Tsunami Run!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Tsunami Fund Run yesterday was AMAZING. I had prayed all week for sun and it was the most gorgeous day we have had all year. Friday was drizzly gloomy and Saturday the first thing I did was open my door to check the weather and the sun was shining without a cloud in the sky and I was so happy! Praise God from whom all blessings flow! My class has been working for nine weeks getting everything organized, getting sponsors, and spreading the word about this event. Saturday we had the signs ready, the food bought, the t-shirts made, the registration forms out in people's hands, and we had about sixty people signed up. Each person had to pay $25 to run the 5K (which turned out to be shorter b/c someone marked the course wrong) and they got a tshirt and a tri-tip BBQ. Saturday morning my class all gathered at Laguna Lake Park at 8am and began setting up, not really knowing who would show up, but planning for 100-150 people. I made two balloon arches which was fun and about 10am people started showing up. By 11, we had almost THREE HUNDRED people! I think everyone in my class was on cloud 9. We actually pulled this thing off. My teacher and I made a mad dash to Smart and Final to buy more food, so I didn't see any of the race, but everyone I talked to had a good time. We ran out of tshirts, and so were giving away three different types of tshirts (luckily they were all light blue.) It was craziness but so much fun. I got to eat lunch with Sara and Erin and Jessie and Marissa, who ran in the race. Then popped all the balloons in my balloon arch and went home. I was exhausted and took an hour-long nap that made me feel worse, so I just had a couch-potato evening, watching Harry Potter and then The Sound of Music. Oh but God definitely had his hand in this event. So exciting. If you want to look at the organization we are supporting go to VeAhavta's website.

Friday night was Night of the Oscars, a dinner with Campus Crusade where we watch videos that people make. Sara picked me up and we got dressed all pretty-like and went to Jessie's to have her do our hair. The dinner was good. They served chicken cordon bleu, which no one at my table had ever heard of. I thought that was kind of weird. The movies were funny, but it was freezing in the auditorium and I wanted to go home before I turned into a popsicle. Then I went to Sara's and we watched The Importance of Being Earnest with her friend Chris. I fell asleep halfway through the movie. :)