Welcome JULY.....MICHIGAN Style!!!!

Before I begin this post, I have an announcement....Dan, one of the youth, lost his job at the dollar movies (sad day for sure!) and he wanted a shout out in my blog. So Dan, It stinks about your job, and I hope you find one soon :) Thanks for being welcoming AND I'm ready to learn the art of 9 Square!!!!!

Okay, SO!

It is July already! I cannot believe how fast time flies! I am finally getting used to the daily "routine" of the office and can somewhat work on things without having to be told what to do every step of the way. I really love the day to day workings of being involved in youth ministry. I am learning to actually enjoy making phone calls and talking with people. Recently I was given the task of planning the July 28th W.O.W. (Wild Outreach/Outta Here Wednesday). I decided that Glow in the Dark Putt Putt would be a fun event to do, so I had to make all the phone calls for it. I was very nervous, but I made the call and talked to the boss about staying open later for our group. He was very kind and helpful and we have most of the arrangements made! I was very excited!

Also, last week we went Lazer Tagging as a youth group! It was really a great time (who knew community could be built by shooting imaginary lazers at one another haha). I had the chance to meet some youth I didn't know before, not to mention getting to know those ones who I had met even more! Emily, my Prime mentor, had given me the job of talking with the people in charge and getting everything arranged. It was a really fun assignment!! I had called, so when I walked to the counter the man asked "Are you Megan?". I had to stop and realize that he was asking for me. He then asked what 8- one topping pizzas we wanted and I froze haha. It all ended up being fine in the end!

Along with being a fun time with the youth, last week was also a fun time with friends and my host family. I went to see two movies this week with my host family. The first was the new Adam Sandler movie "Grownups". It was really good! I really loved seeing it !! The other was more of an indie film and was in this old beautifully decorated theater downtown Ann Arbor. I wanted to take 100 pictures! It was quite an outing!!! On Saturday, I was blessed to have my friends from Huntington, Jessica and Amy, come for a visit. We went to downtown Ann Arbor and walked all around the campus of the University of Michigan! What a beautiful and giant place! My feet were sore by the end of our adventure.....it sure is a lot different than Huntington!!! It was so good to see them and spend time with some old friends!!

There have been a few very interesting things that I have done in the past few days. One such thing that happened to me was that I walked into work one day and found a beanie baby of Scooby Doo on my desk with a note that said "You are a Scooby Dooby Doo kinda girl". It made me laugh and I really like having Scooby on my desk :) The second thing that I did was that Emily informed me that the Ann Arbor Salvation Army was having a 50% off sale on clothing. I was intrigued so I took off by myself for Ann Arbor to find this store. What a find!! I got some pretty cool T-Shirts to take along with me to Tennessee, as well as a pair of Doc Martins work boots in great shape! I was pretty excited and spent way too long in that store :) It was a fun adventure though and I enjoyed it greatly!

Sunday was the 4th of July. It was sad because this was the first year since Ireland that I had not seen any fireworks :( It was more difficult than I expected to be away from Nappanee and friends and family for the holiday! We did grill out but ate inside because it was very hot outside! I heard many BOOMS but didnt see one firework....well minus a few ground ones neighbors lit.

On Saturday I will be leaving for 10 days for a mission trip to Tennessee. We will be doing work for people who could use some help. I am looking forward to the trip, as are the youth and other adults! It should be an excellent time of fellowship, service, as well as a great opportunity to love God's people. I just ask that you would pray for our trip! Pray that the small loose ends would come together nicely and that all of us would have safe travels there and back! There are a significant number of people attending (32 students and 16 adults). Also pray that this is a rewarding time for those in Tennessee as well as for the students and adults! I can't wait to update you on this!!! I will have to put in an intermission so you can grab a snack or a drink and then read the rest because that will be a hefty one :)

Hope you are all having a great summer! Enjoy and thanks for reading!!!

Much Love!