Summer diary of a traveling teenager, part I

The first part of a continuing story of epic proportions.

By Ron Scott June 30th, 2010

Day One: June 26

We left Parrsboro at approximately 4PM. It was fairly warm and humid outside, but the breeze in the car windows kept it comfortable.

We arrived in Moncton and headed to Champlain Place for supper and essential shopping. I had the brilliant idea to buy seafood, apples, and cinnamon rolls. This is way too much information, but that combination of food had a remarkable aftertaste.

After three quarters of an hour’s worth of figuring out how to kill 45 minutes, we headed to our billets’ house in Lewis Mountain. Vince and Rosie Burgess are great people. By the time we were settled in, it was 11:30PM.

Day Two: June 27

Today being Sunday, we got up fairly early and attended church at Lewis Mountain Baptist Church. Afterwards, we were taken to the Salisbury Big Stop (just a few miles away) for lunch. There we discovered an older couple in the church had lived in Southampton, the community where our home church is located. Small world!

At 2 o’clock we gathered at the church again to set up for the VBS. Afterwards, we were taken to a local backyard pool, where most of the neighborhood’s children and teens were swimming. I felt completely exhausted from the effort of swimming, but was revitalized by a great spaghetti supper from Rosie. In the evening I was occupied with making t-shirts and trying to memorize the songs to teach the kids. As the evening wound down I was filled with a great sense of nervousness. It’s been over 10 months since I have done this with campers.

Day Three: June 28

Monday morning. The first VBS session of the year began with a few technical difficulties at the church. The music, video, and powerpoint were originally going to be from one laptop, but we had to employ both of our computers to get the job done. However, it still went pretty good, and the kids were great! As soon as we had lunch afterwards, Alec and I took off for Parrsboro. For the entire 2 hour journey, the rain poured down so hard that I had to use the fastest windshield wiper setting for most of the trip.

In the evening I graduated high school.

We left at 10PM to come back to the Burgess’s house.

Day Four: June 29

The second day of VBS went very well. Afterwards, we settled in and rested for the afternoon – Monday was very tiring.

Tags: summer, vbs