Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Rocky Mountain Thoughts

Brian and I just finished up a little bit o' square dancing, so I'm ready for some low-energy blogging to you folks back home. (Actually, we thought we'd better step out of the square dance because our stellar moves were outshining all the students. . . )

Today, we enjoyed a smorgasboard of activities around camp: Everyone grabbed a little of this and a little of that to piece together a fun day. Most of the crew headed out for some flyfishing this morning (with many of the girls there for "fly fishing support") and grabbed a little lunch and ice cream before heading back to camp. The afternoon offered opportunities for mountain biking, paintball, and horseback riding. And of course, some of us tried to sneak in a little nap along the way.

Personally, I skipped out on the mountain biking, but refined my "hide behind the tree" paintball strategy and enjoyed a nice ride with a horse named Cisco. (He was a little out of alignment and kept veering left, but it was a nice relaxing ride after being peppered with paintballs.)

All in all, it's been an amazing journey here in Colorado so far. The mountains out here are incredibe, of course, and one can't help but be amazed at God's creation when looking at them. But I've also been amazed at God's beautiful creation in the people I've met this week: For those of you who are parents reading this, I have to say that you have some wonderful kids. As a "newbie leader" they've made me more than welcome and I'm having a great time getting to know them. They've heard some challenging messages at chapel and it's a great joy to be walking with them on this Colorado journey--both physical and spiritual.

So thanks for keeping up with us. And just keep praying for God's blessings on our group.

For the crew,
Amy

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