The Vans Down By the River: Rebound '09

posing by a famous statue of a sailor kissing his girl good-bye

As Rebound finishes up the fun continues...

Tuesday
We all met for breakfast and were led by Shane for our last session. It was a really great time of prayer, communion, and thanksgiving for our ministries and our time together. It amazes me every time when one of these youth pastors gets up to lead us in a Bible study, prayer or communion. They are so much fun and they really like to goof around but when it comes down to it, they love the Lord and are so passionate about Him. It was a blessing to hear Shane speak on Tuesday morning. He's a really solid man of God and we're so blessed by the job he's doing at the national offices in MN. We felt so blessed at the end of the retreat!!

After saying our good-byes to old friends and new, some of us went out for lunch to the Fish Market. Jonathan had grilled shark and I had Dijon-crusted tilapia with mango salsa. It was delicious. I just couldn't get enough fresh fish when we were out there since we don't have that opportunity too much in Iowa. ;)

the grilled shark - it was very good!

this was the tilapia - yumm-o

Then we drove north to Del Mar to play some putt-putt and had a great time together.

Me, Heather (MN), Sue (Ames), and Kari (Ames)

(see, I told you we had a good time)

Brent (Ames), Shane (MN), Mark (Ames), Jon (Ames)

When we got back to the hotel we ran to Target to buy some food and drinks for the next several days so we wouldn't have to eat out every meal. And that's when Jonathan found TimTams - Australia's favorite cookie. We decided to have a TimTam party when we got back to the hotel and invited the rest of the Ames bunch. Mark and Kari were the only other attenders to our now-annual party. ;) Somehow Jonathan always makes the ordinary more fun that it really should be. We laughed so hard during our party - really, it was great exercise. ;)

socks were optional at this party