Training Day 1

Day 1 of training is over. What we thought was going to be an easy day actually was quite tiring! But we went through a lot of stuff. First we got introduced to Tom Trageser, who is helping us with church coordination for the whole tour. Incredible guy and his wife Laura is amazing too! Spent the day at his house, and we cleaned the RV which they donated to us for the whole tour. The RV is pretty ricidulous...sleeps five people comfortably. Word on the street is that the girls get to sleep there while the guys have to sleep in a tent outside...but hey, that's life. Did a little swimming and ate lunch before diving into presentation training.

Presentation training key points:
Mark Jacobs and Andy Clack are very nice to look at.
Lewie needs to articulate (I should have listened to you all along Dad!)
Jenna and Bryan, well they're perfect.
Jon keeps time very well.
Emily and Marianne work the slides like professionals.
Shannon likes to take pictures.

We all have become much better presenters now, so watch out east coast.

Then we took the RV out, Bryan and Emily drove like champs. We only crashed twice (just kidding...but almost). And then we went to the Break Youth group and played the craziest game of Basketbrawl (a strange mix of basketball and UFC) and got to share with them about She's My Sister. The kids really responded and a lot of them committed to be advocates!

Keep praying for us. We're definitely going to need it!