GOLD STREAM
We woke up thanksgiving Monday and it was a beautiful day, so we decided to hop in the vans and head off to Gold Stream Tussle. Gold Stream has a waterfall, which was not flowing a lot, but we still were able to enjoy it. Then we took a short hike up a hill to a tussle bridge!
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| Photo: Anna O'Drowsky |
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| Photo: Matt Lemke |
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| Photo: Matt Lemke |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
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| Photo: Anna O'Drowsky |
SALTS
Tuesday morning the bus left for Victoria at 8.00 am where we met the SALTS boat "The Pacific Swift" to go sailing for three nights.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
Everyone was split into three different "Watch" groups. These groups would rotate being on watch together which meant that one group was responsible for sailing the ship during the day. At night the students were in pairs and would switch off every hour making sure the boat remained anchored. The groups had a lot of fun learning about sailing together. During the week we took time to share testimonies in the evening and hear each other's stories.
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
On Wednesday we loaded up the Dory's in the different watch teams and went to an island for a hike and to potentially find some apple orchards. The orchards turned up empty, but we played Huckle Buckle before we left to go back to the Swift.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
A typical day on the Swift would consist of a watch crew getting up for 6.50 Am to start scrubbing the deck. Another crew would get up for 7.20 Am to eat breakfast and they would have the first watch taking over for the 6.50 Am crew at 8.00 Am. At 8.00 Am the 6.50 Am crew would eat and the last crew would get up to eat as well. One of the last two would do the dishes in the Hold.
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
After dishes were done we would meet up one deck for devotions with everyone.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
The different watches took turns running the ship during the day. Some of them took some time to study our geographical location and the course we were taking. When they weren't on watch they could spend some time hanging out, reading for their courses, or climbing the mast.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
SALTS owns two boats, the Pacific Swift and the Pacific Grace. The Pacific Grace had a group of students on it from Columbia Bible College who are apart of the Quest program which is very similar to the Kaleo Program.
On Thursday the Swift met up with the Grace and we hung out with Quest on a beach and played some Ultimate Frisbee then spent some time hanging out. It was a great time, I think all the students from both groups enjoyed the time and it was a highlight of the trip for many of them.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones - The beach where we meet up with Quest |
It was cool for the groups to have time to fellowship with each other and was a really surreal kingdom illustration for everyone as we gathered to pray over each group.
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
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| Photo: Kurt Jones |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
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| Photo: Steven Lofting |
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Photo: Steven Lofting
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The weather was beautiful all week! We have been really blessed to have such awesome weather for these out trips lately! The students loved getting to know their watch leaders and getting to connect with the rest of the crew over the course of the week!
HOW TO BE PRAYING:
You can be praying for the students as they begin more class packed weeks. There is a lot of material that they will be going through and a lot more time spent at camp, and less time spent on adventures. As they make this transition into a slower pace of life and the school work building up, be praying that they transition well.
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