This one is going to be short. It's a Tuesday, and I want to be in St. Francis, but it's the responsibility of each of the interns to stay back one day out of the week to watch over the dorms. It's not entirely exciting, but it's an important part of making sure the week runs smoothly for the churches on the trip.
My morning was a little more of the same. Waking up early, unlocking the dorms, falling back asleep, and waking up again in time for session. Session was super good this morning. Pastor Andrew Utecht spoke to our group.
He talked about a lot of different things, but one of the biggest things he had to share was how important it was to understand that we just need to love people. Forget the politics, don't hide behind religion, just love people. Such an inspirational message.
After the session and brunch, I took a nap. By the time I woke up, most of the churches left for their sites, and I was left to keep an eye on the dorms. I spent most of my time trying to figure out if I could connect to the wifi in the dorms, but to no avail. Greg stopped by a couple times throughout the day, in addition to a couple other people who were passing through.
Around 2pm, Greg and I were supposed to have a pool tournament with Emily and Audrey, but Greg didn't show up right away and Audrey didn't show up at all. She was packing all day. We decided to set up a new time for the tourney-- 6:37pm. If Audrey and Emily didn't show up on time, they would forfeit.
Greg went back to work and was back around 6:30pm. Audrey actually showed up early, but she lost her benefits of showing up on time--getting to break first-- because Greg and I decided the girls needed to show up between 6:37-6:47pm, or they wouldn't get to break first. We had to wait for Emily-- she showed up at least 15min late-- so they almost forfeited the tourney entirely.
Even though Emily and Audrey were late twice, Greg and I extended grace. It was time to play. We started off with a rough start. Emily and Audrey smoked us the first game, so Greg and I were pretty disappointed. Thankfully it was best out of three.
In the second game, Greg and I won because the girls shot the eight ball in. So basically we won on error. We lost the first game, and won the second game by error, so what did we do? We raised the ante. Whoever lost the last game, would buy the winners a couple Peace Tea's. Game on.
The last game took a long time. In addition to raising the ante, we changed the rules so that any scratch also meant we had to take a ball, that we had previously shot in, out of the pocket. None of us are very good. But the guys were victorious! It was well worth the time it took to play, because Greg and I were getting Peace Tea's! Boom.
After our Tourney, the churches returned from their sites, and the rest of the night went by pretty quickly. Snack, sharing, and worship were solid, then it was time for bed. Greg, Daniel, Sean, Jonny, Luke, and I hung out for a while, and now they are in bed.
I need to sleep. I'm heading back out to SF tomorrow. Pretty stoked. Thanks again for reading!
We'll talk soon,
Brenden
Things I learned today:
1. Forget the politics, don't hide behind religion, just love people.
2. Greg is not as good at pool as he lets on.
3. 2 Peter 1
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