Sunday, June 26, 2011

Jesus.Others.You.

I have been sitting here looking at this empty space to write an update for probably fifteen minutes. So I apologize in advance if this post is all over the place. I literally can't differentiate the days!
I will try my best to give you guys a taste of what happened this week, but I can't promise it will be very detailed...
This week we were encouraged to use a different way of initiating conversation with individuals on the boardwalk. On Thursday I had discipleship, so my discipler and I hit the beach and we decided to start up a conversation with six young ladies. These girls had already taken the survey, so we asked them if they were interested in taking a picture survey called Soularium and they agreed. This started a nearly two hour conversation. These lovely girls had just graduated high school so they had so many questions about life and their future. Most of them had some sort of spiritual background and were really questioning the Lord's plans for their life and his presence in general. It was just really great to have the opportunity to pour into these young ladies and encourage them. Later this week I went out with Jane, a great girl from Northwestern, and we used Soularium and had such a positive experience. Everyone we asked had already taken the survey but still agreed to do Soularium and enjoyed this form of the survey so much more. Plus, it was so much easier to switch over to the gospel. You're probably wondering what Soularium is so let me give you a brief description. It is five questions just like our other survey, but we give the individuals about 50 pictures to help them answer the questions. It really engages the individuals and their answers are much more thought out because they have share why they chose each particular picture.
This week during our Bible study with our action group we talked about sin. Sin obviously creates a division between us and the Lord, but what I fail to realize is that confessing our sin can and will only grow our relationship with God. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 I also fail to realize that sin does not change your relationship with God, BUT it does hurt your fellowship with him. That night led us right into Bob Fuhs' message for Thursday night. He emphasized that when we accept Jesus into our hearts that all God sees is Jesus in us. So when we sin, we stand before the God NOT guilty. The word "conviction" simply means information. Information we can use to confess our sin and repent. We were challenged to use this week as a time to confess and just be open and vulnerable with our roommates, action group, and other friends on project.
"When you sin, God doesn't want your commitment, He wants your confession."
Last night we took the opportunity to finish up "Killing the Giants" week by doing an outreach on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Atlantic City is very different from Ocean City. I truly felt like I was in a different country but I was only thirty minutes away from OC. Sharing was pretty rough for most people, but I walked away feeling as if sharing in Ocean City was a piece of cake. After coming back from Atlantic City, we all met up at Ocean City Baptist Church to find out the final number of spiritual conversations we had this week.
BBBBBDDDDDDD....
(my version of a drumroll)
We had a total of 5,862 spiritual conversation and 213 of those individuals accepted Christ as their Savior! This was the first year that the goal was met before going to Atlantic City. :) We exceeded our goal by about 730 conversations. We proceeded to defeat our giant, it was pretty epic.
Today we celebrated by having a little beach party. Who knew a week of intense evangelizing would leave us exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally. We are now entering into "All for One" week and apparently staff is our opponent...this should be interesting. I shall inform you all of what this exactly means a little later because I am still a little unsure...
My beautiful action group ladies.
Transportation in Atlantic City.
Ending result...
Boom.
If you don't already know, I have a tattoo and it says jesus.others.you and I truly feel like I'm starting to realize what that kind of lifestyle looks like. I love it.

Friday, June 24, 2011

To my Family.

I have been blessed with, what I would argue, the most amazing family ever. You all have been able to extend your love to me all the way from California and it continues to prove my point in the very first sentence of this post. It makes me so happy knowing my entire family is interested in what I'm doing this summer and is so supportive.
Don't stop sending me pictures, videos, texts, or Wall posts. It absolutely makes my day every time I get a little taste of home. I am having such a great time here and the Lord has been so good to me, but I am very excited to come home and see you all.
I miss you guys and think about every single one of you daily. You are all very special to me. Keep enjoying the time you spend together and don't forget that I will be joining in when I get back. :)
I love, love, love you all.
plus...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Power of the Holy Spirit.

