Hey-o!
This is a super quick post to tell you guys what the heck I'll be talking about in my next three posts. As an intern, one of my responsibilities is to go on Host City visits. These visits are with a team of interns (usually about 3-4) and are in cities that we have churches sponsoring camps. This is basically a team building and promotional time. The three cities I went to are: Banska Bystrica, Zilina, and Roznava. I'm just going to give a general schedule of what a visit looks like and the next three posts will be about the visits.
Friday:
Travel day and arrival in the Host City. We would also usually hang out with the youth group this night and participate in their club. It was a great time to get immersed in their culture and get to know people.
Saturday:
We would usually wake up and hang out with the youth group students all day. We did fun activities like go to castles, palaces, have parties, go on hikes, etc. This was team bonding time... they got to know us, we got to know them. It was pretty great. It was important to build the team so we could have unity as we would go into schools later. It was also just really fun. Some of my best talks were on these days. We would also usually have our checklist meetings this day. It was just a time for the intern team to check out where the national team was in their planning/preparation. It gave us a clear picture of what still needed to be done and what we could be helping with or if we needed to communicate anything back to the US team.
Sunday:
We would go to church at the church sponsoring the KECY camp. We were usually introduced to the congregation and did a short promo there. It was fun to see the different denominations we are working with and the different cultures at different churches. Everyone liked hearing from Americans, especially when we tried to speak Slovak. ;) We would usually be invited into peoples' homes for lunch and then have time with the youth group later.
Monday-Wednesday:
These days were for school visits. It definitely depended on the city how many we had and what we were doing. Sometimes we were only give 10 minutes per class, sometimes we were given 45. It really just depended on the school and the relationship the team had with the schools. The longer we had, the more relationship building we could do. We played games and did mini discussion groups. Sometimes students were really receptive, sometimes... not so much. After each day at schools we would have an "afternoon" activity that we would invite the students to. It varied depending on the youth group and the city. Sometimes we would go on hikes, sometimes we would just play sports and hang out. Sometimes we would have a lot of students show up for these... sometimes we would have none. So, as you can see - it was a time to be flexible and have fun with students.
I hope this gives you a pretty good idea of what a visit was like. In my next few posts, I will go into a bit more detail about the actual youth groups and who I met and what I did. But, I wanted to make sure you had some form of reference as to what I was doing. The entire point of these visits was to build up the team, encourage unity, make sure everyone was on the right track, and promote camps to students and get them excited about coming.
As always, if you have any questions - post 'em in the comments or shoot me a message!
Looking forward to more updates!
xx
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Training in Malenovice
I wanted to give you guys a bit of an overview of what training at Malenovice was like. Hopefully when I get home, I can do a photo update so you can see the views. It was spectacular!
After the race, we ended up at Hotel Malenovice. It is owned by the Czech team there... kind of like Kompas belongs to the Slovak team here. It is positioned in the mountains and you can look across this huge valley to another mountain. Ahhh!!! Gorgeous. The hotel itself was beautiful as well. There were trails around the woods, a patio area, and a cafe/eating area.
There really wasn't a "typical" day for training, but I will try to give a general overview.
We would wake up and get ready, head downstairs to enjoy a delicious breakfast with all of the interns and staff, and by all... I mean over 100 people. We then had worship and devotional time. Worship was amazing - one of our interns, Jordan, played bass in the band. The band was developed when we arrived to Malenovice... so, they had little to no practice time - and they sounded amazing. Thank you, Jesus, for Your perfect timing and for giving these wonderful people talents that they were willing to share with us! Devotion time was led by Rob Trenkman and he did a fabulous job of leading us through developing a further understanding of the Holy Spirit. Wow... just wow.
After woship/devotion, we had a speaker of some sort. It really depended on the day and what we needed training on. The first day it was Dave Patty - President of JV! What a treat! He is a fascinating man and had a lot of wisdom to share with us. Other days we had Rob Chestnut and/or Nate Hughs, Kristy Williams, etc. Everyone had a specific role to play and a different topic to train us on. We did personaility training, team building, English class training, etc. It was a lot of laughter and a lot of trying to stay awake... we were all still pretty exhausted from the race.
We then had a fabulous lunch as an entire group. This was some of the most special time for me. I got to bond more with the SK team, but I also got to meet new people. We usually had break after this. During break I would either attempt to find internet, go for a walk around the property, chat with new friends, or sleep. Pretty standard. We would sometimes have breakout groups or workshop type activities that were fun to attend as well.
We would meet back up for dinner and then head into our second program. We would have worship time... :) We would then hear from a national from one of the Eastern European countries. They would tell us their story and how God is working in their life. It was a powerful and encouraging time during training. It gave me a deeper understanding of what God is doing here and it gave me more of a feeling of purpose than I had before I came. Then we would have Bill and Bobbie Trenkman, Rob's parents, speak. Woah. They were so full of passion. They had amazing stories of how they had seen God work. They are now working as missionaries in Romania! It was an impactful time. We spent a lot of time in the Word and began to understand our roles here this summer. I am so thankful for them and all they are doing!!!
After evening program, we would have the rest of the night to ourselves - they always had delicious desserts for us afterward. I spent a lot of time outside after program - the SK team loved the playground! It was a great time to just sit and talk about what we had learned. Truly amazing.
I did just want to touch on the last night. We do something called the "Labyrinth" at camp. It is a series of stations, each asking you to meditate on something, ultimately leading you consider God's role in your life. So, we, as interns, got to go through the Labyrith. It was a very moving experience. I am excited for students to go through it this summer. We also got to take Communion with our team. What an amazing experience! We were able to just let everything go and focus on Him. It still makes my heart race, just thinking about it. :) Then, we had this really raw worship time. It was so encouraging to hear and see these people surrounding me just singing to the Lord of Lord's. It was almost like what I imagine Heaven being... surrounded by my brothers and sisters, just praising Him. Ah... it was wonderful. As we ended the night, we stood in this huge circle and laid hands on each team and prayed for their team and the summer they were about to embark on. This was the most powerful part of my trip so far. I loved getting to pray for my new friends and send them off to do His work. It was so impactful and encouraging. Hearing people pray for you and what you were about to do this summer... wow.
So, that is a pretty general overview of what I did at training. I am extremely grateful for everyone who put training together. I know it takes a lot of work and I must say, it was worth it on this end. I got to meet so many people that I know I will keep in touch with, even though we are not even serving in the same country. I got pretty close to some of the people on the Poland team during meal and break times... I am missing them!! Also, I got to know some of the Estonia team. I hope all is well with them and am praying for their ministry this summer. I hope you will pray for my fellow interns in other countries as we all work for the Almighty God, bringing students in Eastern Europe to Christ.
If you have any questions about training, or what kind of goofy things happened while we were there... let me know!
For my fellow interns who may be reading this... "Hey little buddy... what's up?? ... LUNCH!" :)
In Him,
xx
After the race, we ended up at Hotel Malenovice. It is owned by the Czech team there... kind of like Kompas belongs to the Slovak team here. It is positioned in the mountains and you can look across this huge valley to another mountain. Ahhh!!! Gorgeous. The hotel itself was beautiful as well. There were trails around the woods, a patio area, and a cafe/eating area.
There really wasn't a "typical" day for training, but I will try to give a general overview.
We would wake up and get ready, head downstairs to enjoy a delicious breakfast with all of the interns and staff, and by all... I mean over 100 people. We then had worship and devotional time. Worship was amazing - one of our interns, Jordan, played bass in the band. The band was developed when we arrived to Malenovice... so, they had little to no practice time - and they sounded amazing. Thank you, Jesus, for Your perfect timing and for giving these wonderful people talents that they were willing to share with us! Devotion time was led by Rob Trenkman and he did a fabulous job of leading us through developing a further understanding of the Holy Spirit. Wow... just wow.
After woship/devotion, we had a speaker of some sort. It really depended on the day and what we needed training on. The first day it was Dave Patty - President of JV! What a treat! He is a fascinating man and had a lot of wisdom to share with us. Other days we had Rob Chestnut and/or Nate Hughs, Kristy Williams, etc. Everyone had a specific role to play and a different topic to train us on. We did personaility training, team building, English class training, etc. It was a lot of laughter and a lot of trying to stay awake... we were all still pretty exhausted from the race.
We then had a fabulous lunch as an entire group. This was some of the most special time for me. I got to bond more with the SK team, but I also got to meet new people. We usually had break after this. During break I would either attempt to find internet, go for a walk around the property, chat with new friends, or sleep. Pretty standard. We would sometimes have breakout groups or workshop type activities that were fun to attend as well.
