Mime 4 Jesus - Various Random Thoughts

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set the example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. I Timothy 4:12

Jul. 1, 2008

Various Random Thoughts

Josiah was proud of the fact that he had six Jesus parts, several of which he had learned in the last 24 hours. It was definitely a stretch for him, but a positive thing. Moving along.

Today I went over to Tess’ house to help out for the first time in more than a month. It was pretty fun. Simone and I worked on making up five new start-up packets. She had them organized pretty nicely, and she was handling the printing, so I wasn’t complaining. It went a lot better than the first time Katie and I tried to do it. I guess things are easier once you do them once.

After that, I got to teach Simone What If I Give All. That was fun. I always think of Amy when I do that song. As always, she caught on quick. It was fun teaching her how to get crucified. Not that I’m an expert on being crucified, but it was certainly a new experience for her.

And last but not least, Simone and I worked some on organizing the Rolf’s pantry. It’s a pantry in name, but it doubles as office closet. More than half of the shelf space is taken up by paper, envelopes, labels, and other office miscellany. We went through there, organized as many of the office supplies as we could, and threw out a bunch of phonebooks. Overall, it was satisfying, although I had to leave before we finished.

Because of the flood, it looks like Dad’s ball games for the rest of the season may be cancelled. It’s a major bummer. We schedule our Thursdays around his ball games, and they are a time of great enjoyment for all of us. We’re all hoping that the Parks and Rec department will find another place for us to play, but I’m not sure how likely that is. Dad says that there is debris piled three feet high on the left field fence.

We had more homes flooded a few miles from us due to the immense amount of rain. I love rain, but we’ve had way too much lately. When people’s lives start getting ruined because of it, I start praying against the rain. However, Dad, Jo and Andrew (various combinations of the three at various times) had a great time floating Bear Creek for a total of about five or six miles. Total floating time? Maybe an hour and forty-five minutes? Isn’t that incredible? They had the time of their lives doing boyish things, filling the canoe with water, and nearly tipping over.

I almost got myself killed trying to swim out to the bridge pilings of the highway bridge Bull Creek runs under. The current was a whole lot faster than it looked like and if I hadn’t started upstream, I wouldn’t have reached the pilings. As it was, I was so tired by the time I got there I didn’t know how I was going to make it back. By the grace of God I did, but my muscles were burning and I was still shaking half an hour afterwards.

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Jul. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Kaitlin

What If I Give All!!!! Aw, I have so many good memories with that song. I'm glad you were able to pass on the love. :)

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