Team 2 visits the Wick and heads out East!

Hello all blog readers, it's Claire from Team 2. Guess what? We have had an awesome week and want to share it with you!

Last week we had several grade 10 retreats which was a nice switch for us since we don't do a lot of highschool retreats. I really enjoyed working with the students, they had a lot of questions and opinions and weren't afraid to share them.

On Tuesday we traveled to Woodstock, home of Trevor, where we stayed for a night and did a retreat the next day. Trevor got to see his family and do a retreat for his old high school, which he really enjoyed.

For those of you who don't know, we have been greatly anticipating our stay at Lauren's house ever since we found out we were going there! So on Thursday, the long-awaited day came when we drove to Berwick (Wick for short), the lovely little hometown of Lauren Krol. All of the girls stayed at her house, and all the boys stayed at her neighbors'. Lauren's family is pretty awesome, just like her, and it was really great to see them all together. We all felt so welcome, they even made a sign for us with all of our names! The next day was a pretty relaxed Team Day; Lauren's mom made lunch for the whole team, which was delicious. In the afternoon we played a team game of Fishbowl, which is basically when one person tries to get others to guess a certain famous person without saying their name. It was very entertaining. After that, the guys went off to do manly stuff, and the girls stayed at home and made cookies! Not just any cookies, these were special. We each got a piece of dough and colored it, then used cookie cutters. They were very colorful and yummy! That night Lauren took Meghan and I went out to the barn. I suppose it would be helpful to mention that Lauren's family has a dairy farm so we decided to have a look at the milking process. I felt like a genuine farmer with my coveralls and boots. All the boys were also farmers for a night and took some pretty great pictures, so I included one.

On Saturday we bid farewell to the Krol family bright and early in the morning. At about 6:30 am, we headed off on our long trip to New Brunswick. We anticipated about 11hrs. for the trip, but of course everything takes a little longer than expected. It ended up being about a 16 hr. trip. It actually went pretty fast, for me anyway. We keep ourselves well entertained with games and fixing each others hair, etc.

So we are now in Rothesay, New Brunswick and loving it! It is so beautiful here and the weather has been gorgeous! Winter may not be over, but it has definetely been spring for a couple days. Yesterday was one of those days when you could just smell it in the air. I'm very excited for the rest of our month here on the East coast!

Well, that wraps up our adventures for this week. Hope you are having a very blessed Lenten season! God Bless!

Peacing out,

Claire Labish

Team 2