Hi Blog, wanted to give a little update day of life is like on the race. Everyday I set my alarm for around 630am, some days I get up then but most days the snooze button gets hit at least once or twice. There have been a few rainy days and these are especially hard to get up during, and entail more snooze button pushes. The rain is so peaceful coming down on my tent. The first 9 days being here entailed bucket showers every morning for all the guys. Yes a bucket shower is just what it sounds like. A bucket filled with cold water that you pour on your head. The goal is to get in and out as fast as possible. The past few days have had warm showers though. The girls here got the warm showers for the first week because of some covid restrictions. The first hot shower I got was so so nice and I never want to go back to the bucket. After the morning shower I have been finding a quiet place to pop in my airpods and put on some worship music and read my bible. I have been going over Roman’s during this time and working to memorize verses from it. After this time we have breakfast at 8:00, every morning we have something new for breakfast some of my favorite meals have been quiche which is an egg casserole, oatmeal, and just regular scrambled eggs. After breakfast we have devo time with my squad, there are 37 of us in total. During this devo time one of our leaders gives us a book or a few verses to read, and we share our opinions on what we read as a group. After devo we have a session around 10:00, during this session we have a new speaker ever day. This week some of the topics we went over during session time was Miracles, The History of Mission, Cultural Perspective, and Appreciating cultural differences. After our session time ends at 12:00 we have half an hour of cleaning. Some of the cleaning jobs include stocking toilet papers in our wonderful Porta potties, taking the trash out, or filling our water coolers. After our 30 mins of cleaning we have lunch at 12:30. Every Tuesday for lunch we have tacos which has been my personal favorite meal. After lunch we have an till 3:00 for free time. Most of the time I do something different but it is a great time to take a nap, or play cards with everyone. After our free time we have either an hour of fundraising, move your body which is exercise, storytelling which is a time to work on your blogs, and fun time where we play different fun games. After this hour time we have about an hour before dinner. This past week we watched some videos, on how to do ministry better and had some questions to go over about it that we talked about with out team. After this time we have dinner at 5:00 some of my favorite dinners this past week have been spaghetti, stir fry, meatballs and mashed potatoes. After dinner we have team time, this is a team where we do devotions with my team, give each other feedback and just have a good time chatting with each other. My team consists of 6 Boys. I’m gonna put a picture of all of them below. After this team time we are set free for the rest of the day. Normally I like to hang with everyone till about 930, where I retire to my tent and get ready for the next day. This is what a day in my life looks like here in Georgia and its so so good.
MY TEAM
GUS-
GRANT
CARTER-
JORDAN-
HAYDEN-
AND FINALLY MY TEAM LEADER SAMSON-
Thanks for a play by play, Caden! The bucket showers are hard sometimes, but if that’s the hardest part of being here in Georgia, I’ll take it 🙂
I really loved all the detail! It really helps me picture your day and brings back so many good memories of mission trips! What an amazing time for you!
So glad you’re enjoying it and learning and having fun! Love you so much!
Thanks for sharing in detail what’s going on in your life! I love it! It sounds like you are having a great time…good food, hot showers…rest.. livin’ the dream…I love that you have so much time to connect and spend time with God.. praying that you will continue to sense His presence in your life as you deepen your relationship with Him! Can’t wait to hear more!
I loved reading your blog, Caden, and seeing the pictures of all the guys. I am praying for all of you! Excited for all that is to come.
Hey Caden! Tacos are also my favorite on and off the field! Praying for team Samsonites as you enter the second month of your adventure!! Super exciting! And thanks for the picture of Sammy… looking forward to reading more about your time in Georgia!
Yes sir! Thank you for sharing your day in the life! I love spending this sweet time with you and I am so grateful for your friendship!