Promised Land work day

This is Alicia. Today we built 5 picnic tables and it was tough...I had to drill screws in boards for about 3 hours but I learned a new skill! After we finished around 3:00 = (we had been working for about 6 hours) we got to go swimming and it was really fun. I had a really good time, learned new skills and became closer to everyone in youth group.

This is Eric. Today was a really fun day. We all worked very hard but we got to have some fun too. I built tops for the picnic tables and then helped build benches. We all went swimming but the water was freezing so i got in a kayak and went to the other end of the lake and back. Now we are having a Foosball tournament and its really intense. Overall this trip was a very fun experience and I am glad had had the opportunity to enjoy it.

This is Adam. I got totally destroyed in foos ball, but its cool I let them win. Oh and Eric won some drill thing preetttty cool. Um this house is pretty tro-pic-all. The picnic tables were really fun. The shower was amazing.

This is Kaylin. Today was fun. We got to swim across the lake after building five picnic tables and worked very hard. We just had a foosball tournment and Adam and I lost very bad. This trip was fun overall and I'm happy i actually got to experience it.

This is Megan. Today we split into groups to build picnic tables and my group was most definitely the best group because we built the benches and finished first! After we finished the tables we got to go swimming and swam around and across the whole lake (and shaved our legs). Then we came back for ice cream and then just relaxed and talked which was pretty fun. This trip is really fun and gives us the chance to get to know each other and become closer friends while helping others.

This is Adam. We built 5 picnic tables today in the rain. it was really cold but it was really fun. After we were done we went swimming and the water was extremely cold. I was shivering but nobody else was. Its really fun working and having fun with all of these people.

This is Stephanie. We built picnic tables and benches. It was cold and wet, but we worked around the rain. It was really fun working with all of these people. I hope sometime we can do this again!!!!!!:)

I'm Skyler.......... I've learned that being sick with a painful headache and a raging sore throat on a retreat in the middle of the forest, is not fun. When I woke up this morning, the tent had leaked and I was cold and shivering. My sore throat was so bad that I flinched every time I swallowed anything, including drinking water. We came inside for breakfast and I took 2 ibuprofen and I was told to lay on the couch. As soon as I hit the couch I was out for about 3 hours while everyone worked. I woke up and worked still feeling like crap. Now I'm tired and going to sleep while everyone else walks the labyrinth. Bye...............

Hi I'm Taylor.I had to come to the promised land in some pretty scary conditions. Amber,Megan,Alicia,picked me up from my schools boat dance at 11:00 and got here at 12:00 midnight..in the middle of no-where...it was kind of scary being on the roads but we had some fun conversations.Tonight we walked the labyrinth. It was a good experience. We also were working very hard all day but it paid off in the end.