You're probably curious...

...as to why I didn't post yesterday. Well, we were on the train...all day. Well, we loaded up at about noon in Cut Bank and were on the train until our arrival in Fargo at 5am this morning.

While most of us slept on the train, we were excited to be able to sleep a few more hours at the church in Fargo. We've learned that the best sleep is when you aren't on a moving train.

At 8:45am we were all wide-eyed and bushy-tailed! Well, us girls were. Eathon (aka Ethan), met all six of us girls for breakfast which prompted the question, where's Christopher? Apparently, Eathon did not find it beneficial to wake him up...needless to say he was still upstairs sleeping. And needless to say I told Eathon to go get him.

We had a great breakfast here in Fargo, complete with cookies! Well, oatmeal raisin...but cookies nonetheless. Today there is an XA leadership training session for NDSU's next school year. It is seriously as big as a full WSU XA service. Also, it's borderline awkward because I recognize some face from SALT and FSC...not to mention Dave Leedahl's twin brother, Nate greeted us this morning which caused me to take a double take.

But after breakfast they put us to work on the kitchen. We cleaned out cabinets, washed the stove, and helped organize. As always, many hands made light work and we were done before they expected.

After a lunch break, we moved on to the next task which was cleaning a closet...and this was more than a closet. It was basically a storage room with seasonal items, food, and cleaning supplies. So we divided ourselves into sub groups and "crushed it."

Our group has been surprisingly really funny and have had many "quoteables" as I've coined them. I'll share some of them later :)

We took a cookie break and then we were off to help work on some quilts. The term quilt is used lightly here because we didn't actually quilt them. We made the type you tie with yarn. Hard to explain without describing the fleece type blankets. Anywho.

After working on quilts (because we didn't actually finish any) we departed the church and headed out to a friends apartment. We got to hang out, play Quelf and Apples to Apples, and watch a movie. It was fun to be able to just hang out. We didn't have to work or anything. Just laugh.

Our group has been awesome. I know that sometimes that can be the biggest challenge with team trips, but our team has worked fantastic this past week. I have no doubt that we will continue to have this bond and remember all these fun memories for years to come.

Our last train ride is scheduled to leave at 2:15am Sunday morning...but we'll see. This morning it didn't get here till 5, but we're hopeful!

Thanks for checking in again! I think I'll keep blogging here for a while still. I know that God has called me to a greater mission in life through this trip. But more about THAT in the future :)

Have a good night!
Kim