Nicest Kids in Town!

Hello everyone! I have exciting, though not necessarily good, news from last night! I don't really know where to start other than with yesterday afternoon on the way to supper...so Sheena, one of the spring 2008 interns in DC, was finishing up her last day as a city host yesterday, and we found the contents of her wallet spilled out all over the parking lot. After cleaning it up, we checked out her car and found that it had been completely broken into and all of her things were tossed around all over the place. So when she and the group came in for the night, she was obviously very upset. We called the police and they came, and after I wrote on here last night CSI came to dust the car for fingerprints!! It was a little bit cool to see the pictures flashing and blue lights outside my window. Anyways, she left today, and obviously no one has been caught yet, but at least they're checking everything out to see if they can catch a serial car thief. While that was all going on me, Cassie, and William had a serious theological chat w/ Jason ( the director/the boss/I think you know who he is by now) which was really cool. We talked about some serious issues with the church (of various denominations) as well as CSM rules and things. I really wish they would open one in Atlanta, even though I'm now thinking that the south isn't for me so much. Anyways, that's a story for another day when less excitement has occurred. We went to bed shortly after ten though, once all the blue lights and directors were gone.

This morning we got up and immediately started working on directions again. I guess it probably seems like that's all we do, but it really isn't, and it is supremely important to us doing our job so we have to. We met up for lunch (cause we were split into two groups) at Union Station, which is where I will catch a train to the airport on Saturday morning to get home for Trevor's graduation(more on that later). After that we practiced getting on the Metro (basically like Marta) and catching a bus back to Star. Once back, we worked on our orientation skit for Sundays when the groups come, and I must say that I had some pretty good input on that. I live my entire life pretty cinematically, so when we were looking for ideas I already had them lined up. We are doing skits to represent rules (I'm the PDA/hug girl, since I'm the one with the huge problem with no hugs), and we're revamping the Nicest Kids in Town song from the movie Hairspray! That was my idea, and I'm doing the choreography for it, as well as re-working the words. I'm pumped, this is right up my alley!! Right now we're just wasting time for about an hour until dinner, and then we're going to a Jamaican restaurant called Tropicana. I hope its good, all this ethnic food might just get to me by the end of the summer! I'm kidding, I love it here, ethnic eating and all.

Now onto Saturday and getting to and from the airport. I'm being driven to Union Station to catch a train to Baltimore to catch my plane to Atlanta, where I'll be picked up and spend the weekend until Monday morning. Then I'll be driven to Atlanta, catch a plan to Baltimore, catch a train to Union Station, then catch a bus to Star where I'll meet the group after the first ministry site of the morning. Intense, I feel like such a traveller! Anyways, I can't wait to be home to see the family and then to get back up here to be with my family away from my family:) I love DC!! I miss everyone, and I love you!

XOXO,
Hannah