Saturday night my friend Karl was having a birthday party. He's one of the three leaders of my life group through church. Him, and two other guys were all celebrating their birthdays together to throw a themed party. Specifically, a robot and/or pirate themed party. Having only had a few minutes to pull my costume together, I went as a pirate. (but sort of looked like a gypsy).
It was incredible how all out some people went!! There were three girls who wore the same thing: robots and their outfits were made out of those silver car window shields designed to keep the sun out. Cute.
My friend William looked like Rambo: I was completely ready to give him total crap for not sticking with the theme, until he told me he was a Somalian Pirate. Very clever.
Two guys were wearing DVDs around their necks.... movie pirates.
It was really fun!! Dance party, robot battles, robots vs. pirates... pretty epic.
And Sunday was this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful day. The sun was shining, there was a cool breeze, I was wearing a skirt and flip flops (or jandals as they call them here). I went to church in the morning, was so inspired by the message that I ran up to my room, grabbed my quiet time journal and some homework, ran back down to the Waterfront and spent a good 6 hours in the sun, reading my Bible and then doing some work--all the while listening to worship music. I got SO much done, and I spent a glorious day in God's beauty!! And then I went to evening service, where the message was incredible. I got home around 9, talked to my roommate for an hour, and then went to hang out with my buddy Lenny. I got there around 10:30... and we talked till 2 am. It's probably the longest conversation I've had with anyone here and it was good!
Finally today, I skipped class so I could go with my group to visit Parliament! Our tour guide was very quirky and had a great sense of humor. But we got to see just about everything that we were allowed to and that was really neat. We even got the privilege of seeing John Key's car (the Prime Minister).... that would NEVER happen in DC. Obama has to have 3 other decoy cars and two Air Force Ones. Security here is definitely lax in comparison!
It's been a pretty good weekend. :D
Girl, it sounds like you are having a FABULOUS time! I'm so glad. Yeah for God and his blessings!!
ReplyDeleteI like the guys who wore DVDs around their necks... very clever! =)