few of the VPT headed up to Samuel's Coffee Shop. It's actually a pretty nice place than what I thought it was going look like. We were split into a few different groups when we got there. Cleaning and re-organizing the [OUTSIDE] basement or painting inside, or cleaning inside. At least, I think that's what the groups were, anyway I chose to clean and re-organize the basement, thinking, oh we won't stay out there for too long...right...well the basement was more like a bomb shelter, with a bomb that exploded within it...and nobody bothered to clean up after it. But that's why we were there! We picked up stuff that looked like they haven't been touched in months, and brought it up the stairs onto a blue tarp if they wanted to keep it, or chuck it into the dumpster that was a few more yards away if they didn't want it. So after about a hour of doing that, my toes were freezing off, but thankfully Mrs.Matula had to recycle glass bottles at Hanaford, and invited Caroline, Alicia and I to come with. I wasn't the only person with their feet freezing off! So are feet warmed up when we took off our shoes and our feet against the heaters in the car, but our shoes were still wet/cold. So after we helped Mrs.Matula bring the bottles in, we found the restroom, and dried our shoes with the hand drier.[like hair driers only..for hands. hahaa] =P Although we looked like idiots, it worked really well. Then we helped with the glass bottles and such, and headed back to the coffee house about 30 minutes later[we had some difficulties with the glass] and we came back to a much cleaner basement. All we had to do was bring some stuff off the tarp downstairs and re-organize somethings, then went back inside to some very good hot chocolate w/ whipped cream. yumm. Then there was pizza later on, but I was feeling uneasy after having the hot coco. Then we headed out, and on the way back we talked about Missions[?] stuff, and going with a group of people, learning for 3 months, then going out and doing stuff for 9 months +. I forget the word exactly that was used...but i think its totally awesome! I would so love to do that. Now if we could just pay for it...
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3 comments:

Jon Wise said...

YWAM!

You should totally go!

KarlH said...

It was a pretty rad day, fo sho.

I think it's called Youth with a mission or something, idk.

Shannon said...

by myself? you have to be 18 to go by yourself...and Id be too scared to go alone =P

if we could get a group though, i'd be all for it!