Mission Trip?

Well I was super bummed at the beginning of last week because I had this great opportunity to go to Estonia for a mission trip but I needed 7 Vacation days and only had 6...the good news,

This opened me up to be able to go to Spain on a mission trip! I'm super pumped we had our first informational meeting last night and I cannot wait to get started! Expect some fund raising letters in the mail soon!

On a side note,

We played Bocce Ball after the meeting was over last night and I must say Michael Frank and I make a pretty darn good team...We won 10-9...

Don't know what Bocce Ball is? You must learn now! as David said last night, "It's the lazy man's golf"

Wikipedia's Bocce Ball Instructions...trust me it's far more fun that it sounds here!

Bocce is traditionally played on an oyster shell court, but has also been played on decomposed granite, soil, or asphalt courts approximately 20 to 27 metres in length and 2.5 to 4 metres wide, sometimes with wooden boards of approximately 15 centimetres in height surrounding the court. Bocce balls can be made of metal^[6], wood, or various kinds of plastic. Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.

Red scores 2 points

A game can be contested between two players, or two teams of two, three, or four. A court match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the jack (called a pallino, a pill, a bolus, or a boccino in some areas), from one end of the court into a zone about 5 metres in length, ending 2 metres from the far end of the court. If they miss twice, the other team is awarded the opportunity to place the jack anywhere they choose within the prescribed zone. At this time the team that attempted to put the jack into play first gets to roll the first ball.

The side that places the jack is given the opportunity to bowl first. Once the first bowl has taken place, the other side has the opportunity to bowl. From then on, the side which does not have the ball closest to the jack has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the other has used their four balls. At that point, the other side bowls its remaining bocce balls. The team with the closest bocce ball to the jack is the only team that can score points in any frame. The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that is closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team. The length of a game varies by region, but is typically played to 11, 12, or 13 points.

Players are permitted to throw the ball in the air using an underarm action. This is generally used to knock either the jack or another ball away to attain a more favourable position. Tactics can get quite complex when players have sufficient control over the bocce ball to throw or roll it accurately.