Yay! I have some time this morning to write a quick little update on our "Killing the Giants" week so far. But first, I feel like such a fool. In my last blog post, I forgot to mention one of the most exciting things that happened last week! Sunday night (June 12) was "Adopt a Crusader" at the Ocean City Baptist Church. Members of the church volunteered to "adopt" us for the summer and provide us with some sort of family environment while we are away from home. I am proud to say that I am officially a P.K! For those of you who don't know that means, I'm a Pastor's Kid. My "dad" is the youth pastor at the church and actually just became a legitimate father to a baby boy a little over two weeks ago. I feel like the Lord specifically chose this family for me to be a part of this summer. About two weeks before leaving for Ocean City, my sister had her second son and being gone for the summer became so much harder. Now...I get to hang out with this bugger throughout the course of these next eight weeks. :) My "mom" and "dad" adopted three other Crusaders; another lovely lady from Chico State and then two gentlemen from UC Davis. What makes this even more awesome is...I'm the oldest in the family! Yaaa!
Okay, now onto sharing a little bit about about this week of facing fears and relying on the Holy Spirit. Going into "Killing the Giants", we were encouraged to set a goal of how many spiritual conversations we would like to have during the course of this theme week. We were also encouraged to reflect on our experience of evangelizing and come up some of the "giants" we typically face when sharing the gospel. It is important that we realize where we may struggle and surrender that to the Lord and allow him to resolve those insecurities and fears. After adding up everyone's numerical goal, the number of spiritual conversations we hope to have this week is a total of 5,131! Drum roll please...as of last night at 7:00 p.m., we had already had 1,318 spiritual conversations. We are tearing up that boardwalk with the gospel and it is such a blessing to see the results. For clarification, this does not mean that 1,318 people have accepted Christ, but it means that they were open to taking the survey and talking about spiritual things. Successful witnessing is going out and sharing the gospel and leaving the rest to God and the Holy Spirit.
"So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives growth." 
1 Corinthians 3:7
"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?"
2 Corinthians 2: 14-16
We may not see HUGE numbers in terms of those who accept Christ, but it is encouraging to know we are planting the seeds and God is still pursuing those individuals even after our conversations with them ends.
My personal experience with sharing this week has actually consisted of a lot of firsts. I have talked to individuals who wanted to know my belief on homosexuality, the church, if there would ever be an instance that would cause me to lose my faith, and about bad things happening to good people. I talked to two girls and guy who were are rooted so deep in their faith and on fire for the Lord. They are heading off to college in the fall and my partner and I had the opportunity to share our experience so far and give them words of encouragement and advice. Of all the conversations I've had this week though, the one I had last night sticks out the most. It was the most natural spiritual conversation I have had, it wasn't structured but involved many questions that resulted in very deep conversation. The three ladies my partner and I shared with were very intellectual and had explored many different options for where they would lay their beliefs. Two of them claimed to be Agnostic and were very passionate about being spiritual. I really respect these young girls for taking the time to do research and not just decide on what they were going to "label" themselves just so they could claim to be something. One of the ladies strongly disliked Christianity because she had a poor experience and after our conversation with her I could only pray to God that she would take the immense curiosity she has and look through the "Knowing God Personally" booklet. I feel as if she has based her dislike for Christianity solely on the her experience and hasn't taken the time to break away from that and just take a look at the Bible for what it is and what it has to say. Kristin and I really encouraged the girls to go through the booklet and contact us later so we could have a follow-up conversation about what they thought. Through that conversation, I did have an opportunity to share a part of my testimony and the way my partner describes it, we were able to show the girls the gospel instead of tell them it. We spent a good portion of the conversation just listening to what the girls had to say. They were very bitter towards Christianity and honestly needed the time to vent. I have never experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit more than in that conversation. There was such peace in the conversation and it flowed so naturally.
This morning I read a small section in Ephesians and this book is all about Paul encouraging the believers of Ephesus in their faith and explaining the purpose of the church. The young lady from last night that shared with us her unfortunate situation with the church she had been involved in had such a skewed outlook on what the purpose of church is because her's had lost their vision. In Ephesians 1:22-23 it says, "And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way." There it is. This passage explains how a church should be structured. Jesus is the head of the church and we, the people, are the body. Without the head, the body would not be alive. I feel as if her church lost the basic fundamentals of what Paul explains so clearly here. I am hoping that me reading this verse this morning is God preparing me for another conversation with this young lady. All she needs is the truth, the Bible, not people telling her their views and opinions. God has provides us the absolute truth and we can only grasp that through his word.
Killing the Giants

Sunday, June 19, 2011

I'm Not the Only One Whose THIRSTY.

