Dream Come True!

I am finally home from our trip to Eastern Washington. Unfortunately I was sick the whole time, but I still had a good time. Let me tell you briefly what we did.
We braved the artic blasts on Wednesday and made our way through White Pass to the Stone church in the thriving metropolis of Yakima.
We had a little scare as the boys van did skid across traffic and into a ditch at one point but everyone was fine and we all made over after 6 hours of driving. We staffed the youth pastor's conference until Saturday and then we went to a church in Moses Lake and stayed with host famlies for two nights. We did both Sunday services and then went on to Leavenworth for a little fun and relaxation in the snow.
What really made the whole trip was that I got to fulfuill one of my goals for the year. In Feberuary all of us who are doing a second year at GTC were asked to write down our goals for the next year, for the next 5 years, and for our lifetime. Well one of my goals for this year was to drive a mini cooper.
Just so happens that Pastor Skip at the church in Moses Lake owns a mini. So I jumped on the opportunity to ask him if he would let me drive it. Pastor Skip loved to show off his car. He took quite a few people out.
The only embarrassing thing was that... well... Since I don't put my e-brake on in my car I never thought to check in his car. Yeah, he had his emergency brake on the whole time I was driving. When I finally parked there was smoke coming out! I was so emabraased. He was too since he was in the car with me and didn't notice. It was fun to drive though!