Canadian Fact of the Day- Apparantly, toboggans are not hats. I was informed that they are actually sleds, and the cute wintery headgear is a "touque." I mean really, who knew?
So this past week was Student Week aka "The Thing at the Field." We had so much fun hanging out with the kids, and we met some new friends. Mary Greer was also staying with us this week and she and I were in charge of messy games. I love messy games when I don't have to partake in them. Some of them were so sick, like one the kids had to see how many M&M's they could eat in 60 seconds, but we put ketchup in the middle of the candy, so it was really disgusting. Also we had a game that they had to pop a balloon with their nose, but we greased the balloons up with criso, so the balloons would stick to their faces and their hair. Pimple city. We met some way cool leaders too. Our friend Lorna works at Dairy Queen so we can go visit her there, and then our new BFFL Ken is a total mountain man but he loves "Enchanted" and will watch Gilmore Girls with us. An excellent week overall.
Also, I jumped off the Ferry Docks again, but this time I did NOT bellyflop. I had a normal jump with no bruises. I was terrified when I was up there, however, and I made Eden hold my hand until I jumped. Success.
We went and saw the new Batman movie, "Dark Knight," at midnight the day it came out. It was definitely worth it, and an incredible movie. Heath Ledger is so freaky as the joker. Really, go see it.
We're about to go camping for a couple of days, which I am way excited about. We get to go in some natural hot springs too!! Sarah hates camping, so that means we'll probably have lots of funny stories when we come back. It's pretty crazy because after we go camping we come back for two days and then leave again to go to Vancouver, and then we come home! Our time here is almost finished. Insane.
Hope everyone misses me a lot. :) I miss you guys so much too.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Kids Club Madness
Canadian Fact- Their vending machines don't have places to take bills. This is, of course, because of the loonies and toonies they have instead of small dollar bills.
This past week was nuts. The team from Peachtree City was here, and we did Kids Club (VBS) in the mornings and then we went to the Kelowna Gospel Mission in the afternoons. My job for Kids Club was pre-school and kindergarten activities, which basically means I played games with cute kids. We had this one little pair of siblings named Khaya and Kenya who were red-headed and precious. What's really cool though is they were both born in South Africa and lived their for the first couple of years of their life and just recently moved to Canada. Also there was this little Asian girl named Kai who spoke Japanese, but the only word she would tell me how to say was fart. Classic. Another part of my job was teaching the motions that go with the songs to to all the kids with Sarah, Robin, Garrett, Hanna, and some of the other youth. Thank you LifeWay (in particular Jeff Slaughter) for songs about outriggers and unshakable truth that NEVER leave your head. If I hear the Outrigger Island theme song one more time I think I might find something high to jump off. All the kids loved them though, so I suppose it was worth it.
In the afternoons we went to the Kelowna Gospel Mission, which feeds about 100-150 people for lunch and dinner and houses about 75 homeless men. They also have a place for the people who come to eat to take a shower and wash their clothes. We cooked dinner and cleaned bathrooms for them. I helped cook dinner all four nights we were there. The head chef was this crazy British guy named Jason who was great. He was so patient with all of us and made everything really fun. He was also very fond of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, so sometimes that was playing while we cooked. We mashed potatoes with something that looked big enough to be a cow brander, and I'm sure Sarah and I buttered about 300 rolls. We peeled a lot of carrots and potatoes too. I mean really, I think I peeled more potatoes and carrots than I have ever even eaten across my whole life. It was really good though. And everyone had such good attitudes about it, even the people who had to clean the public showers. Needless to say, however, we were pretty tired by the end of the day.
The team left yesterday, which was sad, and the week went by super fast. Next week is Student Week though, and we're all pretty excited about that.
Last night Sarah and I sat out on our back deck and we saw the Northern Lights! (at least we're pretty sure we did). They were really beautiful and kind of eerie. They were like dancing brush strokes. Also we saw some shooting stars. It's so beautiful here.
I also have been getting all kinds of mail, which I love! Thanks for everyone sending me stuff, it really makes my week when I get it. And I also love reading all your comments on here, I miss everyone so much! I've been getting a little homesick, so hearing from everyone is so good.
Love!