Don't think I have forgotten about all of you!! Our internet has been horrid this past week. I have been absolutely dying to write an update.
Going into the “Thirsting to Know HIM” week, I had an idea that I was going to be stretched in great ways...and I was right. Ryan Berg started off this week with one of the most convicting messages I have probably ever heard. He spoke of the woman at the well in John 4 and he paralleled that story with a verse from Jeremiah.
"'My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." Jeremiah 2:13
Oddly enough, I had just read that verse last week but it means so much more to me now after Monday. In short, Ryan discussed how important it is to not constantly run back to our "broken cisterns". He described sin as something that slowly poisons us, but is often what we return to. For many of us, there is that one sin in particular that we always think we'll find comfort in but find that it falls short every time. 
I fail to realize that Jesus is the living water I need in order to survive. I find it hard to believe that I can find complete satisfaction in him. The biggest thing that was brought to my attention this week was my immense lack of reliance on the Lord. I sometimes wonder why I can't whole-heartedly trust in the one thing that knows what's best for me in every single situation. I am a rather trusting individual, but the people I place trust in can't be a hundred percent certain that the direction they advise me to take will be the best one. 
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:3-5
Although this is regularly used as a "go-to" verse for encouragement, the words still over flow with truth. I can't say I am a master at trusting the Lord, but I would definitely hope by the end of this summer, I will have a better grasp of what it means to live this verse out.
I'm going to fast forward to Thursday and share a little bit about what Bob Fuhs had to say that night. He really emphasized the amazing attributes of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the power of our growth. "Any success we have has nothing to do with us - any failure we have has nothing to do with him." Power stuff, huh!? Jesus has unlimited resources and wants us to use them and when we are feeling discouraged just say, "Lord, I can't...but you can." Thursday night was really awesome, Bob's message was so informative and we had the opportunity to engage in an extended time of worship afterwards. A few of my co-workers at McDonald's have been attending our weekly meetings and it has given me great joy to see them there participating in the games and worship. It's so awesome to see their dedication in joining us every Monday and Thursday.
As a close to this week, we had the opportunity to get a little "Taste of OC". This involved an intense list of things to do on the boardwalk, very similar to a scavenger hunt. Some of the interesting things we engaged in doing were: singing to strangers, taking a picture of a seagull with food in it's mouth, eating an immense about of junk food (frozen custard, cotton candy, funnel cake, deep fried oreos, taffy, fudge, crab fries, polish water ice, beach sand, sea water, etc.), play Dance Dance Revolution, build a six person pyramid, so on and so forth. After all that fun happened we settled down and went out sharing for about an hour and a half. Amy, my roommate, and I went together and we were so exhausted from our long work weeks and running around that we weren't really up to initiating spiritual conversations. We had a few conversations, got turned down a few times, but then we approached four young girls. Brace yourself for this one. One of the ladies said she didn't want to participate in taking the survey we use but one said she would. We went through the survey and were able to move into the Knowing God Personally booklet (approaches how to know God and accept him into your life), after that we asked the girls if any of them felt the desire to ask the Lord into their hearts and my goodness, the girl who initially said no to taking the survey decided to commit her life to Christ!! I have never witnessed an individual accept the Lord into their heart, but I am SO HAPPY to say that soon to be eighth grade Alyssa from two hours north of Ocean City has become our new sister in Christ! It was by far the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
To be honest, when I go out sharing I never expect the conversation to go past the survey, which is just another example of my lack of trust in the Holy Spirit, unfortunately. Tonight, the Holy Spirit showed me what it means to allow him to direct the conversation and what a blessing that was!
This week is "Killing the Giants", so we are going to be doing outreaches like it's our job...oh wait, it is. :) Please being praying, because it is definitely going to be very exhausting. All of us are now getting into the groove of long workweeks and this week is truly devoted to going out and sharing. We need motivation to do the will of the Lord on top of being motivated to go to work. I'm excited to report back to you all about the work the Lord is doing in Ocean City this week. Hopefully sooner rather than later...
After our extended time of worship
I hate cotton candy!
Team Rabies!
("Taste of OC")

I actually wrote this Saturday night (June 18) so when I refer to tonight, I mean Saturday night!!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

"How refreshing to know you don't need me, how amazing to find that you want me..."

