MORE Diocese of Vancouver!
Just for those certain people who think I was making fun of big families, I happen to love big families and so does everyone on my team! The only one with problems with small children is Phill because he has no idea how to handle babies, so he just hands them off to one of the girls, usually with the line, "Ah! It's broken! Fix it!" It's pretty much hilarious!
So, we've had an exciting day in Vancouver today. It was our first day off in four days, so we were planning on sleeping in (which we managed to do splendidly) and then go have lunch with the Director of Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Vancouver. His name is Clayton Imoo and he was amazingly fun and we had a great time at lunch with him and the rest of his staff at the Diocese. Thank you again to Gerard Garcia, Analyn Perez, and Faye McCreedy for being so wonderfully helpful during our adventure in Vancouver. This is how it started:
We arrived in downtown Vancouver a little late for lunch and parked outside the Diocese offices to find out where we were going to lunch. We fed the meter a few quarters so we wouldn't have to move right away and turned the car off. Gerard came out to show us where we could park the car for free, so we went to turn the car on and it would not start. That's right- no power! The lights were all working, as well as the windows and sliding doors, but the engine was NOT going to turn over for us. So, all got out, fed the meter a few more quarters (one quarter=7 minutes in downtown Vancouver) and met on the sidewalk to walk to lunch. But before the group could get going, a bird decided to relieve itself in Shea's hair. Now, Shea has A LOT of hair, so she didn't notice, so Mary pulled her quickly into the wash room so they could clean her us before taking her out to lunch. The rest of the day, Shea walked around outside with a hood on! Lunch was wonderful at Rosie's, just a block away. When we got back to the car, we put it in neutral to back it into the alley right behind the Diocese offices. Then Clayton ran to go get his car so we could try to jump the car, which didn't work, so Phill had to sign up for AAA to get a mechanic to come look at the car. So, long story short, Phill has to hotwire the car everytime we want to start it by crawling underneath the hood and shoving a screwdriver between two wires to jump the engine and make it run. And our drivers keep forgetting and turning off the car! So, please, please, please, please, pray that we can get to Spokane, WA and get our darn van fixed so that everything will be working fine when we return the van to the Fatima team. Because we were borrowing their van this week! :D
So, it's been an amazingly crazy week of retreats and van adventures, but we'll be heading back into the states tomorrow evening. We're spending Thanksgiving with Matty's family, and then we'll be returning to Yakima, WA until Christmas unless any last minute retreats come up. So, if you know anyone who would like a retreat done, have them call the office because I think Dan will give them a deal on it! May God bless you all and bring peace to you and your families,
So, we've had an exciting day in Vancouver today. It was our first day off in four days, so we were planning on sleeping in (which we managed to do splendidly) and then go have lunch with the Director of Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Vancouver. His name is Clayton Imoo and he was amazingly fun and we had a great time at lunch with him and the rest of his staff at the Diocese. Thank you again to Gerard Garcia, Analyn Perez, and Faye McCreedy for being so wonderfully helpful during our adventure in Vancouver. This is how it started:
We arrived in downtown Vancouver a little late for lunch and parked outside the Diocese offices to find out where we were going to lunch. We fed the meter a few quarters so we wouldn't have to move right away and turned the car off. Gerard came out to show us where we could park the car for free, so we went to turn the car on and it would not start. That's right- no power! The lights were all working, as well as the windows and sliding doors, but the engine was NOT going to turn over for us. So, all got out, fed the meter a few more quarters (one quarter=7 minutes in downtown Vancouver) and met on the sidewalk to walk to lunch. But before the group could get going, a bird decided to relieve itself in Shea's hair. Now, Shea has A LOT of hair, so she didn't notice, so Mary pulled her quickly into the wash room so they could clean her us before taking her out to lunch. The rest of the day, Shea walked around outside with a hood on! Lunch was wonderful at Rosie's, just a block away. When we got back to the car, we put it in neutral to back it into the alley right behind the Diocese offices. Then Clayton ran to go get his car so we could try to jump the car, which didn't work, so Phill had to sign up for AAA to get a mechanic to come look at the car. So, long story short, Phill has to hotwire the car everytime we want to start it by crawling underneath the hood and shoving a screwdriver between two wires to jump the engine and make it run. And our drivers keep forgetting and turning off the car! So, please, please, please, please, pray that we can get to Spokane, WA and get our darn van fixed so that everything will be working fine when we return the van to the Fatima team. Because we were borrowing their van this week! :D
So, it's been an amazingly crazy week of retreats and van adventures, but we'll be heading back into the states tomorrow evening. We're spending Thanksgiving with Matty's family, and then we'll be returning to Yakima, WA until Christmas unless any last minute retreats come up. So, if you know anyone who would like a retreat done, have them call the office because I think Dan will give them a deal on it! May God bless you all and bring peace to you and your families,
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Reach Team
2007
P.S.- More pictures coming soon!
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