Today, being Saturday, was a lazy day. I slept in until 9:30, which does mean I missed breakfast but that is ok because there is always bread and fruit available for a snack.
And actually, some of the people went to watch the Baja 500 which is today. I didn't really want to go though because I find cars and racing practically pointless.
Those of us who didn't go to see the race went out to a taco stand for lunch. I had a fish taco, a shrimp taco and a coke. I have had fish tacos before and I love them, but today was the first time I had tasted a shrimp taco and it was delicious. The shrimp were deep fried and topped with some sort of sauce (I think it was sour cream but I wasn't sure) and cabbage.
Tonight, there is a sleepover party for all of the kids that live on the base. There is actually quite a few of them. Levi, Asher, Noah, Tiana and Micah Kemp, Jeanette, Corey and Sophia Ochoa, and Joey and Emily Moss are the kids that live on the base. There are other kids whose parents work on base, but they live elsewhere. I am planning on helping with that for most of the evening, when I am not doing other things with the other MA staff.
Well I am going to go to walmart now so ttyl. Abi
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
One Voice
This morning after breakfast, the Ensenada base participated in One Voice. One Voice is where multiple YWAM bases in a multitude of countries come together through video streaming for worship. Today, the groups that participated were located in: Ensenada (duh), Chile, Argentina, Brazil, England, Switzerland, Nashville, and one more whose name escapes me. I think there was a total of about 335 people that participated.
It was really cool to be able to see a bunch of people who don't speak the same language come together to worship the God who unites us all. There were some technical difficulties that caused some annoyance but overall it was great. Each of the different locations took a turn leading a few songs.
We were lucky because it was 8 am here when it started. Some of the groups got up in the middle of their night to meet with us all. It was an amazingly epic experience.
After One Voice was done, the MA staff met and a guy named Mitch spoke with us about team unity. I was really glad he did that because I think that in order for the 11 (soon to be 12) of us to make an effective team, we need to be able to be united with each other. At the end, we all made a commitment to each other to give the best of ourselves to the others in our group.
I think we are going to have a great summer.
Hasta Manana! Abi
P.S. I forgot to talk about Jacob in my post yesterday. I wasn't sure that he was going to be a part of our MA staff.
Jacob: aged 16, looks about 20 (its the beard and dread locks), originally from England, currently lives on base with his family, plays bass in the band sometimes, nice guy.
Adios for real now! Abi
It was really cool to be able to see a bunch of people who don't speak the same language come together to worship the God who unites us all. There were some technical difficulties that caused some annoyance but overall it was great. Each of the different locations took a turn leading a few songs.
We were lucky because it was 8 am here when it started. Some of the groups got up in the middle of their night to meet with us all. It was an amazingly epic experience.
After One Voice was done, the MA staff met and a guy named Mitch spoke with us about team unity. I was really glad he did that because I think that in order for the 11 (soon to be 12) of us to make an effective team, we need to be able to be united with each other. At the end, we all made a commitment to each other to give the best of ourselves to the others in our group.
I think we are going to have a great summer.
Hasta Manana! Abi
P.S. I forgot to talk about Jacob in my post yesterday. I wasn't sure that he was going to be a part of our MA staff.
Jacob: aged 16, looks about 20 (its the beard and dread locks), originally from England, currently lives on base with his family, plays bass in the band sometimes, nice guy.
Adios for real now! Abi
Thursday, June 3, 2010
People here
Today, I will start by telling about the other Mission Adventure Summer Staffers (like myself).
