day 2

well i tried to post last night but it didnt work and i had been running for 22 hours so it didnt make it.

i made it to el paso safe and sound and on time. I had to leave the house at 330 AM and flew from raleigh to nashville, nashville to austin, and austin to el paso. Yea it was a long ride. From austin to el paso i met a girl by the name of courtney who is also attending YIM but is going to India. It was great to get to talk to somebody else about everything and see what they had in store for them. as soon as we got to the church we are staying at, we didnt stop until 10 o clock mountain time (12 o clock at home for you guys) yea it was crazy. It was great ton get started though. We learned a lot about our strengths and how to apply them and work with others who are not like us.

this morning we had to be at breakfast at 8 and then it was off to our morning worship time. We learned about the mark of our baptism. It was really cool to be in this service because we got to remember our mark by having water sprinkled on our faces. It was neat because i do not remember my baptism as I was a baby. It also showed me that there are people around me who our just like me in a sense. We then loaded up and headed to a park where we did activities with blind folds. We had to get our selves in birthday order with out talking or seeing anything...first 6 months did pretty good but i do not know what happened to the others! haha and then we had to be lead around blindfolded and that was great. We learned to trust others and stay together. and just kind of go with the flow. It was really a great experience. We are now waiting to have a health talk and then they said we will be experiencing extreme training.

Just a heads up, our schedule says we will not be leaving until tuesday at 415 AM so we will have a day of rest and repacking which will be great! so please continue to pray and keep us all in your thoughts!

-Devon