Part One of My trip
I know this was a while coming but I've been EXTREMELY tired ever sense I've been back. So here is the long awaited update on what I experienced in Biloxi, Mississippi.
The Plane Ride there
I got to the airport at 11:30... (way early) everyone was going to get there at 12:00 and we would take off at around 1:30. There was 4 girls going and 4 guys. (Girls: Me, Marie, Hillary, and Dani. Boys: Andy, Nick, corbin and Gram.) So everyone was there with their parents around 12:20 and then My parents left and after a little while everyone else's parents left too.
We then went though all the airport stuff and got to our gate. Then we were allowed to wander a bit to look at shops. I was going to go get myself some caffeine But I decided against it and read instead.
So this whole time I'd hardly said two words to anyone... So I introduced myself to the only person I didn't know, Corbin. I did that because he sat next to me while I was reading... And he was kind of bugging me... But yeah after I introduced myself I went to the girls bathroom cause... Well its my haven (as you may have figured out by now) and I checked the mirror and went back out cause we were going to board anytime now.
boarding was well boarding. At first when I saw where I was sitting I wasn't very happy, cause I was going to have to sit in-between Dani (very gorgeous girl) and Matt (our pastor/leader) and just so we all know sitting in the middle on a plane SUCKS. But the plane wasn't very full so Matt went and sat with Andy who had a row to himself, and I got to sit by the window (my favorite seat) and dani sat on the isle seat, so there was a seat in-between us.
The flight was relatively good. It was a little bumpy but it was still, ok. I listened to my Ipod and read for most of the flight but what I liked best about this flight was the sunset... OMG it was amazing... The colors were nothing like what I'd seen before in a sunset, so I watched as the sun slowly sunk behind the horizon.
A while later we landed in Huston, Texas. We all went to the next gate that would take us to New Orleans, Mississippi (on the way I saw a cockroach) and put all our take-on luggage down with one of the leaders and wandered around the Texas airport. I don't really remember anything really exciting about being there really... There were some cool stores and stuff but after about an hour and a half we were off again in another plane.
Now this flight I had NO luck with seating I was stuck in the middle seat with 2 complete strangers that were for some reason really not happy... But this flight was really short... Only hour (compared to the 6 hour flight I had just taken) and I don't really remember much from it. We landed and got our luggage and got in to the 3 vans that showed up 5-10 minutes later.
The Car Ride To Biloxi
The car ride there ended up taking about 2 hours I was in a car with all males... 3 were leaders and the other one was Andy. And Andy happened to have a movie player, so we watched the Italian Job for most of the car ride... It was too dark to see anything outside cause it was (Mississippi time) about 11:45. But as I got closer to the destination I was aware of the devastation the hurricane had done. And I noticed how many RV.s there were... More than I've ever seen before.
Then we got to "the base" (as we call it) at 12:30-ish and trooped in dead tired with all our luggage.
The Base
Let me take this time to tell you a little about the "base". The base is run/owned by Salvation Army. The base itself is ... Well its a stadium. I'd say more about it and I'd explain what It looked like but... I think I'd be better to just show you pictures. I'll have pictures of my trip hopefully soon so... Bare with me here.
Dead Tired
There was a girls half and a boys half. Me and the other 3 girls were shown to a cabin/ house like thing, that some Amish made. I unpacked some of my stuff while the other girls looked around a bit. After I was done I looked around a bit and washed my face and went to bed. I slept pretty good, but I woke up 7:00 am (Mississippi time) because I was cold and because there were people talking loudly outside our room. We were allowed to sleep in till 9:00 because it was Sunday but I was already awake. So I got out the book I had been reading and finished it. It was then around 7:35 so I got up and got dressed (and before you ask no, I did not put any make-up on).
Dressed and ready... For what??
I ended up eating Lucky Charms (My favorite Cereal!!) and sitting in a big stuffed chair all by myself, freezing, thinking WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW?
Church
A while later I found out that we were gonna go to church. So I grabbed my bible and notebook and got back in one of the vans to drive to the church.
I personally thought that it was AMAZING! The church was (of course) all torn out inside and outside, and the majority of the people were black ... If I closed my eyes I sware I felt like it was way back when. The times when all they had was each other, their voices and God... You could feel the power of it all...
