sappy saturday... ELCA youth gathering version!!!!

last monday, i headed to my church and got on the bus to make the 26 hour trip from minnesota to new orleans of the ELCA (evangelical lutheran church of america) national youth gathering.

i had gone in 2009 and it was life changing

despite many buss issues on the way down, we made it there by tuseday afternoon.  we were assigned a very VERY nice hotel just across from the super dome were evening worship takes place

tuesday night- dinner with the youth group
wednesday- spent expiring NOLA, i ate an oyster!!!
wednesday night- opening 'dome' (dome is a MASSIVE church service/ worship- 34,000 lutheran teenagers!!)
thursday- we headed to the convention center for a morning of worship and a day of exploring the convention
thursday night- dome
friday- our day of service, we weeded at a local park...  it flashed flooded!! 6in of rain an hour!!! crazy but fun!!!
friday night- dome
saturday-  morning worship then bible study, then in the afternoon we went exploring more!!!
saturday nigh- dome
sunday morning- worship
then we loaded buses and headed home... but we had A TON of mechanical problems and lots of delays!!! i won't go into that hole drama!!!

more about the dome...
its a teenage friendly worship with 34,000 other people!! these things are massive!! they are filled with music, speakers, sermons, more music, more speakers and a BIG finish

here is a speaker
a highlight video from the gathering


overall i had a great time!!!

music from the gathering

<3 hannah

ps i had some docs today, ill post about that tomorrow!

home!

we made it, after 30 hours on a bus!!!

I'm back on my computer now so there will be more posts this week.


im planing on a sappy saturday tomorrow about new orleans so watch for that :)

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look!! I'm famous:)
part 2, thanks mallory!!

anddddd pictures of boc beads being donated in honor of my birthday are rolling in!!! here are a few

look how cute!!! they will make some big smiles!!! 

i have a big week ahead of doctors ahead of me getting ready for london, so I'm gonna take a nap!

see y'all tomorrow!!

-hannah

Made it!

I'm in new Orleans!!! Ya!!! It's very hot here!!! I can't wait for the confrence to start!!! Mom, Matt (my youth director)and I worked hard to make arrangements for me to be as indepent as posible, but we did plan on the hotel being an issue... It's huge!! Ive already fallen behind and got lost! So were gonna make another plan. Oh and go check out Mallory's blog (I'm featured!!!) sorry I can't link I'm on my phone :( That's all for today! -hannah

home!!!

hi y'all

sorry there have been few posts this week... mom and i just got back from coloardo!!!  then i leave for new orleans with church tomorrow morning!!!

doing some quick laundry and making hannah friendly foods for the bus :)


we had a bit of drama at the airport this afternoon and ended up in first class!!!

ill be gone for a week, so limited posts this week to (sorry!)

then the week after is full of doctors getting ready for my big london trip!!! CANT WAIT!!!

annnddd i got my new medi id bracelet :) its pink!!!

AND TOMORROW CHECK this out WHEN I AM FEATURED ON MALLORYS BLOG!!!
it is a 2 day event so check back then to!!!

thats all for tonight!!!

song- getting in the mood for new orleans!!!

<3 hannah