Arrived Safe and Sound

What up folks, just wanted to let you know that I am suffering through cramps that I never get to write this thing! Anyways, I got here Sunday with no problems with the exception of Mr. Stupid AirTran man charging me $40 for my suitcase being 1 inch too long - I'm bitter - whatever!

It is beautiful here - there are 15 girls (i think we have 29 staff members over all) staying in our house with 2 bathrooms. I'm not going to tell you my living situation right now, because it may change due to the elders' brains in our house being creative (that's me and a couple of others) ... I'll keep you guessing. We have been in training all week from about 8:30 to 8:30 each day - I have learned that peeps from Bible college think at a completely different level than me. I am the only one that hasn't gone to a Bible college; however, there are some B.C drop outs! Everyone seems real cool! I hope it doesn't turn out to be like the show Real World where everyone is cool the first week and then they start throwing chairs at each other toward the end of the show. We walk everywhere - I love it! We did "observation" of the city the other day and that was awesome! Everyone is on their stoops - and if you really know me, you know I have always wanted a stoop. Got to play with some of the kids last night, which was a saving grace to me, due to all the training. I will talk about all the poverty in a later blog when I am feeling better. Sorry this one is short, but again I'll write more this weekend hopefully. I'll leave you with two highlights . . .

1. Our neighbors name is Margo - we went to say hi to her yesterday and she came to the door in her night gown. The dog Jingles got out. (I don't know why I just shared that with ya'll) - it was really funny though!

2. While we were walking our "observations" we walked by a bunch of people. All the older ladies would ask, "watch ya'll doin her, you ok" "get in before dark." They were funny - already seen the racism in the cops here in the city - BUTTHEADS!!! Also, walked by a guy who was counting his quarter bags in his hand - no shame!

That's it for now - please continue to pray for our staff and ripened hearts of the people in this city. Thank you so much! Deuces!