It kind of sucks haha!
Yes, it's been some time that I have blogged, but I've been caught up with more of Facebook and Tumblr. But I will try to post more on this blog.
Anyways, I've been pretty busy after my play, Willy Wonka. I had a lot of projects due that week, then I had my choir tour to San Diego for the weekend, then I left for my spring break with my school to Mexicali for my missions trip. And I must say I've had such amazing times on both trips :)
The choir tour was a quick get-a-way for the weekend to perform in a national festival for the arts. We got there Thursday and left Sunday. We basically (in order) served at small church for recovering addicts, went to the beach, went to the Gas-Lamp District, performed for the festival, Buca Di Beppo, Sea World, asked my B.F.F. (we're just friends haha) to prom at Sea World, sang at the same church, then left for home. I was sad it was a quick trip but it was still full of memories with my amazing friends and the whole choir :)
Mexicali was probably, by far, the best trip ever! We arrived on April 2, and had a relaxing day, also the next day was the same. Our first actual day of missions work was Easter Sunday. My group went to a little church called Rios de Agua Viva, and we played, taught, and sang with the kids. We went back to camp to relax, when all of a sudden the ground was shaking. Soon it got bigger and wouldn't stop for a minute. Thankfully, our camp was in the middle of nowhere, but everything we had was shaking violently! Luckily, no one got hurt at our camp, but we lost power and water pressure for sometime. We later found out that we survived a 7.2 earthquake, which was absolutely crazy. I was able to call my parents for like 2 minutes because I knew they would be freaking out haha! Then, there was a windstorm that night, and it felt that we were going to leave. But we ended up roughing it out and stayed for our main purpose: to serve and help these children and families in this poor country. We continued the same work throughout the week, and we all became better friends with the kids and even each other. It was our last official day on Thursday, the 8th, and that was probably the hardest day ever. Since I'm a senior, I had to say goodbye to the church, the pastor, and kids, not knowing when I'll ever be back. When I said my goodbye's to my little friend, Zukey, I couldn't contain myself and I broke down. Later, we said goodbye to the rest of everyone and most of our group broke down. We finally came back the next day, excited to see our families.
That trip has helped me to realize how blessed I really am with the people in my life. My family is absolutely the best, my friends are the greates, and even my new friends are so much fun! I miss everyone back in Mexicali, but I make sure to pray for the church, the pastor, and Zukey. I hope to go again next year :)
Well, that was basically my life the past couple of weeks. The next couple of weeks will be memorable, as graduation is literally 7 weeks away! HOLY CRAP! Upcoming events for me contain the VRDC Improv Musical tonight, Senior Ditch Day, Prom, Disneyland Grad-Night, Graduation, and more (I can't remember the rest haha!).
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