We're wrapping up "Setting the Pace" and about to jump into "Thirsting to Know HIM", but before we do that, I need to update you all on this week!
At our weekly Thursday night meeting Bob Fuhs talked about how many Christians are missing out on what the Heavenly Father has provided for us. He mentioned something that I think I fail to remember on a daily basis:
We were never made to live the Christian life on our own.
I often believe that the Christian life is not easy and that I have to learn to work through my issues on my own, which is definitely a lie from the devil. Yes, living for the Lord is difficult but when I cave under trials it proves my lack of reliance on the Lord. Bob described two types of Christians, those who have confidence but no humility (have much pride, but forget about justice, mercy, and faithfulness) and those who have humility but no confidence (don't lose their faith, but lose their fire). I definitely fall into the latter. I know I am saved by the blood of Jesus and I believe his Word is truth, but I don't allow myself to find joy in the Lord. I over-analyze every aspect of my faith and start to believe it's not genuine. I can never rest in knowing I have the Holy Spirit dwelling within me. This summer I am going to strive to develop a new relationship with the Holy Spirit.
After that amazing meeting that provided me with a time of reflection and evaluation, a group of us went to the beach because a thunderstorm was rolling in. It was the most beautiful storm I have ever witnessed. Most people know that I hate the rain, let me emphasize that a little more...I absolutely hate the rain. I cannot say I hated the rain on Thursday night though. We watched the lightning over the ocean and danced in the rain (by rain, I mean complete down pour where our clothes were soaking wet in a matter of seconds) on the boardwalk until a nice policeman told us that was probably not a good idea, so we got on our way and ran home. I posted a little clip of the storm so hopefully you all got to see that, it was spectacular.
What else has happened...ohh! The quarter students have arrived!! Our OCSP 2011 family is complete. Saturday night we had our first project outreach and a few of the quarters students witnessed individuals on the boardwalk come to Christ during their first time sharing on project. Totally awesome! Anyway, we set out on the boardwalk in pairs ready for some spiritual conversations. The Lord was at work that night. I went sharing with a lovely lady, Alison Peine (from Minnesota) and we had a pretty rough start. We got turned down a total of twelve times. The more and more we got rejected, the more we felt discouraged. We continued to pray while walking up and down the boardwalk and during that time we were able to witness dozen of spiritual conversations happening with kids from project and people on the boardwalk. I cannot explain the happiness that gave me, my heart was smiling seeing people opening up to the idea of knowing Jesus. When Alison and I had reach the end of the boardwalk we took a shot and asked a few kids if they would be willing to talk to us. We sat down with them, initially thinking we were only going to talk to three people but it turned into seven. Although we didn't get to the point of sharing the gospel with these soon-to-be freshmen in college, the Holy Spirit was definitely present in our conversation. Two or three of the students were laughing at us the entire time, but the others were completely interested and their wheels were turning. As hard as it was to have people blatantly laugh at us, we persevered and Alison and I walked away feeling so positive. I have so much hope that the Lord will plant other Christians in those young people's lives and they will come to know the truth. One of the girls that was laughing had so many misconceptions about who Jesus is and I pray one day those get straightened out. I know that college has been such a good experience for not only me but many others to find their identity in Christ. Those student's are already receptive to talking about Jesus so I hope it becomes the desire of the heart to know the him personally.
Well, I'm off to get adopted. :) Don't worry, family...it's only for the summer! Members of the Ocean City Baptist Church are adopting Crusaders so we're having a dinner tonight at the church to meet our families!
Please be praying for this week, "Thirsting to Know HIM". I feel like this is an area I have been struggling a lot with this past year, so I am hoping to have an open heart. I will be stretched, that's for sure! What did I expect though? I feel like that's what this summer is all about.

Just a few pictures of the storm.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Maddness!

