62-We're Back from BC Everybody! We are back! The Foss family took 4 guys to BC (that's the province of Canada due north of Washington state) for 5 weeks. We served together at a Young Life camp called Beyond Malibu. A month stripped of your daily devices and update and the busyness of the day to day will really throw some perspective on life-- and that's exactly what it did for us. I feel like this was my
61-The Project Forty Summer Expedition: Adventure The cool breeze and light spattering of fallen leaves sent my imagination into Fall… climbing in the gorge with friends, and showing off God’s beautiful playground to those who are rarely afforded a chance to escape a full schedule to watch an episode of Bear Grills, let alone study the natural beauty of a harmony of trees and sandstone cliffs in person. It is out in the wilderness that I really come
60-The Project Forty Summer Expedition: 2018 In ONE word: powerfully-sharpening, life-changing, God-inspiring, relationship-driven adventure that cannot possibly be explained in a single word! A carefully selected group of 3-4 young men will be joining Matt and his family on an expedition traveling across the country to a Young Life Camp in British Columbia, Canada. There, they will spend the summer working as Staff Interns—rubbing shoulders with a committed group of men and women devoted to their service for
59-Outdoor Summer Lessons by "Z" Summer is here and outdoor time is multiplying! I had an opportunity to have just one boy for a few hours outside and I decided to do whatever he wanted to do. I ended up just observing and had to get the phone out to capture some of this marvelous child-like... well, just plain child! So many lessons to be learned and I firmly believe that God orchestrated our lives to reflect our
54-Oh No, Not Your Back You Crazy Man Well everybody, I did it again. Was it the bowling? The basketball? Pretending to be a horse for my boys and letting them ride my back for an hour? The climbing? The competitive nature of just plain being a man? Not knowing when to quit? Whatever the case, it took me out last week. Every so often I hurt my lower back and can’t move very well for about a
51-Michigan Takes A Turn For The Even Worse 70 to 30 in 6 hours...degrees that is. It's the Michigan way, we decided to skip Fall altogether this year, I mean, why not? Don't despair everybody! Put on a warm winter coat and get out there! That's all I have to say, so take it to heart and make it happen. Really, no joke. -Matt
48-Have You Ever Made The Best Pancakes In The World? No. Pancakes. Take’em how you like’em—butter, chocolate chips, bananas, strawberry syrup, blueberry syrup, maple syrup, high fructose corn syrup, cool whip, fudge, ice cream, Carmel, peanut butter, jelly, attacked by fruit, or any other sugar that I didn’t mention, peanuts, or beef stick grease—any way is fine with me as long as you git’em done! The guys on my last trip did just that…they got them things cooked
47-The Caver’s Route Experience When I was a young boy, my family and I went to visit Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Fortunately for me, I was small, still am; but really small back in the late 80’s. There was one particular section of cave named, “Fat Man’s Misery.” Being small came in handy for this cramped, moist wall of rock in the face. Another section was known as “Tall Man’s Misery.” Another favored part for the vertically challenged
46-Backseat Guiding At Its Best Have you ever been the driver with a back-seater telling you your every move? Annoying, right? Or, perhaps you’re the guy spouting out all the instructions, carefully judging each motor vehicle operator decision to be sure that it falls into your personal code-of-driving-handbook. Taking it to the woods, backseat takes on a whole different meaning. As guide, you simply sit back and watch the group get lost in the woods! There’s no correcting,
45-“ON RAPPEL!” Today you are about to learn how badly you need to go rappelling. It’s true. If you haven’t backed yourself up to a massive cliff edge lately, it’s your time. Rappelling is something that even non-climbers will travel great distances to experience. Caver’s do it. Canyoneers do it. Firemen do it. Tree trimmers do it. Mountaineers do it. Surfers do it (to get to the sweet, unreachable beaches… I’m pretty sure). Why don’t you do it?
