This week has been one of the most fun and jam-packed weeks on a project yet! Mitch kicked off our week Monday morning by teaching on "How to study your Bible". He shared the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning, the importance of context when studying verses, and the importance of finding Christ in every passage we study. Monday night we discussed our first chapter in "Gospel Growth" in our small groups.
Tuesday we packed up early and headed to Yellowstone for the day! We spent the whole day touring around Yellowstone and seeing Old Faithful, geysers, hot springs, waterfalls, and a good amount of wildlife. It was a very long day but we had such a great time seeing one of the most visited national parks in the world!
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| Artist Point |
On Wednesday, we spent the morning in the Word as we experienced our first day of rainy weather since we arrived. Because of the rain, we had to postpone our daily hike and we spent the day relaxing, watching a movie (Disney's "Heavy Weights"), and catching up on some sleep (or at least I did!) We closed out the day by having a "night of reflection" where we spend time processing all God is teaching us and all He has been doing on our project so far.
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| Jackson Hole Staff Team |
Thursday morning, Kari lead us in a study on holiness, followed by Katie sharing about prayer. After lunch, we headed to Teton Village and headed to the top of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort via the Aerial Tram. In fifteen minutes, we travelled 4,000 feet up to the top of the mountain (about 10,450 feet in elevation). We spent our afternoon admiring the views of Jackson Hole, eating famous "Nutella Waffles", drinking hot chocolate, and having a big snow ball fight. We closed out the day by gathering together for dinner and then hearing from Pastor Don, the owner of the Bible college that we are staying at this summer.
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| Birthday Boy! |
Thursday was also Mitch's birthday!! We had a surprise birthday celebration at dinner on Thursday night and the camp made him a carrot cake (one of his favorites). After dinner, Mitch and I were given the night off to go hang out in town for his birthday. Once students started trying to guess his/our ages, we realized how old most of them really think they are- it wasn't pretty!
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| Olympics Bible Trivia |
Friday morning, Whitney shared about loving others well and following Christ's example. AFter lunch, we spent the afternoon competing in the second annual Summer Project Olympics. Consisting of three events (volleyball, Bible trivia, and frisbee golf) and an "Ultimate Challenge" obstacle course (water balloon toss, egg race, wheelbarrow race, and dizzy bat), we had 6 teams battle it out all afternoon. Each team was allowed to come up with a team name and theme and they went ALL out! At the end of the day, the "Man on a Buffalo" team won and "Skittles" & "America" tied for 2nd. Friday night came to a close with another birthday celebration (Mary Larkin's) men's and women's time, and Paula coming to visit!
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| The winning team! |
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| The winners from each round "pie-d" the losers from each round! |
Saturday morning we shared brunch together and then heard from Elizabeth about the power of our words and how to use our words to glorify God. After her talk, we headed out for a hike up to Ski Lake. It was a beautiful hike that was mostly uphill, but the views at the end were completely worth it! On the far side of the lake, we were able to find fossils amongst the hundreds of rocks that lined the side of the mountain. The weather and the scenery made for a perfect afternoon hike!
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| Ski Lake |
We closed out our week by attended the Jackson Hole Rodeo Saturday night! We had 4 teams of staff and students who participated in the calf wrangling event in the middle of the rodeo, while the rest of us were thoroughly entertained by the mass chaos of students running around trying to take a flag off a calf's tail. The rodeo was a blast and we all left (in our flannel, of course) feeling a little bit more like locals.
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| Monthly update picture at 10,500 feet! |
And last, but certainly not least, we crossed into the third trimester of my pregnancy this week! We are so incredibly thankful for an easy and healthy pregnancy so far and we are so grateful for all of your prayers for us and our sweet baby boy!
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