Arizona

What an experience.

Prescott was nothing like what I expected. 

This might be a bit long, just to let you know:

From Monday to Friday, we went to a family's house that was about 15 minutes away, and throughout the whole week, we restored the deck they had and landscaped all around his house. We'd work for about an hour every day.. I know it doesn't sound fun, but surprisingly, it really was. Hard work really does pay off, because when it was finished, it looked totally different. And plus, I got 12 hours of community service for it.. SWEET =) There would be afternoon activities almost every day.. We played football one day, & then there was a basketball tournament. I seriously didn't want to play, but they needed another girl so they dragged me in. I'm so glad I joined though.. it was one of the highlights of the week =) We made tye-dye shirts one day.. but someone stole mine. But then a kind friend gave me his.. even though it was 2 sizes too big. And mud volleyball, can't forget that. Oh boy, what to say about that? Well, I'll let the pictures explain it. Never done anything like that in my life.. Haha. & then there was a pool party.. with veggie hotdogs & burgers, of course. The night time meetings were amazing. Heather & I were in a watermelon eating contest.. Yeah, that's all I'll say about that. The speakers + praise team were great. We had to split up into small groups for the rest of the week.. I'm so thankful I ended up in the group I was in. It was.. pretty life-changing. It made me realize a lot of things, and I grew closer with a few people because of it. Well, it's really hard to describe the week because this entry honestly doesn't do it justice. There's so much more, but I'll just leave it at that. I'll just finish this off by saying that this past week was pretty sweet. I met amazing people, did things I never would've thought I would do, & grew closer to God from the whole experience. I was truly blessed by this past week & it really showed me how God can work & speak through other people. Thank you Heather so much for bringing me =)