It was the rush of the river, the strength of the current, the cold rain and God's beautiful creation that Mike and I experienced this last week. It was week two of wilderness trip training; focusing on canoeing, swift water rescue training and backpacking. Needless to say that it was the following schedule that God used to keep me out of my comfort zone.
Day 1: We canoed a little over 20 miles of the Fambau river. The purpose of this was to see and experience the river. My arms felt like jelly by the end of the day and I was thankful that MIke was an experienced paddler!
Day 2: We woke up early and set up camp at a new base down river. We then proceeded to learn all that we could about swift water rescue. It was a very intense day as the river water was high due to a lot of rain!
Day 3: We woke up to rain, wind and a lot of cold air. We crowded around the fire as long as we could, but then came the dreaded words of "time to get in the water"! We played out a few rescue scenerios. We were thankful that they were only scenerios and not real kids needing help!
Day 4: We paddled down river to our pull out spot, climbed in the van and then continued on our way to the mountains where we set up camp again.
Day 5: Major storms hit while we slept in our tents early in the morning. We heard trees fall all around us as rain, lightning and strong winds tumbled through camp. Thankfully, the weather cleared up for our hike to Superior Lake.
I have learned so much about God using us in our weakest state- so often we think that God needs us for him to move, but I have been learning so much about how much we need him. It is through his strength that anything of value is achieved.
1 comment:
wow. Sounds like quite the adventure. What an amazing opportunity for you and Mike to grow closer to God and each other through this time. This summer will be one I am sure you will tell you kids about in years to come.
Praying for you.
Julie
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