A day in the life.

I've had a thought of doing this for a couple weeks now so here goes!

6:45
I wake up. I'm late. Daylight saving messed me up as I groggily set my alarm last night. I still have time though and dress quickly in the dark.

7:00
I go downstairs and meet with A & K. We're all doing the morning cafe shift together & we bike the ten minutes to the hostel.

7:15
We get to the cafe, unlock the doors, & get ready for breakfast. We find some downtime before our devotional time & I get a bowl of Cruesli with a banana for breakfast.

7:45
We have our devotion time, we are going through James and today we read:

 James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

8:00
We open the cafe and start serving our breakfast of french toast. As soon as the doors open we are greeted by a group of french students staying at the hostel, so we had a speedy start to our morning. It's always tricky knowing how to pronounce the names that people write down on the sign-up sheet but that's all part of the fun. I find the french names especially hard, but I'm getting better!

10:00
Breakfast is well under way, Max came in, he lost all his luggage and passport at a locker in centraal station. He played the Guitar and had several cups of coffee.

10:15
We run out of batter for the french toast and use eggs for the remainder of the guests.

10:30
Now we stop serving breakfast, I clean the hotplate and join A & K for coffee and a break with the rest of the team.

11:15
Back to cleaning, also getting lunch ready for the staff and cleaners.

1:00
lunch, I get a couple toasties with ham and gouda cheese.

1:15
The end of my shift, I have afternoon Ministry Training Program (MTP) and so I head home.

1:30
I take a look at my back tyre of my bike. It's had a slow leak the past few days so I check it out and find a hole in my tube, it takes longer than I thought to patch.

2:15
Just finished fixing my bike, I have to hurry to MTP. Today we are taking a more detailed look at reception (a shift I hope to be given soon). It is interesting and I feel like I have learned a lot.

4:45
MTP is finished, when I come upstairs one of the daughters of our houseparents is watching Tangled. I decide to join her and finish the movie.

5:30
Done with the movie. I spend the rest of my evening hanging out with the community and blogging.

8:10
I think I will go on a walk and go to bed sometime after that.

9:13
So that's my day! Thanks for reading and I hope you've enjoyed it!

-Stephen