DAY FOUR:

This was at base camps on Tuesday morning. It was so dark I almost fell asleep.

After lunch some of us went to the hotel to swim and take naps. I couldn’t swim because of my seizure but I was able to put my feet in!

I downloaded this podcast and really liked it!

We just chilled the rest of the afternoon and then went to dinner and then MainStage.

Judy Peterson talked that night and she was AMAZING!

And FOR KING AND COUNTRY PERFORMED!!!!! (can you tell I loved it?) They were the band I was most excited to see and what was great is we were on the floor so we got really close! It was the BEST concert I have ever seen. It was amazing. And I am a little jealous because Colin gets to see them next week.

It was the best, and it was hard to settle down from that!!

As we were waiting for the bus, some of the people from our group had a water fight.

DAY FIVE:

I ate so many of these that week! They had unlimited ice cream bars at lunch and dinner! It was awesome!

I went to take a nap after lunch and then Arlene (leader) and I went to the Hub and hung out!

We did the Congo, and learned more about that! We ate the “snack” provided, and I put air quotes because it was more of a meal. A delicious meal. We then met up with some others from our group, and hung out at the Hub a bit more. We went to dinner and then headed to MainStage! Out of all the nights, Wednesday was my least favorite, I wasn’t able to get into it really. I think it was because I was exhausted.

DAY SIX:

We went to basecamps and then went in this tower (forgot what it was called) and that was fun! We had lunch and then some of us went back to the hotel to rest (I just grabbed a change of clothing) and the others had a ultimate frisbee tournament! When I got back the the Hub I just chilled and watched them play. 

My amazing graffiti skills. Haha I joke.

That night it was Rend Collective and Louie Giglio!! Both amazing! At the end they had the CHIC band play and they threw out like 100 glowing balls and it was so cool! Everyone was praising God and having a great time!!

We went back to the hotel, ordered pizza and just chilled.

DAY SEVEN:

My outfit for the bus ride. Super cozy! We left at like 10 I think, and got on a crammed bus. We took naps (we were EXHAUSTED), played games, watched movies, and talked! I did peoples hair which was fun! We stopped for lunch and I got Chick-fil-A which I haven’t had since December #MNprobs!

We had some pretty bad storms during the day and night. That night I slept through all of them!

We got back to Monticello and drove back to church and finally went home, we were tired!

Overall it was a great week!! It was amazing to see God work through us this week!!

{DAY 1}

So we had to meet at our church to leave for Monticello, MN at like 9 so we we got up at about 6:30 to get ready. Once we go to church we packed up went over different things, took a group photo, and left for Monticello!

Maggie and me in the van to Monticello.

Once we got to Monticello we ate lunch and then hung out until it was time to meet the buses.

Left Photo: My older brother, Colin Right: Maggie and me on the bus.

Blurry photo but we watched Tim Hawkins on the way. We played Charades on my iPod which was a lot of fun!

I got bored so I braided my hair.

We stopped in Madison, WI at a mall for dinner, but first had to look for umbrellas.

Susie trying on the fun glasses at sears. After about and hour at the mall we made it back to the bus and off we go. We watched movies and some of us attempted to sleep. At around 11 pm we stopped at a gas station to fill the bus up and picked up snacks.

Ready to go to sleep! There were pretty bad thunderstorms that night which were cool! But even though I took Zzquil, I still was up really often, but I survived.

{DAY 2}

The next morning we stopped at Cracker Barrel in Kentucky. Right before we left Kentucky we found out that instead of staying in the dorms at the UT campus, we were going to stay in a hotel. It was nice but there were pros and cons:

Pros:

Private bathrooms

Pool

Cons:

Shuttle buses

Bad breakfast (it wasn’t that bad but wasn’t great either)

Finally there!!! We had to wait till 3 to get into our rooms so we hung out in the lobby till like 2.

We then decided to walk to the campus for the opening party. Thankfully we got a ride with a shuttle bus that was on it’s way to the hotel!

The view from the bridge above.

During the opening party, Anthem Lights performed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so exciting!!!! And just because, here are some photos and videos!

Alan brought his adorable daughter on stage!

I also met and got a picture with Fallon, Chad’s wife!! She looked great me not so much, but it was after a 24 hour bus ride so I didn’t really care.

Maggie stole my iPod and took a picture.

Lacey, Aidan, and I at MainStage that night! And a random photo bomber! Also how hilarious does Aidan look?

We went back to the hotel and FINALLY took showers, and chilled until about midnight or so.

{DAY 3}

Maggie and I on our way to breakfast the next morning.

This is a view of the lobby from the balcony.

On our way to basecamps!

After basecamps and on the way to lunch!

Then we went on a cave tour! We had to drive about an hour to get to the cave so here are some pictures from the ride!

I tried to get a picture of the mountains out the window, it didn’t really work.

While Arlene was giving instructions.

Now here are pictures from the cave:

It was a lot of fun! Really interesting! We got back to campus went to dinner and then went MainStage.

Lecrae spoke and performed which was cool!

Gangster Maggie.

So that was the first 3 days! Cyber high five if you made it through all that!