Sooo today was quite interesting, stopped at Fort Cody and I got a key chain!! So that was exciting and now we are at Holy Shepherd church about to eat dinner that the green team (Trevor, Daniel, Nicole and Emily) are making! Going to go explore Denver tonight!!! woo hooo!!
p.s. Black Stallion Van is the best!!! ;)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Tuesday
From the mouth of McKenzie:
I really would love to spend this whole blog rambling about how beautiful the stars were last night! I never thought I'd say this but nebraska is soooo much better than rockford. The view we had last night is indescribible! We could even see the the milky way! It was spectacular! I have never seen the stars like that! What was so cool was the fAct that we were aabove the tree line so we had a clear shot at the night sky! I even got to make my wish on a shooting star :) After we were done staring at the stars we drove back now and had our smores by the fire! Yum!
So we then got settled in our tents and went to sleep. Dan, TiffAny, and savanah woke up and watched the sun rise.
So this morning we got to sleep in a little and then we piled in The vans to get on the road. We stopped at fort Cody, a great little tourist trap complete with a buffalo out front that most of us climbed on to take pictures (you will see those eventually). We looked around inside and had some good laughs! So we are now back on the road and almost to ColorAdo!! 200 miles to go! We are all having a greAt time!
I really would love to spend this whole blog rambling about how beautiful the stars were last night! I never thought I'd say this but nebraska is soooo much better than rockford. The view we had last night is indescribible! We could even see the the milky way! It was spectacular! I have never seen the stars like that! What was so cool was the fAct that we were aabove the tree line so we had a clear shot at the night sky! I even got to make my wish on a shooting star :) After we were done staring at the stars we drove back now and had our smores by the fire! Yum!
So we then got settled in our tents and went to sleep. Dan, TiffAny, and savanah woke up and watched the sun rise.
So this morning we got to sleep in a little and then we piled in The vans to get on the road. We stopped at fort Cody, a great little tourist trap complete with a buffalo out front that most of us climbed on to take pictures (you will see those eventually). We looked around inside and had some good laughs! So we are now back on the road and almost to ColorAdo!! 200 miles to go! We are all having a greAt time!
Monday!
We arrived in north platte yesterday, just in time for a tour of THE Connection and to get on our gloves for dinner. Some of us were serving dinner, others were getting to know the dinner guests, and Trevor and Cyndi rocked the high tech dishwasher! We all met people and heard stories that were amazing. Savannah describes her dinner friend as "so happy." She further said "and she was so thankful I asked about HER and her story." David met a gentleman that looked like him! They talked the whole hour and both left smiling from ear to ear. David said "we have so much in commom!' We got to the Ft. McPherson Campground and started to wonder what we got into. That all changed once the owner took us to the top of their mountain to see the stars. Ob the way up, we were about five feet from the cattle they raise on the hillside! We could see the Milky Way, all the constellations, and McKenzie wished upon her shooting star. (That was on her bucket list). Off to Denver tomorrow!
PS..we are reading the book of Philipians this week. Monday was chapter one, Tuesday is chapter two. Follow along with us, if you'd like!
PS..we are reading the book of Philipians this week. Monday was chapter one, Tuesday is chapter two. Follow along with us, if you'd like!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Day TWO!
From the mouth of McKenzie:
So the rest of our evening was spent plAying the famous sArdines! There were some great hiding places in the church! Eventually everyone went to bed (I was the early one so I have no idea what shenaigAns occured if there were any ;) This morning we packed up and were served breakfest by pastor Patty. I still have no idea what we were eating but it was good! From there we packed up and headed to our service for the dAy: filling sand bAgs. I am pretty sure it is the most tedious job ever but we filled over 1000 bags! We had a little competition between the teAms to see who could fill the 9 flats first! The red team (tiffany, savanah, david, and mckenzie) won. Don't believe a word anyone else tells you! It was a lot of hard work but a ton of fun. We were succesfully covered in sand by the end of our time there. After our time playing in the sand we stopped at walmart to get supplies for lunch. We had our sandwiches at a picnic in the walmart parking lot. Yep we are living the dream! We are now pilled up in the cars on our way to north platt, which means everyone is sleeping! I'm sure you all miss us dearly but we are having a GREAT time!
P.s. Yes there are lots of words misspelled in here. Thst is what happens when you use tiffany's phone to update you all.
So the rest of our evening was spent plAying the famous sArdines! There were some great hiding places in the church! Eventually everyone went to bed (I was the early one so I have no idea what shenaigAns occured if there were any ;) This morning we packed up and were served breakfest by pastor Patty. I still have no idea what we were eating but it was good! From there we packed up and headed to our service for the dAy: filling sand bAgs. I am pretty sure it is the most tedious job ever but we filled over 1000 bags! We had a little competition between the teAms to see who could fill the 9 flats first! The red team (tiffany, savanah, david, and mckenzie) won. Don't believe a word anyone else tells you! It was a lot of hard work but a ton of fun. We were succesfully covered in sand by the end of our time there. After our time playing in the sand we stopped at walmart to get supplies for lunch. We had our sandwiches at a picnic in the walmart parking lot. Yep we are living the dream! We are now pilled up in the cars on our way to north platt, which means everyone is sleeping! I'm sure you all miss us dearly but we are having a GREAT time!
P.s. Yes there are lots of words misspelled in here. Thst is what happens when you use tiffany's phone to update you all.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Day One!
We had an amazing and moving service this morning at church, before we left Rockford. Everyone showed up on time AND all of our stuff fit in the vans! We traveled from Rockford to Walcott, Iowa, where we stopped at the World's Largest Truckstop. We ventured onto Des Moines, where we briefly visited Lutheran Church of Hope and checked out the "hopemobiles." Once we got into Omaha, we had dinner from a Mexican Food Truck that was parked across from the church, and it was awesome! Tomorrow is a full day, starting with filing sand bags in Council Bluffs and then onto North Platte where we will serve at a homeless shelter and then camp. Good night!!
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