Working & The Beach Trip

I did a lot of exciting things this summer. I worked almost every weekend for people in my Church to earn money to go to Brazil. It was long hours but it brought our group closer together. We had a lot of fun working together and building our relationship as a team. We did a lot of prayer meetings to pray for our upcoming trip and my Youth pastor asked me if I would speak at one of the churches in Brazil. I was terrified. It's hard enough speaking in front of people in America but the thought of speaking to people through a translator scared me. Since he had prayed before asking me I agreed. I spent many days learning two messages called "Pressing In" and "4 Kinds of Faith." I took a week off to go to Myrtle Beach with my Mom, sister, Grandma, and Aunt Brenda. We stayed at my Aunt Brenda's condo. We had fun laying out on the beach, swimming in the ocean, shopping and eating. Even though I used 30spf sunscreen, I still had pretty bad sun burn after a few days. It was so great just to relax and de-stress for a week. In the morning time I would go with my aunt to walk her dog Abby. We took Abby on the beach and she was so funny hopping through the sand. One night we went to this really nice Sushi restuarant and I tried various different kinds of sushi. It tasted really good but unfortantely I really sick for the rest of the night. Needless to say I won't be having anymore sushi anytime soon. My favorite part of the beach was just hanging out with my family, making jokes and laughing together. My Grandma tried on this hat in the Bass Pro Shop and we laughed at her forever, she was definitely the funniest person on our trip. She is like a 10 year old little girl trapped in a 74 year old body, but that is why we love her. It was a really fun beach trip and I hope we can do a girls beach trip again next summer.