When the service ended we all got back in the vans and hung out most of the rest of that day. The real work would begin tomorrow.
The Plane Ride there
I got to the airport at 11:30... (way early) everyone was going to get there at 12:00 and we would take off at around 1:30. There was 4 girls going and 4 guys. (Girls: Me, Marie, Hillary, and Dani. Boys: Andy, Nick, corbin and Gram.) So everyone was there with their parents around 12:20 and then My parents left and after a little while everyone else's parents left too.
We then went though all the airport stuff and got to our gate. Then we were allowed to wander a bit to look at shops. I was going to go get myself some caffeine But I decided against it and read instead.
So this whole time I'd hardly said two words to anyone... So I introduced myself to the only person I didn't know, Corbin. I did that because he sat next to me while I was reading... And he was kind of bugging me... But yeah after I introduced myself I went to the girls bathroom cause... Well its my haven (as you may have figured out by now) and I checked the mirror and went back out cause we were going to board anytime now.
boarding was well boarding. At first when I saw where I was sitting I wasn't very happy, cause I was going to have to sit in-between Dani (very gorgeous girl) and Matt (our pastor/leader) and just so we all know sitting in the middle on a plane SUCKS. But the plane wasn't very full so Matt went and sat with Andy who had a row to himself, and I got to sit by the window (my favorite seat) and dani sat on the isle seat, so there was a seat in-between us.
The flight was relatively good. It was a little bumpy but it was still, ok. I listened to my Ipod and read for most of the flight but what I liked best about this flight was the sunset... OMG it was amazing... The colors were nothing like what I'd seen before in a sunset, so I watched as the sun slowly sunk behind the horizon.
A while later we landed in Huston, Texas. We all went to the next gate that would take us to New Orleans, Mississippi (on the way I saw a cockroach) and put all our take-on luggage down with one of the leaders and wandered around the Texas airport. I don't really remember anything really exciting about being there really... There were some cool stores and stuff but after about an hour and a half we were off again in another plane.
Now this flight I had NO luck with seating I was stuck in the middle seat with 2 complete strangers that were for some reason really not happy... But this flight was really short... Only hour (compared to the 6 hour flight I had just taken) and I don't really remember much from it. We landed and got our luggage and got in to the 3 vans that showed up 5-10 minutes later.
The Car Ride To Biloxi
The car ride there ended up taking about 2 hours I was in a car with all males... 3 were leaders and the other one was Andy. And Andy happened to have a movie player, so we watched the Italian Job for most of the car ride... It was too dark to see anything outside cause it was (Mississippi time) about 11:45. But as I got closer to the destination I was aware of the devastation the hurricane had done. And I noticed how many RV.s there were... More than I've ever seen before.
Then we got to "the base" (as we call it) at 12:30-ish and trooped in dead tired with all our luggage.
The Base
Let me take this time to tell you a little about the "base". The base is run/owned by Salvation Army. The base itself is ... Well its a stadium. I'd say more about it and I'd explain what It looked like but... I think I'd be better to just show you pictures. I'll have pictures of my trip hopefully soon so... Bare with me here.
Dead Tired
There was a girls half and a boys half. Me and the other 3 girls were shown to a cabin/ house like thing, that some Amish made. I unpacked some of my stuff while the other girls looked around a bit. After I was done I looked around a bit and washed my face and went to bed. I slept pretty good, but I woke up 7:00 am (Mississippi time) because I was cold and because there were people talking loudly outside our room. We were allowed to sleep in till 9:00 because it was Sunday but I was already awake. So I got out the book I had been reading and finished it. It was then around 7:35 so I got up and got dressed (and before you ask no, I did not put any make-up on).
Dressed and ready... For what??
I ended up eating Lucky Charms (My favorite Cereal!!) and sitting in a big stuffed chair all by myself, freezing, thinking WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW?
Church
A while later I found out that we were gonna go to church. So I grabbed my bible and notebook and got back in one of the vans to drive to the church.
I personally thought that it was AMAZING! The church was (of course) all torn out inside and outside, and the majority of the people were black ... If I closed my eyes I sware I felt like it was way back when. The times when all they had was each other, their voices and God... You could feel the power of it all...
When the service ended we all got back in the vans and hung out most of the rest of that day. The real work would begin tomorrow.
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