Ah, North Dakota...

Greetings friends! Weston here, at Spirit Lake Ministry Center. We arrived yesterday, but I'll start on the day we left.

6:00 AM and we left the sweet town of Chillicothe and ventured to Sioux Falls in South Dakota (not the final destination). We went to an incredible water park, (forgot the name) but I didn't swim because the water was around -100,000 degrees. (just kidding, but it was really really cold). There were many things we could do other than swim or go on the slides. They had batting cages, go-karts, putt putt golf (had two holes-in-one), and sand volleyball. I am pretty sure that every one of us had a "funderful" time. Later that night, we went to sleep at a Days Inn where Steve, Trent, and I had some good "manversations."

The next morning, we all went to church, that was a football toss away from the hotel. Next, we took the final leg of the trip to the wonderfully amazing North Dakota, where our friends, the Flowers' put us up here in the Ministry Center. It's located on a Dakota Indian reservation.

There are three important rules here:
1.Be flexible
2. Be flexible
3. If you can't follow rules 1&2, take two steps back and be flexible.

TODAY! (I know, but we didn't have internet for awhile. Sorry for the slacking)

Madeline, Daniel, Steve, and I took a run this morning and I found the landscape to be captivating. I showered up and went to my worksite. We split up into 3 work groups. One group was supposed to be plumbing, but the lady was not there to let them in! So they came along with my group, and helped lay drywall and do some lawn work. Say what? The final group stayed on the reservation and worked at the ministry center. Say what? (sorry, a group of us just got a high score on Say What?) After lunch, two groups went to a playground and helped with Sidewalk Sunday School. (I'll explain later). Tonight, we had a devotion and sang a couple songs then hiked to a burial mound where they say a chief and his horse are buried. Oh! Look at the time! It's almost 10 o'clock, and I'm spent (tired).

WARNING! On this mission trip, I'm not going to be the only one posting. Instead, we are trying a new system where each team will be able to post something on this blog. I know, it's a little disppointing, but it's only fair to everyone else haha... Except Dr. Dale???