LA. Week 1. Crazy.

This week went by super fast! We have had 15 screenings over 5 days, a day off today, and then 3 more screenings tomorrow! It was totally worth it though. We have met some incredible people over the past week. Foothill Tech HS started out our week, then off to UCSD in the same day (Liz Choi & here chapter are awesome!). On Tuesday, we had Cal Lutheran & SBCC, both of which were much better than we ever expected, which was so awesome! Wednesday was pretty much our day from hell... Jane & I stayed at a high school all day while Sean went off to CAMS and LACC. After all that, we met back up after sitting in traffic for forever, and split up again to go to Oxy & College Ave. Whew. After all that, we stayed with Rod, who was a really awesome guy who lives in the hills that overlook LA. What a view! He also had a lot of cats, and a lot of musical instruments. Which was super sweeeeet!

Thursday started out with us going back to CAMS, and then heading to Cleveland HS, where there were about 50 kids for an afternoon screening! Wow. They were all pretty cool, especially the KSA club members. In the evening, we went to the church that rescued Yoon Hui over the summer! They were very humble & very excited to see the documentary. As soon as that was done, we headed over to Pomona, where we met up with one of Sean's friends from IC to go see the midnight premier of Harry Potter! I won't spoil it for anyone, but it is somewhat different than the book (as usual). That is all.

On Friday, we started out our day slightly tired, but pumped after seeing HP7(part1). We went to Thoreau HS, a continuation school with about 70 kids. They all squeezed into one classroom, and were intrigued & interested in what we had to say about North Korea. They asked some great questions, and some of them stayed after we were done (which was the end of their school day/week/start of Tgiving break) to talk to us some more! From there, we headed to Glen A. Wilson HS, where a LiNK chapter just formed about a month ago. We had no idea what to expect, but as soon as we showed up & saw the "Welcome LiNK Nomads" sign, we knew something amazing was about to happen...

While planning for this event, the chapter had approximated 20-50 students to show up for their after school screening. However, 19 teachers offered extra credit for the screening, and they did an amazing job at promoting it. So on a Friday, after school, 200 kids showed up to watch "Hiding"!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. Those girls were really underestimated by the administration. Not only were there more than expected, but they didn't all fit into the classroom! So we moved the screening into the largest room on campus (where they were all still stuffed in like sardines), and had a super awesome screening!

After all that, we drove down to Torrance for our last screening of the day for a youth group. They were all super sweet & asked a lot of questions, even the cute little 6th graders! I also tried Kimchi for the first time last night... Let's just say it's not my new favorite food... haha.

Fun times. Today we have the day off, so we are just bumming around in Torrance! Tomorrow is going to be a crazy one as well, along with the next 3 days up until a quick little break for Thanksgiving. :)

Next 2 weeks: Greater LA/OC!