Do you have to duck when you go in the Nook?

Well, I've been through my first full week of being here at Ocean City.  The weather has been so incredibly hot and humid.  Two days this past week were 100 degrees with above 95% humidity.  I understand that Minnesota gets very humid but there is something different with the humidity here and I'm convinced its because of the ocean... am I right?  Haha.   

I'm learning SOOO much here and I've only been here 13 days.  The Lord is really stretching me which is tough at times but so rewarding once I truly rely on him to help me through the trials.  We've also had times to go out on the boardwalk and just have conversations with people and ask them questions from the Quest Survey which is composed of 5 questions that ask people about their lives and their level of spirituality so we can get an idea if they are interested in talking more about how to know God personally (KGP). I personally haven't shared the gospel with somebody and them accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior but there have been a lot of other people who've witnessed people coming to Christ and I am continuously encouraged.  I think about 20+ people that have come to Christ in our 13 days of being here!  It's always awesome to get together after going out sharing and hearing the awesome stories of new brothers and sister's who have accepted Christ and have entered into the Kingdom of God.

The other 100 students on project are just so amazing!  About 25 more students came this past weekend because they get done with school later and it's awesome to get to know them now too.  I have a freakish talent of remembering people's names well and I love that I know everyone's name (at least I believe I think I know everyone's name).  Haha.  This community is so awesome and I love how I can rely on them to encourage me with prayer and just talk about my heart and struggles with them.


So you may be wondering about my title.  One of my sister's here, Hillary Bryan (also a Nursing major from Kent State in Ohio) said she was going to give me my title for this post. The "Nook" is an area under neath the wrap-around porch we have here at the Ambassador Inn (the place where most of us live and other men and women live at the "Mansion" that is about 2 blocks away) and the Nook is where we eat breakfast that they provide for us.  There's this other friend of mine, Rick Brown, who is 6'6 and the Nook is about 5'9 tall so I asked him "Do you have to duck when you go in the Nook" and that's when Hillary told me that was my title for this blog.  So sorry about the confusion and blabber I have going on in this paragraph but I just felt a need to explain.  


I hope to be posting again soon and really share what God is teaching me in my time here but for now I just needed to give a little more explanation of how life is here and the amazing people I am sharing this with. Thanks for reading this guys, I love you!  

This was on 6/9 on the boardwalk.  We went to the beach to watch the thunderstorm and then it started raining hardcore and we were dancing on the boardwalk having a great time! From left to right its Meagan, me, Nicole, Janae, Caleb (the one with the fists), Katelyn, Kirstin, Audrey, Rebecca, and Andrew.

These two wonderful people sitting in the front are our "adopted parents" from Ocean City Baptist Church.  They adopted all of us Minnesota kids and we are one big happy family.  This was at the welcoming dinner for us Crusaders to meet our new adopted families.

God Bless!