Currently, there are 5 girls:
Me: aged 17 3/4 from Bemidji MN
Hailey: aged 23 (i think) from Red Bluff California, finished her DTS a while ago, pretty nice
Fernanda: aged 22 from here in Ensenada or nearby here, also pretty nice
Libby: aged 20 (i think) from somewhere in England, cool accent, just finished her DTS
Beth: aged 20ish (i think) Also from somewhere in England, also has a sweet accent, just finished her DTS with Libby= they are really close
And our 6th girl arriving on june 9th (happy birthday Laura) is Megan: aged early 17, also from somewhere in England, good friends with Libby and Beth
And the male type humanoids, currently numbering 5:
Caleb: aged 16, originally from Canada, living in Tijuana (makes for some interesting futbol rivalries~he is from TJ but staffing in Ensenada) fairly cool
Alex: aged 19, from sacramento, was also summer staff last summer so i knew him, kind of a goof ball
Ivan: aged 19, from Ensenada, on the DTS with Beth and Libby=good friends with them, not too bad
Matt: aged 20, from Red Bluff, worked @ TJ base last summer, friends with Hailey, was with when I was picked up at the airport, quite the gentleman
Adam: aged 23, from England (lots of Brits around here), was also with at the airport, only staying for 7 weeks, nice guy
There are other people that I have met but I am getting tired of typing.
I would tell what we did today but it wasn't too exciting: just cleaning up the base, decorating and cleaning the worship hall, eating food, and chillaxing.
Anyways, I am going to go be social so ttyl. Abi
Currently, there are 5 girls:
Me: aged 17 3/4 from Bemidji MN
Hailey: aged 23 (i think) from Red Bluff California, finished her DTS a while ago, pretty nice
Fernanda: aged 22 from here in Ensenada or nearby here, also pretty nice
Libby: aged 20 (i think) from somewhere in England, cool accent, just finished her DTS
Beth: aged 20ish (i think) Also from somewhere in England, also has a sweet accent, just finished her DTS with Libby= they are really close
And our 6th girl arriving on june 9th (happy birthday Laura) is Megan: aged early 17, also from somewhere in England, good friends with Libby and Beth
And the male type humanoids, currently numbering 5:
Caleb: aged 16, originally from Canada, living in Tijuana (makes for some interesting futbol rivalries~he is from TJ but staffing in Ensenada) fairly cool
Alex: aged 19, from sacramento, was also summer staff last summer so i knew him, kind of a goof ball
Ivan: aged 19, from Ensenada, on the DTS with Beth and Libby=good friends with them, not too bad
Matt: aged 20, from Red Bluff, worked @ TJ base last summer, friends with Hailey, was with when I was picked up at the airport, quite the gentleman
Adam: aged 23, from England (lots of Brits around here), was also with at the airport, only staying for 7 weeks, nice guy
There are other people that I have met but I am getting tired of typing.
I would tell what we did today but it wasn't too exciting: just cleaning up the base, decorating and cleaning the worship hall, eating food, and chillaxing.
Anyways, I am going to go be social so ttyl. Abi
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Orientation day
Today, we were intorduced to some of the special areas on the base. First we saw the hospitality room which is where all the cleaning supplies and extra bedding are kept. Then we went to one of the rooms and Amy, the person in charge of hospitality, showed us how she expected the rooms to be cleaned. Thankfully, our main role in cleaning the rooms is to tell the students staying there how to clean it. I am good at supervising and delegating.(; Of course, if they don't do a satisfactory job, then we have to clean the room ourselves.
After that, we were introduced to the kitchen. I didn't really need an intro though because I helped cut up fruit the first night when I was bored. That didn't take too long.
Then we had free time and lunch, which was a baked potato bar and salad.
After lunch, we had some more free time so I called my mom, grandma and sisters and chatted for a bit.
Then, we split up into a group making a photo board and a group planning some skits. I went with the skit group. We didn't really get much accomplished though because noone really had any stellar ideas. I think we will be meeting tomorrow to brainstorm some more.
Now, I am just waiting for supper.
And I don't remember what we are doing for the rest of the day so I will find out and report it at a later time.
Tomorrow, I will take some time and tell about the other MA staff. Right now, I am gonna go do other things.
