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Day 8

Posted on March 29 2023

This weekend surprised me in a lot of ways I didn’t expect, firstly, I had very low expectations. I mean, it doesn’t sound all that appealing on paper and in all honesty I somewhat dreaded it, but…

Day 8

Posted on March 29 2023

Hello Readers!   Yesterday was a bittersweet day for me. It was a reminder that I had to make the most of the day as it was my last day in Missions, Vancouver with my classmates. I woke up with an engaged…

Day 7

Posted on March 28 2023

Today is are last full day in Vancouver, we spent 7 days together with people we normally wouldn’t probably be with on the regular. I have no regrets on going on this trip. One group we helped was this…

Day 7

Posted on March 28 2023

Today we or I woke up at 6:30 and ate breakfast. We left at 8:00 on the bus. We first went to Gleaners to chop onions and sort soup. Mr. Johnson being the father duckling he is got me, Christian, Maeva,…

Day 6

Posted on March 27 2023

Today when we woke up, I was immediately ready to call it a day and go back to bed. Last night was kind of late so getting up was NOT going to be fun. I wasn’t surprised however when we had to trudge…

Day 6

Posted on March 27 2023

Today was warmer than a normal Alberta spring day and once I got out of bed, it was 10 minutes till we had to get on the bus and go. I hurried to fast that I forgot my lunch and didn’t eat breakfast.…

Day 6

Posted on March 27 2023

Today we woke up and had a bussin breakfast like usual then got on the bus and away we went. We were on the bus for a while then we reached Gleaners and were given a walk through. Then we started chopping…

Day 5

Posted on March 26 2023

We did not do much today. Thank goodness. We got to sleep in which is actually the best thing. I literally still woke up late. I got to actually conduct myself a little and get ready for church in my…

Day 5

Posted on March 26 2023

Today we woke up at 7:30 and got ready. We then left for church. After that we went to Granville Island and looked around. Then we split up and looked around and got food. When we were all done we drove…

Day 5

Posted on March 26 2023

Today we went to church and I fell asleep for a bit. We went to Granville Island and bought food and bonded with each-other. We took a bus ride and aged while being on it and I listened to music. Then…

Day 4

Posted on March 25 2023

Today was not as early as the past few mornings. We got up around 7:15 and had a hot breakfast at 8:00 which was a treat for us because we have been having cereal for breakfast for the last couple mornings.…

Day 4

Posted on March 25 2023

Today we got more sleep than usual, after breakfast I even took another nap. After lunch we went swimming at a Rec center but me and my friends stayed in the gym that was there and played basketball and…

Day 4

Posted on March 25 2023

Todays morning was not as early as the past few mornings. My cabin didn’t get up until 7:15am to get ready for the day. We got a hot breakfast around 8:00am which was scrambled eggs, hash browns and…

Day 3

Posted on March 24 2023

Today we had another early morning, my cabin got up at 5:00 to get ready for the day. At 6:30 we got in the bus and headed to SUMS to start our work. When we got there, we were split into a few groups…

Day 3

Posted on March 24 2023

Today was another early start we got up around 5 and left on the bus at around 6:30 to go to SUMs. Once we arrived we split off into four different groups my group went to night shift and  what we did…

Day 3

Posted on March 24 2023

Today was another early morning. My cabin woke up at 5:15 am to get ready and our whole group left camp around 6:30. We arrived at SUMs just before 8, just in time to do an 8-1 shift. My group stayed…

Day 2

Posted on March 23 2023

Today was a bit of earlier morning but not as early as yesterday, today we woke up at 5:00 and started to get ready for our day. We left the camp around 6:45 to Surrey near Vancouver and we volunteered…

Day 2

Posted on March 23 2023

Today was another early morning. We got up at 5 and started to get ready for our day. We had breakfast at 6 and started to get on the bus at 6:30. The bus ride there was oddly quite for our class. When…

Day 1

Posted on March 22 2023

Today started with a very early morning, we all gathered at the airport around 5:00 am. We got through security with a couple bag checks. Past security we had around 15 minutes to do what we want; some…

Day 1

Posted on March 22 2023

So, my morning started at like 4:00 today. I assumed that would mean I would have enough time to get to the airport but because I’m me, I was still late. Security and stuff was actually pretty easy,…