Teva games and more importantly...ultimate

So today started with a great game of ultimate. This of course was only trumped by the scenery around us. The mountains behind the field we were playing on were ridiculous, on top of that it was an amazing day as far as weather goes. It's pretty crazy having God's creation overwhelm you even when your just playing a game of frisbee.
This picture should help you visualize:
The rest of the day was filled with the Teva games. Including getting a lot of free stuff (hats, shirts, cds, food, etc.) and watching a lot of activities. There was not only more kayaking but climbing and some freeriding going on. Being around world class athletes was very interesting.

Freeriding: Obstacle course in vail village for bikers, they make it look really easy. But some of the other guys we saw had some really tough times with the course.




The qualifiers for the world cup (rock climbing) were going on. I got a short video of an Italian climbing. Right before the Italian gets on the wall you can see a Japanese competitor fall off in the background. Sorry I didn't get any of the good stuff. People would go crazy when the guys would complete their routes.




One of the most fun things that I was able to see was the dog competition. There were two dogs I watched and one was an amazing jumper. The point was to jump out off a platform and grab a toy from a "toy holder". The dog in this video jumped 6 feet 10 inches to grab the toy. Incredible. There are only a handful of dogs in the world who can jump 7 and higher, so this one was pretty impressive.




And finally some more kayaking stuff. Bear with the video, the guy towards the end has a nice stuff to show off.




Towards the end of the day there was a concert for free. Many people attended and a lot of us were able to go out and speak with people. Some conversations getting only to small talk and others making it all the way to the gospel. Good times. It was awesome to be a part of the ministry. Overall a good day. Hope you guys enjoy the videos, I know they are not the best but they took a while to update...hopefully the effort was not in vain.

In Christ,
Tyler

Here are some girls kayaking in vail village. This area of gorge creek can be modified by bumpers in the creek to make the best possible wave. They did better later on, but I wanted to video tape a little bit for you all back home.

Life Eggs

Today was lacking in any type of organized activity for me. So basically I was able to get a lot of miscellaneous things done. But throughout this stuff I was able to hang out with fellow projectors. Playing games (ticket to ride, and a weird game called boomerang) and running with people early in the morning. A good reading this morning, prayer and some workout time. It's been a good day. I was able to bike over to Vail village and open a new bank account. Very easy...got a free bag and made $5 opening an online account.

Anyway, more importantly we had family group time again. More people were able to share their life eggs, which is an easy way to help illustrate their lives and help them tell their story. This was really beneficial when it came to getting to know one another. I must say it was one of the most encouraging things we have done so far.

So some of us are going to the Red Lion tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a great job that yields a lot of opportunity. I heard a lot about it walking around Vail today, so it must be a popular place.

Also very excited for the Teva games this weekend. Talking about it tonight got me even more pumped. Apparently there will be a ton of people there and we will have easy opportunity for conversation. On top of that I am really hoping to see some of the world class kayaking that will be going on right here in town. Amazing. Also, we have some temperature drop going on. It is supposed to snow tomorrow. Pretty crazy since I got a little sun burnt during Job searching yesterday.

By the way, it's great to hear from you all that are reading this blog. If there are any aspects of Vail that you want to hear about just tell me and I will try to shed some light on stuff. Other than that thanks for all the encouragement and prayers.

By the way I added some new links to two websites. One is another persons blog on the trip and the other is one of the staff men's websites for photography (which will soon have pics of Teva Games on it, since he will be in the photography competition).

Still reading:
Philippians
Jeremiah


In Christ