It's Sunday already!

So right after I wrote my first blog, my computer broke and I had to ship it into HP to get it fixed (I'm going Mac in a few months). I just got it back and I'm ready to blog!!

I'm officially in DAYTONA!! I've been here for almost a whole week and I'm loving it! We've already done so much here but it's so great. This week has FLOWN by!!

Here is a little catch up since it's been a while since I had my first post..


Mom and I left on Sunday last week to embark on our journey to Daytona. We got to stop in Richmond for a few hours to have lunch with Garrett and his mom and have one final goodbye before we set out. It was nice to see them both. We stopped in South Carolina at a little hotel and ate at a nasty Taco Bell, but it was nice to just have girl time with mom. Monday we got up and set out for Orlando (where Nana lives) and when we got there we went out to the Elephant Bar (a local restaurant not an actual bar) and then played a game of Hand and Foot that night. Then came the big day! I had to leave my computer behind to get shipped out, but it turned out to be good because I got to spend a lot of time with people and not be distracted by facebook!

We arrived at the El Caribe around 1 on Tuesday, unpacked, then went to IHOP for a quick lunch. I was the first one in my room, though, so I got to unpack a little bit before the festivities started. Our hotel room is a little apartment with a kitchen, bathroom (tiny) and two beds. There's 4 of us living in one room so we have to share a bed, but right now my bedmate isn't here so I'm living the good life with a bed to myself..hopefully that won't be hard to manage after she comes! I'm trying to sleep on my side so I don't get used to a whole bed to myself and then have reality set in when she gets here. My roommates names are Christy, Emily, and Sharon (who gets here on Tuesday). So far it's awesome and I'm loving it :]

Last week we had a lot of training and development, d-group meetings (discipleship groups consisting of our room), family time (different group of guys and girls from project), and some outreaches. We did two outreaches last week; the first we went to the beach and broke off into three groups for a sandcastle competition. We invited other people on the beach to come help us and then initiated conversation with them that way. The second we just all had different activities going on and tried to get people to come play with us on the beach and talk to them that way. It's actually turning out to be not so hard, although it is at times, but I'm learning that I just have to leave the nerves behind and trust the Lord. We've been praying for God to just prepare the people right now that we'll come in contact with. It's going to be really awesome to see what the Lord will do.

As for jobs, I'm not employed yet..HOWEVER..I know God is good and He will provide. Please pray for that provision..it is a little scary. I applied to a few places who seemed promising but they said I'd have to wait til after Memorial Day to hear back. Hopefully those will fall into place. We've spent a lot of time job searching and I've never filled out so many applications in my LIFE! Sorry for those people who get 1000 calls from employers because I put you down as references :]

So orientation week is over and tomorrow starts our normal schedule. Since I don't have a job, I'll probably just be job hunting tomorrow and who knows what else. We'll see, but please keep us all in your prayers. I'm really loving it here and although I already broke down a little on the phone to Garrett (who is always amazing at letting my cry when I don't even know what is wrong) I know God's gonna do some awesome things in Daytona Beach this summer!! Thanks for all the prayers and support! I'll try and be more diligent with updates!! Keep reading!!


P.S. If you'd like to send me anything or contact me here, my address is:

Rachel Fralick
Campus Crusade for Christ
El Caribe Resort
2125 S. Atlantic Ave.
Daytona Beach, FL 32118

Thanks again!!

Less than a week!!

Hey everyone!!

Welcome to my new Daytona Beach Summer Project blog!!

I was thinking of ways of how to update all of my supporters with information on what's going on in Daytona Beach this summer, and I stumbled upon blogging!! I figured this would be a great way to share all of what is going on this summer with stories and even pictures!! So, I decided to start right away!!

Currently, I have almost all of my financial support for Summer Project but I'm still praying for the Lord to bring the rest in! *If you'd like to read my support letter, you can find in on my facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=122614117756603&ref=ts )* I will be driving down to Florida this coming Sunday with my wonderful momma but I won't officially begin Project until Tuesday! I am incredibly excited but have no idea what to expect because it still hasn't fully hit me that I'll be gone for 10 weeks!! Crazy!!

That's all for my first post! I have a lot of cleaning and packing and preparing to do before I leave so I need to get back to that!! Since school got out I spent a week at Rockbridge for an Intervarsity Christian Fellowship end of the year retreat and then went directly from there to the beach with some awesome people. I also attended my brother's graduation from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this past Sunday (my mom loves to joke that I go to cNu and my brother went to cMu..it's a running joke in the family). I'm now at home trying to spend as much time with friends and family as possible. I've gotten to see Nicole a good amount and I spent the night at Jenna's a few days ago..miss that pillow talk every night! Tomorrow Garrett and I are meeting up for the last time before I leave but thankfully I'll see him in June at his brother's wedding! Yay!! Pray for safety traveling (especially since my car has been known to break down), and support to keep coming in! Thanks for reading! More to come..