We would meet back up for dinner and then head into our second program. We would have worship time... :) We would then hear from a national from one of the Eastern European countries. They would tell us their story and how God is working in their life. It was a powerful and encouraging time during training. It gave me a deeper understanding of what God is doing here and it gave me more of a feeling of purpose than I had before I came. Then we would have Bill and Bobbie Trenkman, Rob's parents, speak. Woah. They were so full of passion. They had amazing stories of how they had seen God work. They are now working as missionaries in Romania! It was an impactful time. We spent a lot of time in the Word and began to understand our roles here this summer. I am so thankful for them and all they are doing!!!
After evening program, we would have the rest of the night to ourselves - they always had delicious desserts for us afterward. I spent a lot of time outside after program - the SK team loved the playground! It was a great time to just sit and talk about what we had learned. Truly amazing.
I did just want to touch on the last night. We do something called the "Labyrinth" at camp. It is a series of stations, each asking you to meditate on something, ultimately leading you consider God's role in your life. So, we, as interns, got to go through the Labyrith. It was a very moving experience. I am excited for students to go through it this summer. We also got to take Communion with our team. What an amazing experience! We were able to just let everything go and focus on Him. It still makes my heart race, just thinking about it. :) Then, we had this really raw worship time. It was so encouraging to hear and see these people surrounding me just singing to the Lord of Lord's. It was almost like what I imagine Heaven being... surrounded by my brothers and sisters, just praising Him. Ah... it was wonderful. As we ended the night, we stood in this huge circle and laid hands on each team and prayed for their team and the summer they were about to embark on. This was the most powerful part of my trip so far. I loved getting to pray for my new friends and send them off to do His work. It was so impactful and encouraging. Hearing people pray for you and what you were about to do this summer... wow.
So, that is a pretty general overview of what I did at training. I am extremely grateful for everyone who put training together. I know it takes a lot of work and I must say, it was worth it on this end. I got to meet so many people that I know I will keep in touch with, even though we are not even serving in the same country. I got pretty close to some of the people on the Poland team during meal and break times... I am missing them!! Also, I got to know some of the Estonia team. I hope all is well with them and am praying for their ministry this summer. I hope you will pray for my fellow interns in other countries as we all work for the Almighty God, bringing students in Eastern Europe to Christ.
If you have any questions about training, or what kind of goofy things happened while we were there... let me know!
For my fellow interns who may be reading this... "Hey little buddy... what's up?? ... LUNCH!" :)
In Him,
xx
Friday, June 22, 2012
Amazing (g)Race
This may be one of the most fun posts I write. I am so excited to tell you all about my time on the Amazing Race!! It's long, I apologize, but I decided instead of making this a multi-post topic, you can read as much as you want... if you are bored... no worries. I won't feel bad if you don't finish it. ;)
First of all, I should explain what it is for those of you who are thinking, "wow... I thought she was going on a mission trip, and now she is talking about the Amazing Race... hm?" No friends, I was not on TV and you will not see me make any guest appearances... but I did get to race across a couple countries in Eastern Europe with my wonderful intern team!
The Amazing Race is the first large team building activity we do as interns with JV. It is designed to strengthen your team and bring out personaility traits before the summer begins. This helps show the team how to handle conflict from the get-go. It is designed to be frustrating at times and trust me, it was. We started in Krakow, Poland and raced to Malanovice, Czech Republic. It started Tuesday afternoon and we were done around Thursday afternoon... so 1/2 day, full day, 1/2 day. Most teams fly in from the US and race straight away. Our team had been in SK for a little over a week doing our first Host City visit beforehand... so we kind of had an advantage. I won't tell you all of our "roadblocks" but I'll go into detail about a few. Basically, we are given a set amount of money, one clue, and our backpacks that we packed... one, two, three, GO!
Roadblock: WWII Airforce Museum
Our first clue was in Polish so we needed to get it translated. It led us to an airforce museum. There, we were given a code that we needed to crack. The clue said that we could ask for help - but it would "cost" us. Well, we didn't want to use our set amount of money, so we attempted to solve it without asking for help. Unfortunately, we needed to ask for help after 20 minutes because we had NO idea what to do. It turned out that we didn't have to pay in money, but in energy - we had to run around outside the museum and look for airplanes and report back their names in order to get a clue. So, it took us a little over an hour to finish this ... ultimately setting us pretty far back.
