Monday, October 9, 2017

Notable Memories Each Day

This is a sort of calendar of events; a way for me to remember what happens and when it happened, and for you to refer to if I mention something and you'd like to know when it happened or something (feel free to ask me about any of the things that I write down). I'll update this post about once a week.

2017 September
Wed September 27th- flight to Chicago, then LAX with a 16 hour layover
Thu September 28th- arrival day, met Amanda, then Bedo arrived. Christine arrived after I was asleep
Fri September 29th- ships welcome/orientation, Luau dinner and Aloha Welcome Ceremony
Sat September 30th- Hapuna beach day, played cards
Sun October 1st- Mokuaikaua church
Week 1
Mon October 2nd- 1st Ministry Night; got my calling
Tue October 3rd- went snorkeling, family fun night
Wed October 4th- rec center with children
Thu October 5th- went explore shopping, found cool stores
Fri October 6th- David talked about true worship, 1st day of Sailing track
Sat October 7th- Sailed in the morning, rain poured and we danced and swam in the pool, stayed up until 4am talking
Sun October 8th- Listened to one of Pastor Darrin's sermons
Week 2
Mon October 9th- bought pinkie ring, short lecture on Hawaiian culture, Jonathan's first day
Tue October 10th- walked to post office with Luke and Dolan, stayed up til 1am talking
Wed October 11th- walked to Walmart late at night to get swimmers ear remedy
Thu October 12th- ? apparently nothing of note
Fri October 13th- last day of Jonathan's Bible lecture, got gelato
Sat October 14th- volunteered at Ironman World Championship race, walked to Walmart with a group
Sun October 15th- went to End of The World, went for dinner at Jack-In-The-Box
Week 3
Mon October 16th- left for camping at Kalopa State Park
Tue October 17th- went on hike, started lecture on hearing/recognizing God's voice
Wed October 18th- PNG group bonding games (marshmallow activity)
Thu October 19th- Capture the Flag and S'Mores
Fri October 20th- back at base; talked for hours with my friend Meg
Sat October 21st- Got Taco Bell
Sun October 22nd- went to Living Stones church, Target run w/o Bedo
Week 4
Mon October 23rd- sat in park talking, sat meditating in back during Ministry Night
Tue October 24th- walked to book store, Ships 7th year anniversary dinner in classroom
Wed October 25th- received $750 from Anne-Sophie's friend, went to clinic
Thu October 26th- mask exercise, Thursday Night gathering with great worship session
Fri October 27th- shared my mask, sang Disney songs by the cafe
Sat October 28th- went with part of Team PNG to Hilo
Sun October 29th- went to restaurant by the harbor and got daiquiris, got pizza for dinner, prayed in the prayer room with Alex
Week 5
Mon October 30th- Tiger Hill's story pt. 1
Tue October 31st- Tiger Hill's story pt. 2, family fun night (affirmations and karaoke)
Wed November 1st- chatted with Dolan and Luke during work duty, walked to Walmart for cheap candy, got glass bottles of Coke
Thu November 2nd- read by the pool during work duty
Fri November 3rd- went to Thor: Ragnarok
Sat November 4th- went sailing, had roomie pizza party
Sun November 5th- watched Doctor Who in conference room, and also with Amanda in dorm
Mon November 6th- Shannon Casteel's 1st day (powerful, 'fear of the Lord'), ministry night- I focused on Whitney
Tue November 7th- powerful lecture, got card from church, walked to Walmart and Safeway with Everett, Luke, Torborg, and Anne-Sophie
Wed November 8th- Starbucks with Dolan, 1st street ministry night
Thu November 9th- book presentations due, conversation during/after Thursday Night Gathering
Fri November 10th- sailed
Sat November 11th- bought a pizza and watched Doctor Who, watched more in conference room with Dolan, then Alex came in and we talked until 4:30
Sun November 12th- went to Living Stones Church, then to Magic Sands beach, went with Dolan and Alex to Walmart
Week 7
Mon November 13th- Maria Daughtry's 1st day
Tue November 14th- scavenger hunt during Family Fun Night, stayed up with (Chris and Dolan, Luke and Amanda
Wed November 15th- chilled during work duty in hallway with Dolan and Luke, Francis Chan spoke, got McDonald's with people
Thu November 16th- fasted, TN gathering
Fri November 17th- Holy Spirit encounter after Maria's lecture, navigation track about charts and dead reckoning, finished Spiritual Warfare book
Sat November 18th- last sail, got a pizza with Bedo, went to SanFran with people, talked with Alex, then Anthony and (D til late
