well, the trip to san francisco was phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal! we arrived late wed night so our adventures didn't really kick off until thursday. here's a breakdown of our days in the city
thursday: the morning our group headed to the pilgreen's to staple 11,000 granola bars to their postcards. it was great to start the trip by getting some time w/ the pilgreen's and the other epic church staff. once we finished stapling, the entire group headed to lunch at this yummy place right across from at&t park, the home of the world series champion giants. after lunch we broke into groups and did some prayer walking around the neighborhood before we met back up to go pass out some granola bars at various train stops during evening rush hour. that night we had free for dinner and free time so some of us headed to at&t park for game 1 of the nlds, braves vs giants
friday: we met early to break into groups and pass out granola bars at various train stops during the morning rush hour. we then headed out to san francisco state university to engage with some college students through an organization that epic church has made a connection. that afternoon we headed back towards mission bay and did some more prayer walking on another side of at&t park. for dinner, the entire group as well as the pilgreen's, lees, milners and josh hamilton (all members of the launch team and staff & no, not that josh hamilton of the texas rangers) went to a yummy pizza place. game 2 of braves vs giants had just reached the 9th inning tied when dinner ended so a few of us knew exactly where we were headed...at&t park! we were able to get into the free bullpen area behind right field for the final innings of the game. as a braves fan, i was stoked to be in there for ankiel's home run & the braves' one and only victory!
saturday: the staff at epic church had organized for our group to volunteer on their behalf at fleet week which is a huge event on the bay. we all worked there for the majority of the day though a few of us endured the agony of the tide's first loss. we then headed back towards our area of the city which due to all the traffic from fleet week, we were forced to walk a pretty sizable distance rather than catch a bus or trolley. that morning on our way to the marina we did experience an old-fashioned trolley ride...so fun to partake in a true san francisco tourist attraction. that night a small group of us found a tasty chinese restaurant in chinatown which was some delicious food. (and that's coming from a person who likes chinese food but doesn't rank it at the top of her ethnic food list)
sunday: epic church's first preview service started at 11am so we had to meet all the staff & launch team at the w hotel at 5:45 am for set-up. since the church is renting space, every week they have a service all of their stuff must be brought into the hotel, set-up and then when the service is over break everything down & load it back in the trailer. the staff was incredibly prepared with how and where they wanted everything to go. the service was incredible...the worship room was packed full & i truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit amongst our gathering. 132 san franciscans came to the service, at least 1 person wanted to accept Christ, and several more wanted to join the launch team. we finished breaking down & loading up the trailer around 2pm so our group headed across the street for lunch. after lunch, 6 of us headed out to explore parts of the city we had yet to see: painted ladies(aka full house houses) and golden gate bridge. such beautiful places especially since we made it to the bridge around sunset!
if you want to know more about epic church, check out their website here: http://www.epicsf.com/
i'm going to stop writing & post some pictures from the week now...
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