End of week 2!!!

Run down of the weekend...
Saturday morning was spent playing with kids in local areas of need, bringing groceries to these people, and just showing them love. It was fun, but also opened my eyes to the needs we all have in our cities. These children went nuts over candy and clothes we brought them. Many of them were running around with their pants falling down because they were way too big. There are so many ways we can all be impacting the lives of those that live near us and bringing the love of Christ to them. We are commanded by God to take care of our poor, our widows, and our children yet so many of our ministries are focused on having fun and fellow-shipping with each other. While that is great, we are forgetting that the simplest acts of going into these communities of need such as the projects can impact the kids in that area in a huge way. 
That afternoon my discipleship group went into Marion Square downtown to practice sharing our faith. In pairs we split up and using Solarium we approached pairs of young women and asked them to take the survey. We got to talk to 2 pairs of girls. The first pair was difficult, even though one was Christian she seemed uninterested in talking to us and the other wasn't either. It was difficult getting to know them and we didn't even get the chance to share the gospel or our own faith. The next pair was an exciting conversation that could have gone on for a long time had they not had to get back to work. We were talking to 2 girls who worked at a wholistic spa and one claimed to be a wiccan. They had such interesting responses and we hope to visit them and continue to talk and share the gospel. We are really praying that the Lord will be working in their hearts and preparing them for the gospel as we find the time to talk to them. 
Saturday night is our designated project social evening and we went roller skating, so much harder than roller blading! I took out a kid and crashed multiple times trying to avoid people and walls! So did lots of other people though so it was pretty fun!
Today we finally got to do laundry!!! Yay for clean clothes! Everyone is paired up with another student on project and given a host family from the church to hang out with on Sundays and do laundry. It is such a blessing to be in a home and have people willing to take us in. Mine is a newlyish married couple who lives almost downtown, a 5 minute drive from our hotel and church. It is just about our only free afternoon, and I love spending it getting to know new people!
Tonight I will be videotaping my testimony and it will later be posted on youtube and FB, so I'll let you know when it is up! Monday night at project dinner I will be sharing it with the whole project! 
Thanks for tuning in!