To get the ball rolling I thought I might start posting now with a few things that we've been up to as a team during prep.
First Stop...CCP Retreat 13/14 October 07
We all piled into 3 cars (in typical impact style...girls in one car....guys in the other...but it was great girl catch up time!) in Grace college car park bright and early 8am Saturday morning for a sprint up the mountain to Mt Tamborine.
The air was fresh the sun was warm....we were set for a productive weekend! And that it was. During this short period of 24 hrs we managed to squeeze in
- morning tea/checkpoint
- 3 talks and an extensive prayer period
- some interesting team building activities
- a short stroll, filming our video to send over to thailand introducing ourselves
- cultural/packing/weather/money/schedule info
- dinner, desert, a game of pick up sticks....the most serious and intense game i have ever played...each turn took about 5 mins...
- bed, sleeeeeeeep
- wake, eat, QT, clean, leave by 9am arrive
It was great to be able to spend a large portion of time with the team and have the chance to get to know each other a bit better.
Thats all from me for now.
Here are some pics from the weekend...
Me almost stacking it as i landed from leapfrogging over spaceman
Me almost stacking it as i landed from leapfrogging over spaceman
A spontaneous game of 'kick the soccer ball' right near this steep slope down the mountainside...we nearly lost the ball a few times.
The Pete, Birdman and Rod strutting on the way back...
The elaborate method which we used to get that tennis ball into a bucket about 10m away.... (if you can't make it out...thats two ropes pulled taught just the right distance apart for the ball to roll down) It worked....eventually.
Just a little sequence of our leapfrog exercise.
The most handsome little man, coming on our trip. Mr Benjamin Richards
A truck that just happened to be at the campsite. (For those who don't know the two in the photo are Matt and Naomi Bird)
Spacedog (Nick Wright) being a kangaroo.
The intense game of pick up sticks...check out the concentration....And it looks like birdman is sticking his stick up Rod's nose....
3 comments:
Hello Samantha Dear I hope you're feeling fine.
Unfortunately though, I can't sing the next line of the song for you and you're not able to sing 'I spent last night in the arms of a girl called Louisianna' teehee!
Well, I am just having another boring day at home so I thought I would drop you a note to tell you I LOVE YOU and that I love ya blog. Nice piccies too! Looks like you and your team are already having a ball.
Mmwah.
Kyles
Haha. Textbook blog Samma. Very entertaining. Thanks heaps.
Sam-Sam!!! This makes me miss you so much...to think this time last year I was on the weekend! I can't wait to see how God moves in your life and uses you! You're in my prayers and go expecting God to move!
Love you!
Marisa
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