A Great Weekend

It's Monday morning and my legs are really sore, which means good things must have happened this weekend!  The adventure started early on Saturday morning (6:30!) when Jane and I, along with two volunteers Dan and Kayla, drove to Mt. Longonot, a dormant volcano in the Great Rift Valley.  We hit the very steep, very dusty hiking trail by about 7:30, and made our way up and around the mile-wide crater.  It was a gorgeous day, with bright blue skies and a view for miles down the valley, and we finished our hike close to five hours later exhausted, dirty, and sweaty but also with a great feeling of accomplishment!  The hike isn't easy - lots of elevation change and some very slippery, gravelly, steep descents, but everyone did great and came out with a sweet story to tell. 

Later that night Lindsay helped provide a fantastic end to the day by putting together a dinner of mini-cheeseburgers with all sorts of toppings, macaroni and cheese, and fried okra.  Then Jane topped it off with some awesome cupcakes...that's what I'm talkin about! 

After driving four of the ACTS volunteers to church yesterday (which made me really feel like a Dad), I went back into town with Rainer and Jane to play some ultimate frisbee.  I don't know if I've mentioned this on the blog yet, but I went with a friend of mine a few weeks ago to investigate a group of ex-pats who play frisbee every Sunday.  I was immediately hooked (obviously!), and playing on Sunday afternoons has provided a very welcome dose of competition and adrenalin.  Yesterday we played 4 games over the course of about 2 1/2 hours, so we were completely exhausted...what a great feeling!  

All in all, this made for a great weekend, and the best part is that I've only got one day of work this week.  Tomorrow, Jane and I are driving down to the coast with 8 other friends for a few days - we are all renting a big house with a pool right on the beach, so it should be an amazing break!  I'm sure I'll have some stories to tell when we get back...