TTYL Abi
After that, we were introduced to the kitchen. I didn't really need an intro though because I helped cut up fruit the first night when I was bored. That didn't take too long.
Then we had free time and lunch, which was a baked potato bar and salad.
After lunch, we had some more free time so I called my mom, grandma and sisters and chatted for a bit.
Then, we split up into a group making a photo board and a group planning some skits. I went with the skit group. We didn't really get much accomplished though because noone really had any stellar ideas. I think we will be meeting tomorrow to brainstorm some more.
Now, I am just waiting for supper.
And I don't remember what we are doing for the rest of the day so I will find out and report it at a later time.
Tomorrow, I will take some time and tell about the other MA staff. Right now, I am gonna go do other things.
TTYL Abi
First official day
Well, today was my first official day on base. It wasn't half bad. I slept through breakfast which was from 7:30 to 8. I needed the sleep more. Thankfully they always have bread and peanut butter and jelly available. Then, we had a time of worship and then took care of some paperwork. After lunch we talked about the fundamental beliefs of ywam and played some "getting to know you" games. They were quite entertaining. This evening, we all drove to Tijuana for a futbol game between the Ensenada base team and the Tijuana base team. Ensenada beat Tj in the last minute. I can't say that I enjoyed watching a sport that I am clueless about but I did enjoy holding Samuel, a 3 month old whose mother was with the Tj group. He was adorable. Then on our way back to Ensenada, we stopped at a strip mall food court and got a late supper.
Basically, that is what I did today. There was other stuff but that is the major part. Anyways, Adios Amigos y Amigas. Abi
Basically, that is what I did today. There was other stuff but that is the major part. Anyways, Adios Amigos y Amigas. Abi
Monday, May 31, 2010
Ensenada
Well, I made it. The flight was uneventful. After I got picked up, we went to In&Out Burger. (We being me, Kathy-the person who picked us up, Matt-a guy from somewhere in northern California, and Adam-a guy from somewhere in England) It was good.
The drive here seemed to take forever especially because we stopped several times. We made it though.
For the most part, nothing has changed on the base except that they got rid of the game room )= Oh well. I will get over it.
Right now, everything is really confusing here because there are still people here from the DTS. Some of them are leaving but I'm not sure which ones. Also, alot of the people are from other places i.e. Canada, New Zealand, England, Switzerland and I'm not sure where else, so there is a lot of different accents that makes understanding what people are saying a lot complicated. Tomorrow though, we start our training so hopefully things will get straightened out a bit.
Well, I am going to go socialize so TTFN, Abi
The drive here seemed to take forever especially because we stopped several times. We made it though.
For the most part, nothing has changed on the base except that they got rid of the game room )= Oh well. I will get over it.
Right now, everything is really confusing here because there are still people here from the DTS. Some of them are leaving but I'm not sure which ones. Also, alot of the people are from other places i.e. Canada, New Zealand, England, Switzerland and I'm not sure where else, so there is a lot of different accents that makes understanding what people are saying a lot complicated. Tomorrow though, we start our training so hopefully things will get straightened out a bit.
Well, I am going to go socialize so TTFN, Abi
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Oh boy!!!! Get ready for a wild ride.
Well, so far, I have made it to Minneapolis without any major problems, so praise God for that. And I don't think I forgot anything!!! Tonight I am staying at my aunt's house in the cities. Tomorrow morning, my plane leaves at 6:13 am. That means that I will have to be to the airport by 4:00am to allow plenty of time to make it through security and find my gate. To get there at 4, I will need to leave my aunt's house by about 3:30. In order to be able to leave at 3:30, I will probably need to get up by about 2:45 am. I am seriously wondering whether it would be better to just not bother going to sleep at all. JUST KIDDING! I definitely need sleep tonight especially since I only got about 4 hours last night due to the senior party. I am actually contemplating going to sleep right now but I can't because I need to spend some time with my family, which I should be doing right now so TTFN.
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