I feel I need to document everything that happened since it was quite possibly the most fun I've had since winter break.
Some people from RUF were going to Lake Placid this weekend because Jenny's uncle has a house on the lake there and we all wanted a retreat of some sort. Duncan drove his huge van and with him went Dustin, Allen, and Grant. Bucky drove separately, as did Eli, Katie, Nicole and I. My crew left Tampa around 3:30 (a little later than planned) and it was NON STOP rain until we literally pulled into the driveway at the lake house at 6pm. It was a little stressful because I've never driven down any of the back roads in that area before and we took a different route than everyone else because and went through Polk County.
We FINALLY arrived and food was there...which at the time was what I was most excited about hahaha! Everyone ate, talked for a while, and then Jeff lead a study on the Canon of the bible, and how it came about. It was a really intellectual study but everyone seemed to enjoy it because it was so applicable to discussions we have with people every day.
Afterward it was GAMES GALORE. We played Catch Phrase (my team won) we played Outburst, (the other team won) and for a tie breaker we kept the same teams for both games, we played Taboo, andddd my team won :) I really love that game, I don't know why I have never played it before I came to college.
Jeff, Jenny, and Jake went to bed and all of us kids stayed up in the living room laughing and talking and it was such a good time, it really felt like we had a strong community. We played two truths and a lie and everyone did a really good job trying to convince people of the lie...I guess we're all good liars? :)
We girls (nicole, katie and I) went to our room because we said we were tired and going to sleep (this is about 1am) and we ended up talking and keeping the boys up with our loudness til around 3:30!!!!!! We're crazy! haha We got up at 9, some people were up earlier, and Jeff made us pancakes mmmm :) we had devotion time and THEN we were informed we'd be going on a scavenger hunt...around lake placid!
I had heard that there was going to be a scavenger hunt but I was not expecting this. The town is COVERED in wall murals of their town history. We got split into two teams of 3 and one team of 4. Team 1 was Eli, Allen, and Duncan. Team 2 was Grant, Spunde, Nicole, and I. Team 3 was Katie, Bucky, and Dustin. Our job was to run around Lake Placid and find the wall murals that Jeff showed us pictures of...and not only did we have to be IN the picture, we had to ACT OUT what was being portrayed in the mural!!!!! Then there was extra points for each picture you took of a decorated "specialty" garbage can.
We had an hour and a half and it was just chaos running around, mainly on this one long street of this little town. The pictures are on facebook if you want to check them out :)
Team 3 won, Team 2 was a close second, and Team 1 was the only team that found each mural but they came in last due to their lack of garbage can pictures hahah.
We ate lunch, hung around the house...and oh yeah. Meanwhile, this WHOLE TIME, it's been absolutely FREEZING out. Allen decides that for $4.00 he'd be willing to jump in the lake if he had a wet suite. Lo and Behold, we had wet suites! So a few of us pitched in a dollar and he jumped in the lake....freezing cold lake. He screamed a little after he came up from jumping in, fully submerged.
We left there at 3, got home a little after 5:40. All in all, wonderful trip. I love my friends!
THEN Eli took me to see "Valentines Day" last night. It's that movie that looks like its going to be alot like that movie that came out last Valentines Day, "He's Just Not That Into You". I loved that movie and own it on DVD, but "Valentine's Day" was even better! Eli said he liked it too :)
Today, my Valentine and I are pretty sick. I woke up for church and was having a hard time breathing so I called Eli to tell him I couldn't drive him to church and he was just as bad. We might cancel our dinner plans tonight and celebrate later this week but nothing's been fully decided yet.
I love him so much, have I said that yet? I think Eli Johnston is just the sweetest person God could have given me. He was worried about not having anything all prepared for me today...he asked if he'd still be a good boyfriend since he waited until the day off to get me something hahaha he's just so cute. He's the BEST boyfriend in the world, in my opinion. He's understanding, loving, strict with me as well as honest when he feels I'm wrong, and goodness, nobody really does that for me except him! I can trust him whole heartedly (even when there's days I say I can't trust him, I'm lying and just upset). If I wasn't madly in love with him and wanted to marry him someday, he'd be my "maid of honor" hahahaha he's absolutely my bestest friend in the whole world.
now that I'm all mushy, I'm going to get a shower and try to look good for when he comes over later :)
Happy Valentine's Day!
<3 rachel
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