Friday, June 11, 2010

my summed up summer (so far)


This summer i am working for an organization called Teameffort. It's a missions camp for jr high and sr high students and i, along with 9 other staff will be leading the missions projects. I don't know if anybody really reads this but this can at least be a good way for me to remember this summer. So off we go...
At the moment i am sitting with two of the 4 girls im living with in our kitchen. We have our own cottage/apartment-type place on none other than Myrtle Beach, SC! One block away from the beach but two feet away from creepers no matter where we go. Seriously, last night while we went to laser tag a random shirtless guy walked into our apartment and terrified megan who was the only one home. We have suspicions that he stole Natalia's grapefruit juice. Either that or our guys staff did. There are 3 of them plus Joe and Caitlyn- our directors. 
So far we've just been setting up camp- the Pier (our hangout/snack place), building bunkbeds and massive quantities of benches (one blister so far and many other scrapes), and stocking our worksites. 
This sunday is when our first batch of campers come and a guy on my staff named Gus and I will be leading a team of about 15 youth in sheetrocking the ceiling of a Korean church and putting in insulation. I've become very Lowes literate over the past few weeks and I feel so boss about it! Ever heard of tapcons and button caps? Yeah, didn't think so. Ill try to figure out how to load pics from my camera on here to show you the humongoid checkout process a few days ago. The receipt would make your knees weak. 
That's all that's on my brain right now. Probably because it's past my bedtime. Im going to tell my fam to try to stay updated with me through this.. so if you guys have any questions, ask away! 
Tomorrow's agenda holds skit practices and some painting... interested? Ill let you know about it tomorrow! It's intense!

2 comments:

Robin Buchanan said...

Miranda,
Sounds like you are having an awesome time. I could have gone without knowing that strange people are coming into your apartment :-( Keep your doors locked. Can't wait to see some pics. I love you much! Mom

David Buchanan said...

Miranda....
Just checking to see if you get this comment! I love you and am very proud that you are Lowe's literate...that means we can go hang out at Lowes and shop together! No more Gap or Mall with Mom, we can go do the Home building thing, won't that be FUN!! Maybe you can help me build a deck in the back yard next Summer? Be careful during your projects and make sure all the guys do the heavy lifting, that's the only reason they were hired. Peace and Blessing, Peace and Blessing!