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
Jun. 30, 2009
Being The Beginning of The Chronicle of the Grand Saint Louis Trip That Was More Difficult To Plan Than A Mission Trip
After much anticipation, many phone calls, and various exchanges of joyful exclamations between Kaitlin and I, the day finally arrived. Thursday morning was spent trying to get schoolwork done and full of the obligatory panic on Josiah’s part. I was fairly sure I’d packed everything but later discovered I’d left my hairbrush at home. Well, you can’t win them all.
We got to practice a bit later due to our frantic rushing around but remembered the food, which of course is the most important part. Tess was going to be on time but ended up having to wait for about fifteen minutes for a package for Chris Kelly, who ended up getting off way too easy for it two days later, but that’s another story. At any rate, she got there at 11:50 and we talked for a few minutes before heading to SALTeam meeting.
As anticipated, we didn’t really get through both topics for the Bible study. We’re doing two fruits of the Spirit a week because we don’t have enough weeks, but we also don’t have enough time. We spent a lot of time on love and only touched on joy before we dove into the schedule for the day. We were learning seven songs that day and we had an hour and forty-five minutes in which to learn them. Yay!
We did mentorship first for about fifteen minutes and tried to squeeze our Bible study into forty-five minutes, which worked about as well as it had in the SALTeam meeting. However, Courtney and Rachel did a good job leading it and they had a challenge at the end, which was very nice. Of course, if I keep forgetting about it, I’m going to be embarrassed on Thursday, so I’d better be working on that. Too much to work on.
I don’t really remember the order in which we learned the songs, but here they are: End, Courtroom, Gifter, In the Light, Virtuoso, Champion, There is a God. We never learned Champion for two reasons – one, the AKMT team knows it and two, Tess didn’t think it would go over real well on the streets. We taught like a whirlwind. Obviously There is a God and Gifter took the longest. We taught Gifter in about five minutes and got to run it twice before we had to leave, which wasn’t close to enough, but oh well. We practiced it on the way up.
Haha, I haven’t even mentioned who was on the trip with us! OK, so it was Jo, James and Alex for the guys, and Courtney, Amanda, Emily, Rachel, Maria and I for the girls. The Rolfs got to STL late, late Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Brown drove us up – the guys in the 15-passenger and the girls in the Voth’s van. Amanda Bushmann is going on the MWMT and hoping to intern provided we can find a place for her to stay. She presented the songs she knew with us.
On the drive there, we folded about 650 tracts – gave the rest to the guys – and got intimately acquainted with the mime that went to heaven. *rolls eyes* Actually, it was kinda fun to hand them out at the outreach on Saturday. We also listened to some music and the Brown girls sang, tried to play two truths and a lie (it kinda fizzled out), and practiced There is a God and Gifter. We got to Kaitlin’s house at about 9:15. After a quick bout with indecision, Amanda and Emily stayed in Peter’s room, I stayed with Kaitlin, and Courtney stayed downstairs with Rachel and Maria. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were in Garrett’s room(?) downstairs. We got to bed around 11 but didn’t have to get up till 7 (we left at 8:45), which was really nice.
So I started to comment and then realized I had no idea what I was going to say, so, ya lots going on, I'm going to call you sometime, I want to talk. Amanda needs a place to stay???
Hello! We do not know each other but I wanted to let you know that from what I have read your life is an inspirational one. I am a p/t secondary school teacher and I wish there were more girls like you following the Lord! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for God. I would like to ask you whether you would like to write a short article about your experiences as a homeschooled student to be published at www.networkhomeschool.com, our new social networking website for homeschool families around the world. The article should be short (about 500 words: 3,500 characters) and should inspire and encourage other homeschoolers. Is this something you'd be interested in? If yes, you can submit your article by copying and pasting the following link:
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I hope you will submit an article as I think our international members would really enjoy reading about your life as a homeschooled girl. I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you.
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I'll be remembering / The dark night; the hard fight; the long climb up a hill knowing the cost / The brave death, the last breath, the silence whispering all hope is lost / The thunder, the wonder... the power that brings the dead back to life!
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