First experience of a Jersey storm. :)

Setting the Pace

Picking up where I left off...
on Monday night we had the opportunity to go see the band Reilly in concert at the Ocean City Baptist Church. I had never heard of them before, but my goodness, they were awesome. They have dueling violins (husband and wife, I might add) and one of the members of the band actually attended Ocean City Summer Project back in 2001! How cool is that?
Something else that is pretty dang cool is the fact that I successfully had my first two shifts at McDonald's. :) My co-workers are very friendly and I'm already starting to form relationships with a few of them. One girl is even going to give me a complementary facial! I am really excited to get to know her and everyone else better. I am looking forward to investing in them and sharing the gospel.
Every week is going to have a theme and this week is "Setting the Pace". Jill Fuhs "set the pace" with a lesson on running confidently toward Jesus because we have nothing to hide and running toward each other because we have nothing to prove. Jill talked about how important it is to be honest with the Lord, tell him where you're at. He already knows and is eager for us to share with him where our heart is. This is something that I have been struggling with for the past six months. I had a really rough spring semester, not in school, but in life in general. When things got tough instead of running to the Lord, all I did was turn away him and rely completely on others. As you can probably imagine, that didn't get me very far at all. Summer project truly came at the best time possible. I am being reminded of the amazing power of God and am coming to the realization of how desperate I am for him. 
Jill also discussed something that again hit home for me. Often times I fail to realize how uniquely made I am. I don't need to compare myself to others, because I am made exactly the way I was intended to be made. It's like that saying, "My mom says I'm special..." well it's true, the Lord says I'm special!! Jill made an analogy that I will never forget. She said that when we look at a piece of art that we don't like and criticize it, we aren't criticizing the artwork but instead the artist. So when we compare ourselves to others, we are saying there is something wrong with us, that we need to change. We aren't criticizing the artwork (us) we're criticizing the artist (God). 
I challenge all of you with something Jill challenge all of us: when you begin to compare yourself to others, stop and pray a blessing into that person's life. They were beautifully and wonderfully made in Jesus' image...just like you were.
I have told you before about our action and impact groups, and last night we got to meet with just our action group. It was so nice to have "girl time" and get to know the ladies better that I will probably be closest to by the end of summer. We had a great study on the beach going through a little devotional called Thirsty. I remember as a little kid thinking I had to ask the Lord into my life everyday, but the truth is, we only have to ask once. In Ephesians 1:14 it says that the Holy Spirit is a "deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession." We defined a few of the words and I hope this verse becomes as meaningful to you as it did for me.
Deposit: assurance that the full amount will come
Inheritance: something given that wasn't earned or even deserved - narrowed down to Christ
Redemption: deliverance from some evil by payment of a price
Read the verse again with these definitions in mind. It'll BLOW your mind!
I think this is perfect place to come to a close.
Quarters students start trickling in this weekend, prayers for safe travel are much appreciated.
Until next time...

Just a little taste of the Reilly band!
Look them up on iTunes.

Monday, June 6, 2011

It's Not About Me - It's About God.

