duty's home away from home

this is the account of my story while i'm in Perth, Australia for 12 months. i am working with Westchurch, Church of Christ as the youth worker and these are some of the experiences and people i have come to know while i've been away. hopefully i'll be able to share a bit of what it's like working in missions and ministry and some of the lessons i've learned while i'm away.

Friday, March 03, 2006

who doesn't like bowling shoes?




Friday morning: I dragged myself out of bed and went for a quick run along the beach. Very inspiring. Then me and Helen had our weekly prayer time and I drove up to meet Sam to finish the Youth magazine. After we perfected it, we went a local high school, St. Stevens, and ate lunch with a lot of the students. I wandered around with most of the girls, while Sam got stuck with a large group of silly teenage boys. It's good going into schools on the Fridays that we have youth group, which was tonight. We met at the Warwick bowling alley, and I am proud to say that the girls definitely dominated the boys. We had our score sheet printed up, so we could properly document our amazing feat for future reference! I love beating the guys, I mean, does it really matter that we bowled with bumpers?

Youth group is slowing growing, I just have to accept the fact that most high schoolers wait til the last moment to weigh their options for the weekend, and if there is nothing better on, then they will usually turn up for youth group. I know it means taking silver medal, but, at least it's something. After such a strenuous game of bowling, we went to Hillary's and got some proper nurishment: fries and ice cream. I was home by 9:30pm, which is nice for a change. I've been out every night this week. I hope to catch up on some reading tonight, seeing as I am in the midst of about 3 books.

I've got a joke: Why are pirates, pirates? Because the just ARRRRRRRHHHH!!! (Tip: when you get to the punch line, say it like a pirate)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds like the bowling outing was a lot of fun, and I'm proud of you girls beating the boys! And there's nothing wrong with using the bumper guards--I wouldn't be able to score if I didn't!

3:53 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jess, you clearly must know that you only beat the boys because we didnt have that cheating bumpers that you girls used. Shame upon shame. I know that I got the best score and I didnt cheat. So there.

9:57 PM  

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