Busy busy!

A lot has happened in a few days! 

Well... last friday we went to Missions Fest in Vancouver. I think if I weren't already involved in a missions program, I might have found it more interesting. Basically it was just an expo with tables of different agencies and people sharing their causes. I think I would have enjoyed it better if the amazing trek wasn't looming for the next day (more on that in a second!) and if I had had the time to go to some of the sessions. I did get to sit in on a part of one of the sessions. It was the daughter of the founder of World Vision. She was pretty interesting, and it was interesting to hear a little about how WV got it's start. 

It was located at http://www.canadaplace.ca/. Pretty sweet location, right on the water. I heard something about cruises leaving from here... the building itself almost looks like a cruise ship.

Chris was so excited at 4am for the Amazing Trek

Moses and Brittany were less excited.

I caught a fish! And then ate him. :)

Team time- We went out for coffee and then for pool.

2 Bdays in a row! John-Michael...

Jason!

A clear day... :)

Yeah... busy week. Amazing trek was... difficult but good. I was SOOO sore afterwards. I didn't even realize that my body had some of the muscles that were sore afterwards! Who knew the muscles in the tops of your feet could hurt so much! Oh well... even though my team didn't win, I had a great experience. Some of the challenges were more fun than others. One of them was at a firehouse, we had to dress in full gear and bowling roll the hoses out to hit a cone. Then we got to play with the hoses and had to knock a sign over with the water. Also, we had to find 4 bandannas that were located in a park with just a gps and the coordinates. Caught a fish, built a fire, cooked the fish, ate the fish. Had to solve a riddle. Had to eat LOTS of disgusting food:

Balut, anyone?!

Oh and the list goes on of things that we had to do. We were told that it would begin sometime between 4-6am. So we all got up at 3:30 (AM!!) in order to be ready, even though it didn't actually start until 5:30. And the day went on and on and on... We finally finished around 9:30 that evening... many, many miles and obstacles and odd food delicacies later. Ugh... won't lie... glad that one's over. But I definitely saw the value in it. It was good to see some of the strengths and weaknesses of each person in our team and our team as a whole. Hmm... Okay. That's enough for now. I must sleep. :)

Until next time...