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Kristin Kay
Summit Ministries
Box 207 or 935 Osage Ave.
Manitou Springs, CO 80829

and i'm back!

my computer was MIA for a day or two... it had a higher calling upon it. actually Doc Noebel's son-in-law was using it. i really wanted to get it back in time to watch webcampus today... i caught the second half and it was AMAZING. we serve an awesome God.

saturday was more hard work... cleaning the classroom and lobby. i got to sew up a couch. learned how to do an invisible stitch from lisa. I FOUND TEA BAGS AND SUGAR!! so sweet tea was made. i actually really like the cold brew bags because it is a pain to heat up water in large doses. last night we had salmon, couscous, and an amazing strawberry salad for dinner... i am so spoiled. then i went to sophias again for meghan's birthday :) then went back to the honkens to watch a movie. we watched the tale of desperaux or something like that and i didn't like it... it scared me now! can you imagine watching it as a child?

today (sunday/mothersday) is our day off. so i woke up around 8:15 and got some breakfast. then read Acts for a while. we took a starbucks run because we ran out of coffee in the hotel (tragic). we made grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch. played a game of monopoly with jenny and mike (guess who won...) while lauren and ryan watched youtube videos on my phone. then i just watched the second half of the service and i'm waiting for dinner at 6:30.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MOM!!!! i saw you now have twitter :) i totally messed up the grammer this morning... but i fixed it! mother whom i truly-uly love! i got your emails... i didn't know what the pics were of and i was downloading the first one on my phone. i jumped and made a funny noise and everyone looked at me. i hope it heals well! i'm probably going to tell you all of this in a second when i call... but you can come back and read it whenever you want :)

some pics.

i've been taking some pictures and putting them on facebook. here is the link.

yesterday was more work... i mostly scrubbed sinks, showers, and floors. inhaled some more comet up the nose. had fajitas and strawberry shortcake for dinner. then we all went to sophias which is a greek orthodox coffee shop down the road a little. i had a chai frap and it was really good. it was fun sitting outside and talking to everyone. the weather has been really nice.

i got back to my room and was getting ready for bed when i saw a cricket-like bug on my dresser... so i killed it and flushed it. but then i had a dream in which i killed three more cricket-like bugs, a rather large spider, and some other bug i can't remember.

today was more cleaning... we finished the third floor and the dungeon (half of the second floor). then we worked on the dining room for a while... others dusted and swept while i mopped the floor. i like mopping wood floors that have been swept. the wood is so pretty! tomorrow is when we are going to clean the kitchen... it is going to be really hard work but i'm so ready for it to be clean!!

we played apples to apples tonight after dinner (we being me, lauren, tori, jenny, mike, and brian) and it was fun! i almost won... the green cards you win are supposed to describe you. mine said I am cool & collected, cozy, gloomy, up & coming, dark, old & wise, tried & true, and dead & gone. i'm not sure about that last one quite yet.

you know you're at summit when...

so day 1 of work was fun! the kitchen is still being worked on by ben, so we started on the fourth floor. we almost finished! or it seemed that way... we will probably have to go back and do stuff we missed. i spent most of the time scrubbing sinks with comet. that stuff is intense. i accidentally inhaled some... so it probably killed any flu i had. also scrubbed some showers, tubs, floors, windows...

dinner was delicious as usual. spaghetti with italian chicken sausage in the sauce or something like that... and a salad that had a lot of fruit in it. brittany and ryan came by to visit and it was really good to see them. the honkens don't have a tuesday night tv show they like to watch, so we just talked about random things. eventually we started talking about homeschooling vs other types of education, parenting, and the gospel for hours. ahhh i missed this place!

got back to the room and the roomies were reading. lindy had brought us antie annie's pretzels... AMAZING. i slept hard. and once again i was up at seven this morning. about to go eat breakfast.

goooood morning.

flights went well yesterday... my bag was 49.5 lbs :) i am not dead with flu... yet. i have two roomates so far: jenny and lauren and they are awesome. we unpacked and took a walmart run. i only spent $25. then dinner at the honkens' house at 6:30 which is always amazing and delicious. we had grilled chicken, green beans, and salad. for dessert olivia and tori made dark chocolate brownies, put them in a waffle bowl with strawberries and vanilla ice cream on top... not even kidding. we watched 24 all together and then went to bed.

morning. so we are supposed to be ready to work by 9. but that is 11am my time so it is kinda sleeping in. remember: mountain time is 2 hours difference. so i'm going to go get breakfast. and then work hard.

airports.

finally on the way! time flies.

i have a whopping two hours to spare here in the charlotte airport so i thought i'd let you know what's up. i am wearing my new pink cowboy hat. but i forgot my medical mask. my mom is going to freak. i promise i didn't do it on purpose!! i left it on my bed. so say a prayer i don't get swine flu.

i have a long week of hard manual labor ahead of me... well it is mostly cleaning. but hard work nontheless. and carrying buckets of water up multiple flights of stairs is my favorite part.

not sure what my job will be yet. most likely kitchen. unless i get a surprise job :)

this is kinda surreal. i have another hour until we even board so i'm thinking of watching some tv online.

home again

and here are the things i missed the most: trees and air conditioning. i sure didn't miss the humidity!!

so on the first flight yesterday, i sat beside jess: a girl that was on staff with me. i'm glad we had the same flight cause it made it a little easier to leave COS airport. i have two pages left in mere christianity that i need to finish before we leave for hilton head... not sure what book i'm going to read next. either abolition of man or love the lord with all your mind.

when i got to the airport, my sister and taylor had signs to welcome me :) and they had written all over the car. it said "welcome home! finally" then we went to p.f. changs and it was delicous. i had the chicken lettuce wraps. yum :) and clay, brian, and mckenzie came to say hello. then on the way home we listened to the new elevation cd twice.

the plan for the rest of the summer: hilton head for a week. i get back to ltown next sunday. then chill with friends till the 29th or something close and go to New York City. ironic STORY kinda made me feel a little famous. which is weird. then get back to ltown around aug 2nd or 3rd and then school mid august!! which i am excited about cause i am a nerd.

i don't know if i'll continue blogging or not. i might just do it for therapy. but i'll prolly start another one so this one stays for summit. might need it next year :)