So here's the deal. What I forgot to tell you in the last post is that right at the very beginning of the Amazing Trek on Saturday, Steve attempted to jump over a 2 foot fence, but he slipped on ice and ended up smashing his chest into the fence and scraping his knee, causing it to bleed.

In the process our camera which was in his pocket got smashed. So not only was he in pain all day, but we don't have a camera (even though the one we were using was already a loaner because our good one was getting fixed and it turns out we just get a new one altogether).

So that all said, I can't post a schedule for the week and I know you're all SOOO disappointed! DON'T DESPAIR!! I will tell you all a wonderful tale of what the week looks like and I'll try to keep it brief (and Steve by the way is still in pain with his rib/chest area).

This week's theme is Team/Church Building. So far the focus has been on our own personality styles and conflict resolution, relinquishing our rights, and the purpose of the church and how to keep that purpose without going too corporate and inward-facing.

The rest of the week we have Philip Serez and Gord Fleming speaking to us, but I don't know what their topics are. I'm assuming they're the same idea and so forth.

The relinquishing our rights session really hit a chord with me. We basically went through the different things that we feel in our culture that we have a "right" to. Without getting into too much detail, there were things like the right to our time and future plans, the right to our stuff, the right to see the wrong in the world and remain a callous individual, and the right to live or die. Our speaker for that session painted a beautiful picture of families and how you see them as "yours" when really they are placed on this earth for God's purpose and to glorify Him. It was really amazing to see from that perspective and in seeing it that way it gives enormous amounts of freedom to our lives.
ANYWAYS, this weekend is the first totally FREE weekend we have! Steve's plan is to climb a mountain. I think a few other people are on board with that, I'm not sure what will all go down with that yet. Steve really wanted to post this on the Whiteshell Wanderers blog site (http://www.whiteshellwandering.blogspot.com/) but since it's not in the Whiteshell it may just have to go on as an anonymous adventure.

This is just a preview of the look and the victory yell Steve will let out at the top of whichever mountain he conquers.