make yourself at home!
A picture is worth a thousand words. How about 20 pictures, then? You do the math. Below is just a quick snapshot of the awesome half day hiking trip that Berkeley Kairos 4 took at Muir Woods. The weather was nice and cool, which actually worked to our advantage.
Enough talk… enjoy the pictures.
See you at our next nature excursion!
This past Friday’s post bible study fun was to take the Fenton’s Challenge. Eat the ginormous 3 scoop-banana split ice cream in 20 minutes (even all the melted stuff has to be eaten), and you get a t-shirt! The waitress awaits our orders. Are we in or are we out?
Many have tried, and few have succeeded. The challengers? Brittany, Jully, Rich Yen, and Riley. The spectators? Tim, Zach, Monica, and Rich Dongses. Waaay too much ice cream for me, for sure!
So this is what it looked like (middle, right). Monica and I were quite happy with our smaller single scoops (left).
Funny how the friendly challenges turned into a girl vs. guy thing, too.
So was anyone actually able to finish in 20 minutes? Drum roll please…
Brittany did it! Congrats!
And Jully was a close 2nd. If only she had a few more minutes, she would have had it, too! Sorry Riley… I don’t think that counts…
So in the end… the girls took the gold. Alright… wait until next time, us guys are going to go into training!
Man I’m really looking forward to our half-day trip to the Muir Woods this Saturday! Aren’t y’all itching to get out of your rooms, out of the library, away from the computer screen to get some fresh air? (raises hand)
Where else would be a better place to get fresh air than in the rustic Muir Woods, one of the Bay Area’s most beautiful destinations! I’m super excited about this trip. It’ll be a refreshing light hike through the woods, a nice lunch (on us!), and an opportunity to meet people and just hang out!
Well, I hope that many people come! See you all bright and early at Unit 1 (Durant side), 9:30am! I’ll bring a frisbee and a football… maybe we can all play at lunchtime!
I had a pretty memorable night last night. We had our first official get-together last night at the Y. I was so excited that a handful of new (and not so new) students came to check out our kickoff. We started off with a delicious dinner that consisted of a chicken stew dish made from scratch by our one and only Debbie. I’ve had it before and I always love eating it! Then we followed up by having a time of ice-breakers with the premise of answering this question: Imagine if you were a vehicle, what would you be and why? One person responded that she would be a Jeep because she was outdoorsy, another a bulldozer (yikes!), a submarine, an X-Wing starfighter (cool!), and yours’ truly, a U-Haul truck. If you weren’t there, you’re going to have to ask these people for their reasons they chose those vehicles!
Welcome! Nice and cozy Fireside Room at the Y.
We then followed that up with a short Bible study given by Tim, which was interspersed with a detailed account of his life, and how it all fit into what God was teaching him and showing him at different stages (childhood, high school, college at Cal, etc.).
I think we all walked away from the study with the understanding that, as God’s people, we are going through this life journey together. Yeah, we all come from different walks of life, but God desires us to get relational with one another (and to go through life experiences together), as we relate to Him.
We topped off the night by going to Ghirardelli in SF, where all the guys shared an Earthquake, and the girls paired off to share desserts that were more manageable and less beastly. They were missing out in my honest opinion. Haha.
Earthquake. The guys' reactions...
The gals, and their easy-to-manage desserts.
The aftermath... Devastation!
Before and after... Something in the ice cream?
And that’s a wrap… until next Friday. If you guys couldn’t make it out last night, be sure to come out next Friday! You don’t want to miss it. Oh and in case you didn’t hear, we’re gonna try to set up a big game of co-ed Ultimate Frisbee next week. Who’s game?
Stay cool out there.
Rich D. (aka Dongses)
