Good weekend in Manhattan, KS

The weekend is over.booo.however it was quite a good one so Yay for that ! We were told recently that we have a show on Monday when we originally were supposed to have it off. But it's fine because we only have 3 presentations this coming week PLUS I've been quite addicted to this show called « Chuck «  and the premiere for the new season is coming out tomorrow !!!! SO it will definitely be something to look forward to  at the end of the day :D

Friday morning, our show was about 5 miles away from our motel,  but we still had to get up early because our shows were at 8 :15 and 9 :15, and since we are supposed to be there 2 hours ahead of time, well yeah do the math !
So we get there, and get started setting up as soon as we are told where to go and what to do. It was in a gym a.k.a an easy set up, so it went pretty smoothly ! The Principal was very helpful and brought us water and whatever else we needed along the way.
We had about 750 students Watch it at that school and they were split in two sessions. It was a perfect in between number compared to the rest of the schools that week and I loved it. Thank you Lord. They reacted, cheered, bobbed their heads, and laughed at the right times, and paid close attention to the interviews all at the same time. *Sigh * What a good way to end a long week !!! :)

It was so good ! The second showing had a child that was hard of hearing , so they had an interpreter right there. It was so neat to see that even though it was only one child out of about 350 kids, they were still able to do that for her. SO needless to say, we had a great way to end our week. And to top it off we had helpers tear down with us this time. And by helpers I don't mean the usual 4 or 5 kids who are half heartedly doing what we ask of them (that's not always true by the way, we've had a couple really great kids help us out to), but I mean 6 grown men: P.E teachers, Principals, assistants, managers, regular teachers...gosh I don't even know who they were. They just came out of nowhere!
The glory of it all is that they were much more important than us and much older and wiser, and they were just there to serve us. They waited patiently for us to tell them what to do next, and did wholeheartedly and did it well. We didn't have to freak out about a kid trying to play with something, or a kid dropping something, or a kid completely misunderstanding what we had just explained, or anything. We just asked and it was done. I barely lifted a finger. The only thing I did was direct and show, roll cords, and put the projectors away. HALLELUIJAH ! It was so nice. However I did reaaaally struggle with it at first. Culturally, i twas SO out of my comfort zone to be telling an OLDER MAN what do do. It felt extremely weird, but I had to remind myself that I am not home, and these men didn't mind because they were there to serve us.
I don't think this was a Christian school or anything, in fact I'm pretty sure it wasn't. But thèse men really exemplified Christ in their willingness and behavior and I was quite encouraged by that.

This school was also a first timer for us Camfel Techs. There is always so much pressure when we go to a school and it's their first time hiring us cus I feel like if anything goes wrong and they decide not to hire us again the following year, it'll be our fault. But this principal LOOOOVED us. He couldn't stop thanking us and even hugged us goodbye at the end. He was amazed by it. And we couldn't have done without our Father who provides us with all the Tools necessary to présent a good show.

So anyway, that was our glorious Friday. We've been in Manhattan, KS all weekend. Our motel is right accross from a mall, best buy, Olive garden, there's a Wal-Mart at walking distance, a Hastings bookstore with a heavenly coffee shop that makes epic mocha frappucinos, and there are a couple of restaurants surrounding us. Our motel has a very friendly staff. Excellent breakfast. Internet. Microwave. Fridge. I mean thats all we ask for !

As I've said before, the weekend was extremely relaxing. I spent some solid time at the bookstore Hastings and wanted to buy so many different books! BUT I settled for one called  "No Wonder they call Him Savior"  by none other than the Wise Max Lucado ! I've gone to wal-mart a couple times. I've also gone to the mall more than I shouldve :/ (you can't blame me after all this time away from civiliztion !). I've done a lot of Chuck watching (gotta catch up before tomorrow !!!). I've communicated with different friends. We went to Church this morning (I have a whole other page that will be dedicated to that if you are interested in Reading about it). We went to a comedy show last night. And I pretty much just relaxed a lot.
Another week begins tomorrow. I am excited to see what God has in store !!
Muchos gracias bros, sis, and friends !

Dorina