We have been here for only 1 full day and we are already dying. Help me!! I want my mommy and I would just like to tell everyone back home that I love them before this big guy behind me wacks me over the head with a club. So if I just stop typing then u will know what happened. But I at least swam about 2 miles in the great salt lake and walked about 1 mile across very very very hard and pointy and sharp sand-rock-boulder things. O, btw this is Jeffrey LaVoie typing this. By the time I finally got to the island after the first half of the swim I was cramping all overrrrrrrrr!!! EVERYWHERE! Well.. that may be a little bit of a stretch but it still hurt badly.. then walking across more pointy rock-sand-boulder things with hundreds (literally) of birds flying around I was the first (and only) person to get pooped on.. even thou there were plenty of other targets (some that had been there much longer than I had and had been killing some of the birds with rocks).. but of course me being the kind nature loving (except spiders) person I am gets pooped on.. About 1 minute onto the island.. still sore.. but I will stop complaining.
Well onto the actuality of the trip :). The bus ride was long with plenty of breaks (maybe a little too many if you ask me) but we enjoyed the ride. We sat around (obviously) and got to talk about all sorts of things like how mountains were created and video games and books and almost everything else. On the ride over we also watched Evan Almighty and Robots. In Denver before we went to bed we made one last stop for the night at a gas station where I (still Jeffrey LaVoie talking) bought a half gallon container of chocolate milk :). With a little assistance of Jordan Ryberg (my best bud) we got the whole jug drank before we went to bed (and the best part is that I didn’t even get sick).
When we got into Utah yesterday we got unloaded and went up into our rooms (after a short meeting thing with the group as a whole). I am in a room with 5 people in including our adult leader Larry Friend (do not worry though, Larry slept on an air mattress, Jon Henderson and John Pulliam slept on the floor, and Jordan Witte and I enjoyed the only 2 beds in the room). All we have done so far is just walk around at a mall and ate and went up to the Mormon temple. We also had a church service this morning and learned what sojourn meant (if you don’t know what it means it is: a stopping point) and sang some songs (but there weren’t very many people there at all). Tonight we are going to our first rally and I am super excited (and I just asked if the rest of my roomies were and they said they are too (Jordan is a little tired though and got super sun burned at the lake and is dragging a little.. but I know he will enjoy it :) ))
Well that is pretty much that status report on my group. Till next time or until I see you again, good bye and have a good time and a good day (unless you are reading this right before you go to bed, then good bye and good night :) )
P.S. oops, I was just informed that apparently Lauren W. also got pooped on :) Picture above
Well onto the actuality of the trip :). The bus ride was long with plenty of breaks (maybe a little too many if you ask me) but we enjoyed the ride. We sat around (obviously) and got to talk about all sorts of things like how mountains were created and video games and books and almost everything else. On the ride over we also watched Evan Almighty and Robots. In Denver before we went to bed we made one last stop for the night at a gas station where I (still Jeffrey LaVoie talking) bought a half gallon container of chocolate milk :). With a little assistance of Jordan Ryberg (my best bud) we got the whole jug drank before we went to bed (and the best part is that I didn’t even get sick).
When we got into Utah yesterday we got unloaded and went up into our rooms (after a short meeting thing with the group as a whole). I am in a room with 5 people in including our adult leader Larry Friend (do not worry though, Larry slept on an air mattress, Jon Henderson and John Pulliam slept on the floor, and Jordan Witte and I enjoyed the only 2 beds in the room). All we have done so far is just walk around at a mall and ate and went up to the Mormon temple. We also had a church service this morning and learned what sojourn meant (if you don’t know what it means it is: a stopping point) and sang some songs (but there weren’t very many people there at all). Tonight we are going to our first rally and I am super excited (and I just asked if the rest of my roomies were and they said they are too (Jordan is a little tired though and got super sun burned at the lake and is dragging a little.. but I know he will enjoy it :) ))
Well that is pretty much that status report on my group. Till next time or until I see you again, good bye and have a good time and a good day (unless you are reading this right before you go to bed, then good bye and good night :) )
P.S. oops, I was just informed that apparently Lauren W. also got pooped on :) Picture above
Larry here - I have had at least 3 people here in Salt Lake comment on the nature and attitude of our students – all positive. Looks like you have raised some rather good ambassadors for our Lord!
2 comments:
Did Jordan use the sunscreen packed in his bag???
Jordan Witte did not, nope. Shame on him but at least he didn't get burned :)
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