whirlwind

I can't believe the last time I posted anything was during TeenStreet! I apologize for the lack of updates.

After TeenStreet, I had about five days until my parents and friend from Taylor, Maggie, came to visit me. They arrived on Thursday, August 13 and spent some time in Carlisle and met the people I had worked with over the summer in the office (especially my supervisor boss lady).

On Saturday, the four of us left for Scotland which was an adventure of its own, and later I will retell the tale and post pictures. But for now, I must be quick.

We arrived back in the States late Friday (Aug 21st) night, which as soon as I got home, I slept for 12 hours. Since then, it has been a whirlwind of visiting people, dinners, showing pictures, etc. I barely had time to unpack, wash my clothes, and repack. But thanks to mom, that was all possible.

In the morning, I leave for Upland, Indiana to embark on my last year at Taylor. I'm a senior...eep!

This isn't the end of my blog though, as it is titled there and back again. So in the next few updates I'll talk about Scotland, final thoughts on the summer, and then I'll start doing updates of my senior year since I will be co-editor of the Life & Times section of my school newspaper, and have various things (including more traveling!) planned for the year.

onsdag Woensdag mercredi Mittwoch Wednesday!

Hello! It's midweek of TeenStreet 2009. I'm still alive, yet exhausted and in some desperate need of "5 minutes Peace" Even during "shhhhh time" they have to play classical music over the speakers. constant noise. 

BUT! All is going well. The newsletters are running smoothly, I'm getting compliments from people who know I've written some of the articles, I wrote one of the feature stories, and I am currently working on another one.

Kids like to hear from themselves, so a lot of the time, I go around and interview the teens directly during their free time. It's a little hard because a lot of the teens don't speak english, or if they do, it's not very well.  Here's an example of an interview I had with two German guys. They gave up on English after 1 minute, so I just interviewed them in German and had a translator transcribe it for me. Quite funny actually. 

I got to experience some time with the teens other than interviewing them. A few people from the team played ultimate frisbee and asked a few teens to join us. By the end we had swedish, german, american, and a few more that i can't remember playing with us. I also joined a team for about an hour playing sand volleyball. Good times, good times.

another video is up, more hilarious than ever, and an article i wrote (click here, again!) The video is called "Good Morning"  and my article is right above it, called "Ministering Through Cocktails?" the article above that is an interesting read as well, but not mine. 

Any questions? Comment and I'll try to answer them in my next blog! 

TeenStreet 09!!

Off to a crazy, dancing, loud, crowded start!! 

watch this video, the interviewer is a fellow intern and friend of mine. 

click here for: Why Are You Here? Video