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6-Jun-2007

By amy_import2 on June 6, 2007

Guess What?!

We went out yesterday with some friends like I mentioned in my last post and we tried some unusual food. For appetizer we had alligator tail which tasted like chicken (of course) but had a slight fishy flavor as well. Brian ordered catfish and shrimp while I tried….Frog Legs!!! (how about that, Timothy?) They looked like little drumsticks – again, mostly like chicken but with a strange after taste. They were fried which was nice, I was afraid they would come with the skin on and be a lot harder to eat
  We also played Putt-Putt golf and I won! Brian and Andy were one point behind me and poor Meg came in last We had a really good talk on the way home afterwards. We like them and have purposed to get together with them more often.

In other news…
  Kevin’s bike was stolen last night. We wondered if there’s someone with a personal grudge against the Cahill’s but it seems to be unfortunate links in a chain of events. One of the guy’s sunglasses were stolen the same night as our bikes which coincidentally was the same night a couple boys went missing from a boy’s home near here. Capt. Mandregor is hot on top of everything as well as the police – should be interesting.

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5-Jun-2007

By amy_import2 on June 5, 2007

The Good and the Bad
First the good:
   Yesterday I picked our first green beans and green peppers from the garden! I also picked four more tomatoes and we had them on a salad at lunch. Yum Yum!
  I spent a good portion of the day cooking and loved it – it’s so much fun to have Brian back again so I feel like fixing something nice to eat.

Now the bad:
   We think our bikes were stolen Sunday night. We asked around to see if someone had borrowed them and walked around last night looking for them but nothing so far.
   I felt pretty down last night, and I think I’m getting sick too. I did get up and lead P.T. though – I made them do stations, so all I had to do was stand there and time them.

Now some more good so you won’t end depressed:
  We’re going out tonight with a couple from our church. We really like them and want to reach out and start a friendship. We’re going to a place in Tyler called Fat Cats – they said it serves cajun food – should be fun!

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3-Jun-2007

By amy_import2 on June 3, 2007

Brian is home!
Everything is perfect again.

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2-Jun-2007

By amy_import2 on June 2, 2007

It started as a quiet evening……

The girls were watching a missionary video, little suspecting that they would soon be caught up in an intense game of strategy and stealth. Suddenly, the screen blacked out and a few seconds later whistles were blowing and spotlights swirled around the room. I ran up on stage and announced that we were going to play a little “game.” We synchronized watches and I gave them 15 min to run to the dorms, change clothes, grab a flashlight and meet me at another location.
  
They were all there at the appointed time and I started explaining the rules. They were to use plastic bags to transfer dirt from a location on one side of the campgrounds to the other (a distance of about a mile). Halfway to their destination they would enter enemy territory patrolled by guards with spotlights. If they were spotted, they had to dump out all their dirt and start over. However, the guards could be neutralized for 30 seconds if the girls flash-lighted them first.
 

The girls ran themselves into the ground trying to fill a bucket at their destination; many strategies were tried and as they worked, the buckets stared to fill.
 
Halfway through the game, the teams had to regroup, build a fire, roast and eat two bags of marshmallows before continuing. This was a time to go over strategies and try to improve tactics.
  At the end, we tallied points for teams arriving on time, number of bags still in possession, and how much dirt was in the buckets. It was a great night and I think most of them had a blast.

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1-Jun-2007

By amy_import2 on June 1, 2007

Well, STEP is in full swing – they just finished their first week of classes and did a lot of “field” exercises yesterday. Bekah showed up to keep me company and helped photograph things. She met me at rivercrossing…

A leader helps hook her girl on the line.

I’m the video person this year so I get to see all the action (hopefully).

Next we swung by Search and Rescue class in time to see them line out for a lost person search.

The funny thing was that the “victims” didn’t hide to well so they were found two minutes after the search started!

Last stop was auto class. Here a girl fills the car with oil after they let out the old oil and changed the filter.
That’s STEP so far, but they have no idea of what’s coming tonight! I’ll post about it tomorrow.
Until then – wonder.

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