Sun November 19th- with LA- walked around market, then went to Pizza Hut, hung out by pool in a cuddle puddle with them and D and Hannah H, Alex left
Week 8
Mon November 20th- 1st day of justice week, ministry night with band in center around lamps and lightbulbs,
Tue November 21st- had night class watching trafficking video, stayed up late,
Wed November 22nd- carried buckets of water for a mile, had to get water from diesel container for the day, went to SanFran with LAD, got Snickers ice cream bar, stayed up late with (D, discussed Greek philosophies of love, stayed up praying by myself
Thu November 23rd- Thanksgiving, gave meals to homeless people
Fri November 24th- Bedo's pizza lunch, watched A Christmas Prince, chilled in Christmas room (chart room) with LAD
Sat November 25th- went to SanFran for hours, stayed up late with LAD, acknowledged and changed
Sun November 26th- slept in, watched cheesy Christmas movie with McDonald's, walked out and sat on bay wall listening to music, broke glass bottle
Week 9
Mon November 27th- corporate Impact Week, ministry night with word from God via Rob
Tue November 28th- family fun night watching Home Alone
Wed November 29th- walked to Long's Drugs with D, talked with L, 3rd street ministry night, walked to McDonald's with a big group, then to Walmart with LD and Anne-Sophie
Thu November 30th- fasting day, last day of impact week, leaders prayed over anyone and everyone in Ohana Court; went to 3 groups and got words,
Fri December 1st- had lecture in the writing school, started feeling sick
Sat December 2nd- felt worse, got pizza for lunch, went to urgent care and left without getting checked out
Sun December 3rd- mostly stayed in bed
Week 10
Mon December 4th- stayed in bed, went to clinic in evening
Tue December 5th- quarantined all day
Wed December 6th- quarantined, again all day
Thu December 7th- freedom!! watched Psych the movie, got McDonald's and Starbucks, watched Penelope and SPN
Fri December 8th- Joseph's last lecture, nautical track with a guest speaker (medical), PNG team meeting at beach, chatted with T and D
Sat December 9th- rode trolley around, shared a pizza with D (and T and Lani) for lunch, watched SPN, watched the Christmas parade
Sun December 10th- listened to one of Pastor Darrin's sermons, napped, made rice krispie treats, watched SPN
Mon December 11th- 1st day of Danny Lehman (Biblical worldview and evangelism), last ministry night, stayed up late with (D and LA
Tue December 12th- played games on the pier for workout, called Cameo and chatted for a long time, last family fun night
Wed December 13th- walked to Walmart, meteor shower peaked- watched it at the old airport with D and L+A (was amazing and wonderful), got in at 2:30
Thu December 14th- Danny Lehman lecture, D saved, TNG with Todd White
Fri December 15th- Danny Lehman's last day, took Katja's work duty whilst D took Anthony's, stayed up til 1:30 looking at/for luxury hotels in other countries, LA came back late from old airport
Sat December 16th- L packed A lunch, had Apple Jacks for breakfast, Esther taught a Bible class on Hebrews, napped, watched SPN, had stressful work duty, de-stressed with D, got Pizza Hut
Sun December 17th- experienced nonstop inner monologue/story telling whilst asleep, woke occasionally; went to Livingstones, with D- walked to Walmart to get medical supplies, went to Taco Bell. deep-cleaned room, Target run
Mon December 18th- last worship session at upper campus, Andrew and Melody got baptized, Cambodia and Haiti teams left
Tue December 19th- Marshall Islands team left, started packing
Wed December 20th- met with girl from PNG and talked about what it's like, started cleaning classroom and continued packing
Thu December 21st- finished packing, finished cleaning classroom, moved everyone's stuff to the storage facility,

4 comments:

  1. Nice to read your Blog! Sounds like you are quite busy but yet having fun. Your pictures are beautiful (of course you are in a beautiful place!) Keep writing!

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    1. Thanks, I am! I will absolutely keep writing :)

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  2. What does it mean that you "got your calling"(10/2)?

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    1. I actually blogged about that specifically... See my post title "The Supernatural Aspect of God" :)

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