You know, today started out like any other day in the office. In fact, it even started out a bit better seeing as how I decided to skip starbucks today and make a nice cup of own coffee! Sometimes, it is the little decisions in life that can make our day that much better! For instance, last night after my sushi task, I was trying to start my car in the Stewart parking lot and it wouldn't shift out of park!
After turning it off, turning it on, trying almost everything I could have...(yes boys the car was on, I put my foot on the break, the steering wheel wasn't locked, my thumb pressed in the shift button, and I'M NOT CAR STUPID!!!!!!) Sorry, but if you heard half of their suggestions you'd get the hint that they may think I might be :) But I loved them nontheless, and that is what I'm getting at. You see, after realizing my car may be broken, I texted a few of my friends to try and solve the problem. One of my best friends was first on the scene, trying his hardest to figure it out, going the length of even calling his best friend from back home who works with cars.
Then, another friend immediately got online, trying to figure out what the problem really was, keeping me posted when he found out new information. The cool thing was that, regardless of the fact of my car not working, I am surrounding and blessed with some incredible friends! I went back to my room last night a bit defeated and told the Lord that I honestly had nothing left but to trust Him. Isn't it interesting how some situations, trusting God is our last resort, our "default" if you will, when in reality it would've been much easier to turn to Him in the beginning?
Well, this morning when I woke up I went to Stewart to grab a few things from my car when something tugged on my heart to try one more time. So I did...and with that my car easily shifted into reverse and I backed out! God is so good! I'm sure that you could explain what had happened by justifying the car problems with the weather conditions (raining) at this time, or the fact I hadn't driven it in a while, or even the fact that something the guys had suggested must've worked....but at the end of the day, I know what I truly believe in the situation.
SO back to my task today. After the nice cup of coffee was in hand, I settled down at my computer to start on some work when I received a phone call about going out to lunch with one of my friends, Becky. It was semi-work related, but we still got to spend the day in Anaheim touring the Hilton hotel and visiting nearby restaurants to map out site locations for our upcoming youth retreat! After that, I came back to work, now POURING DOWN RAIN OUTSIDE, to get dressed down for our mud football game!
When I arrived at the field I was a bit underdressed, wearing only shorts and a t-shirt, and began shiverring to death! NO GIRLS showed up from my ministry, but I was so pleased at the turn out, seeing as how our students had school of today! Plus a few minutes later two of my favorite staff women showed up to take action in the sport! The game was honestly one of the best football matches I've ever played.
We got to tackle one another, and it turned into one massive mud fight and sliding game, but I really do think that I proved my worth as a girl on my team! I was tackling, catching, running, and getting beaten up pretty good not to mention that I loved blocking and think I found my football position!
After the game we had a massive sliding contest, and I have to say that I've never really slip and slidded in my life before this. See, we had one at camp a few summers ago but I always just ended up sliding on my booty or waiting to play the soap games, rather than actually sliding down the hill like you are supposed to! So, it was my first true slide, and I have to say it was one of the most fun things I've ever gotten to try! So much so that I kept going back to try again!
Then we headed back to get cleaned up for our work-out, which I sadly failed to complete due to being so beaten up and tired from the football game (don't worry I'm doing cardio tomorrow morning!) And after that it was off to my friends to watch the Bachelor! I have to be honest with you, these dares aren't super intense yet, but they are truly making my days that much more exciting!
Thank you all for your posting!
Keep it up! (By the way, as the days progress, feel free to up the dares as I get more and more daring!!! Don't forget: post it as a facebook comment so I don't miss it!)
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