studying for finals drove the residents of 353 crazy! At about 230 am, Lizzy, Maria, and I decided to make a time lapse video of us putting on as many ridiculous items of clothing as possible.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
APRIL 26
Kelly and Amanda's Birthday Celebration!
My birthday was April 22 and Kelly's was April 23, so we decided to get the Supergroup together for some birthday fun! We went to Captain Sundae's and then we watched the Savages.
APRIL 25
FORT WAR!!!!!
A group of us went down into the Wyckoff basement and we found a HUGE pile of old furniture from Kollen, so we decided to build forts and have a war! Our team put chairs upside down so it was like barbed wire guarding our fort. My team was Andrew, me, David, and Brett. The other team was Paul, Maria, Lizzy, Sam, and Marcus. This night was SO MUCH FUN.
APRIL 24
Maria and I decided we would rather pack than study for finals, and this is what happened to our room. We took the futon out of our room, and we had boxes and clothing and books EVERYWHERE.ALSO: LOST came back today!
Monday, May 5, 2008
APRIL 23
Last day of CASA :(
This is me and Ta'ja (the girl I tutor) and Laura and Esella.
Also, today was Kelly's birthday!
APRIL 22
19th BIRTHDAY!!!
Paul, Maria, and I went to the beach! Here we are with our Friendship Tree.
APRIL 21
Blue Boy ceremony for Marcus.
At the end of each school year, the Blue Boy (pictured here) gets passed down to a Phelps boy who will be a sophomore in Phelps the following year. We all gathered in the Pine Grove and held candles while we waited for Marcus (who was extremely late and Zack interrupted a Bible study to get him haha).
APRIL 19
I went to Prayer House in Grand Rapids. It was my second time going, and I definitely think I want to go more often next year.
Anyways, this verse (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) was painted on the wall and it just kept speaking to me.
"Pray continually and give thanks no matter what happens for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
APRIL 18
It was SO NICE out this day! EVERYONE, literally everyone, was outside in the Pine Grove today. After dinner, Lizzy, Maria, and I rode our bikes down to the Leaf & Bean Coffee Shop for the Ride for Rwanda (www.therideforrwanda.org) benefit show. Afterwards, Kelly, Maria, Dan, Zack, and I went to Wendy's and had a picnic in the grass next to the parking lot. I thought this picture was a good choice for today 1) because I didn't have my camera with me when I was out in the Pine Grove, 2) none of my pictures from the benefit show came out very good, and 3) we got to have a picnic outside because it was so warm!
APRIL 17
Ultimate Frisbee!
We got killed, but we did score the first and last goals! (and one in between)
APRIL 15
I was up until 3:33 finishing my drawings for my portfolio review the next morning at 8:30.
Friday, May 2, 2008
APRIL 13
Marcus was talking about how he wanted dreads after the Gathering, so Trevor teased his hair and made it look great. By great I mean it was a big knot on his head haha.APRIL 12
I took the MTTC and went to the mall. I wasn't feeling well at all, so I laid around a lot. I took a 3 hour nap after dinner (7-10pm) and then I waited up for Maria and Lizzy to get back from IU after seeing FEIST. Then I went to bed and slept in.
APRIL 11
Marcus, David, Katie, Bre, and I went on a Road Rally! One of the things to do was have a picture with your whole team on a dinosaur, so we went to Kollen Park and rode the dinosaur! The road rally was A LOT of fun, and if you would like to see more pictures, you can check out my facebook.
There should be a picture of Feist here, but since I had to take the stupid MMTC (Michigan Test for Teacher Certification) I couldn't go :(
APRIL 10
Okkervil River and the New Pornographers @ the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac.
Afterwards, Paul, Andrew, Brimley, and I watched new episodes of the Office, Scrubs, and 30 Rock at Andrew's and spent the night there.
"Chocolate!
Chocolate!
Chocolate!
Aack!"
APRIL 9
Paul and Marcus @ the Kletz!!!
By far the best Kletz show of the year. For "Heart it Races" by Architecture in Helsinki, a huge group of our friends got up on stage and played percussion. I shook a cup with a beaded necklace in it. It was great!
APRIL 7
This is the show that I drew in Basic Drawing.(Once again, the finished drawing is in a later post).
APRIL 6
BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!
This was one of the first really nice days, and there were SO MANY people outside in the Pine Grove doing homework (or at least pretending to do homework).
APRIL 5
FUN WITHOUT ANDREW WEEKEND!
Andrew leaves Hope a lot to go home and work, and we finally thought of fun things to do without him (we usually sit around for a long time asking each other what we should do when Andrew is gone because he usually coordinates our evenings). We played frisbee golf and then went to Lemonjellos.
