In my world

Klippen- the place we went to to witness to the drug addicts 

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Karla, Veronica, Hannah, me and Melissa chilling at the "futbol" game  

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Another view from our boat tour 

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A view from the boat in Denmark 

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The girls on our way to Sweden 

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Melissa, me and Greg at the airport on the first day 

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Well the O-H-I-O team got back from Denmark around 7:30 p.m. Thursday night on the 22nd. My group didn't get back to the church until midnight. Yea I was up for a total of 27 hours that day! yippee......!!! AHHH!!!! There is soooo much to recap, but I'll try to sum it up the best I can. (go to this site for some more info: www.xanga.com/denmarkmissionstrip
A total of 27 individuals from different parts of Ohio (North, the middle, and South) went to Denmark {and Sweden for 2 days/1 night} for 10 days. We left on June 12 and traveled allllll day long. Our flight from Columbus was delayed so one of our planes was held for us since they would of had 27 people missing. When we got there, there was no resting. We changed our shirts (we were all sweaty..yuck) and split up into our groups. My group went to a youth group (WACK) and we ate together, had a meal, service, hung out then played soccer ( I didn't). It was fun getting to know the people in my group and the Danes. I like the idea of eating together then having a service every time. They do that a lot over there. After soccer we all walked back and settled in to our rooms.
Every day our breakfast was at 8 so I'd set the alarm for 7, but yea no one in my room would get up until at least 7:20/30...I got up at 7:15 ...it was soo hard!! After breakfast we'd have our devos..devotionals usually in the sanctuary where we were staying. We stayed at the Penecostal International Church in Copenhagen. Their churches are definitely not like ours here. This one kept going on and on and on. You had to use a "brick"..magnet..to open the locked doors to get in to different rooms. The leaders and masters commissions leaders had those. (We worked with the masters commissions students..Alicia, Karla, Daniel, David, Lotte). Ok back to Tues...that day my group helped paint. I painted for a little bit then hung out with the kids outside trying to get to know them. They didn't all speak English tho so that was hard. Later that night a group of 7 of us went to Klippen- where they minister to drug addicts and prostitutes. We biked there and I enjoyed the bike ride. It's tricky tho b/c you really have to watch out for those cars and people! Once there we were given instructions on what to do then we split off and the people I went with handed out coffee/tea and cookies to people on the street. Later we came back and just talked to the people in there. Carol and I spoke with a man who was beaten up the day before. He shared his story and it just broke our hearts. He had seen 10 overdoses, been in 1, didn't know where his family was, had been in jail numerous times, everything he was wearing was stolen, had 6-8 beer bottles in his pockets, seemed very out of it, and seemed so lost. He did know about God, and that God cared for him, but still was lost. I know when others from our team went they saw things I did not see....people shooting siranges (sp?) into their arms. eek. After Klippen, Alicia took us on a bike tour of the city. That was fun!

June 15- paint day...then in the evening we went to Connect- a group for young adults ages 20-30. That was fun and I met the 2 lead worship singers-Sarah & Patty. Later that night 3 of us girls from OH went and got ice cream with them at the famous 7-11. :)

June 16- Left for Sweden to go fliering...ie pass out fliers advertising an upcoming event at the Swedish church we stayed at. We walked up and down many flights of stairs in apartment buildings and pass many homes. Later that night at the church we played hide n seek :).

June 17- Fliered again.....tiring, but we did it! Then sightseeing later on. WEnt back in the evening to Denmark. Only 19 of us went to Sweden...the other group painted at the other church Amabro in Dk.

June 18- Went to 2 church services- Danish and International...both awesome....:) Loved the worship led by Sarah then later on Patty :) We had a translator thing we listened to to help us. Later that evening I helped karla get food at the grocery store (on our bikes) and make spaghetti. The US team played the Danes in soccer. We won I think...lol I wasn't there to see...

June 19- helped with breakfast--oatmeal--helped paint at Amabro--painted a window with Melissa...came back, ate dinner, then went on a prayer walk for an hour 1/2 up and down some streets. That was pretty cool. Just prayed for the city of Copenhagen among diff things. Then after that helped clean up the offices upstairs. Tiring day! whew!

June 20- Devos and the leaders prayed for us "students" which was really nice. Cleaned up the offices again, mopped the kitchen, helped paint the computer room with the guys...lol..I finally got to paint mustaches on some people. It made my day! :) hahahah. so much fun!

June 21- FREE DAY-Sightseeing- boat tour- went through Rosenborg Castle-lunch-ate a swarma-then shopping for 2 hours-dinner-special service on the church's roof-special prayer service that was awesome- bed.

June 22- Got up at 3 am to travel back home. Got a keychain in London airport. (Our route---drive to Columbus from Avon, Oh (church)....Columbus airport-Chicago-London-Copenhagen.
I want to go back already. Now it's back to reality and work...blah... I loved the trip. Great times! :)

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What a day!! Warning: complaints beware! So I go into work this morning and my one manager never showed. I'm not sure why, but that was the start of my day. Some parts of my day were okay...others ...eh...I saw the figure skater, Jeno Meno with her son who came in. Her son is sooooooo cute!! :) Also there were a couple of "friends" who we had to watch closely..gotta love when people like to sneak things into the fitting room under their shirts or who knows where they put them. Plus I worked 10-5 when I didn't think they'd need me for my on call from 3-5, but of course they did! phew! Then my one friend/co-worker said he overheard some kids talking about how they had a "kid" (me) working at Gapkids....pshhhh whatever!!! UGH..ok I add them to my hitlist now! Craig was cracking up about it. At least he thought it was funny! Had a lovely customer be kinda snobby to me, but oh well...That's nothing new...Let's see what else....came home and wanted to crash on the couch, but no I had to eat then go to church. Church was pretty good except all I wanted to do was go to sleep. lol....After my small group was done talking, Audrey and I were talking with each other. She was asking me some questions etc...then she said something I was afraid she'd say a little too loud that I didn't want anyone else to hear sooo somehow the both of us ended up on the floor. I kinda had my hands around her neck (gently...not hard AT ALL) and was on top of her. We were laughing sooooooo incredibly hard. I honestly didn't think ANYONE was watching us b/c we were kinda in the corner off to the side in youth. Well boy was I wrong. Lindsay the youth pastor's wife, said all she could see was blue (me) and a little bit of Audrey. She thought it was the funniest thing ever to see this little girl on top of someone. I really didn't think it was that funny but I couldn't see what it looked like. We were just being silly...I was tired...she was hyper...I dunno!?! I guess I made some people laugh! What a night! Then mom and I went to Walmart (ugh..not a big fan of the store) and of course the picture place closes at 9 and we got there at like 9:40....So I have to wait for my pics...
Recap of the weekend: Friday: Worked then went to Greg's to swim in his inground pool with some people. We hung out and watched a movie after swimming. Saturday....worked then hung out with Brett. Sunday: church, napped, went to a grad party, church again. Monday & Tuesday I worked in the evening. Tuesday my dad and I went to Lodi Outlet center and I got some tanks at Gap. yey! :) Not to much else going on. Just preparing for Denmark and trying to make sure I have everything. IT's getting closer! I leave on Monday!! eek!! :)

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