Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Staffing Days 1 & 2

My YWAM Perth staffing career has officially begun. Yesterday was cleaning day and the first day of volunteer staffing for me. We started cleaning at 10:30 AM ish after morning worship - which by the way was awesome.. it sounded like a southern black baptist church it was wonderful! Anyhow so then I cleaned 228 (a massive dorm-style housing building where many students live.. it was loaded with garbage - you should have seen the garbage pile - insanity!) After carrying like 7 layered mattresses back to the base (approx 3 minute walk) and having our hands not only ice cold but also cramping from clinging to the mattress for dear life we were finished for lunch. Then after lunch some went back to 228 and then I stayed and cleaned the classrooms. I had probs one of the most tedious jobs.. scrubbing walls with Jiff. But now I must say that classroom 7 6 5 4 and 1 have the cleanest walls and 1 - 7 have ridiculously clean doors. Kudos to Cazikstan and I for a job well done lol. anyways so that day ended. And after I hung out and Karl and Pandas house with Christian, Sean, and Laura while Panda packed for her Mexico City outreach that she leave on tonight :( sucks. Came home and went to bed. mmm sleep. YAY to the exciting part. I actually did stuff today! After intercession I wondered like a lost kitten with her eyes till shut and legs walbly.. well maybe not that part, but very lost, until I found Landon. He told me that we were going to go shopping for winter camp so I was totally down. After driving around and going to the wrong places and then to more wrong places we finally got to our destination and bought lots of snacks (at discount prices - yay YWAM card) and then headed back and unpacked. After lunch Landon and I planned out how much of every ingredient we would need for 5 days of food with 110 teens and staff. It took us like 4 hours. So imagine pancakes, morning tea, sandwiches, salads, afternoon tea, lasagna, dessert, and snacks and then having to break it down to exactly what you need. so for sandwhiches not just how much bread but how many slices and then how much meat per sandwhich how much lettuce cheese, tomatoe etc..and then convert it all into kgs... "not that easy, not that easy," Anyways we finally finished it and now I'm at home watching How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days which I dont really need advice on since clearly I'm doing a great job at being single. Uhhhh huh! Anyways thats a day in the life... Peace out home skillets.

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