Tuesday, September 14, 2004

IPS adventures! Right now we are on the side of a road near a highway, and our van is sitting on the side of the road with an empty gas tank because of a broken gas guage. Anyway…

I'm supposed to write about our last day of IPS. Wow! The week went by soooo fast!

For our last day we had a session on filters (they are little pieces of glass or plastic that you put over your lens to make your image different, less light, more light, etc.).

Then we had a session on digital cameras and I learned a lot of things about my camera that I didn't even know about! Such as, changing a picture to black and white once it is in the camera! We also learned about buying SLR cameras.

We had lunch and then after lunch we went to a State park. We took a hike to a scenic overveiw but somehow took a wrong turn and ended up just walking in a big circle for about an hour. We decided once we got back to the first spot, we didn't really need to see that scenic overlook. :)

After our "hike" we found a large field and played some soccer (my team won!) unfortunately one of the girls tripped and sprained her ankle and then one of the other girls fainted just thinking about the pain. So we decided to stop playing soccer. :) It was fun while it lasted. :)

We moved to a grill and started to warm up the coals to cook hamburgers and ate waternelon until it started to rain. Then we moved to a larger covered area and had hamburgers, chips, and made s'mores in the rain. Then Rowan shared a really cool story about 3 knights who learned the truth of the song, "Not to the strong is the battle, not to the swift is the race, but to the true and the faithful, victory is promised through grace."

Looking back at the empty gas tank, the injuries, the rain… I see that God is always in control and is always giving us opportunities to rejoice!

–American Endeavor Student Bethany Wuerffel