Mountains

Let me start by giving some background information about myself. I grew up most of my life in the Hills of North Richland. Now, this name is a bit misleading because there are no real hills in this city. It is almost completely flat but for a few 'hills,' if you could even call them that. And even after that, in Abilene it is also nearly completely flatlands also.

So on Monday, the staff of Dry Bones, the other interns for the summer, and myself headed up the mountain to have a few days to get to know one another and go over some expectations and rules for the interns. I have never really done any serious hiking before so I was rather excited about this, as well as meeting and getting to know other interns/staff.

So we set out to hike this mountain. As we were climbing, we got high enough onto the mountain that we began to be hiking in the snow. Now for someone like me who has lived in Texas almost his whole life and hasn't ever really seen snow much, this was a pretty awesome experience. Especially since it is now June!

We reached the cabin that we were going to be staying in and had a pretty incredible view of the other snow peaked mountains. It was really a great couple of days getting to know the people that I will be working with this summer.

Being in the mountains and in the snow (in June! I still can't get over that) was just another reminder of how awesome the creation is. God really knew what he was doing when he made the earth, and I am glad that I get to experience it in a small way here in Denver this summer.