Arrival

I am currently sitting in my room at Seattle Pacific University, overlooking the city. What a dream come true! God has been preparing me and the rest of the team for a while now, and we're finally here. It seems so surreal.

I left the Wichita airport around 9:30 this morning, and after stopping in Dallas, I arrived in Seattle around 2:20 PM. After traveling through 2 time zones, I am so exhausted! I think it might take me a few days to get used to the time change. Both flights were great. I had 2 seats to myself on the first flight because the seat next to me was broken. Unfortunately, due to my sleep deprivation over the last few days, I couldn't control my sleeping habits on the plane. So I might have waken up a couple of times finding drool coming out of my mouth or already on my shirt. Hopefully nobody saw me. Hah. My second flight was 3 hours, and I spent about an hour of it talking to the lady next to me who was coming to visit Seattle. I love talking about life with random people.

So it finally came time for "Uncle Tom" (Thomas Durrant - the leader of the project) and his crew to come pick me up. Right after a few other team members and I boarded the bus, we were already on our way to our first project. We were taken to a block party at an apartment complex, where the other team members that had already arrived were waiting. We helped out for a couple of hours, then we went back to the airport to pick up a couple more people. Then we came to the campus for the first time to get settled in. My roommate's name, ironically, is Katie. I guess it will be practice for next year.

After unpacking, we all ate dinner and starting bonding. Everyone in our group is getting along great! I can already tell that we'll be forming really great friendships. There are people from all over the United States, coming from Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Virginia, Florida, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Conneticut. All different kinds of people here for one purpose. I can't wait to see how God is going to use us!