This past week was nuts. The team from Peachtree City was here, and we did Kids Club (VBS) in the mornings and then we went to the Kelowna Gospel Mission in the afternoons. My job for Kids Club was pre-school and kindergarten activities, which basically means I played games with cute kids. We had this one little pair of siblings named Khaya and Kenya who were red-headed and precious. What's really cool though is they were both born in South Africa and lived their for the first couple of years of their life and just recently moved to Canada. Also there was this little Asian girl named Kai who spoke Japanese, but the only word she would tell me how to say was fart. Classic. Another part of my job was teaching the motions that go with the songs to to all the kids with Sarah, Robin, Garrett, Hanna, and some of the other youth. Thank you LifeWay (in particular Jeff Slaughter) for songs about outriggers and unshakable truth that NEVER leave your head. If I hear the Outrigger Island theme song one more time I think I might find something high to jump off. All the kids loved them though, so I suppose it was worth it.
In the afternoons we went to the Kelowna Gospel Mission, which feeds about 100-150 people for lunch and dinner and houses about 75 homeless men. They also have a place for the people who come to eat to take a shower and wash their clothes. We cooked dinner and cleaned bathrooms for them. I helped cook dinner all four nights we were there. The head chef was this crazy British guy named Jason who was great. He was so patient with all of us and made everything really fun. He was also very fond of the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, so sometimes that was playing while we cooked. We mashed potatoes with something that looked big enough to be a cow brander, and I'm sure Sarah and I buttered about 300 rolls. We peeled a lot of carrots and potatoes too. I mean really, I think I peeled more potatoes and carrots than I have ever even eaten across my whole life. It was really good though. And everyone had such good attitudes about it, even the people who had to clean the public showers. Needless to say, however, we were pretty tired by the end of the day.
The team left yesterday, which was sad, and the week went by super fast. Next week is Student Week though, and we're all pretty excited about that.
Last night Sarah and I sat out on our back deck and we saw the Northern Lights! (at least we're pretty sure we did). They were really beautiful and kind of eerie. They were like dancing brush strokes. Also we saw some shooting stars. It's so beautiful here.
I also have been getting all kinds of mail, which I love! Thanks for everyone sending me stuff, it really makes my week when I get it. And I also love reading all your comments on here, I miss everyone so much! I've been getting a little homesick, so hearing from everyone is so good.
Love!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
more fireworks and sunshine.
Canadian Fact of the Day- They love those munchkin doughnut holes here, except they get them from a little chain called Tim Horton's, and the munchkins are actually "timbits."
Yesterday we got the day off because it was officially Canada Day. We went to the "beach." In reality it was a very cold lake with some pebbly sand. It was hard to stay in the water, because it was overcast, but we played some and then laid on the beach and played MASH. This was fun because there were 5 girls and one boy, and we made everyone play. I think it predicted my future husband would be Yao Ming (I don't know how to spell that, whoever that Asian basketball player is), but we would have no kids. Sad day. Todd, the one boy, said his dream job would be to shoot frozen chickens at airplane windows to test the shatter resistance. He claims this is a legitimate job, but I don't know that any of us believe him. Anyway, later that night we went to Peachland and watched more fireworks. They were highly disappointing, but that's mainly because most of our group is used to the pyro-spectacular show that is Peachtree City 4th of July.
Other than that we've just been getting ready for Kids Club next week and then Student Week the week after. And the PTC team comes on Saturday! We are so excited about that. Lots of moms cooking for us all week! woooo.
love in this club.
Yesterday we got the day off because it was officially Canada Day. We went to the "beach." In reality it was a very cold lake with some pebbly sand. It was hard to stay in the water, because it was overcast, but we played some and then laid on the beach and played MASH. This was fun because there were 5 girls and one boy, and we made everyone play. I think it predicted my future husband would be Yao Ming (I don't know how to spell that, whoever that Asian basketball player is), but we would have no kids. Sad day. Todd, the one boy, said his dream job would be to shoot frozen chickens at airplane windows to test the shatter resistance. He claims this is a legitimate job, but I don't know that any of us believe him. Anyway, later that night we went to Peachland and watched more fireworks. They were highly disappointing, but that's mainly because most of our group is used to the pyro-spectacular show that is Peachtree City 4th of July.
Other than that we've just been getting ready for Kids Club next week and then Student Week the week after. And the PTC team comes on Saturday! We are so excited about that. Lots of moms cooking for us all week! woooo.
love in this club.
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