Spring sights

Just some deer hanging out in my neighborhood. It's still funny to me how normal this is.

Our second Switchbacks (CO Springs's minor league soccer team) game of the year. We went to a game early last fall, which happened to be one of the last games of the season, and resolved to come back when their 2016 season started. They won!

Enjoying the (rare in Colorado) perfect Sunday afternoon spring weather. The last time I sat in this backyard hammock, many months ago, the rope broke and dumped me on the ground, so this was an important step in rebuilding trust.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of what was probably the most notable event of the week: A fundraiser dinner on Saturday night for RAWtools (an awesome, fairly new nonprofit whose work involves taking donated guns and using blacksmithing to transform them into garden tools) and the still-in-the-planning-stages Colorado Springs Resilience Center. The dinner was at our church, Beth-El Mennonite, and Shane Claiborne was the keynote speaker. Though the six of us Service Adventurers were busy serving food for much of the event, we were finished in time to slip in and hear the message, and I think we all agree that it was worth the work. I'd had the privilege of hearing Shane speak twice before, and true to expectation, it was an exciting, inspiring experience. Even more than that, I was so glad we could assist in raising funds for these incredibly deserving organizations. If you get the chance to interact with Mike Martin of RAWtools, Laurie Works of the Colorado Springs Resilience Center, or Shane Claiborne of The Simple Way, make sure you take advantage of the opportunity!