I'll be putting up some more pictures in the days to come, so you can keep checking back to see some of the fun times we had-- maybe read some memories written by the students themselves.
GCS students: bring your cameras by the computer lab next week and I'll compile all the pictures onto some disks for everyone... and make sure we get some of these amazing photos into the yearbook.
A final thought for tonight: this trip may or may not have lived up to your expectations... but no matter your thoughts on the matter, know that this trip was exactly what GOD had planned for us. The things we saw and experienced were His will for our lives. A week away from the comforts of home- of bundling up in the mornings to hike to the bathroom through mud and snow-- of eating pizza 2 nights in a row-- of hiking and biking and all the soreness that comes with it-- all these things reveal our strengths and our weaknesses.
Some of us found weak areas we need to work on.... and some of us found out that we were stronger than we realized... that we can do more than we ever dreamed we could accomplish. (Phoebe hiked and biked for the first time... just wait for some of the footage- PRICELESS!!) We learned how to better serve and love our neighbors, how to live with people who are not part of our family, and how to find things to be thankful for when not everything is going our way.
Ask your children what they learned from this week away from home- ask them how they've changed because of it. 9th graders, ask each other about it... and let's remember how good it felt to sit on the porch at Wawona together today.
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