The Beginning

Hello all,

We arrived in Tennessee or Georgia...we're not really sure...anyways, on Friday evening where we enjoyed the local entertainment of McCaysville and ate at a questionable mexican establishment. We're pretty sure Will and Ben thought we were mute because the entire seven hour drive to our destination was silence. Then we bonded over grocery shopping as our first team exercise. The first the girls made an executive decision to not be split up...resulting in the sharing of a king size bed.

Saturday was a very exciting day! We went white water rafting on the Ocoee River. You know how guides usually tell you exactly what NOT to do...we did that. Within the first minute of launching into the water we were lodged on top of a very large rock. After serious team building and a few prayers we made our way down the river. Zach proved himself to be the adventurous one when he "rode the bull" twice. Riding the Bull is sitting on the front of the raft using only a rope to hold himself on. The rest of the day was spent on curriculum (we do not like this term, suggestions for an alternate term would be appreciated) including the Truth Project, our strengths, and our seven ethics. We're pretty sure Will and Ben are trying to fatten us up before we leave because the entire weekend has been filled with food, fun, food, water, food, sleep, curriculum and more food.

Today we were surprised to find out that we were taking a second water adventure. We funyaked! Don't worry, we were in good hands, the lady in charge has been funyaking "millions of times." It was lots of fun despite the water being icy cold and a thunder storm. We successfully switched boats five times without flipping or getting in the water. SKILL. When we got back to the cabin our task was to find "something" to do with a raft Will and Ben bought us....so we all climbed in except for Zach who tied a rope to the boat and pulled us across the river behind our cabin which ended up being very anticlimactic. However, our lack of fun in that project was made up for by the 20 foot slip n' slide into the river that we constructed later in the day. After all of our water adventures we sat down and learned about our travel and covenant logistics. S'mores were wonderful around the fire after dinner.

The team is great so far. We are all very excited. Departure in 3 days Kenya in 5. We head back to Louisville tomorrow. Thanks for following our blog. We hope you keep reading.

Love,

The Mi2 2010 Team