Day Two

We have stopped in Marathon, Ontario (look it up) on one of our many (yet still too few) rest stops on our way to Thunder Bay. I am sitting in this little Library right now waiting for people to call me telling me we can leave. We still have over three hours to drive and I am up for the driving duty, I believe.

So Seana and I got really bored on the drive and sitting in the front seat, soooo I decided to document what happened every minute of our drive for about 20 minutes. Here is what we got:

1:00 pm - We are bored. Madness is consuming us. Rick is going 10 k/m over the speed limit.
1:01 - We just passed Fungus Lake, Fungus Creek and Paint Lake. We thought these names were quite humorous.
1:02-03 - We laughed at the thought of our femurs (again, look it up) going through our butt.
1:04-05 - We talked about the after-taste of a banana, which led to talk of poo and how I know what poo tastes like because I drank water. (Don't ask)
1:06 - I fell behind in documenting minute by minute.
1:07 - We thought of Michael Jackson.
1:08 - We pumped up the jams. And then switched lanes and giggled about it.
1:09 - Rick switched before the end of the lane. We used our crippled wipers to rid our windshield of bug residue. We passed water.
1:10 - We decided to watch a movie.
1:11 - Thanks to me picking the right hand (the hand on the right) we chose Ratatouille.
1:12 - We admired "our car" Mail. Manitouwadge sounds like sewage.
1:13 - Movie has begun. Buds splatter. Wipers go for the 10th time. Seana spat on the steering wheel.
1:14 - We laughed at the previous entry. I stuttered (in Spanish). We talked about how cute Wall-E is and giggles.
1:15 - Seana's pinkie finger hurts.
1:16 - We laughed at the thought of our femurs going through our butt.
1:17 - Decided to stop minute by minute documentation.
1:19 - Resumed minute by minute documentation because I am such an idiot that I had to document my idiocrity. I tried to pour water on to the windshield, it blew back onto my arm, watch and everywhere inside the car.
3:42 - "Are you sure he isn't just a mole with a mole's face?"
3:45 - Waved at construction men. I spat on the steering wheel. Gross!
5:36 - Sitting in a parking lot trying to find internet.
6:36 - Sitting in the Marathon library typing while sitting beside Amanda and deciding to make a facebook group for Fort Mac 08.

So that is us so far. I have no idea what time we are going to get in tonight, but I do know that over the next couple days we are driving for a much longer time. For example, today we are driving 755 kilometers. Tomorrow 926 and the day after (which I liked to refer to as Hobbema Day or Death Day) an incredible 1518! That is probably going to kill us. that is at least 9 hours of driving each with two drivers per car.

Well that is all for now.

Fort Mac Journey - Day One

Hey everyone!

I need to go shower so I will make this quick. I already miss you all!

We pretty much drove the whole day. We didn't actually get started until about 10:30 because we stopped at KAOS so Rick could make some calls. Seana started out and got the funnest drive, 401 baby! Than I went for about 3 and a half hours and then Amanda took over for the last 3 1/2 hour leg of the journey.

We made quite a few stops on the way, the first at Leah Jean's and then at many Tim Horton's because Rick needs his coffee. Right now I am at Leah's grandparents in Bruce Mines, Ontario, which I have been told is about 15 miles from Elliot Lake or something like that.

Really not that much happened. I am in a car with Seana, Melody and Amanda. It isn't too cramped and we have a lot of fun! We named the car Mailun which is Lumina with all the letters mixed up. I call her Mail for short but everyone else wants to call her May or something. What fun is that?! We listened to Jump 4, some of melody's random Japanese music, and watched Back to the Future 2 on the laptop.

Tomorrow should be fun. I mean today we drove basically from 10:30 until 7:30-ish. Tomorrow is going to be about 2 hours longer. We have been reminded to stop in Wawa for gas and not to speed because the cops love it there...Thank you Mrs Telford!

Tonight we had a great worship and devo time. Melody had us do a friendship web and I think it was great just to hear more about the people we are traveling with and also to give some affirming words to everyone. So far I am loving the people I am going to be working with. They are all so genuinely excited to be here and I can tell God has brought us all together for a reason. We will see what those purposes are in His time though!

Alright so that is my update. Read Seana's on Fortmac08.blogspot.com for more info.

Love you all and miss you soo much!

Alberta Kick-Off

Hey to all my fans...

So I am heading to Alberta for 3 months which you all most likely know because anyone who reads this has to be someone I know. This blog is way too boring for someone random to find interesting. I am going to be hopefully keeping up this blog because I want to make sure you all know exactly what I am up to. You can also check out the Alberta Blog which will have info from all the other people on the trip and links to blogs that other may have.

I would love for you to pray for me while I am trying to process the fact that I am leaving home for 3 months. I have been having a hard time of it the past couple days. Obviously I will be okay and God will definitely provide for me while I am there, but it's good to know there are people out there praying too. Oh and pray that I can fit everything into my duffel bag because I am going to be packing and picking up all the odds and ends that i still need. I am going to have the hardest time packing, I have the feeling!

But I am tired so I am going to shower and bid you all goodnight. Let's hope I can get some sleep!