Rush n' such

Soooo...Welcome to March!

I've been pretty busy lately. But now that February's over, I don't have anything major to do until March Break, when I go to Ontario.

So, Rush (big youth conference in Kelowna) was this past weekend. It was pretty awesome! There were about 1500 people all together, or so, and we had our group of a little over 30. We drove to Kelowna on Friday evening, and got dinner on the way. Then we parked and got bussed to the Rush "Dome" (which is really just a giant barn-thing), where we met up with Bart (haven't seen him in a while!) and then Starfield came out! They were great! Shane Claiborne came out too, which was awesome. They also had this glass box that they lit fireworks in. :P Quinn and I walked around for a while at the back looking at all the t-shirts and stuff, and I ended up buying a Rush t-shirt, a Starfield t-shirt, a Starfield CD, a couple buttons, and a Starfield poster. :D We got back to our van at like 1 in the morning, and didn't end up getting to sleep until like, 2AM! So we were really tired. :)

Breakfast was at 9, so we had to get up at around 7 to get to the buses and then to the dome. We stopped at Starbucks on the way! :D Then this singer guy, Riley Armstrong (who's super funny), came out and serenaded us while the host, Joel, sent us off in groups to our different activities for the day. All the girls in our group ended up picking this "spa day" thing, which ended up including a catered lunch, free coffees, dance lessons (which I skipped, getting a coffee instead), hair and makeup tips (which included a free mascara!), nails, and a craft (I decorated a journal). So that was cool. Darby came at the end of the spa day because she was in Salmon Arm at a speech competition.

THEN! We went back to the dome and Starfield played again, and we had a snack and stuff, and Shane Claiborne spoke again, and then I got a Riley Armstrong t-shirt (AWESOME!) and a button. Aaaand...then Jon Buller/Corey Doak Band...thing...came out and played and then Fresh I.E. (this rapper guy) joined them. I'm not into rap, but they played a song at the end tha was awesome! :P

So, we went back to the church that we were staying at and hung out until like, 2 in the morning, and then Darb helped me wash my hair in the sink (haha!) and we finally got to sleep at around 3. Sandi woke us all up at around 6:30 in the morning with loud, annoying ring tones on her phone, and we had to pack everything up and clean the church, and load the vans and stuff.

Then we went to the dome and Starfield played again and Riley Armstrong played again (he did an awesome slow-mo guitar solo, which involved a drill...) and then the weekend was over... So, we got back onto the buses to get to our vans and then we went to Vernon and ate lunch at the mall and I got another Starbucks (:D), and then we drove back to the ministry centre, and went home.

So, the weekend ended up being amazing...God is so cool! It was almost as good as History Maker last year :) (I have pics on Facebook of RUSH if you haven't seen them and you're my friend on there)

And that's that! So, now it March and I have a LOT of school work to do if I want to graduate this year...ugh. And...that's all for now!
-Kristen