Roadblock: Puppet Show
This was the second day. We had previously needed to get someone to read us a story book (in Polish) while we sat in a circle and listened. Well, later, we needed to create a puppet show about the story we had heard, which was also a Polish legend. One of the interns was smart and had asked the nice man who read us the story to tell us what it meant. So, we went off of what he said - did the puppet show - "Incomplete." Ohhh cheesy pita!!! (<< this is one of our fun sayings and what I am now trying to say instead of "oh, crap!" because I think it sounds so much more pleasant!) We tweaked the story a bit and tried again - "Incomplete." Gr. Bekah and I ran to a souviner shop and found the exact book in Polish with an English translation. We read it, came back, did the puppet show - "Incomplete." So, we ran back, took pictures of each page and basically read the book verbatum - "Incomplete." We had been asking locals this whole time, but apparently the fifth time was the charm... we got all of our details in order and added a wedding to the end of the story... "Complete." Finally. It took five tries - and this may sound like it wasn't too bad, but it was. We had to wait in line after every time we screwed up and we watched teams get it right the first time... it was hot and we were tired... and frustrated. This was collectively our least favorite challenge. Which... is what the race is kind of about!
Roadblock: Food Challenge
Each year, the race has a food challenge. This year, it was at H2O, the Polish headquarters. We had to walk around 5 kilometers to get there... in the dark. We finally got to H2O and were looking forward to some dinner... lo and behold - food challenge. We each had to eat a blood sausage and a side of sauerkraut. Let me try to explain this to you... it wasn't the taste - the way Ryan put it, it kind of tasted like black bean burgers. No, it was definitely the texture. It was like mushy rice encased in chewy shrinkwrap... aka the intestines. Not going to lie - I cried. I ate it, but I cried. Being off of my vegetarain lifestyle for a total of like 12 days and having to eat this blood sausage after running the race all day pushed me over an edge I didn't know I had. However, our team definitely stepped up to the plate (punny) and did a great job finishing off our food. We unfortunately had moved from 5th place the first night, to 9th place after this challenge. So... those were the worst (in my opinion) challenges we faced... here are a few of the best - they are all from the last day. There were some fun ones the other days, these were just my favorite.
Roadblock: Olympics
This was a four-part challenge. We had to kayak out to these bouys and collect legos for one task, throw "shotputs" (aka bean filled balloons) up a ledge for the next task, do a relay race with funny relays - crab walk while saying the ABCs backward, cartwheel with a balloon in your mouth, etc.- for the next task, and dive into the pool and find a euro coin amongst lots of other currency in the bottom of the pool for our last task. Our team did so well and really worked together to make a comeback!
Roadblock: Traditional Dance
We walked across the Polish/Czech border and raced to a hostel. There, we learned a traditional Czech dance from professional folk dancers. It was a three-person dance - one boy, two girls - and had a few technical points that we were "graded" on. We got a practice time with the professionals and then performed it without them. They decided if we performed well enough to move on. We actually raced two other teams to the hostel and ended up signing in last - which was a bummer. However, it worked to our advantage because we had more time to practice. So, we ended up getting it on our FIRST try! It was such an exciting moment. It really brought our team joy. :)
Roadblock: Race to Malenovice
Our last challenge was to race from the train station to Hotel Malenovice (where training was held). We had enough money left to get a taxi. However, the taxi could only fit 4 people and we had 8. We called a company and asked for two taxis, and they only sent one. So, we sent half the team... I was in this half. We pleaded with the taxi driver to call his company and send another taxi... he obliged. Unfortunately, his company couldn't send any more because they were all in use. We were devestated. We reached the top of the hill that the hotel sits on and anxiously awaited the rest of our team. It was so strange... we could see the finish line, but we couldn't finish the race. It was a crazy feeling. It was then that I realized how important this team was to me. Not only could I not finish the race without them, I did not WANT to finish the race without them. We had bonded and struggled together. A taxi pulled up and I was holding my breath - anyone could walk out of the taxi ... it could have been another team... but it wasn't! It was the rest of ours!! I was ECSTATIC! I honestly do not think I have ever been so happy to see a group of people in my life. We stepped on the finish mat and took fourth place! Quite a comeback from nineth. :)
All-in-all it was a truly amazing race. I have so much more to say about it, but this post is long enough. I did just want to mention that the title of the post is Amazing (g)Race because if it was not for God's amazing grace, we would not have bonded as a team as well as we did, we would not have learned as much as we did, and we would not have grown as much as we did. I learned so much about the gifts that God will give us, if we just ask. Because, believe me, we were all asking for His grace on this race. We were frustrated, exhausted, starving, thirsty, sore (I had trouble walking for a week after the race!), and kind of just crabby. God's grace is the one thing that spurred me to keep going. If you have questions, or want more details... shoot me a comment or an e-mail! I would LOVE to talk more about it. I hope this gave you a glimpse into what the race is like and how important it is to building our intern teams here in Eastern Europe!
