We are hoping that the title alone caught your interest, but if not, here is what we have encountered since we last blogged for you on Tuesday. Wednesday, we ventured to "A Caring Place", a daycare for the very spirited elderly and young adult people who go here from 9-4 each day when their families cannot watch after them. Bradley and Cody were very upset that we never got to wheelchair race with the 6 empty wheelchairs, alas we had much more important things to be a part of. Some of the group colored and put together puzzles with some of the ladies, while others played Uno, or talked to a Benedictine brother. After an exciting, and also very loud, morning, we went to the Activity Room where we talked about current events, weather, and this date in history. After that, we played a rousing game of bean bag toss using both baskets and hula hoops. I would like to say that our group did better than the elderly people throwing the bean bags, but we actually did terrible. Then, we listened to a lovely classic Dolly Parton religious CD. THE ENTIRE CD. Next, we went to lunch at Holcomb Gardens located at Butler University where we met the aforementioned couple in the title. Megan got everyone convinced that this man and woman walking were going to get engaged right in front of us. They walked around for a while and then sat down, but he stayed standing, and EVERYONE was getting so excited thinking he was going to pop the question. He did not. He actually just put his hand in his pocket and then sat down. (We should mention that we were watching all of this from our spy gazebo located about 20 feet from the bench they were sitting on.) So, a few minutes passed, the boys came back for a water break, while the girls explained the situation to them. THEN, he put his hand in his pocket AGAIN, and EVERYONE knew that this was the moment. He was going to pop the question and we were going to see it...UNTIL HE PULLED OUT HIS PHONE!!! We were so upset. So, we thought maybe we needed to inspire them. The first thought was serenading them with "Kiss The Girl", which only made them look at us. So, armed with an iPhone and the same song, the boys casually walked into the woods behind them to let the song permeate their brain, and, hopefully, inspire that man to propose already!!! It did not work. Our last attempt was to blare the song out of the van speakers as we drove away slowly. No results were yielded from this experiment, but hey, maybe we got them thinking about it. The rest of the day was spent watching a movie with "A Caring Place", playing at the pool, and leading Night Prayer.
This morning, a man armed with a megaphone and a loud voice, woke the entire building and surrounding communities up. His name is Scott Williams in case you need to file a noise complaint :) I (Megan) actually jumped so much that I fell out of bed...and I was already awake. We got breakfast, had morning prayer, and then jumped in the C.I.A. mobile to head to Gleaner's. This is where we went into beast mode and sorted through 9,000 POUNDS of assorted processed foods!! It was absolutely incredible to watch us all work so hard to accomplish so much! Once again, we completed more than they thought that we could!! We even did so much that there was another group of volunteers there left with nothing to do when we left for the day. (And honestly, when they got there, we totally got competitive, even though we were working on the same thing.) One of our youth ended up with three "boyfriends", because she had thrown food into the aisle on accident and all three boys took the blame for her! How chivalrous! All of us feel extremely tired, but completely rewarded in our accomplishments today! We all really liked today the best, but as a whole, the entire week has been nothing less than amazing, awesome, and spectacular.
It was awesome to see all the food that was donated to give to the people that really need it. -Cody S.
Who would have thought I would have had fun organizing pounds of food? Clare M.
The boys left without even telling me goodbye...some boyfriends.....-Mary M.
Did you know that they made chocolate twizzlers?!?! -Christa P.
There was so much food thrown away!- Kaitlynn M.
Note to self: Rolling down a conveyor belt is not a good idea. And Gleaners is not a place to pick up girls
-Bradley B.
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