Well another
wonderful week in Up with People. Really I could start every weekly entry by
saying that same sentence because UWP is really that incredible.
But moving on, this week we left the
gorgeous state of Wyoming and headed to its good ole’ neighbor Montana. We were
able to drive through Yellowstone Park and stop and see the epic sight of Old
Faithful! It was a wonderful travel day full of beautiful views and interesting
sights. When we arrived in Bozeman we headed off to our new host families. I
had a sweet little 2-year-old host brother and a lovely couple, relatively new
to the Bozeman area, but they were a very sweet family and I enjoyed reading
little Jordan to sleep and playing ball with him as he realized his insane
amounts of energy! I actually was only with them until Friday morning because
for the weekend I was with my old host family “The Bakers”.
Susan
Baker has a vacation home very near Bozeman so she came up for the weekend and
we (Miguel, Erin, Nicole, myself and her daughter Brekken), joined her there
for the long Labor Day weekend off and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We spent
time sleeping in, having deep talks, laughing constantly, relaxing, having
family meals, riding on ski lifts to the top of mountains, hot tubbing, having
super intense air hockey tournaments and as a bonus we got to go zip lining! It
was an amazing weekend, which we all needed and enjoyed immensely! Saying
goodbye to them gets harder every time because they have all (roommates and
Baker family included) become like a family to me.
In
UWP this week we had a much shorter week than usual. On Tuesday I went to
Habitat for Humanity for my community service day. It was a lot of physical
work and it felt so good. I also had a wonderful time getting to my cast mates,
which is one of my favorite things about service days. On Wednesday I had study
abroad and we got caught in the rain a few times – a fun experience for all J We also had culture fair for the European and Asian
countries and it was a ton of fun. It was full of games, different types of
food and fun facts. Both Thursday and Friday we had show days and quite the
shows they were. We had some challenges but we overcame them as a cast and it
brought us much closer. We also had a cast meeting with Paul Whitaker, who
talked about the meaning of life and home team time, which was embarrassing
story time J Then we had 2 days off for labor day
weekend, which almost never happens in UWP.
Overall
the week was fabulous and I am excited for Billings Montana next week because
so far I have loved every city and I feel as though things can only get up from
here J This has been a great US tour and semester so far and
Mexico sounds like it will be great as well so thank you UWP for all these
amazing moments. I feel blessed.
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