St. Francis :)

On Wednesday we ended up going to Grandfather Mountain, it was actually my first time visiting even though I've lived in North Carolina my entire life. We went on a short hike and walked across the mile high swinging bridge, but spent most of our time enjoying the scenery. On our way back to the center we stopped in Boone and had an excellent dinner out- just a side note: I think I'm falling in love with Boone. I might feel differently in the winter when it's freezing cold and there's snow everywhere, but for now it is one of my favorite towns.
Thursday morning I finished up my responsibilities for the week and Torey and I left around noon, Kentucky-bound. After about a 4 hour drive we arrived in Leslie Co., KY where I was reunited with my home church, St. Francis. It was really a renewing experience for me to get to see my church family, especially Jaime :) And although the visit brought up some sad memories, it was a lot of fun getting to be a floater with Ken for the day on Friday and see everyone hard at work. It was interesting getting to see the volunteer side of things again after learning what goes into the staff position, and seeing how another staff functions. St. Francis left early this morning, and now I'm hanging out in Leslie County for a little while until the Harlan County staff picks me up and we head down to the Breaks. I'm slightly apprehensive about our crazy day on Sunday, so please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. We probably won't be able to get into our center until 6 (at the earliest- apparently they "pray for rain" so that everyone leaves the Trade Days Festival), which is still several hours after our volunteers arrive. We are meeting them at a park in town where we will hold our group leader meeting, evening gathering, and dinner; and once we are finally allowed back in our center we will have to re set-up everything, including hanging black plastic for dividing sleeping quarters and re posting all of my signs all over the center. But I'm just going to enjoy this weekend and worry about Sunday afternoon when it comes.