skiing

well, i know its been a week since i got back from winter camp and i didn't blog about it, so ill do so now... winter camp was pretty sweet. we drove up to north carolina, right outside asheville. it took us around 14 hours to get there. the cabin we stayed in was pretty nice. we had session that night and some pizza at the cabin and went to sleep. the next day we got up early to ski. let me just say, i am a natural at skiing, but just the opposite of that (an unnatural?) at stopping. :) going downhill was no problem, it was just that i was going too fast and couldn't stop, so instead of possibly crushing a small child by the lift, i would take a dive at the end of every run to stop. poor shannon spent most of the first day skiing up behind me and picking up my rogue poles and skis. i ended up going in by late afternoon because you eventually get tired of crashing. but the second day, i braved the mountain again and got the hang of going slow and stopping. it was a lot more fun, i only fell a couple times. the nightly sessions at camp were very cool, i was privileged as a senior to lead out and give communion to the rest of the campers, all of us seniors had time to sit and pray with a few kids that made an impact on our lives. it was moving, and very cool. before you know it, we were back on the bus and on the way home. i enjoyed seeing snow, i enjoyed skiing, and i enjoyed spending time with some of my friends on the mountain. i would grade it a success, mostly because i didnt come back with any broken bones. now i will go back to enjoying my 80 degree weather in january, thank you very much.

winter camp

today was the end of the semester! hallelujah! i took my last couple of finals (i think i did good) then i was done. now, from here on out, i get out everyday at 10 45! woo! it is gonna be pretty cool. but i digress, in a couple of hours, i leave for winter camp with another 50 kids from my church. it should be fun. we're going to north carolina and we're going skiing. now let me say, i've never been skiing before, i've never seen snow before, and frankly i dont like the cold. i could do without it. unless it is 90 degrees outside i avoid opening the refrigerator. but i have put away my hate for the cold for the sake of the rd. (its what we call our student ministry)so tomorrow (after the 15 hour bus ride) i will be flying down the mountain in my borrowed jacket and pants... well, i might be falling down the mountain... but it should be fun either way.