My family had a quick little retreat to the ocean while I was home. The ocean is one of our favorite places to escape to and we found a great place to hide away! We stayed in a little home not far from ocean shores.
Modified bocce ball on the beach
Riding a bike... an invisible one in the air...
We basically played around on the beach, played board games, swam in the pool, went shopping, soaked in the hot tub, watched movies, and went for walks. It was wonderful. I have the most amazing family ever and we always enjoy our time together.
My crazy family decided to just get a little bit more crazy and do a mud run together. I really don’t know how we ended up dong this together. I think it started with my sisters wanting to do it, then my dad thought he would too, then my mom thought ‘hey I don’t want to get left out,’ then it was ‘oh Megan will be home in time for it’ and finally we all realized lance would be around too. So we all crammed into one car packed with water, plastic bags and old grubby blankets.
This Survivor Mud Run was at Remlinger Farms in Carnation. It was 3.47 miles filled with crazy obstacles. To see some of the obstacles you can go to the official website and look at Florida’s race, which is set up the same as the one in WA. Our wave left at 10, but we snuck in earlier 🙂
Only the tough survive
I had no idea what to really expect, would there be a bunch of mud or was it just a fake out? I am not a runner contrary to how I look. I survived just like it advertises! At first it wasn’t too bad, run through a little pit of mud, then we had to get down on our hands and knees and crawl through a pipe! I thought “seriously?” It was all down hill from there. My favorites were running through a drainage ditch, sliding down hills of mud and wallowing through mud pits.
What a fine mud mohawk you have!
We all stuck together and finished as one family. Lance enjoyed sliding through the finish line on his stomach. There was a freezing cold shower available, I think the water was pumped from the snow fed river… We could only get semi-clean before we piled back into the car and drove home for a hot shower!
Here is a video a friend made about the destruction of our little building at the YWAM base in Ukraine. This little building was our kitchen, dining room, and office. It was getting really old, moldy, musty, and the water broke this winter… so it was time for it to go. We are making way for a new building project that will house more bedrooms and classrooms! Yeah!
Just thought I would let you know what in the world I am doing in Montana. (Yeah, in case some of you missed that memo, I’m in Montana.)
I decided earlier in the year to go to Montana for a 6 week training. I am now in my second week and it has been great!The course is set up for those who work in DTS, but it covers areas for every leader. The course is based on the verse from 2 Timothy 2:2 “and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.” It is all about being able to develop disciples who will turn around and disciple other people. You can check out their website for more info here.
Here are the spring students and staff!
Today we just finished two sessions on mentoring and spiritual disciplines. So good and such needed training! Topics in the coming weeks include pioneering, calling & conduct, conflict resolution, communication, working with people from difficult backgrounds, working with the local church… the list could go on. But it is all such great stuff for people who desire to be leaders in any sphere.
There is something special about this school in that there is a small focus to help us bring this same school to Eastern Europe. There are many leaders who need this kind of training in our region of the world. Due to this focus, besides myself and Lance who both work in Ukraine, there are several others from Eastern Europe. One girl, Oksana, did the Equip last year and came back to staff it. She works at the Lutsk base in Ukraine. There is David and Masha who work in Russia and Wanda who lives in Moscow, but helps everywhere. There is also one couple who work here in Montana, but had a desire to do this training with us. We are hoping to have this school available next year in Eastern Europe!
Teaching through skype!
While here in Montana, I am also connecting with the English ministry they run. I’m hoping to develop some kind of partnership or recruiting for more teachers! Just making connections everywhere… 🙂 The Montana base overall has a great system down and has a high level of integrity and excellence in all they do. It is fun to see how other YWAM bases run things. I anticipate learning lost during this time that I can use in the English school and in ministry overall. I already have learned a ton!
