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| repping my church while camping |
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| my housemates & I dressed up for our Friday Night Luau |
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| my littlest brother and I on one of my visits home |
Living away from my family made me appreciate them more. I called my mom often (sometimes three times in one day), would meet my dad for coffee, and often stopped by my family’s house before work because it was fun to see how surprised my littlest siblings would be. I’m happy to be back home with my family again, but I thought it’d be fun to share some highlights from my seven months in the internship.
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| a 'family' photo- The Well college ministry interns 2020-2021 |
Awesome:
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| I'm awful at Risk, Clue is more my game. |
-Conversations with other young adults from church about honoring God in seasons of singleness and also about what God-honoring relationships look like. It was neat to have mature and open conversations as well as compare personal opinions and values.
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| this was taken at another one of our stargazing spots |
-Late-night spontaneous road trips! Kate was usually the instigator. Those adventures happened on several occasions and were always fun. During the winter we’d go to the lake to stargaze, and more recently we swam in it at midnight.
-A formal dinner for the interns, a few leaders, and the events team. It was so fun to have a reason to dress up!
-Sister sleepovers! One night we watched The Princess Diaries.
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| a few interns and a sister |
-Making dinner for friends. It always felt weird cooking for just me so I enjoyed the times I got to cook for others too.
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| a friend caught this sweet moment at my family's house on camera |
-Dinner with friends at my family's house. I loved introducing them to all my siblings and showing them how cute my small town is. There was one night several of us crammed into the treehouse to play games and sing camp songs.
-At the end of an emotional day three guys from our church showing up at our door and asking if we wanted to take a walk to get ice cream. That was so kind of them and such a fun memory. Us girls love our big brothers-in-Christ so much!
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| Cayucos |
-Getting baptized at the beach and a handful of my friends coming to it.
-Bringing friends to my gym. We made several videos of all of us going up the warped wall.
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| somebody creatively crossed the slackline |
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| my siblings came to one of the park days |
-PARK DAYS. Oh my goodness, these were so incredibly fun. Back in February Emilie had the idea to take her slackline to the park and invite friends to join us there. This became something we did semi consistently until it got too hot. It’d be a group of about fifteen young adults riding longboards, falling off the slackline and throwing a frisbee at the park.
-Walks to the nearby university campus. They happened fairly often. My favorite one included climbing a tree, playing follow the leader, re-enacting a scene from Sound of Music, and sitting in a garden discussing our life plans and dreams.
-Hanging out on Tuesday nights with my teenage sister. One night we bought an ice cream to share and sat in the back of our brother’s truck.
-A spring break trip to Zion National Park. One of my favorite parts was laying on the ground, looking at the stars, and singing worship songs.
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| 80's hangs |
-Friday Night Hangs with costume themes.
-Having the boys over to watch Sound of Music. They loved it!
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| isn't this wall cute? |
-My roommate, Claire, taking a group of us to the Swedish Festival in Kingsburg. That was such a fun experience! I loved the small-town feeling as well as seeing where she grew up.
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| his sash says, "half-birthday queen" |
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| this was taken at our final Friday Night Hangs |
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| Tabletop Mountain |
-Hikes. It was so natural to look at everything around us and discuss how neat it was that God created it all! I loved that.
-A little walk that turned into swimming in a river, climbing a giant tree, and getting a yummy lunch.
-Inviting myself over to a family’s house for an afternoon and them inviting me to stay for dinner. It felt so good to be around children and be 'part of a family’ once again.
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| Pismo |
-One of the boys getting a new car. He took Emilie and me for a drive and was playing a country radio station. That’s when I decided I wanted to ride in his car on our beach trip.
-A bunch of my church friends coming up to where I work for a movie night. That was so fun!
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| Sedona |
-Getting a tour of Bass Lake and Oakhurst. We met up with some other people from church for lunch.
-Staying up late, chatting, and all sleeping in the living room the final night all of us girls were together. We went through some conversation starter questions together. One was, "What song makes you think of me?" Lorah and I responded with the exact same song for each other!
-Cleaning house together and taking goofy polaroids.
-Surprise visitors at the house. One ended up staying and chatting for almost an hour. I loved the environment of living in a house where people could just do that.
-Baking a cake and Claire decorating it for Emilie's birthday.
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| I may have forced them to listen to VeggieTales |
- A full car.
-Coming home from work to a full house.
Awkward:
-Having a rough day and dealing with it by blasting a VeggieTales soundtrack and driving around a roundabout several times. 10/10 recommend.
-“You better get used to this because someday your husband’s gonna watch you make dinner. Wow, you’re a messy eater.” Thanks, friend.
-"Hey Mom, can I invite a few friends over for dinner?" "Oops, there's 32 of us coming..." My mom is literally the best! She made iced tea, dinner and dessert for all of them.
-Bringing my stuffed animal seal to an intern meeting. Everyone took turns holding him then my friend asked if he could take him with him to go get burritos. I responded, “David doesn’t go anywhere without Mommy.”
-Playing hide and go seek in a giant house on our retreat. Even our college pastor was playing and sneaking around in the dark trying to scare us.
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| this costume was the most popular thing we found in the bag |
-"I tried to go straight to Fresno, but my car wanted to go see my family.” -an entry in my journal
-Emilie and I dancing goofily on the beach and eventually getting an older lady to join us.
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| it was pretty even with all the fire damage |
I hope this was somewhat entertaining. I enjoyed organizing all the pictures and memories. What are some awesome and awkward moments from your life lately?
