“This this week my team and I wrote a blog together since we are getting team
changes in a couple of days and will no longer be together. I hope you enjoy!”
Dear Squadmates,
Team Estuary here, coming at you live with our last Team Estuary blog from
Starbucks in Bangkok. With team changes approaching, we wanted to let you
in on where Estuary has come from so that when you are sitting across from
one of us in the future, everything makes a lot more sense.
It all started in June 2017, with blank stares stretching across a plastic folding
table. Inside, our reactions were more like…
We barely knew each other at the time, but after 5 months we’ve learned quite
a bit about each other, so here’s some things you should know about each
person:
Sarah Hopkins
Height:5′ 3”
Extrovert and External Processor
Milk makes her explode
Mizzou and marching band obsessions
Will remember every detail about your elementary best friend that lives in
Idaho she overheard in your conversation with your mom. Information may be
skewed.
Adventures for Sarah include: historical sites, going to grocery stores, and
making sketchy travel arrangements
Signs Something is Up: she’ll stop talking.
Important Notes: Sarah is like a mother so she’s willing to take care of you in
any way at anytime of the day, she enjoys dancing, it’s easier to accept her
mass consumption of Oreos rather than to talk about it, will bring a excess of
snacks everywhere or even go above and beyond to make dairy-free foods that
are delicious AND share but don’t take advantage of that.
Common Words/Phrases: “I see your getting frustrated, can I help?” “situation”
“did you know…?” “Did I tell you about that time…” *sign language you can’t
understand*
Kristine (aka Pam Beesly)
Height: 5′ 5”
Hair Color: ?
Introvert and Internal Processor
Was sad she missed Comic-Con 2017
Has a minute by minute schedule she follows pretty closely
Loves The Office, knives, and Guns n’ Roses
Adventures for Kristine: hiking, making to-do lists, watching super hero movies
Signs Something is Up: “I’m fine” and avoids eye contact, give time to process
and return later
Important Notes: you will have to order her to go to bed when she’s sick and
allow her to make up for it in her own way when she’s better, get her french
fries when she’s sick, puns are the key to her heart and she writes her own dad
jokes, hyper aware of others’ emotions, she loves tacos, apple pie, and brownies,
she can sing but will always deny it. Make her do it for ministry anyway. Really
good at taking care of sick people.
Common Words/Phrases: “I’m a nice person really.” “britches” “That’s bomb.”
Molly
Height: 5′ 5”
LOVES dogs – will always ask how to say ‘dog’ in every language
You will learn to love Wasabi too – that’s her dog, not the spice
Will get tears in her eye if you start crying
Guilty Pleasure: watching military homecoming videos
Adventures for Molly: getting to sleep all day, reading Harry Potter, anything
with elephants
Signs Something is Up: just look at her facial expressions.
Important Note: don’t take her to places with big crowds/night markets, she
looks like the hulk when she gets angry, she comes alive when she’s dancing,
always super helpful and will volunteer for things she doesn’t want to do – don’t
always let her, she’s not texting on her phone she’s just reading, ELEPHANTS.
Common Words/ Phrases: “lost as a ball in high weeds” “Tell me where to
be and when to be there”
Sarah Schultz
Height: 5′ 7”
Obsessed with movies, but doesn’t actually have any with her
She hates cold rain and working out
Feels sympathy for all the stray animals
Adventures for Sarah: beaches/water, people asking her to watch a movie,
anywhere she can get a good picture
Signs Something is Up: storms around really loudly *grunting noises*
Important Notes: She really loves chocolate and frappe’s and playing
games…like a lot, cuddles…yes please! Needs entertainment. Doesn’t pay
attention to what anyone says unless directly spoken too, memory needs
improvement – so play memory games with her. Her love language is gifts and
always knows what to get someone to cheer them up. Will probably buy herself
dinner and then give it away to a homeless person.
Common Words/Phrase: “Don’t forget to pray before you go to sleep!”
“Wanna play a game!?” “I”m bored”
Talya
Height: 5′ 5”
Will do anything to kill a mosquito, but someone else has to kill the spiders
Loves the show Suits
Will sing all the songs she hears in public
Snapchat queen
Adventures for Talya: staying in bed, hiking, going to the beach
Signs Something is Up: she raises her eyebrows then starts talking and her
voice fades out till there’s nothing
Important Notes: listen to all her stories about her intramural job or childhood
or just all of them, NEEDS her introvert time and might just disappear
sometimes, she’s really good at connecting with teenagers, sports are
important, doesn’t enjoy feelings but will listen to them anyways and then give
you logical advice if you ask for it, you MUST ask for her opinions and she’ll tell
you the truth, she is wise as heck.
Common Words/Phrases: “do you know what I mean?” “or I don’t know”
Jenn
Height: 5′ 2”
Loves all things plants
You should get used to everything smelling like essential oils
Spends lots of time with her ukulele
Adventures for Jenn: art or flowers or nature, painting and Earl Grey tea
Signs Something is Up: stops smiling, starts crying, and says short sentences
Important Notes: don’t talk to her in the morning until she starts talking to you,
will teach you how to eat the WHOLE apple, doesn’t enjoy movies unless she’s
sick or it’s Star Wars, she has severe FOMO and you can tell her she needs to
go introvert, she genuinely asks questions so answer them well or she’ll keep
asking more, DO NOT let her buy any Nutella unless she’s on her period.
Common Words/Phrases: “yeah, yeah” *talks in a weird voice*
From where we started, to where we are no, we have come a long LONG way. It’s been a fun and interesting ride and I feel extremely blessed to be on it and to call these beautiful girls my friends.
With love from Team Estuary!
