Week end camping Nosoca Pines Ranch

Wow!! I like the place.. We had a good time last week end with the youth in church during our camping in Nosoca Pines ranch in South Carolina. There were about 600 plus youths and adults in attendance and that excludes the little kids.

I love the activities we have had.. Basketball, baseball, volleyball, water activities, cannoeing, swimming, Pontoon ride, buggy ride and lot more. Kids are enjoying every minute of those activities. Even if there are lots of participants, we are not crowding because the Camp ground is so huge.. wide, wide area. There are lots of cabins but we are not using them. We pitch our own tents and experience the beauty of nature around us.

It is freezing at night time like 30 degrees? Ouch!! that cold.. but we manage till morning.. hahaha by wrapping ourselves with our sleeping bags and comforters.. It was a nice experience away from home.

On Sunday morning everyone is busy for our work bee. We clean the whole area in preparation for the summer and fall where many people around the area are going there for retreat and other meetings. This place is really a good place for meetings. They have huge cafeteria that can accommodate hundreds of people, they have store for souvenirs, they have comfortable bathrooms and nice cabins. It is really a nice place to go. I have been there twice. One was for a seminar and lately I went there for a camp out. Nice experience.

I'm glad I know you

How many times you heard that from a friend? Well, for me, I can just count it with my fingers. Yesterday while cleaning the house, I keep on thinking about a friend whom a just know for 2 months but I am really glad to know her. Why? well, since I know her, I already have a chance to go out from the house because she can drive while I am not yet driving. She will just pick me up when she wants to go somewhere and I love it because I have never been into that place before. When she needs a helping hand to do things in her house, she will just called me.. and it is a blessing for me because she will pay me.. hahaha.. Then one day she told me.. I'm glad I know you. I appreciate the help that you have done for me, it is such a blessing to know you.. Oh!!! Well, I feel the same. Since I know her, I was able to roam around places my hubby do not usually go.. you know? the girl thing? hahahah going around shopping, hopping from different stores to another? ouch, mu hubby do not like that kind of thing.. But when I have this friend of mine, I feel like I am free.. hahaha.. I can go anywhere. It is such a blessing to have a friend,, and the good thing is She is also a Filipina who have the same way of life with me when we were in the Philippines therefore we can relate to each other.

Snow in early spring

Snow is not a good thing for me if it is everyday. Well, I am excited when snow comes but when the ground is full of snow and it takes, weeks and more to clear the ground? it is annoying.
Am just glad that here in NC, we seldom have thick snow. But just last Sunday we had 6-7 inches snow and until now, it's already Thursday but the snow is still on the ground.. Thick ice are found beside the road. In our back porch we still have thick snow..ouch!! I feel like scrubbing them out hahah but it is also cold to do that.. My hands feel numb.. It is nice to look at in the first day but when it lasted for many days, it is not a good feeling.. I think it's better to have a rain and a flood because it will subside in a few hours. Lol.. anyway, that is life in America. I have to accept it because I am already here.. cold.. cold.. cold.. for 6 months already... I miss the hot summer days in the Philippines. whew!!