hello beautifuls,

i am back from my trip.

and it was interesting...i mean it was fun, but i never knew so much drama could go on at a youth group trip.

alright here is how the trip went day by day:

Wednesday: We left at like 430ish in the afternoon, there was like 80 people on this trip and we only had 4 vans to put us all in. it was RIDCULIOUS. On the way there Maddie and I rode in this womans van, she was the youth pastor at Broad Street Christians, she was such a nice person, but her van had sooo many malfunctions. it would constantly swerve on the road and we got lost one time, because someone cut her off so we couldnt get on the right exit. We finally got to West Virigina around midnight, it was suchhh a long trip. The girls got to stay in a youth house and the guys in the church. We got couchs and chairs to sleep in, while they got the floor hahahah(:

Thursday: Everyone woke up at around like 730-8 and breakfest was at 8:15 we all had to go over to the guys church and eat there, after that we would have a 15 minute devotion in our journals that talked about God and stuff. Then we got in those awful vans and headed for Winterplace. When we got there we had to go to the lobby and listen to some old guy tell us the rules and fill out rental waivers, it took forever! Finally after that and after going through the long line to get your bib, boots, and ski/snowboard, you were ready to go. Maddie and I we went snowboading, and let me tell you, we SUCKKKKK at it. The hard parts are just getting on the board, and stopping it. i would get one foot on and then couldnt get the other one because it would slip away. And on this day, it was so cold the snow was more like ice, so it was really slippery. We gave up on snowboarding and decided to go snowtubing! it was $12.50 per person for two hours, so Maddie, Allison and I went from 3-5, (we had to leave the resort at 6) it was so much fun!!! like that was the funnest things we did the whole trip. But...this day had a terrible side too...on the paper we got of the rules that we had to follow on this trip the number 1 rule was no alcohol, drugs or tobacco..and what do people do? they smoke cigarettes, and some people even weed! everyone thought they were being sneaky about it, but our youth pastor, Tom, found out about it...and he was so upset and sad and mainly just disappointed in people. The two problems were peoples language, and the smoking. So after we had dinner he called us in the guys church and we had to all have a meeting and bring our ski lift tickets. Tom started talking by going over the rules, and he was upset, Maddie and I had noticed this all day, and we finally figured out why..he was just so upset and disappointed..he started crying and was just telling us how much he loved us, and how much God loved us, and he said he should cut up some of our ski lift tickets, but instead..he cut his own up, which meant he couldnt go skiing or snowboarding the next day. it was TERRIBLE. i was in tears, because Tom is such a nice and sweet person and seeing him like that was just...i dont even know. i have never seen him mad or upset ever before, so it was a shock. he does so much for people, most of the people who were the problem, were the ones he paided for to let go on this trip. so its like he always gets slapped in the face. it made me sad and angry.

Friday: Everyone woke up and had the same schedule, breakfest, then Winterplace. Maddie and I were still really upset about the previous night with Tom, so we didnt even plan on going snowboarding that day, we had planned to stay in the lodge all day and play games. Then, Tom walked up to us and seemed to be in a little bit of a better mood. We talked about how the numbers 6 and 9 were so much alike and how they should be changed. (Maddie, Crystal and I were playing Uno, thats how the conversation got started), and he was laughing and joking with us, so that made us feel better. Maddie and I ate lunch and decided to go try snowboarding again. Maddie got a little bit better at it, while i still sucked at it. So then we went snowtubing again with Allison and her boyfriend Cody, it was fun with four people. So Friday was a better day.

Saturday: Since Friday was our last day of snowboarding and skiing everyone did service projects all day. My group, Maddie, Carmen, Mary, Bubba, Justin, Jesse, Chris, Tom, Ms. Suzanne, and I we cleaned this pregancy place, they help like teenagers or adults who are pregnant and need help with supplies and support, well we cleaned the place from top to bottom. then after that we went to a food pantry place and helped them out with bagging pinto beans and rice. we got 270 pounds of pinto beans bagged and almost a 1000 pounds of rice bagged, it was alot of fun, the guys helped us girls and we had a little competition, till it got crazy and Tom called it off hahaha, he was being just as competitive as us. it was 3 shopping carts full of bags of rice hahah. Afterwards Tom got us all Starbucks, i love him(: well, at the churchs we are staying at the sewer system has reallly really messed up. like badddd, so everyone had to go to the wade center and take showers that night, the wade center is a place that helps teens that runaway and stuff. well some kids decided to go smoke some cigarettes, and who catches them? Tom. Maddie and I walked outside to the group walking to the door with Tom and he was soo upset, again! I could have punched them in the face! We had finally gotten him in a great mood again and of course this happens! it was really sad and depressing. He finally got better at devotion, when he was singing and playing guitar, it was really great. He has one of the best voices ever.

and Sunday: We left at 8:45 and got back to New Bern at 3:30.

So it was an good and bad trip.


Anyways tomorrow school starts again, and the rules start!!!

i got told we cant wear clear pieces.
this is ridculious.
i hate the principal..

well im going to do my hair and back my bag for school..
wish me luck?

-lovee youu
lauralovee