I am so pumped to start
blogging again and share the crazy things that are bound to happen while living
and interning in Orlando!
I can’t believe I leave in
2 days. It feels like yesterday I was withholding screams when I read the email
in the library that I was accepted into the Disney College Program (DCP), even
though that was back in October. Time flies.
There is nothing really to
post right now since I haven’t left yet, but there is one cool story I want to
share.
I have been accepted to
the DCP with the role of a lifeguard. I have never been a lifeguard, and the
last time I swam was in 7th grade,
when I tried out to be on the swim team. I was so bad that they said, “You
should probably join the kiddie league first”, and I never went back.
For 7 months, I have said
to myself, “I can totally learn how to swim. I’ve got this”, and I never
practiced. Finally, when I had 17 days left, my dad was kind enough to talk
some sense into me and tell me that I needed to actually get in the pool and
practice. Anxiously, I got in and realized that I was the worst swimmer in the
world. I wouldn’t even call myself a swimmer, more like a drowner. That’s not
even a word, I know. That’s how bad I was. I started to get really anxious that
I wouldn’t be able to pass the 200 meter lifeguard test in less than 3
weeks.
I started practicing every
day, and every time I would see someone swimming with a cap and goggles on that
looked like they knew what they were doing, I would ask, “Soo.. Do you have any
good tips on how to swim?” And they would take me under their wing and try to
fix my horrible swimming. Thankfully, I had a swim lesson from a friend, which
really helped, but I still wasn't close to swimming 200 meters.
Last Saturday night I
finally broke down. All I wanted to do was give up. I knew I wouldn’t be able
to pass the test in time; why should I waste my breath (no pun intended) and go
all the way to Florida just to fail? I asked my mom and dad if they would fast
with me Sunday that I could learn to swim in time, and they said yes.
Guess what? I swam a 200
last night!!! I didn’t say I did it without a few breaks of swimming on my back,
but I did it! I know that I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the help
from a loving God who cares. If he cares about me trying to swim 200 meters,
I’m positive he cares about all of us and every detail of our lives.
If you have been to Florida,
comment and tell me the things I have to do while I’m there!
If you have
been to Disney World, share your favorite restaurant or random thing to
do!
And, in the words of Ellie Fredricksen,
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