Day 237: Last Day of S.HOU.T!

This morning, after the girls woke up and got ready for the day, the boys prepared something special for the girls. We couldn't even go to the kitchen! It said "No girls allowed beyond this point!" It was something special indeed and as we kept guessing in the basement, three boys finally went down stairs and told the girls what was on their menu.. in other words, what they prepared for the girls for breakfast! Then we came up and lined up. No one wanted to go first, so I decided to go in first. I thought everyone else would follow but they closed the door and all the boys were clapping and saying "Yaaaaaay!" lol. I proceeded to one of the seats around the table. That same thing was repeated for all the other girls too. And as they were coming in and receiving standing ovation, some of us started to read the little diamond cards and the letters on it. I admit, some of the messages were really cute! Haha like, "Are you tired? 'Cause you've been running through my mind all day!" And a lot of other cute messages. After eating, the boys presented to us a song.. and some dancing haha. After one special rose given to a girl, all the other boys took a rose and gave it to each of us. IT WAS SO CORNY! Hahahah but cute. Anyway after that and the things in between, we went to downtown and attended mass at St. Francis Church. After mass we were surprised by an AMAZING (G)RACE! So each house were given clue card and had to find the person around after doing all the requirements to get the next card. It's like Amazing Race. After a whole lot of funny, crazy, interesting things in between, our team finally went home. We had around 4 hours to finish the race. We were last... lol. The consequence? We washed the dishes. Then one of the teams cooked us dinner. They cooked barbeque steak. It was really good!

After that and a lot of things in between, we had our last and final talks/sessions. I was tired and I'm sad to say that I almost fell asleep near the end of the talk. This was when the emotional part came actually... just like how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, we were freely given the chance to wash the feet of our friends. By washing their feet, we let that person know that we are willing to serve him/her. I didn't get to wash everyone's feet, but I did get to wash a few. I thought I wouldn't cry (others began crying) but then a brother took a bucket and a cloth, came toward me, washed my feet, hugged me, and told me some things that got me crying. Then a few more came to wash my feet, and it was hard for me to stop the tears from flowing. It was just that meaningful to us. I'll miss this S.HOU.T! I really will.. especially the new bond and friendship we developed. No need to be sad though, since there'll be more of these in the future! HOORAH! :D