Until next time,
xx
The Amazing Race is the first large team building activity we do as interns with JV. It is designed to strengthen your team and bring out personaility traits before the summer begins. This helps show the team how to handle conflict from the get-go. It is designed to be frustrating at times and trust me, it was. We started in Krakow, Poland and raced to Malanovice, Czech Republic. It started Tuesday afternoon and we were done around Thursday afternoon... so 1/2 day, full day, 1/2 day. Most teams fly in from the US and race straight away. Our team had been in SK for a little over a week doing our first Host City visit beforehand... so we kind of had an advantage. I won't tell you all of our "roadblocks" but I'll go into detail about a few. Basically, we are given a set amount of money, one clue, and our backpacks that we packed... one, two, three, GO!
Roadblock: WWII Airforce Museum
Our first clue was in Polish so we needed to get it translated. It led us to an airforce museum. There, we were given a code that we needed to crack. The clue said that we could ask for help - but it would "cost" us. Well, we didn't want to use our set amount of money, so we attempted to solve it without asking for help. Unfortunately, we needed to ask for help after 20 minutes because we had NO idea what to do. It turned out that we didn't have to pay in money, but in energy - we had to run around outside the museum and look for airplanes and report back their names in order to get a clue. So, it took us a little over an hour to finish this ... ultimately setting us pretty far back.
Roadblock: Puppet Show
This was the second day. We had previously needed to get someone to read us a story book (in Polish) while we sat in a circle and listened. Well, later, we needed to create a puppet show about the story we had heard, which was also a Polish legend. One of the interns was smart and had asked the nice man who read us the story to tell us what it meant. So, we went off of what he said - did the puppet show - "Incomplete." Ohhh cheesy pita!!! (<< this is one of our fun sayings and what I am now trying to say instead of "oh, crap!" because I think it sounds so much more pleasant!) We tweaked the story a bit and tried again - "Incomplete." Gr. Bekah and I ran to a souviner shop and found the exact book in Polish with an English translation. We read it, came back, did the puppet show - "Incomplete." So, we ran back, took pictures of each page and basically read the book verbatum - "Incomplete." We had been asking locals this whole time, but apparently the fifth time was the charm... we got all of our details in order and added a wedding to the end of the story... "Complete." Finally. It took five tries - and this may sound like it wasn't too bad, but it was. We had to wait in line after every time we screwed up and we watched teams get it right the first time... it was hot and we were tired... and frustrated. This was collectively our least favorite challenge. Which... is what the race is kind of about!
Roadblock: Food Challenge
Each year, the race has a food challenge. This year, it was at H2O, the Polish headquarters. We had to walk around 5 kilometers to get there... in the dark. We finally got to H2O and were looking forward to some dinner... lo and behold - food challenge. We each had to eat a blood sausage and a side of sauerkraut. Let me try to explain this to you... it wasn't the taste - the way Ryan put it, it kind of tasted like black bean burgers. No, it was definitely the texture. It was like mushy rice encased in chewy shrinkwrap... aka the intestines. Not going to lie - I cried. I ate it, but I cried. Being off of my vegetarain lifestyle for a total of like 12 days and having to eat this blood sausage after running the race all day pushed me over an edge I didn't know I had. However, our team definitely stepped up to the plate (punny) and did a great job finishing off our food. We unfortunately had moved from 5th place the first night, to 9th place after this challenge. So... those were the worst (in my opinion) challenges we faced... here are a few of the best - they are all from the last day. There were some fun ones the other days, these were just my favorite.
Roadblock: Olympics
This was a four-part challenge. We had to kayak out to these bouys and collect legos for one task, throw "shotputs" (aka bean filled balloons) up a ledge for the next task, do a relay race with funny relays - crab walk while saying the ABCs backward, cartwheel with a balloon in your mouth, etc.- for the next task, and dive into the pool and find a euro coin amongst lots of other currency in the bottom of the pool for our last task. Our team did so well and really worked together to make a comeback!
