Week 6: ATL excursion and more!

      This week proved to be a lot more jam-packed then last week, since we worked over 30 hours. On Monday, we met at Kristin's house to discuss what we were going to do for the entire week. Kristin had bought a bunch of planters for the church in Texas which she was going to use for the childrens hallway and she had Lia and I work on arranging the flowers in the planters. Arranging flowers turns out to be a lot more difficult then I thought it would be, and Lia and I sharpened our skills with matching, spreading out, and placing the flowers appropriately in their new homes.  On Tuesday, we met with the pastor at the church in Athens, to talk about plans. The pastor showed his complete generosity by treating Kristin, Lia, and I to lunch at El Azteca, along with his family and some of the staff. After lunch, we journeyed suburban-style back to the church to meet and discuss plans for the new building. This planning included selecting church chair styles for the auditorium, figuring out who needed what types of desks in their offices, choosing a furniture arrangement for the foyer of the church, selecting materials for the surface of the welcome desk, and many, many more things. The meeting lasted nearly 6 hours, so we were all pretty tired by the end of it. On our way home, we discussed in what ways the meeting went well and in what ways it didn't.
On Wednesday, Kristin had planned a trip to Atlanta, specifically for Lia's and my enjoyment. It was such a fun experience! We first went to Ivan Allen to meet up with Kristin's friend who had us sit down in multiple sessions with different product salesmen, to hear their presentations about what commercial furniture is hot in the market these days. Kristin found a couple things in the brochures that she liked, but one of the main reasons we went there was to find a curvy couch for the lobby of Cornerstone. The day continued with a lunch break at Empire State South, a visit to the exhibit about Eero Saarinen at MODA (Museum of Design Atlanta) and an expedition to one of my now, new favorite stores: Paris on Ponce. This store was filled with every sort of antique, trinket, unique object, you could ever find, all tucked into a mini warehouse in Midtown. Thanks goes to Lia's suggestion to visit. On Thursday, Kristin and I journeyed to Peachtree City to see what work the construction crew had been doing for the church. The new Upstreet was looking very "worked on" so it was a good thing that Kristin came so that she could discuss with one of her contract workers,about what to do for certain sections of the walls. On Friday, Lia and I tagged along with Kristin as she gave a tour of Athens church to the a church staff. The objective here was to present some ideas to the staff, so that they could implement some ideas and inspiration into their own church.

 The Flowers that Lia and I arranged in Kristin's living room

                                                          Where we ate

                                                               All of us!
                                               (left to right, Kristin, me, Lia)