to day was another long day. thankfully i was able to wake up at a reasonable time and have a nice breakfast of biscuits and gravy before i got too busy. after breakfast i Jeremy put together to equipment for him to take in his truck up the mountain to assist in the search. some shovels, a chain saw, tarps, food, water, blankets, and the like. right after that i had class. i knew it was useless to try and teach what i was going to, so i decided to teach about wilderness survive. considering the situation at hand i was quite appropriate.
the search and rescue teams got started right after sun rise. they had a large helicopter with infer red and an airplane that took surveillance photos, plus quite a few ground crew. it started snowing around 2 am, and the fog was really think most of yesterday and didn't let up till around 10 or so. it was still around and made it hard to the air crew. right after lunch, at 12:35 the announcement at the school was made that they had been found!!!! they were cold, wet, tired, and very happy to be found :) it took a little bit to get them air lifted out to Lillooet and then on to the hospital to get checket out. every one was fine, i havnet talked to them all yet, but from what i can gather they all did quite will and were very positive. they made it back to the school just in time for worship were we had a wonderful prayer session and some of them told thier stories. now they are all sleeping in thier nice, warm beds.
we are going to be reviewing all that went on and try to make sure that this never happens again. we are glad every thing turned out well, but a lot of this could have been avoided from the begining.
praise God for His goodness!!!
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