Yesterday was Girls' Honoring Day! The guys are absolutely amazing, they put so much time and effort into making our day enjoyable and memorable, and I love them so much! The night before we had invitations on our door announcing we would have breakfast delivered to us at 10 the next morning (gracious since it was a Saturday) and to be ready for a day of "mirth and merriment". All the girls were kicked out of the regular hang out areas that night so the guys could decorate and prepare so we had to resort to our staying up late in our rooms giggling like school girls with the anticipation of a kid on Christmas Eve. We didn't go to bed too early...but we did get to sleep in a bit, until we were woken up by the drums practicing downstairs.
The first round of sweetness was the band of sharply dressed men with guitars standing outside our doorways singing "No One" by Alicia Keys and other such songs to us. Gorgeous. We received our previously ordered breakfasts on trays accompanied by a red rose, our first of many throughout the day. At 11 room 214 was escorted by the handsome Dale Small to the auditorium where we were greeted by all the gentlemen on one knee. They gave a very heartfelt, sincere, and moving intro to how this was our day to be princesses, and that they just wanted to honor us for who we are and how special we are to them. I cried. We had a great worship set and then we started our princess training. First was the manual: Princess Diaries movie. Second we were tested: each small group visited six different stations where we put our princess skills to the test. One was a photo shoot, one we acted out a short skit (written by "Prince William" and absolutely hilarious...it was called "Euthanasia" and loosely based on the "Good Samaritan"), one was putting on make up on a mannequin aka one of the guys (bless their hearts!), one we practiced defending ourselves from a vicious dragon by shooting him with paintballs, and two were problem solving exercises. All was so well planned out and was a ton of fun.
Next came more sentiment. They had an entire group photo (complete with dresses) and then took us into the chapel where they gave us our "diplomas" for finishing the school. Along with the diplomas we each received a unique flower with another scroll attached. We learned the meaning of each of our flowers and were given time to read the scrolls. The small one had a Bible verse and characteristics written around it and the "diploma" had comments that several of the guys had written just for us. AMAZING!! Hugs all around and they prayed for us and let us soak it all in. We had until dinner to do whatever with the enticing option of a lovely foot massage available in the "garden terrace." Fabulous.
We all dressed cutsy for dinner and were met again with studly men and had our pictures taken. Dinner was FANTASTIC. There were roses at each chair, and Jonathan is a chef and he totally outdid himself. We had a legit salad with good dressing followed by penne with well seasoned chicken breast topped with spinach and balsamic alongside delicious vegetables. Sparkling grape juice and lime water were the beverages and for dessert.... CHOCOLATE MOUSSE!!!
After dinner there was another honoring ceremony...and more tears. The guys spoke the words of the Father and honored us for who we are to them and to Him, they apologized for any time they have dishonored us, they apologized for any time that ANY other man has dishonored and hurt us, and they spoke of our true design (Johannes wrote a beautiful account of the creation and purpose of woman- amazing). Once we had removed the mascara stains from our cheeks the entertainment began and we were rolling on the floor and laughing til our sides hurt. Wow, I love these guys. This had definitely best one of the best days ever. I feel so honored and loved.
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