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Apr. 4, 2009
Lest I Forget (MT Memories Post)
I remember waking up to a beautiful sunrise and, of course, Jairus taking pictures of it. Us girls quickly got to work slathering cream cheese on bagels and passing them up to the hungry team. We had strawberry and honeynut – or something like that – and most people took the strawberry.
The rest of the trip is a blur till that glorious moment when I saw Katie running up to the van and plastering her face against the window. I remember being practically frantic in that hot, stifling van, wanting desperately to climb over Josh, past Jairus, out the door and into Katie’s arms. I remember the long hug we had and almost crying (but refraining so I didn’t wash my makeup off). I remember several hours in the blazing sun, instructing little kids – without talking, of course – that they were to throw the beanbags and hit the spider. I remember our FIRST presentation, Josh’s nervousness, the wet/muddy stage, the vests flying all over the back of the stage, KT and LA in the audience taking pictures, and messing up. I remember Josh and the Jesus sash/vest in Fallen. I remember pumpkins.
I remember playing mime hide and seek over by the pony rides, manning more games, always looking around for Katie, watching Chris and Jairus interact with the kids. I remember Kirsten walking around picking up trash. I remember almost falling asleep on my feet. I remember running back to the van to grab the props for the second presentation. I DON’T remember the second presentation (no, honestly, I don’t!). I remember picking up flowers and pumpkins and placing them in wheelbarrows and wagons and dragging them up to the admin tent after the festival was over. I remember looking for stuff in the auction tent with Megan and not knowing what to do. I remember that I really had to go to the bathroom when we climbed into the van to go back to the House of Blessing for dinner but didn’t want to use the disgusting porta-potties they provided.
I remember Mrs. Cooper making dinner while we did something in the garage… either we practiced or worked on Bible study. I THINK we worked on Bible study, because at that point we still didn’t have them completely down, and Aaron was switching around who was teaching which study - at every stop. I remember a delicious dinner and some kind of chocolate cake that was really good for dessert. That was the place where KT made Jo and I do Barbara Manatee with Jo as Barbara and me as Bill. That was hilarious.
I remember practicing in that garage with the oil spot on the floor… Virtuoso, Fallen… I remember that amazing presentation of Faithful the next morning in the church next door. It hard a hardwood stage; there wasn’t much room because the choir was all still up there. Jo freaked some lady out when he threw blood at her feet. It was exhilarating. It had this nice aisle too. I like aisles. =) I remember doing Larger Than Life and the Armor of God skit for the little kids with KT and Amy as the enemies. It was awesome and the kids loved it. I remember starting to write out verses to put on the PHC wall of encouragement or something like that but had to break off when the kids got there. Aaron did a great job keeping them going… we sung Father Abraham and Chris got a kick out of that… I tried (both successfully and unsuccessfully) to talk some of the kids out of their shells. I remember driving away and looking back and seeing Katie crying. It was really sad. |
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