Valentines day at YWAM Biarritz!

Valentines pastry :)

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I'm not sure how to put it, except to say that Ladies, you are WORTH it. Worth being honored, 

worth being respected and pursued! And I'm not sure that I can put into words what it's like to feel worth it! I can only say that last night I felt it! I want to give a huge thank you to all of the guys here at YWAM Biarritz because they are truly the standard of what real men should be like! 

The other day/valentines day, all the guys spent the entire day reconstructing and transforming their apartment into a five star restaurant! Complete with new wallpaper, candles, wine glasses and to top it off... live jazz music! (they put all of there furniture out on one of the balconies!) I could barely recognize that it was the same place! This of course took... hours! but whats more they even cooked our entire three course meal! We started off with a delightful spinach salad with sliced strawberries and walnuts :) The main course was rolled chicken stuffed with asparagus, sun dried tomatoes and goat cheese! (or some type of cheese!) with a small side of asparagus and rice all drizzled with an amazing sauce! :) for desert we all got either a raspberry or strawberry tart with a light powdering of sugar drizzled with Chocolate and a side of whipped cream! Oh the yumminess! It was truly delightful, complete with Champagne a.k.a sparkling cider! :) If that wasn't enough already not only did they serve us the entire night but also played live music for us! There was allot of dancing ;) 

     I have never felt so cherished and special than at the moment that they opened the door to the apartment and each man escorted each lady to her seat and gave her a rose! I may have cried! It was so touching and beautiful! Something I will never forget! At the end, Dan, the leader of our base got up to give a brief speech about how we deserved every moment of the night, and that we are indeed worthy! I can only say that the bar has been raised for all men! It's not necessarily something that is hard to achieve, but it's something that requires a man who is rooted in God and is committed to following and loving Him! The guys that served us last night are truly that! In love with God, and passionate about showing that through their actions. 

     God loves all of us unconditionally! There is no question about that, so it follows that this is the way we should love others, Love Expecting NO Reward, a selfless, beautiful love! That is what valentines day is about! Loving each other the way that God loves us. This is exactly what those guys did for us! You don't need a boyfriend or girlfriend to celebrate 'Valentines day' or be completely and selflessly loved! You just need God, and an understanding that EVERYONE deserves to be honored and loved no matter who they are. 

      I feel it's important for women to know how special and worthy they truly are, because so many of us have such low self esteem! Ladies you are worth so much! Don't ever accept anything less than a man (or friend for that matter!) who is committed to God and to loving and honoring you the same way that He does! :) 

Happy Valentines day!!! Love you all! :)

Here are a few pictures from the night, I hope to post more pics soon! :)

Getting ready!!!!

Kaylyn (my leader for my outreach phase!) Shanda, Linda, Katalina, Savannah, and Elizabeth :)

Mariah, Me, Shanda, Linda, Amy and Stephanie in the very front :)

So much makeup and hair stuff!!!!

Mo and Shanda... such models!

Leah (our wonderful DTS leader!) Lindsay and Kaylyn :)

Lillian and Jaimee :)

Sarah and Amy (amy's my roommate:)

We are all ready to go! (I live with such babes!)

Brittany with her rose :) so beautiful!!! :)

Just a small example of the exemplary service we received last night! Peshë is looking so smooth with his bow tie! :)

They did good with the choice of wallpaper and decor :)

JJP (Josh John Paul) giving some refills :)

Below is the most beautiful sight I've ever seen! I'm referring to the salad of course ;) modeled by the gorgeous Jaimee :)

Yes I was informed by Matt (not the guy in the photo below... the guy in the background) that the Champagne (Sparkling Cider) was the year 1984, a very good year for Cider apparently ;) :)

Yes we were very elegant!

Part way through the evening I decided to get a breath of fresh air and cool off on the balcony :) Linda told me to look out over my kingdom so... thats what I'm doing :)

Ok so below is one of the most amazing people I know! HELENA! she is awesome :) she is one of the girls staffing this DTS and she is so much fun! :)

Oh! and here is Linda my BFFF :) looking out over her kingdom!

She was my date :)

Oh the elegance :) Good times :)

the motto for the night:

Love

Expecting 

No Reward!

The three girls who are staffing the DTS Helena, Amy, and Kaylyn, and Sarah who is not staff... :) (after helena)

It was a wonderful night! But only possible because of the awesomeness of these guys!

Pierre (Pechë), Matt (Mitt), Adam (Leah's husband), JJP, Dan (base leader), and Erik is lying across their laps! Love these guys so much they are so amazing :) 

Happy Valentines day Toute la monde! hope it was as wonderful as mine :)