Day 1 - In the Beginning

Today was The Day for all of us! We awoke at an early hour (as I'm sure most of you readers knew, from firsthand experience) and loaded up the bus, and we were away (after Dirk grabbed his Mexico T-Shirt from home). We all started off groggy, and most of us slept until Williams Lake, but believe me, once the zombie horde was awakened, there was no end to the fun that we had. One of the more hilarious notable things about the trip was the party in the back of the bus. We would look back periodically and either see them laughing and playing Crib and having a great time, or totally crashed and sprawled across the seats.
I think that the first day in the bus was super important to all of us, and we will all treasure it forever because we got to know each other in a very new way (that tends to happen with forty-something people crammed into a small place). Whether we were telling jokes, playing games, listening to music, watching Wall-E, or throwing Jelly Bellies into other peoples' mouths across the aisle (yes, I mean you, Tim and Craig and Derek), we were all growing in a very special relationship with each other and with God.
Arriving at Abbotsford Christian School, we all piled out of the bus and played the world's greatest game of kickball. Jacob Mullen was on fire as he caught ball after ball after ball that our team kicked sky-high.
Dinner at the Spaghetti Factory was delicious, as expected, and we all had a great time parking the bus and crossing the street as a group. After stuffing ourselves fat, we hopped on the bus and went back to the school. A rousing Gym Night drained our energy enough for us to get to sleep, and after a quick worship session we all hit the sack and...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........