Caravan-GPNW Mission Center

Day 7: we had a beautiful morning today! We got to walk some of the Gardens of God with our new besties! Some of us went on a casual walk one way and others went on a fast paced longer walk! All in all each group had fun! After the gardens we said our goodbyes and headed back to Thornton for lunch as well as our last community service project. For our last community service project we met up with someone from the local Lions Club and helped wash, dry, sort and package preowned prescription glasses. These glasses are going to those who are in need of them and aren’t able to afford them. We had some fun like usual while doing our work. After that we had some down time to just rest and hang out together for the evening and get ready to. Go home tomorrow.

Day 6: Having a big breakfast with a lot of the congregation from Fort Collins was wonderful! We even got some of the recipes to the delicious food! Before we left, they offered a prayer over us and gave us handmade bags! We love them! Then we set off towards Colorado Springs! Once there we had lunch and then got right to work with our community service project. This project was putting together blessing bags for friends who were home insecure. As we were doing that we met some awesome local youth from the church! After making the bags we hit the road and passed them out. Then we did a little window shopping before heading back for dinner and the program! The teenagers from the church got to hang out and spend the night with us!

Day 5: Today we went to Estes Park! It was a lot of fun to explore the area! We even got to have our Orange Julius and a historic tour of the famous Stanley Hotel! After our tour we went to Fort Collins for our community service and program! We had a lovely time joining another church making birthday bags for families in need as well as dinner! Then we went to our church members homes to stay the night and join back up in the morning for breakfast!

Day 4: Today was all fun and games. Literally! We went to the Molly Brown House and had a fantastic tour. Check out some of the photos for some cool info of Molly writing to her son who was in Oregon at the time the titanic went down. We ate lunch at a nearby park. Some geese visited us as we were packing up and side eyed is because we are too good at cleaning up after ourselves and didn’t leave food for them. We then went to the Meow Wolf Museum. It’s unexplainable how neat, weird, bright and creative this place is! We had fun exploring the three floors! Then we had dinner and after we went to the Coors field to watch the Colorado Rockies play against the Boston Red Sox. It was a fun time!

Day 3: We started the day by going to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge and did a drive through audio tour. It was very neat to see all of the buffalo and prairie dogs around! We then made our way to Yuma and had lunch, did our program, we also did some community service of moving furniture and painting a shed, went to the local museum with some of the congregation folks who volunteer there AND had dinner with them! What a way to spend our time with them. It’s not everyday that we get to have two meals with the congregation!

Day 2: Today we did our first performance on the trip! Thank you to our amazing congregation for letting us perform for you! You were everything we needed! We also got to go house to house to ask for food donations for the local food bank the church is apart of. We got lots of donations!! Then we went to view the landscape and wildlife! We are thankful for this experience!

Day 1: What a day! We did lots of traveling today. From gathering at the Lewis River Camp grounds, to riding a bus to the airport, then catching a plane, we have finally made it to our destination! COLORADO! We are so excited to be on this adventure!