My first weekend!

On Thursday night I went to Grand Vally State University (GVSU) with Area Director Chris Theule-VanDam for a little concert. A couple of Young Life leaders were singing their own songs and playing Guitar. It was organised by some YL Leaders that do Young Life Club at the campus for the college students. That week all Freshmen students were moving in the dorms. It was great fun and I got to meet more of the other YL leaders in this area.


On Friday night Daryl took me to the first performance of the Jenison High School band. Joe, Josh and Andrea, other YL leaders on the Jenison team, were also there. Jenison has a real big band that preforms at the football games of the Wildcats (name of the Jenison HS Football team). They also participate in competitions. Just check out the video.

After that we went to the Castaway reunion of all the kids that went to the YL camp at Castaway this summer. We played some cards and Air Hockey and other games, had Ice cream and just hung out. We also gave some Ice cream to the two little kittens that were just outside. we don't know if they lived out there or were strays. We didn't see their mother but they were really cute. One of them looked a lot like my cat Ushi.

On Saturday I went to Kalamazoo with my Host family to Help move Carrie's (Daughter of the Kennedy's) things into her new home. She is going to Graduate School there.
On Sunday I went to Church with the Kennedy's. They go to a Christian Reformed Church, but that is not like any Christian Reformed Church (Chr. Gereformeerd) in the Netherlands. The have a band with singers and not an organ.
After Church we had a real American Lunch, Burgers from the Grill, with buns and Salad and Melons. Because the weather was so nice we went out on the lake with the rowboat and relaxed on the raft they have. We took Buddy the dog too, but it took him a while to relax. He is not too fond of the water.
Sunday night I went to Daryl's house were he had a reunion of a YL club he led a long time ago, so I got to meet some people who were in YL as teens and now are about my age. After that I babysat on Daryl's little girl Eliana, because he had to go to a wedding. But that wasn't too hard because she was really tired and went straight to sleep.

Well I guess that is everything for now. This afternoon I'll be going to the mall with Carrie and Jenna, so that will be fun. I'm going to get a sim card for my cell phone, so people will be able to contact me here.

(go to my flickr account for more pictures)