Tacoma Weather

Something very interesting about Tacoma is the weather. During spring, fall and winter it rains almost every day. But activities don't stop! Where in Ohio all the rides at the fair are shut down for a sprinkle, people still go to the fair in the pouring rain and nothing is shut down. People go hiking, biking, or whatever they had planned for the day. They just go do things in spite of the rain and act like they aren't getting totally soaked. It might take a while for my family to get used to this.

My brother and I got an opportunity to go water tubing in California with a couple of people from our church last weekend. We rented a boat and glided across Shasta Lake, which is a beautiful body of water, and also very warm for a lake. The main purpose of the trip was actually visit a church called Bethel (maybe you've heard of it)which is a huge and amazing church. On Saturday morning we went to the church for a treasure hunt, which is a really cool thing where you pray and ask God to show you people to pray for in the area. Then you ask God for a location, what the person might be wearing, etc. You write all of this down on a "treasure map" and then divide up into groups and go to one of the locations on one of the maps. My group happened to go to a Barnes and Nobles bookstore that had a coffee shop in it, where we prayed for several people. One girl we prayed for was Buddhist, but she thought what we were doing was really cool. I loved the experience and opportunity to share the word in downtown Redding, California.