This year, I have had the immense privilege of doing some more traveling than normal.
I started out in Yap, Micronesia over the new year. I was leading a team of Discipleship Training School (DTS) students on a field assignment also known as an outreach. Had a great Christmas and New Years in this little island in the Western Pacific, and though we faced some challenges, as a team we saw a new level of unity among the churches of Yap and a new dedication to purity among the young people of the islands. Very cool.
After the DTS finished, I wrapped things up in Hawaii and moved my stuff back to Yacolt, Washington... yup... to Mum and Dad's. Its great, being 27 and living at home. Okay, actually, it really is. I mean, sure I still get treated like a teenager with curfews and chores, but I have a place to stay (for free!) and a car to drive... not to mention, I get to hang with my parents who are extremely cool for recently joining the ranks of 50-somethings. And... since I don't exactly have a place to call my own these days, being in good with the parents is a bonus, as I have a whole room in which I can store anything over my luggage limits! I also was in a friends' wedding and my dad happened to be a groomsmen... so guess who walked me down the aisle. NICE.
In May, I took a month-long trip to England, Greece, Kuwait, Egypt, France, and Switzerland. Random, I know... but it was a dream come true for me, and I actually was blessed with cheap airfares and people to stay with most of the time. It was not with YWAM, but I did visit some friends and locations over there. Its a long story, but here's some photos... I know I'll be back to that side of the world someday, and for a lot longer than a month, thank you! Ask me about the trip, if you want to know more!
Hazel and I at the London Tower Bridge in London, England
Diana (top), Shinae (bottom) and I in a phone booth in London
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece
Some new friends at the Women's College in Kuwait
Fatema and her father, and I sharing dinner at a marketplace in Kuwait
Amira and I at the Citadel in Alexandria, Egypt
Riding a camel at the Giza Pyramids, Egypt
Cynthia and I on Lake Geneva in Nyon, Switzerland
I visited my friends Noel and Guislaine and their two boys in France.
Here's a photo from Annecy, France
Rode cable cars to the top of Aguille du Midi... Mont Blanc, France
France/Switzerland was my last stop and after that it was "back to life, back to reality..." whatever that means. I worked with my church, Hockinson Community Church, in Washington, and also went to my family reunion and a wedding up in Canada. The roadtrip through Jasper National Park on the way up and Banff on the way down was breathtaking.
Stephanie and I at our friend Stephen's Wedding. Steph and her husband, Christian, had me stay at their place in Kelowna... such a blessing! It was a great wedding, and it was great catching up with friends from when we all lived in Townsville, Australia.
A week after returning from Canada, I helped lead the Mexico Missions Team from my church to build a house for a needy family in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico.
Now I'm home until next month... and I've just explained about what I'll be doing come September 16th in the "Coming Soon...C-SBS" Post. So.... That hopefully explains a BIT of what I've been up to in 2009. Hope you enjoyed the compilation of photos!
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