Small Town Girl: McCrew, Foreign Exchange Students, Filipino Food!

I cannot believe that I have been on this adventure for 3 weeks now! It seems like so much longer and seems like I have know many of these people for years! Work has been going good. I have to say that I would rather work the mornings than the afternoon, but they are both good. I have met a few more of the regular co-workers and starting to lay the foundation to friendships. My co-worker Matt is slowly starting to open up to me and said that by July he will be at manager status. I asked him what was his ultimate goal for work and he didn’t get to answer in because of the rush we had. So continue to pray please for him and his life. He is very knowledgeable about McDonalds for sure and I think that he just doesn’t have any big goals or dreams to push him in other areas. I have gotten to work with a few other girls that just graduated from high school that work there but haven’t gotten into too much conversation yet. We have 27 students from out project working at the same McDonald’s, so I think that God has some pretty big things in store! This past week our room was invited by a lady from our church to come over and have dinner and do our laundry! It was a blast! She is a little Filipino lady who is pregnant and due in September, but we went straight from work there where she cooked authentic Filipino food such as: Panzit, Lumpia, and chicken adobe ! Then some amazing cookies! She apologized to us when we first arrived saying that she wasn’t too good at cooking American recipes and that she makes this type of food all the time. So free laundry, food, and fun! We sang karaoke and got to know her, her husband and there 4 year old son more! We had our first social this weekend: High School Cliques! So each small group was assigned a certain clique and there was a girl room and guy room paired up. So our room was assigned Foreign Exchange students! So you may not be able to tell but my attire was Mickey Mouse shirt (I mean who doesn’t go to Disney when they come to America), then some pink and purple stripe tights with high top light up sketchers! So we were paired with some guys and after pictures we went to eat at Hellenback and then to the Skating rink! Fortunately I managed to come out with no injuries, which some may find that hard to believe, but the sad part was one of my roommates tried to brace herself while falling and ended up shattering her wrist! She had to leave on Monday to go home so she can get surgery and then possibly come back here! I pray that myself and other roommates will have patience with a specific person, softer hearts, and that Christ will allow us to see her the way they He truly sees her. This summer is really just like living the dream. Staying with some of my best friends and making new ones, working a “random” job, going to the beach almost everyday, and growing deeper in my relationship with Christ and learning how to share it with others! I am so blessed with this opportunity. Right now also CO has something going on called: Cross Cultural Project (CCP) There are many students right now in Thailand sharing the Gospel and teaching English to kids and people over there. If you would take some time to pray for them as they will be there until July.

Prayer Request:

Open hearts for us on SBP and for our Co-workers

Torrie’s surgery

Rest for people physically and mentally.

Christin to know more of Christ love and grace

Roommates to continue to grow with each other

The Troy students community to grow and share a passion together

CCP Team