the past 10 days.

i mean really? 10 days? they went by so fast! haha well i meant to write earlier because there has been so much to write about! :) what a fun past week. ok here goes,

so last week the interns worked monday (our day off) so that we could get wed. off and head up to philly for another chic-fil-a opening. there were 20 of us either from the ranch or associated with the ranch in some way. needless to say there were over 100 people there so we had to do the drawing and we all got it! guess what, i was number 100 again!! for the 2nd time in a row i waited for 99 names to be called to hear mine called! it was so awesome, but so nerve wrecking! ugh, but yay! so that was a fun night and morning when i got my 52 free meals! i love chic fil a and their food! :)

friday evening hannah, taco, ryan, sarah, and i went to the baltimore blast soccer game to recruit some campers and get the name of the ranch out in the city. it was a youth group event sponsored by shine fm and liberty university. so there was a soccer game and then a hawk nelson concert. so when the concert started hannah and i were up front rocking out :) it was a fun evening! dess and bill were hosting the retreat so they weren't able to go. saturday we just cleaned 3 cabins up at fort roller.. they were filthy and it was pouring down rain so it was chilly and wet. we pretty much cleaned all day.

sunday i was able to go to church again for the 2nd time in a row! woohoo.. i have been going to a church called Mountain Christian Church in joppa, md. ;) i love the church. it's huge like i mean huge! i never really enjoyed big churches because i felt like it was hard to make a family. i realized you have to plug yourself in and join small groups and other groups to meet more people. i don't have the time for it, but i now see how it works. i love the preaching. i was pretty spoiled back in lynchburg because my pastor there preached expositionally (not a word) so i was being fed the word and lots of it every sunday. mountain church pastors normally do topical preaching which is great too, but a lot of times pastors lack the word. not at mountain.. i am fed the word while relating it to certain topics so i am very grateful for that.. this sunday i went to a class they offer for people interested in knowing more about mountain and becoming members if that is what people would want to do. i am interested in joining if i stay in the area. so it was an informative class and a nice way to meet people who go there as well as the pastor. :) that evening some of the girls from the ranch met me for shopping, dinner, and grocery time. i love buying groceries.. i eat so much healthier and we went to trader joe's which provides the healthiness :) haha

this monday was our day off and very enjoyable and relaxing for me :) i have been running a lot lately with this amazingly nice weather.. 70 today so i will be out right after work getting a nice run in :) thank you Lord for this weather! with this gorgeous weather means no more snowboarding :( we were going to try to go this coming monday but the slopes are already closed for the season! gotta wait til next year!

tuesday, matt took us on a surprise trip to the inner harbor of baltimore. it was a "thank you for all your hard work" trip. we walked around downtown, shopped, and saw the catholic church. it was so nice to get away. i am learning to love cities.. they fascinate me :)

today, my goal is to plan some of our intern trip, find a cheap Easter dress, and go for a run :)

go enjoy this day!

in Him,

beth.