By amy_import on June 22, 2006
Okay, now I’m on wireless and the pictures had better work.
I’m Back! From five intensive weeks to
which only the hardcore need to apply. (Which makes me wonder why
this is my fourth running year)
This special report is to try and give
you a taste of what went on during this time of no contact with the
outside world (namely those on xanga). Readers, I give you STEP.
First off I will introduce the
leadership: Sharon and Jana
They had the phones so they made all
the calls. (okay that was bad, I know)
Recruited out of previous graduates
came myself, Tara and another Amy. We were each given the
responsibility of commanding somewhere around 28 girls.
To carry out this phenomenal task we
were each issued two assistants which headed the girls up in teams.
My two assignments were Catherine and Kim – two unassuming names
hiding personalities of intense loyalty and martyrdom…uh, I mean
sacrifice.
The first two weeks proved difficult as
we all worked out our differences. Sometimes I think they believed
STEP stood for Special Tactics Involving Problems. I had to resort to
my fail proof way of handling problems.
Once proper respect had been
established things started going better. I found that each girl was
unique and that fact was even reflected in their breakfasts!
The girls meet all challenges
fearlessly
They learned to be content with a
little…or a lot.
We even taught them home making and
cooking to keep the feminine aspect. (At least they’ll know how to
boil water when they get married).
And I think they even came to like me.
But there was still quite the line up
for the s’mores.
When all was said and done I came back
with everyone I started out with and I’m proud to say that they finished strong.
My group – STEP 2006
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By amy_import on June 21, 2006
Well I was going to do a really fun post on STEP but since our computer isn’t loading pictures tonight you’ll just have to wait.
In other news (besides the fact that I’m home for a few days) There was a short but hard rain this evening so Katie and I went outside and jumped on the trampoline in the rain to celebrate this uncommon occurrence.
Today I also got to my unpacking and wrote a bunch of letters.
The other neat thing was several different times today I put aside what I was doing in order to spend time with some of the little people in my life. I guess the importance of spending time on people rather than things was still at the top of my mind after working with STEP. God’s still working on me yet.
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By amy_import on June 5, 2006
Salaam. It is I, once again. The always helpful, pleasing, and generous brother of the unimpeachable owner of this site. I come now to narrate the occasion of her Graduation from Verity Education through photos.
Here she is folks! Amy Elizabeth Jones – BA Nutritional Science
Our Three Little Maids From School.
Ascending the steps.
A little humor…
And that about sums it up. They came, they studied, they succeded.
If anypne has pictures they would like to send her (or us) you can get my email from me by applying via the “Email Me” link on my site . Be sure to tell me who you are; otherwise I won’t reply.
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By amy_import on May 14, 2006
Happy Mother’s Day MOM!
Last night we went out to eat (mexican food) then play croquet – and
guess what, mom won! And no, we didn’t throw the game – I guess the
luck of the day was already on her.
Today we have church the going out to Super Salad, then Brian and Katie’s piano recital.
After that I leave for Big Sandy Texas – I’m going to be a leader in
the outdoor/camp program called STEP. This will be my fourth year – I
really like it.
All that to say, I’m not sure what kind of access I’ll have to xanga
for the next few weeks so this may be it for a while (except at grad
when I’ll get on wireless for a while).
Have a great summer everyone!
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