Life on Project

Tomorrow begins week four of project. I can't believe that we're already almost a third of the way through the summer! It has been flying by. I've already learned so much and had so much fun.I've been working at the Boardwalk for two weeks now, and I love it. I'm a ride operator in Area 3 which is made up of mostly kiddie rides. It's so great to see all the kids having fun.

 

My favorite ride to work at is Logger's Revenge because I get to have conversations with coworkers and have views like this: 

  Last Sunday, we had Women's Night at this place called Dream Inn. It was so much fun. We took lots of pictures, had a wonderful dinner, endless coffee and tea, and talked. It was so great getting to know some of the other girls on project. Before we left to walk to Women's Night, we all gathered outside and the guys sang to us and gave us each a rose. It was so wonderful and was a great picture of our brothers in Christ showing us that they care for us. We all walked to the hotel together. We were all dressed up and carrying roses, so we got a lot of weird looks, but it was a lot of fun.

Becca, one of my 5 roommates, & I

Sarah & I

Lauryn, Sarah, & I

Our beautiful view during Women's Night

This past Wednesday, we went to take a project photo at the lighthouse. We all wore our school shirts and hung out at the cliffs. It was a beautiful place. The beach we were at is known for surfing and cliff jumping.

 

 Last night, we had our first theme party of the summer. It was called "Hipster till Your Hips Hurt." We all dressed up like hipsters (even though I don't really understand what that means). We invited coworkers, and a lot of them came! We had a coffee bar, open mic night, and dancing. I learned how to shag dance. Apparently it's a North Carolina thing. It was fun and not hard. We also did line dances which are my favorite! At the end of the night, there were a ton of spiritual conversations happening. Some people would just walk in off the street and want to know what was going on. A group of four people saw us doing Solarium with a couple of people and came up and asked what we were doing. I explained what it was and they wanted to do it! It was the first time I had ever used Solarium, so I was a little nervous. I asked on of my friends to help me, so he came over to help. Another group walked in from the street, so he went over to them and stayed with the group. We had some really awesome conversations, but we never got to the Gospel. I'm definitely getting for comfortable with evangelism and learning that it's actually fun. I'm also learning that people are actually willing to listen to other points of view.

I'm loving life here in Santa Cruz, and I can't wait to see what else the summer holds. 
I'm still raising support for the summer, and I'm about $800 away from my goal. 

Prayer requests:

• support raising
• relationships with coworkers
• rest
• personal growth
• unity among the project
• freedom from distractions

 I would love to hear from you this summer!

In Christ,
Tabi