Yep. I’m here.
I arrived Sunday morning, and I still can’t believe I decided to go on the mission trip. But you know what? I’m glad I came.
Anyway, to commemorate the fact that I’m blogging from Denver and not Minneapolis, I’ve decided to write a list of some of the highlights/lowlights/randoms of the trip so far.
1. Denver is absolutely gorgeous, and I kind of want to move here. Not to mention the “dorm” that the girls are staying at is amazing. Seriously. Rifrickindiculous.
2. I’ve only thrown up twice so far. Yes!
3. I really enjoy the company that I’m with as well as all the new people I’ve met. Everyone’s been pretty nice, and it’s just cool to be surrounded by all these godly people.
4. I made a special friend! While walking down a street and sticking flyers [fliers?] in people’s doors, this cat came up to me and started rubbing against my leg. So, not one to turn away the affections of a cat, I invited Kitty to come along on my flyering adventure. She followed me up to each house for about a block before deciding that crossing the street was wandering too far away from home.
5. We have three outreach projects going on this week: Religion Is A Lie, I Will Listen, and Crosswalking. So far, we’ve run into a few setbacks, but I would still consider each outreach we’ve done to be a success. We also had a Memorial Day BBQ at a park, and a good number of people showed up. It was actually an eye-opening experience to see who came to the BBQ. Some of these people, who were invited by my small group leaders during RIAL, were teenage runaways basically living on the streets. A few of them were very receptive to talking about Christ and possibly getting plugged into a church, but others just refused to see Jesus Christ as being something they need. It was really sad to hear that. And then it rained. Oh well.
6. I had a dream the other night, and Luke, one of the guys on the trip, was in it! I dreamt it was his birthday and to celebrate his birthday, my sister, Luke, and I went on a tour of old beer factories. Yeah, don’t ask me how that came about. Coincidentally, Wikipedia says Denver is “home to a large number of local and national breweries,” some of which offer tours. Also, did you know that Denver hosts the annual Great American Beer Festival in the fall? Yeah… Wikipedia makes dreams make sense.
7. During RIAL today, Luke rescued me from this Muslim guy that I think was trying to intimidate me. The guy didn’t really scare me, but I’ll admit I was worried about not knowing how to respond since he kept throwing out all these things about Islam that I didn’t really know much about. With that, I was so glad when Luke came up and pretty much took over for me. The best part of the conversation (and possibly the highlight of my day) was when it started to get a little heated and Luke was recommending some books the guy should read (i.e. The Case for Christ). Then the guy says, “You know what book you should read? The Qur’an.” And Luke goes, “I have.” Then I giggled and did a happy dance. In my head. Luke 1, Guy who kept looking way too hard at me when he talked 0. 
Joking aside, it was cool to see how surprised the guy was when he heard that Luke had actually read the Qur’an. I hope that hearing that made an impact, and he does pick up some of the books Luke recommended.
8. Some old guy winked and smiled the creepiest smile at me while I was doing RIAL.
And on that note, my list comes to an end.
