Bible Study, Badminton and the Beach

There is so much to say! Where to begin? Last night was the first meeting for a Bible study that Christ Fellowship is having at PBA this summer. It is called Sacred Roads and we are basically just going to go over what it means to be a disciple and how people have been a disciple through history.

We started with a BBQ and some badminton. Unfortunately, Robbie and I lost.

One of the people at the Bible study, Blake, is going to school to be a photographer and he took our picture.

Afterwards we started talking about giving our four legged lambs instead of three legged lambs. This means instead of giving our left overs or stuff we don't want any more we need to start giving our very best. Andy Glass (he works for Christ fellowship) told me about this pastor that is collecting 30,000 shoes to bring to Haiti and Jamaica. We decided that we would start collecting sneakers, even though it will probably only be a drop in the bucket those drops add up! **hint,hint for everyone out there with sneakers that are in good/decent condition :)**

This morning we went to Clarke Beach to watch the sunrise and worship. There seriously isn't a better way to start your day. Side note you maybe wondering why we go to Clarke Beach. It is because there is free parking.

Robbie and Jordan at o'dark thirty worshipping on the beach

The only thing to do at 7:00 in the morning on a Friday is to make chocolate chip pancakes. This was my first time making them and with supervision from Kaylyn I think they turned out well. No one died and everyone asked for seconds so I would call it successful.

Peanut Island and a Baptism

The guys planned a trip for us all to kayak to Peanut Island on Saturday. We rented the kayaks from the Greene Complex at PBA and the guys were in charge of putting them on top of the car. Unfortunately, the way they tied them stopped the door from being able to open. Which meant that we all had to climb through the window. Climbing through windows at 7:00 am really makes the rest of the day more interesting.

This is our friend Kathleen climbing on Robbie's back


Robbie got baptized on Sunday at Clarke Beach!!!! The entire group plus Robbie's family from Ohio came out to support him. There really isn't a way to describe a baptism but it was absolutely amazing.


Clarke beach...PBA students live where other people vacation :)



Robbie right before he was baptized

This is the group from left to right it is Alaska, me, Jordan, Robbie, Kaylyn and Leta


Robbie and his family decided to have a little fun with a water balloon launcher at the get together in Towers afterwards

Homless Feeding

Last night we all went down to Clematis St. to do a homeless feeding with a group called Art and Compassion. I've been to a couple of things like this before where we gave them a cheeseburger or a piece of chicken but this one was different because we gave them a loaf of bread and other foods that they could use throughout the week. The people that work with Art and Compassion were extremely lively and would randomly start dancing. Come to find out some of the volunteers that handed out food were homeless themselves. Jordan and I got to talking to this guy named Jim. He is the one who delivers all of the food to the site on Clematis. Jim told us about his son Harrison who is a marine and how at one point he was also a marine. He told us about how he felt when he came back from war and how he was so proud of his son and the other troops that were doing such a courageous thing. What I'm learning a lot now is that some people just need to talk, homeless or not.
This is a picture of closing prayer for Art and Compassion.





A.K

Welcome to The Palm

My name is Alli and I'm going to be a sophomore this upcoming year. When I came to PBA almost a year ago I was nervous. Not because I didn't know any one or I thought I picked the wrong school but because I was leaving the places I know. My goal with this blog is to tell you guys about things you can do on the weekends here in West Palm Beach so you won't have the same nerves I had.

I'm currently living in Towers on the third floor with two girls Leta who is from Kentucky and Szilvi who is from Hungary. We spend most of our time with the girls we work with in admissions and some guys who live on the first floor. The guys are Robbie who is from Ohio, Jordan who is from Pennsylvania and Alaska who ironically is from Colorado


Last Night (Tuesday night):

The guys cooked dinner for the first time and surprisingly they did not burn the building down and the meal (Mexican lasagna) was tasty. After that we decided an intense came of apples to apples was needed. What you'll come to find out about PBA is apples to apples is the game everyone plays and it gets really competitive. When it is Jordan's turn to pick the card he takes 20 minutes reviewing all his options and why each card should or should not be the winner. One of these 20 minute reviews ended up in him throwing the card to Robbie which happened to hit me right in the eye. It was so funny I didn't even realize it hurt.

A. K