The Beginning...

      So right now I'm currently watching the first new episode of the Pretty Little Liars season with my other PLL fans on team (instant bffs). I was soooo excited when I found out there are others who watch it is well, so this next month shall be amazing (:. We have a couple hour break here until supper. I've only been here for two days, but I love it already. When I was on the plane I got to read over half of book #10 of PLL so that was greatttt, and as we proceeded to land the amazing snow-top mountains came into view. I was in complete and utter awe. I was actually smiling because they were so beautiful, and it got me so excited to be in the beautiful city of Seattle.

     The first night here we had a team meeting and got to settle into our dorm rooms (Yes, dorm rooms). They were way bigger than my freshman year dorms in Sheehan at Winona, but it was a huge flash back for me. It gets kinda warm at times, but the closet space is AMAZING!!! I have one roommate and she's pretty awesome. Today we had a little touristic day. We went deeper into downtown, which was absolutely amazing. I felt like I was in New York (coming from a small town girl). We did the Underground Tours, which was sooo interesting. It's a really long story, but basically Seattle used to be under sea level, and a huge fire ended up burning the whole town down so they decided it would be best to build up a level (also to help with the crazy sewage system in the town-not even gunna explain that one). We also went to a park that had an amazing view of a river, mountains, and the Space Needle, which I do believe we get to see during the 3rd week here, or something like that.

     Going downtown was really great, but really sad at the same time. There was sooo many homeless people, and a lot of people asking for money. Also people sitting in raggy clothes just drinking alcohol on the sidewalk. It's a reminder of how much hurt there is in our world, and what I want to do to help fix it. I love that I get to blend my faith, and my future career on this trip. I'm really excited to get into Prison Ministry, work with the inner city people, and the homeless of Seattle. This town needs the love of Jesus, and you can see that around every corner. There are some really beautiful parts of the city, but you can definitely see the difference when you get to the slum areas. I can already see some amazing connections with the people on my team, and I'm so excited to get to know these people more for the next four weeks. I feel like it's going to go by so quickly, and that I'm not gunna want to leave once it's over. And trust me, I'll be taking WAYY TOO many pictures, but I'm perfectly fine with that (:

    Tomorrow we start our work with the Department of Corrections. I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm SOOO excited. I'll keep you updated as the days go (: