I'm going on retreat!

I'm about to leave for the weekend on our first retreat for Halifax Project - we are going to Kejimkujik National Park, here in Nova Scotia. It's 178km away from our residence here at Saint Mary's University, so it'll probably take 1.5-2.5 hours to get there by car. ROAD TRIP, yay!

I'm eating lunch at my laptop right now, and I've got 2 hours before I have to leave (I haven't started packing yet), so let me write some update stuff before I run out of time.

1. Worship leading:
Ok, so basically during the 2nd week of project, the staff who were worship leading during our weekly meetings told us that they'd like to hand over the role to us, and so I was one of two ppl who indicated that we could worship lead. So, it turns out that Ricky and I are the two worship leaders for project, which is funny, because we're roommates on project, too! Here's a picture of (most) of our worship group.

So, at the start of Week 3, I got to worship lead with a borrowed guitar, along with Sarah (top right) and Tabitha (top middle) also on vocals. It was great! The only catch was that we didn't have our usual room booked, so we had to all squeeze into our residence "lounge" for weekly meeting, so it was really up close and personal.

Me worship leading / Us squeezed into the residence "lounge"

2. Birthdays on project:
I've got lots of pictures from birthdays we've celebrated on project! Johnson just had his birthday yesterday, but I don't have photos from that up yet. But we've celebrated birthdays for Kacey and Tabitha, for Gilberto (my apartment-mate [one of four]) and Olga, and for Ben Tsai. You can click here for the whole slideshow: Flickr slideshow.

Kacey ^^ ^^ Tabitha

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ben Tsai ^^^

^^ Olga and Gilberto on their birthdays ^^

Random people (NOT on their birthday)

CAKE!!! (and our staff project director, Josh Wong)

Wow. Look at Josh devour that ICE CREAM cake while holding it with his BARE HANDS. That takes skills. (733t skillz)

3. Weather Forecast:
That's it for now! I've got to go pack and get ready for leaving on the retreat (less than 1.5 hours left)! The weather forecast for Halifax is great for this weekend - sunny, and not too hot (I hate being too hot). We should have highs of around 18/19 deg C - perfect!

Till the next time, I've got to get ready for my trip.

Blessings!

P.S. From our project Bible study:

1 Corinthians 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
(ESV)