Back from tour...

We just got back from tour!!!!!!!  Well, I don't know whether it's really as exciting as all that.  I had an amazing team and an amazing trip, and being back means homework.  Bummer.

But let me explain a little of what we did.  The student body was divided into two teams that went out into different areas to perform a children's production called "The Disappearance of Dr. Withers."  Since both teams were using the same set and the same van, we had to go out one after the other.  So the first team left end of February to go to Montana, Idaho, Washington and B.C.  They got back on March 4, and our team left March 5 for Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The production was geared for children, with a very strong salvation message.  We had so much fun!  I got to play the part of Mrs. Hopewell, a strict, stern school principal who has a bit of a fun side to her as well.  I had a blast getting to develop that character and show her funny little quirks.  It was awesome, and....I have pictures!  Yay!!

This is our set, with most of the characters during a scene.  Dr. Withers, Mrs. Hopewell, Dawn, Terri, Randy(yes he is a giant raccoon) and Tony.

This is me having to dance with the giant raccoon...yeah, don't ask :)

This is Arthur the Scottish mouse who lives in the wall of the school, and his random fuzzy wall-dwelling friend...I did say this was a children's production, right?

This is Dr. Withers leading Harry, the Australian school custodian, to Jesus.  Yes, the puppet does get saved...

So those are a few clips of our production.  The other aspects of tour were pretty awesome too for the most part.  I was constantly being bugged about the flatness of Manitoba by my Albertan and British Columbian schoolmates...yeah.  Didn't have much of a defense for that one.  I did, however, take a valiant stand for the honor of my province!!!  :)

Here are a couple other random tour pictures:

This is a shot I got of everybody--and I mean everybody--except Jill and me in the front seat and the two drivers, completely zonked out.  I thought it was pretty cool. :)

Our leader Sean had a birthday while we were on tour, and one of the girls had packed and brought along a cake for him.  He wanted to have a piece, but couldn't very well fork it himself while driving.  So Jill, who was sitting behind him, took it upon herself to fork-feed him.  This is a shot of the interesting scenario this made...

Phil and Lance had a lengthy conversation via banana-phones...while sitting right beside each other...is this what tour does to you???

One of the tour highlights for me was getting to stop at Cornerstone, my home church.  Sean had Matthew, Karissa and Amanda completely enthralled with his little magnetic balls...I thought it was so cute!

This is our group plus a bunch of church people from Ste. Anne, MB, our last stop.

So yeah, that was tour.  We had an amazing time, and our team actually still liked each other by the end of it!  We definitely sensed God's presence and protection with us all along the way, so that was pretty amazing.