We received our first assignment to acclimate ourselves with the city. It was more or less a photo scavenger hunt with specific buildings we had to find with our groups. Not surpisingly, I was not the chief navigator. The journey brought with it many firsts for me: riding the metro, seeing the White House, over hearing a Beyonce and U2 Concert (it was too full and they weren't letting anyone else in), and wandering the streets of a big city without someone who knew where they were going. DC is ridiculous right now-at least I think so-and people are bluer than blue. There are vendors on every corner near the Capitol selling inauguration gear and overpriced corndogs.
This morning also brought my first DC church service. Of the 40 total students, probably half of them went with a staff member to Washington Community Fellowship. As a daughter of my mother, I enjoyed gawking at my brothers and sisters in Christ. My favorite was the man wearing a suit coat and tie with a football jersey underneath. We may do further church hunting in the next weeks.
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hey girl. I'm proud of you for joining the blogosphere (is that a word?!). And, yeah, watch out for all the blue folks in DC. But just know that for all of us at my Reformed-Baptist church in FL, we are praying for the Pres-to-be and that the Lord would bless his efforts these next 4 yrs.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I am praying for you too! that you have fun, learn tons, see the sights and are challenged to depend even more on the Lord with each passing day. (and don't feel bad a/b the homesickness. i had it in Thailand too. and it's a blessing knowing that you have such a great family to be homesick for.) :)
and, lastly, you may call me sometime and i'll try to call u too, but i know that you'll be real busy in DC, so i am totally not mad if you don't call. Just live it up and maybe after you graduate you'll want to find a job in Orlando and then you can live with me! :)
[that's in the ideal world!]
I am pumped that you are the daughter of your mother. She taught you well.
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