Jun

26

Day 6 and 7 at the Dream Center

Post Category: Blog Posts, Dream Center 

We’ve been having so much fun that I just didn’t get around to posting my final update on the Dream Center trip!

On Sunday our group did the bus ministry that drives into the various projects and poor neighborhoods in downtown L.A. to pick people up for Church. The service was awesome as usual. Pastor Matthew shared the numbers on his final number of shots made during his 24-hour Dream Shot - 13,107! A few of us got to cheer him on right to the very end which was a lot of fun. Even cooler than how many shots he made was how much money he raised. Their original goal was $1 million dollars but after calculating all the donations that came in from around the world the final amount raised for the Dream Center was just under $2 MILLION!

After Church we drove to Universal Studios where we at lunch at a Texas steakhouse. Before we ate a few of us rode the electric bull out front - trust me there are some great pictures and videos coming from that. On my turn a certain someone whose name I won’t mention (Aaron Foster) tipped the ride operator to rough me up extra good. So I got on the bull and was shocked at how much it was throwing me around. I was thinking to myself, why the heck is this thing so rough?? It was pretty funny.

We then drove through Beverly Hills and cruised Rodeo Drive where we saw plenty of expensive houses and cars. Around 5:30 we checked into our hotel on the Marina Del Ray�near Venice Beach. It was a really nice place. We soaked in the outdoor hot tub and swam in the pool before we had dinner at a neat little diner down the road. The next day we slept in and then had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel. Around 11:00 we headed over to the beach where we walked the boardwalk and laid out in the sun. In the afternoon it got hot so we swam in the ocean and jumped the waves. Ryan rented a three-wheel bike that he kept riding into the waves which provided lots of photo opportunities and laughter.

We got mostly packed up Monday night for our flight the next morning. Ryan fell asleep early so we took the opportunity to draw on his face with the permanent marker and take pictures of it. :-) You know me, I never pass up an opportunity for a prank!

By the time we made our flight and bus drive back on Tuesday everybody was pretty tired. Getting over the jet lag will take a few days but the memories from this trip will last a lifetime. Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible and gave of their time and money to get us there.

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