Quick update

Well, I'm back from another trip up north, near the border of Canada. Minnesota has been experiencing a lot of unseasonably warm weather and the snow cover is almost completely gone. This morning I woke up to the sound of thunder and rain. Yesterday it was the sound of geese honking and rain.

Volunteering is going great and I'm finding myself to be more useful (and comfortable) in the classes I'm helping out. For the GED preparatory class I've been pretty much helpful to a narrow population profile. I feel a little over-aware of some lines and barriers. Ah well. I help whoever asks for help. Here's a photo from that class that I'm going to submit for my upcoming job interest.

This past weekend we went up north and I brought my camera this time! Same place as I mentioned before with the sleigh rides and the lake. It already looks different than two weeks ago with all the snow melting so quickly. Slush! Everywhere! This warm spell is putting a halt on their season for sleigh rides, which is a bit unfortunate, but the Lord provides in one way or another. Here are some pictures from up there and the trip back down.

Here is a cozy shot of the inside of the log cabin. The family that runs the sleigh ride business has a beautiful ministry of welcoming every sleigh-riding group into their home to sit down with some hot chocolate after the ride. It was really neat to hear their lives shared with the visitors and to see their genuine hospitality flow out.

Here is Allan being dwarfed by the massive pile of chopped wood which he stacked. While we were up there they put us to good use. Allan has superior wood-stacking skills. We also kept up a lively banter back and forth that the "audience" remarked as "like being back in high school." Hmm.. Regardless, it helped pass the time quickly.

A close-up shot of the logo from the wood-fire stove in the property Chapel. I like Macro shots a lot.

On the way back down we stopped at a national park and trekked to see the "High falls." The walk wasn't very far, but with slushy snow it felt a lot further. It was beautiful, and so nice to be out in nature. Jon and I tried our hardest to break off a large piece of ice upstream from the falls to set off a chain reaction resulting in the collapse of the ice wall in front of the falls... but we failed to move the massive block of ice fully into the stream. Ah well. A better picture below of the falls and said ice wall in front of the falls.

You can see a lot more photos of that trip and others on my flickr page. Just click here.

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