Roadblock: Traditional Dance
We walked across the Polish/Czech border and raced to a hostel. There, we learned a traditional Czech dance from professional folk dancers. It was a three-person dance - one boy, two girls - and had a few technical points that we were "graded" on. We got a practice time with the professionals and then performed it without them. They decided if we performed well enough to move on. We actually raced two other teams to the hostel and ended up signing in last - which was a bummer. However, it worked to our advantage because we had more time to practice. So, we ended up getting it on our FIRST try! It was such an exciting moment. It really brought our team joy. :)
Roadblock: Race to Malenovice
Our last challenge was to race from the train station to Hotel Malenovice (where training was held). We had enough money left to get a taxi. However, the taxi could only fit 4 people and we had 8. We called a company and asked for two taxis, and they only sent one. So, we sent half the team... I was in this half. We pleaded with the taxi driver to call his company and send another taxi... he obliged. Unfortunately, his company couldn't send any more because they were all in use. We were devestated. We reached the top of the hill that the hotel sits on and anxiously awaited the rest of our team. It was so strange... we could see the finish line, but we couldn't finish the race. It was a crazy feeling. It was then that I realized how important this team was to me. Not only could I not finish the race without them, I did not WANT to finish the race without them. We had bonded and struggled together. A taxi pulled up and I was holding my breath - anyone could walk out of the taxi ... it could have been another team... but it wasn't! It was the rest of ours!! I was ECSTATIC! I honestly do not think I have ever been so happy to see a group of people in my life. We stepped on the finish mat and took fourth place! Quite a comeback from nineth. :)
All-in-all it was a truly amazing race. I have so much more to say about it, but this post is long enough. I did just want to mention that the title of the post is Amazing (g)Race because if it was not for God's amazing grace, we would not have bonded as a team as well as we did, we would not have learned as much as we did, and we would not have grown as much as we did. I learned so much about the gifts that God will give us, if we just ask. Because, believe me, we were all asking for His grace on this race. We were frustrated, exhausted, starving, thirsty, sore (I had trouble walking for a week after the race!), and kind of just crabby. God's grace is the one thing that spurred me to keep going. If you have questions, or want more details... shoot me a comment or an e-mail! I would LOVE to talk more about it. I hope this gave you a glimpse into what the race is like and how important it is to building our intern teams here in Eastern Europe!
Until next time,
xx
Quick Update Before the Slew of Blog Posts
Hello, hello!
From the title, I am sure you can guess... this is the quick update before the slew of blog posts I'm planning (read: hoping) to get up this weekend! Many of you know, but some of you don't... sadly my tablet broke a couple of weeks ago. This is one of the reasons I have not gotten on here to blog. I am currently using my friend and fellow intern's computer! Thanks, Mir! Therefore, please be patient with me. I promise I will try to update more often, but with camps coming up, that may not be possible.
The other update I wanted to get out there, that again - many of you have heard about, is the fact that I now have a hernia. Yes, folks, you heard me correctly. A little hernia right above my belly button. We are not exactly sure how I got it, but my current theory is yoga. I was trying to be smart and zen and get some stretching in one night because I haven't really worked out in a while. The next day, I noticed a little bump above my belly button and had Bekah, an intern who is also a nurse, check it out. She has an inclination that it is a hernia - though we haven't had it officially checked out. But this girl has worked in a hospital... I'm trusting her judgement. SO. If you could keep my health in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated! Okay, so those are my two quick updates... get ready for the "slew" of posts!
Ready?
Set.
GO!!!!!
From the title, I am sure you can guess... this is the quick update before the slew of blog posts I'm planning (read: hoping) to get up this weekend! Many of you know, but some of you don't... sadly my tablet broke a couple of weeks ago. This is one of the reasons I have not gotten on here to blog. I am currently using my friend and fellow intern's computer! Thanks, Mir! Therefore, please be patient with me. I promise I will try to update more often, but with camps coming up, that may not be possible.
The other update I wanted to get out there, that again - many of you have heard about, is the fact that I now have a hernia. Yes, folks, you heard me correctly. A little hernia right above my belly button. We are not exactly sure how I got it, but my current theory is yoga. I was trying to be smart and zen and get some stretching in one night because I haven't really worked out in a while. The next day, I noticed a little bump above my belly button and had Bekah, an intern who is also a nurse, check it out. She has an inclination that it is a hernia - though we haven't had it officially checked out. But this girl has worked in a hospital... I'm trusting her judgement. SO. If you could keep my health in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated! Okay, so those are my two quick updates... get ready for the "slew" of posts!
Ready?
Set.
GO!!!!!
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