Colorado: Day 3

We arrived at our destination, Horizons International, at 6:00am Sunday morning. We found our bedrooms quickly and went to sleep. Three hours later, we were up to go to church. Matt and Riley, who had driven the most the night before, stayed in bed a got a couple more hours of sleep while we went. The name of the church is Indian Peaks Community Church, and is pastored by Georges Houssney, who is also the director of Horizons. He gave an interesting talk about remembering important things that Jesus has done in our lives. He gave the story about the yeast of the Pharisees in Matthew 16, and how the disciples had assumed Jesus was still talking about bread and not of deeper issues.

After church, we went to the store and purchased some food for lunch and for dinner that night. We went back to Horizons and made lunch: Salad and Spaghetti. It was delicious. After lunch, Matt, Justin, Alicia, Chelsea and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather we had in Colorado (It was in the 50s and 60s all week). So we walked down the street to a local cemetery at the base of a foothill and proceeded to hike up the first few hills. It was a muddy and slippery ordeal and I still have some red mud on my shoes from that day. The hill was pretty steep, and due to the lack of oxygen at that altitude and the fact that I was starting to come down with a cold, I felt like I was going to faint by the time we got to the top of the hill. I spent most of the time up there with my head between my legs and holding on to Chelsea while we posed for pictures. But eventually, I regained my strength and was able to enjoy the fantastic view of Boulder from the hill. You could see the entire city from there, and the mountains stretched as far as you could see to the North and South.

We returned to the Horizons house and met as a group. We went around the circle and took turns telling everyone what God had done in our lives as per Psalm 66:16. It was very interesting to see that God works in everyone's lives in very different and powerful ways.

Afterward, we had dinner (stir fry, again delicious) and chilled for the night. We talked with new friends and played pool and Foosball for a few hours before most of us went to bed. Matt, Riley, Justin, and Jim went rock climbing that night and they seemed to have a lot of fun. Eventually, we all ended up in bed, ready to begin the first real day of the trip.