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| Here's the link to figure out your Myers-Briggs animal: http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/whats-your-animal-personality-type |
In other news, I haven't actually stopped doing my adventures, I've merely stopped being available for long enough periods of time to write any blog posts for the summer months. Welcome to summer camp life! While I may not be living at camp, I sure do drive there a lot...
Well, July was a fun month! I could go through all the craziness of my life in July, but I'll spare you the mundane details. I did cross off an item on my adventures list!! I went on a long bike ride through Minnesota. My friend, Brittney, and I went on a nice long bikeride on the trails through Minneapolis. We rode through a surprising green area right next to the highway and under the Twins stadium. It was truthfully pretty awesome!
Let me tell you a little bit about Brittney. Brittney is far more adventurous than I and since I trust her, I let her convince me to do some crazy things. They're always awesome and responsible, but I feel like I'm on an adventure, and that's what matters! The things she gets me to do are things that put me outside of my comfort zone and push me to grow, which is the goal of my year.
I'm very thankful for friends like her!
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| This is Brittney and her husband, Nick |
She also got me to go with her to join a search party for a missing boy in Wisconsin. This was a very stretching experience to say the least! We spent a long time just waiting for the emergency response people to be available to lead our group. There were more volunteers than leaders! And we spent a long time walking through incredibly dense wooded areas and farmers' fields, shoulder-to-shoulder in over 100 degree heat. Shoulder-to-shoulder searches generally mean you are no longer looking for a living person, and knowing that was hard enough. Not finding the missing toddler was even harder. Eventually the police found his body. Not the outcome we had hoped and prayed for, but it was an answer. Not knowing is sometimes harder than knowing.
On our way home we spent a bit of time reflecting about the day. One thing that stood out to me was the amount of volunteers that showed up. Over 2,000 people helped search for this missing boy! In the midst of a tragic situation, God showed me His love in that so many people, who probably had little to no connection with the family (as we did not), showed up to help. They saw the need and they inconvenienced themselves to help another in the community who was hurting. We grieved with the family and bore their pain alongside them. If nothing else came of the day, God showed how unity can be such a huge blessing during trials, and He showed how community can serve others well.
Needless to say, July was busy. Adventures come in all shapes and sizes and emotional burdens oftentimes accompany the most adventurous of things we do in life.
Now to August! August is almost over, and I need to find something to cross off my list!
Updated list!
2. Attend a wine tasting event.
3. Go to a roller derby.
8. Go to the top of the Foshay.
9. Go trap shooting or to a shooting range...
and actually shoot a gun.
11. Go to the horse races.
12. Pick up an instrument.
aka: Play it each day for a month.
