Our Trip: Saturday & Sunday @ P4C

     Saturday began like the others with Community Groups, and then brunch. The services that morning were again wonderful - the singing and also the message brought by Dewey Novotny.

Friend Alaina - my roommate at IPS back in 2011 - it was good to see her again. :) - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Taking notes (we're there on the right) - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

 

     After services we had the afternoon to ourselves. Most went to the barn to play in the volleyball tournament. Aaron & Samuel had signed up to be placed on teams.  I believe there were 14 teams in all. I like volleyball, but am not very good at it. So, Katrina & Kelsey and I found a warm spot by the fire and had a great conversation that afternoon. :) I loved that fireplace.

     After a while, Caroline & I walked down to the barn to see Samuel play.  (Caroline is chatting with mom on her phone.)

 

 

 

Samuel's Team

 

 

          After supper and the evening service, everyone headed down to the lake for the bonfire. We had a good talk with Ryan Fullerton & Hannah on the way down to the lake. Once there, everyone began roasting marshmallows & making s'mores while Micah Cavanaugh read The Skunk Ladder by Patrick McManus which was rather hilarious. We were getting a kick out of him reading it - sometimes he could barely talk because he was laughing so much.

 

     We would've stayed at the fire much longer, but it began to rain! Everyone headed back to the dining hall and then loaded up in vans, or walked to the barn for the Championship Volleyball Game. (The funniest thing about it all was that it stopped raining by the time we got to the dining hall, but at that point, we were all scattered!) So, on to the game.....

 

Singing the National Anthem and our "flag" (the guys in the red, white & blue) - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

 

Laura watches the game

 

     Micah & John put on another skit for us which again, was funny. It was a full, fun evening.

 



The Skit - Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Fun with friends

 

My favorite spot :)   -   Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

     Next morning was our last day!  We had a wonderful service in the morning with Charles Cavanaugh bringing the message. And then it was time for good-byes :(  It took us quite a while to get away from there because we had so many to talk to and so much to say!

 



Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Photo by Leah Christine Imagery

 

Kelsey - met her the first night and had good conversations - so glad to've met you Kelsey!

 

Kelsey's brother Dane - I think he shared a cabin with Samuel & Aaron

 

RJ - great friend from our cabin

 

Cristi - so happy to've met you. Loved our prayer meetings :)

 

Samuel saying goodbyes (while John photo-bombs :)

 

Caroline & Laura with Paul

 

Katrina - another great friend. Loved sharing our corner of the cabin - and our great conversations!

 

And yet another great friend - I think perhaps the first we met? At any rate, so glad to've met you Hannah!

 

     When we did finally get away - sad though it was, we really did have to get on the road. We stopped for lunch,  and once back on the road, talked for quite some time about our experiences before everyone started slowly dropping off to sleep in the van. I had insisted on driving because I'd had the most sleep besides Laura (and she didn't want to drive through the large city of Columbus Ohio). It got very quiet, and while I'd had the most sleep, I hadn't had as much as I'd like. :)  About the time I was getting a little drowsy, mom calls my phone. When she asked how everyone was, I told her that everyone was asleep but me. From there we proceeded to talk for about two and a half hours!  Mom told me later that she had lots to do, but decided to stop and keep me company. (aww, thanks mom!)

     In the course of our conversation, she relayed a message from one of our church members concerned that we wouldn't be able to find a place to stay in St. Louis (our planned destination for the night) because the World Series was taking place then. So after getting off the phone with her, we soon stopped for a break & Aaron took over driving. I got on his I-phone and did indeed find us a place to stay. The rest of our trip was uneventful and it was good to get to our motel that evening. It was also nice to gain an hour, so it wasn't overly late when we got in.  Needless to say, we all slept very good that night.