feed my starving children

the current series at our church

is based around micah 6:8

one of the challenges they set up

was an opportunity to serve with

feed my starving children

they turned the lobby of our campus

into a packing place

and over the course of a week

many people took 1.5 hour shifts

to pack meals that are sent to places like haiti and nicaragua

each package contains a special protein/vitamin powder, rice, vegetables, and soy

when water is added, 

it is a meal that can provide food and nutrition to areas that are really needing it

as a small group

we decided it would be fun to get our families together

and commit an hour and a half to helping these kids

along with a few other groups

we packed

114 boxes

or 24624 meals

enough to feed 67 kids for a year

it was a great experience

to do with our kids -

to show them the impact that we can have

in even a short amount of time

traveling basketball

this weekend was our tournament that puts the traveling in traveling basketball

we spent the weekend in mankato

for their annual tournament

this meant a weekend in a hotel

and

a whole lot of excited kids

it also meant a whole lot of treats ;)

even though the entire state was advised against travel

AND

our 'traveling car/my car' is without a working engine

we packed into our mazda 3

and hit the road

i will again thank God

that our kids are great travelers

because even though they had to sit 3 wide

and the trip took twice as long as it should have

they did a great job

the roads were still covered in ice

and we passed some interesting scenes along the way

a car stuck in snow on the freeway

a drift taking up half of the right lane of the highway

and a giant snowblower serving as a plow for the drifts

it was an adventure

but we were there by dinner

and had nothing to do for the rest of the night

but swim and relax by the pool

our first game wasn't until 2:20 on saturday

so we were able to wake up

enjoy their continental breakfast

and of course swim a little more ;)

our first game was against rochester

we won 40-29

our second game was against mankato

we played really well

and ended up winning 36-8

a perfect reason to celebrate

with dinner at pizza ranch

and a night hanging out at the hotel

we were headed to the championship game

bright and early sunday morning

against st peter

i was a little nervous

given that they were all up until 11 for 2 nights in a row

BUT ...

they're tough

and they have great fans ;)

peyton and drew even created a fantasy league for the game

we were down going into half

but ended up coming back

with a 22-17 win

for the championship!

1st place for two weeks in a row

looking good headed into the state tournament

good luck, 5A!