MARCH 29
STARS!!! Lizzy, Maria, Jenna, Andrew, Paul, Holly, Brimley, and I all drove to Pontiac to see Stars. SUCH A GOOD SHOW!
MARCH 28
Retirement home dance!Maria, Lizzy, Allison, Katie, and I got dressed up and went to volunteer at a dance at the retirement home. It was awesome because old men can dance so well! I didn't actually get to dance with any old men, but it was a lot of fun watching them teach women and other Hope girls how to dance.
We met one woman named Carol (I think...I can't remember), and she taught us so many dance moves! Fox trot, waltz, etc. etc.
MARCH 27
We cleaned our room! Notice that there is no garbage and no clothing on the floor. We had to clean since the following day (Friday, March 28) was a Junior Visitation Day, and we had our room open for prospective students to see.
MARCH 26
One of our assignments for Basic Drawing was to draw part of Dimnent Chapel. This is the view of the chapel that I chose to draw: the rose window with the balcony chairs leading up to it. (Again, this finished drawing is included in a later post).
MARCH 25
(I'm reallllyyy sorry about this one, Lizzy!)
So Lizzy has these gray sweatpants, and I have a gray sweatshirt, and we realized that they are both from Target and are supposed to go together. It looks ridiculous as one outfit, but we finally got Lizzy to put both pieces on at once.
MARCH 24
I started this drawing of a bike. My plan was to later color the bike, and add in the NYC skyline in the background. (I finished the drawing eventually, and there's a picture of it in a later post). We had to draw the bike in Basic Drawing, and as soon as I heard about the assignment, I immediately thought of all the people on bikes crossing the bridge in NYC as we entered the city, which is why I chose to put the NYC skyline in the background.MARCH 23
Easter! I got to see my entire family, whom I hadn't seen since Christmas.This is me and my beautiful grandma :)
MARCH 22
After 18 hours in the car thanks to a huge blizzard, we finally made it back to Hope around 4am on Saturday (we left Queens, NY at 10am Friday). I slept for a few hours, and then I drove home to celebrate Easter with my family. Here is a picture of the eggs I decorated with my sister.
MARCH 21
Friday morning, which meant it was time to leave New York :(
Here is a picture of our team in front of the Street Life Step Van :)
MARCH 20
Our team had some time off because our work at New Life Fellowship Church got cancelled, so we went to see Horton Hears a Who and then we played Ultimate Frisbee!
MARCH 18
As part of their ministry, Street Life Ministries takes their Step Van to Tompkins Square Park in Lower East Side Manhattan to give soup, lemonade, hot chocolate, and clothing to the homeless and poor every Tuesday. When we pulled up to the park, there were people lined up for almost a block. David, who runs Street Life, has been going to this park for at least 10 years (I think it's been a lot longer than that, though). The people know and respect David, and he's gotten to know a lot of them really well. It was really neat getting the chance to stand around and talk to the homeless people in Tompkins park as they ate their soup. Some people had incredible stories to tell, and I loved getting to hear each and every one of them.
MARCH 17
On our mission trip, we worked with a ministry called Street Life Ministries. All of the mission work they do is on the streets, and part of their ministry involves having prayer stations on the streets of NYC, mainly in Queens. Here is half of our team at one prayer station in Jamaica, Queens. At these prayer stations, we wore big red aprons so people would know we were legit, and not some crazy fanatics standing on the street corners. Our team split up into pairs, and we went to different corners. As people walked by we said "Good Morning" and if anyone stopped we asked them if we could pray for them. Even though most people did not want us to pray for them, it was awesome seeing how happy people would get when we said "hello" or "good morning" to them because they don't get that in the city.
MARCH 16
Our team got a day off, so we went into the city. We went to Battery Park/the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Chinatown, Little Italy, Bryant Park, and Times Square. We also spent a lot of time navigating our way through the subway.
This picture was taken when our group split up, and some of us went to Little Italy. Rachel and I really wanted Cannolis, so when we found a shop that claimed to have the "Best Cannoli on Planet Earth" we had to stop and get some.
MARCH 15
We arrived in New York City around 3 in the afternoon. This is our first view of the city as we crossed the George Washington Bridge.MARCH 14
I spent all day packing, and then at 10pm, my mission team loaded into the van and we began our 14 hour drive to NYC!MARCH 13
I went to Laura's house in Grand Rapids to watch LOST with some friends. Andrew parted his hair and put on these big glasses, and it was hilarious.
MARCH 12
This is Ta'ja, the little girl I tutor through the CASA program here at Hope. The kids got easter baskets, and she loved all the plastic jewelry she got in her basket, so she wore all of it.
MARCH 10
As I was walking back from MMMMMC, I thought the moon looked cool, but it was really hard to get a good picture of it.
MARCH 9
We were all really tired after a long, cold weekend at SpringHill. I had to stay awake so that I could drive us back to Hope.
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