SO much has happened since my last post, so I apologize in advance if this one is rather lengthy!
(Hopefully I will be blogging more often, so my posts won't be so long)
I literally feel like I have been here for a month and it will only be one week tomorrow.
This week has been nonstop go, go, go. I'm excited to be able to sit and tell you all about it.
We have had so many fun opportunities to bond as a community and I'm so thankful for that, because I feel like I usually have a hard time meeting people initially.
On Wednesday night we went to Wonderland (an amusement park on the boardwalk) and it was Wonder Bear's birthday! All rides were only one ticket, what a deal! Anyway, it was fun acting like a twelve year old, running around, and screaming.
We got down to business on Friday when Jill Fuhs led our first training meeting. We also had the opportunity to go out on the boardwalk and share. Jill really prepared us and shared a great quote,
"We might feel defeated if someone doesn't accept Christ right after we explain the gospel. But often God's plan is to use several Christians to "plant seeds" in another's life."
This really encouraged me, because I feel like my delivery is pretty rough when I go out and share the gospel, but 1 Corinthians 3: 6-7 "So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth." helped me realize that I am doing the will of God and he is going to be the one to take over after my conversation with these individuals. Some very encouraging news is we have had roughly thirteen individuals trust their life to Christ this week!! It is so amazing to see the impact we are already having in Ocean City and to welcome these new brothers and sisters in Christ.
I have another praise...I got a job at McDonald's! Whoop whoop!! I am not going to lie, I have actually wanted to work at McDonald's for quite some time. There are currently six Crusaders employed at McDonald's, so I'm really excited to see how the Lord uses all of us. Donna, our boss, said they had such an amazing experience last year, so hopefully we can keep up the good reputation!!
Saturday night the women had a great opportunity to have Women's Time. It was a beautiful time for the women of OCSP 2011 to be vulnerable and really get to know each other. I love all the women who decided to trust the Lord and come this summer. I feel like we all know each other so well already! I cannot wait for the quarter students to come and mix it all up though.
Yesterday we attended the Ocean City Baptist Church and I think I posted this in my previous blog, but it is the church that founded Ocean City Summer Project 45 years ago. Pastor Wright also attended church yesterday, it was so awesome to see the man who started it! 
Some other fun, random stories...we have a guy on staff named Adam and he can stick eight quarters in his nostrils. Strangest thing ever. They have also introduced the "Couch of Connections". If you are not very familiar with Campus Crusade for Christ, the rumor is it is not uncommon for love to arise on project. Haha. It is kind of a joke but we do have a swing at the Inn called "The DTR Swing". It'll be interesting to see if these items are utilized this summer!
I would like to thank all of those who helped me get to Ocean City financially and through prayer. I am so blessed to have this opportunity and I feel like so much has already happened. I can't even imagine what else is in store for all of us participating in this journey!
On a side note, please be praying for those who have not found a job yet. Many have been successful, but there are still those who are persistently searching but haven't had any luck yet. Also pray for safe travels for the quarter students, I'm SO excited for them to come!!

It's true...I wasn't lying!
Women's Time!
Day off at the beach!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

I'm in Jersey!

Countdown to Ocean City: 0 days!
Yes, it is true. OCSP 2011 has officially begun.
I am already having such a great experience. After traveling all day Tuesday (woke up at 3:00 a.m., got to the airport at 4:15 a.m., flew out of SMF at 6:20 a.m., got to Salt Lake City at 9:00 a.m. (8:00 a.m. Cali time), flew out of SLC at 9:45 a.m., got to Philadelphia at 4:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. Cali time), got picked up at the airport at 8:00 p.m., and FINALLY got to Ocean City at 10:00 p.m.) I have to say...Philadelphia was a completely different world from Chico. I have to admit, I think I experienced a little bit of culture shock and was somewhat considering why the heck I decided to go on project. Haha. Luckily, OC is different from Philly, in a good way. Only down side is the humidity. I am from California, I like dry whether where I actually feel like I'm breathing air and not suffocating. And this isn't even the worst, I heard in July it gets to 100% humidity. My poor hair can't handle that. ;)
Since being in Jersey, I have definitely experienced the awkward "hellos" and not knowing anyone. I have tried to cling to my fellow Chico folks until I have become acquainted with more people. Haha. But today was great, I did indeed meet friends! :)
I got to meet my Impact Group (Bible study group) and my Action Group (my Bible study group combined with a boys Bible study group). We had lunch together and got to share our testimonies. We also had two group meetings in the church we will be attending all summer. It is actually the church that founded Ocean City Summer Project exactly 45 years ago! I also went to the pier for the first time and was able to go on a prayer walk with a girl that attends UC Berkley. That was a sweet time to get to know her and start building relationships with people outside of Chico.
Lastly, my latest adventure was to the infamous Wawa. I have to say, Wawa was everything it was hyped up to be! They have milkshakes and you can choose how thick you want it AND touchscreen computers to order sandwiches!! Completely blew my mind. I felt like I was in an amusement park.
Here are a few pictures of my experience so far:


First meal on the East Coast...


My roommate is from Minnesota...maybe I'll pick up on her accent. ;)


There is only two of us, so there is more room than I expected.


Casey Cone (now Mrs. Millot) and Miss Kirsten Foster had my room previous years!


My first Wawa experience. YUM.