My alarm went off at 5:45 am this morning, so that I could arrive at my prayer shift by 6 am…which was a good thing, since I fell back asleep until approximately 5:58 am, when I sprang out of bed and dashed down to the War Room to relieve Raven (at 6:01am). I really like early morning prayer shifts, since they sort of set the tone for the rest of the day, although I mostly just felt tired the rest of the day. But then we had a dance party to the song Solution by Hillsong United (we being myself, Lindsay, Audrey, Liz and Addy…) and I accidentally scraped my own arm which resulted in a heart shaped scab which I am fairly delighted about. Around lunchtime, Raven asked me if I was the one who had relieved her from her prayer shift.
We spent our first day at Midwest a little bewildered (or maybe it was just me), but also I was so happy, all these kids were really welcoming and just want to talk, these two girls made me sit in between them, and started playing with my hair and asking me all these questions about my necklace and the bible verses inside it...
The Majors Michaud fed us heartily, I think we all walked out of there so full, so so full…of food, and just all I could do in the van on the way home was moan a little and sit there waiting for it to digest. I did tell a joke, Moteka had asked me “You need to tell me about Ironic” and I said, “once upon a time there was a young man named Ironic, and on his 18th birthday he received a wonderful gift. It was wrapped in silver and gold paper, and as Ironic unwrapped it he found more paper, and more paper and more paper, and he looked at his parents and said, “Mom, dad…” until finally he had discovered the gift and it was a small spoon.”
-Kirsten Aho
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