This past Sunday was a really busy day for our team. We had to get up at 7:00 am to start our day because it was so busy. It started with environment set up for our life night, then a pancake breakfast with the Knights of Columbus, we were on a float in the Smiths Falls Christmas parade, then went for dinner at a previous host family’s house, and then finally ended our day with the life night.
While the day may have been busy, it was so much fun. The pancake breakfast was amazing, and filling! The Knights were so welcoming, giving us all big hugs, and then giving us freshly made pancakes with breakfast sausages, and there were homemade beans too. Here’s a funny story. Last week, our team went to a prayer group with one of our past host homes, and there was this Knight there, and he picked on Rebecca for not wearing any socks. So, at the breakfast he approached Rebecca while we were eating and gave her a pair of socks!
After being stuffed with pancakes, and goodness, we headed to the arena in Smiths Falls to see the float that we’ll be on. It was the Knights of Columbus float, and get this, we won ‘Most Religious Float’. As we were waiting to start the parade, it was nice to look around at other floats, and the one in front of us was playing some Christian music. One of the songs was ‘Days of Elijah’. It was so loud and catchy that our team couldn’t help but dance to it and do the actions. I was thinking, “Yeah, that’s right, cheer for Jesus!” The rest of the parade went really well, and the rest of Sunday.
On Thu
rsday we had a retreat for the Gr. 9’s at St. Luke’s CHS. They came to our Parish at St. Francis de Sales to have mass then after mass, our retreat began. Danica and I were the ones leading the games, some of the students weren't that into it but by the end those same people shouting out how they loved it. The whole retreat was full of surprises like that. It really made my day.
Well that’s it for Team Five-Alive this week. We’re praying for all you other teams out there on the road.
God Bless,
Shayla
Team 5 – Smiths Falls/Perth
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