A strand of lovely events.

The hockey team went up to Campbell River on Vancouver island to help out with a few practices.

So we took a ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, and then drove up to Campbell River. Campbell River is the home of NHLer Rod Brind'Amour ("Strand of love" in French, hence the title). When we got there we had a class to see the practice plans and to organize who was going to do what, because preparation is important for kids around 7-9 years old, since their attention spans are almost non-existent. So right after the class, we went and did a practice, which I wore no gear in, so it was quite a weight difference. But still, the practice went really well. The kids really warmed up to us well considering that we were brand new coaches they never saw before.

After practice we went across the street to the church to share a little bit about YWAM for the youth group there. At around 10 or so, we ended up back at our billets, and got to enjoy another full hour of eyelid inspection.

6:15 the next morning we get up and get ready to help out with a practice with pre-novice (or Timbits) which is about 4-6 years of age. We didn't get the expected number of players (we heard there's around 70 some days), but it was still a good time. Then right after that ice time, we ran another practice with the novices from the day before, which went really well.

After that we returned to our billet's home for lunch, which raised the national obesity rate by at least 1% it was so much food. Then we drove back, took the ferry and returned to that wonderfully overcast 'burg we all know as Vancouver.

It was quite a fun weekend, but I need to go to bed soon, I have to play drums at 7:30.
Arrivederci.