A line from Juneau: the past week or so...

A week ago, Friday, all of us on project went to a camp ran by the United Methodist Church for out service project. The group that I was with worked on clearing out and organizing a storage shed that was FULL of the most random things! In the afternoon, we went down town for outreach. Becky (my roommate) and I paired up and walked the streets to see who we'd run into. We ended up talking to a couple for about 2 hours. Their names were John and Gloria. From about 10 minutes into conversation until we left, Gloria's eyes were tearing up. This couple does believe in Christ as their Lord and Savior and they are possibly the happiest people I have ever met, however it was difficult to really tell what their faith was like. That is between them and God though and not something I could ever really know about them. Their outlook on life was so positive and optimistic that is truly was encouraging to talk with them! They were traveling, not on a large cruise, as most everyone else who visits Juneau is, but on a smaller 30-something passenger ship. They returned to Juneau this past Friday and took Becky and I out to dinner.
Following outreach in the city, we had a "teen lock-in". We invited lots of teenagers from Juneau and had a great turnout! The night was spend playing games, attending a few seminars, and just hanging out. It was a great time for us all to bond with teens of Juneau and each other on project. During the afternoon following the lock-in, we hosted a dodgeball tournament. Considering a good portion of us got no sleep during the lock-in, we may not have had the energy we could have had during dodgeball, but it was still a great time! Lots of people we invited from Juneau came out to participate in the tournament!
My work schedule for ATA became really inconsistent and after a huge lack of hours of work, I was given permission by the project directer to look for a new job. Last Tuesday, I filled out an application for Heritage Coffee Co., interviewed, was hired, and actually began working all in the same day! Now, I am working, for sure, mon- thursday mornings from 7am to 10-ish and then I will give Canoe tours from 10am-3:30pm. My first day was great! I'm so glad to actually have coworkers now and I love working as a barista again!

More of the events and things I have been doing are shown in the photos...