That was fun

So Whistler is a town/mountain apparently. Sometimes I get confused.......some of you know that side of me more than others! Anyway, this weekend was very relaxed and chilled. We left Abbotsford at around 10 a.m. and got to Whistler around 3ish.
We got to the "chalet" (basically a house) that we were staying at and it was packed with snow everywhere. It was fun TREKing through the snow to get into the chalet. And then our van got stuck.....we had to help push it out of the snow....fun times. Then we went into the village of Whistler and had a "team building" exercise. It was basically a scavenger hunt with a "great reward," and my small group won! We each got a $10 gift card to Starbucks.......happy Joanna?......YES!
Then we came back to the chalet, ate, and had some worship and sharing of our life stories. On Saturday we woke up "late" at 8:30 a.m., and had breakfast and some worship. We hung out for a while, then headed back to the village to go shopping. I got some Starbucks (of course) and an "Espresso bomb" from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Store. We headed back to the chalet for dinner and some more worship and more sharing of life stories.
We woke up on Sunday morning and finished cleaning the chalet, and then headed to Whistler Community Church. It was awesome to see how "tight" these people in the church were with each other. And the view coming out of church was amazing. You can see that in the pictures below.
I think my favorite part of this past weekend was the sharing of life stories. I love hearing where people come from and what they've gone through, because it helps me understand them and love them and God even more! We praised God for His amazing faithfulness in all our stories. I feel a lot closer to the people here on TREK. Pray for us as we head into our second week. It's only been one week, but have learned quite a bit, and still have 7 more weeks of training. Blessings.
PICTURE DESCRIPTIONS:
Picture 1: Whistler village sight. Picture 2: The chalet we stayed at. Picture 3: Amber (one of my roommates) on the way to Whistler....the sight is capturing this Mannitoba prairie girl. Picture 4: Some of the mountains around Whistler. Picture 5: An amazing view of the Canadian West Coast.