Midwest team goes to Alaska

As soon as we returned to the center after out Christmas break we were given our next assignment which meant that the next day we found ourselves driving up to Seattle, spending some time there, then, after some slight drama surrounding the keys, boarding a plane taking us to Alaska. That's right, the midwest Our Lady of Lourdes team, because of one domino falling after another, found ourselves boarding a plane to Alaska, to fly first class. You read that correctly, we all got to fly first class, and enjoyed every second of it. We arrived in Alaska, and spent a couple days relaxing, meeting some of Jaci's family, attempting snowboarding, and going to the mall, before putting on our first Alaska retreat this past Monday, the seventh. We have put on retreats for the students of a small Catholic school which goes from middle school to high school. On Monday, we put on a retreat for the 9th and 10th graders, Tuesday and Wednesday was the 11th and 12th graders, and Thursday was the 7th and 8th graders. Friday to Sunday, we get to put on a weekend high school retreat, some of the kids will be from the school, others will be from the youth group. We're looking forward to having a retreat just as exciting as the previous ones.

Other than retreats we have had an amazing time in Alaska. It's amazingly beautiful up here, and the people are all great people who are open and hospitable to some random reach kids. We've been able to meet people up here who have left memories, such as sitting outside making smores in the snow. Here's some pictures of our Alaskan adventures.





Alaska's beauty


Smores making, Alaskan Reach style

If you would like to see more pictures, visit our photobucket, http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc232/OLL07-08/Alaska/