Cupcakes, Daisies, and Big Old Rocks

My wonderful Trainer Melissa!

Well I have made it through the first week of training. It has been a long and busy week of training from 9:00 to 5:00. But I feel like I am learning so much more about my position that I either did not know last year or is completely new! I am so grateful to have such an amazing trainer. I don't know if I could imagine any other person training us other there Melissa! :) She is absolutely amazing. Best way to describe our training throughout the days is the name of this post. "Some people think Crew Managing is easy. But it isn't all just cupcakes, daisies, and big old rocks!" Melissa told us this today when we were getting a little too rowdy.

This just shows how much fun we can have!!
Pudding on one of our own boss' face!

This afternoon we moved to the middle school in Loveland, Colorado. It isn't the same as Estes Park, but it is the best part of training. We really get into the big part of our job, and it is amazing that we can really act like we are camp. Also it is great to get to spend so much time with these amazing people for one more week.

Just standing in front of a
waterfall in the Rocky Mountains!

As always we have the weekend off from training. And who knows what will happen when you have 100 college age people in a school with free time. Friday night we went on our annual Sundance Saloon. It was an experience as always. Just like last year, very few of us were able to really do well on the dance floor. Caleb, my prayer partner, did amazing! He showed up ready to dance like a champ. I know he lives in Kansas, but I was thoroughly impressed. We had a blast enjoying some music and good times! :)

Dream Lake! How can one believe that
 God made this beautiful landscape?

Saturday for some unknown reason I decided to climb a freaking mountain!!! We drove up to the Rocky Mountain National Park! I went up there with the expectation that it was going to be an unbearable day. Spending the day hiking up a mountain wouldn't be fun at all. Turns out we took a path that followed up to three lakes: Bear Lake, Dream Lake, and Emerald Lake. We finished the hike at a Emerald Lake, which was 10,080 feet above sea level!! It was one of the most amazing moments of my life. I don't know if I have ever enjoyed nature this much. It was one of the most Godly moments that I have ever experienced. I was able to just sit an enjoy time in the quiet with some amazing Group Mission Trips Summer Staff. 

I could not have asked for a better weekend!! It was so enjoyable to just relax and have fun in between the two weeks of training.