Today I had an extra quiz practice with my book 4 quizzers for awana T&T quizzing.
Oh, it was so. much. fun. One of them totally forgot about it, so we ended up going way late so they could all be there.
I started out using the goldfish crackers as a snack break, but it proved to be extremely distracting and I wasn't organized enough to just completely move it out of their way. (I've been up since 5am doing math and physics, give me break.) So I came up with the idea of giving them each a bowl and putting a goldfish in it when they did something particularly brilliant, and taking one out when they did something particularly...not so brilliant. =P
It worked quite well.
Halfway through, however, the following conversation ensues.
Me: Okay, take five and eat some goldfish.
>several minutes later<
L to J: you ate all of yours!
J: what's wrong with that?
L: she said eat only five!
Oh, how I love these kids. And coaching. And quizzing. I love seeing them get into it, get excited about remembering the material, learning new material...I especially love to see them in a huddle, buzzer jumping and getting excited like I did a few weeks ago on my quiz team.
(:
Showing posts with label Awana. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 25
Saturday, July 31
Camp Marathon?
I've been at camps for the past month.
First there was VBA. (which could be a whole series of blog posts by itself, but I think I'll spare you on that one.)
Then there was Debate camp. (Firehose of information in my debate-novice face :D )
Last week there was speech camp. (Exhausting. Insane. Totally amazing.)
And today I leave for awana camp!!
....be back in a week! (:
First there was VBA. (which could be a whole series of blog posts by itself, but I think I'll spare you on that one.)
Then there was Debate camp. (Firehose of information in my debate-novice face :D )
Last week there was speech camp. (Exhausting. Insane. Totally amazing.)
And today I leave for awana camp!!
....be back in a week! (:
Saturday, October 10
Jesus, bring the rain
My eyes have never been so dry from crying all the moisture out. Plus one eye is considerably worse than the other, or else has something wrong with it, resulting in a very skewed view of the computer screen.
It's 11:00. Normally that wouldn't feel that late, unless you got up at 6:00am, spent all day at an awana conference that wore you down emotionally, convicted you spiritually, and tired you out physically...not to mention eating sawdust cookies and sitting through classes about New Age something you have no idea about.
But I did go to this one very encouraging workshop today, called, ironically "being an encourager in a discouraging world" The thing that stuck out to me was this song they shared by MercyMe called "bring the rain"
When...when everyone else isn't there, when everyone you need to see, need to talk to, need a hug from isn't there...God is there. With this quiet, still voice He reminds you that He is the only friend you'll really ever need. God doesn't go off to college or can't be friends with you for awhile. He doesn't go to a different church, or have other friends He needs to talk to when you need it. When you're alone, lost, and in tears...God really, really does have this gigantic, huge, amazing plan for you life. He's using everything in some miraculous way so that you will be closer to Him...and that He will be glorified.
WHY is it so hard to remember that sometimes? Why do we always seem to fail at setting our minds on things above, not on things on the earth?
For we died, and our life is hidden with Christ in God! (Colossians 3:1-3)
We have this need for something we can feel, that we can touch, people we can relate to and sense with our 5 senses. God is so much more fulfilling...when will I learn that? Can we get to a place where we really understand that?
Life is so complicated. I'm so glad I'm not in charge of it. I really don't understand why so many people think power is such a great thing. But then again, maybe they have life a little more figured out than I do. =P
It's 11:00. Normally that wouldn't feel that late, unless you got up at 6:00am, spent all day at an awana conference that wore you down emotionally, convicted you spiritually, and tired you out physically...not to mention eating sawdust cookies and sitting through classes about New Age something you have no idea about.
But I did go to this one very encouraging workshop today, called, ironically "being an encourager in a discouraging world" The thing that stuck out to me was this song they shared by MercyMe called "bring the rain"
When...when everyone else isn't there, when everyone you need to see, need to talk to, need a hug from isn't there...God is there. With this quiet, still voice He reminds you that He is the only friend you'll really ever need. God doesn't go off to college or can't be friends with you for awhile. He doesn't go to a different church, or have other friends He needs to talk to when you need it. When you're alone, lost, and in tears...God really, really does have this gigantic, huge, amazing plan for you life. He's using everything in some miraculous way so that you will be closer to Him...and that He will be glorified.
WHY is it so hard to remember that sometimes? Why do we always seem to fail at setting our minds on things above, not on things on the earth?
For we died, and our life is hidden with Christ in God! (Colossians 3:1-3)
We have this need for something we can feel, that we can touch, people we can relate to and sense with our 5 senses. God is so much more fulfilling...when will I learn that? Can we get to a place where we really understand that?
Life is so complicated. I'm so glad I'm not in charge of it. I really don't understand why so many people think power is such a great thing. But then again, maybe they have life a little more figured out than I do. =P
Wednesday, September 30
Awana!
Oh, I love awana.
So at Christ's Church, which is where we go for awana now, I discovered [or rather, remembered :P] that the Holders go there as well! The Hansons [well Morgan at least] do too! And so do the Lows! So I was quite pleased to see them. Plus a few other people that I recognized. [I met all of them at DMCA, where I used to go to school]
So today was when I saw Jessie for the first time. [at awana] Jessie was one of the girls who decided to cling to me at school. [It was like a "thing" for all the 2nd grade and younger girls to have a 7th grade girl to cling onto... :P ] So she was sort of my little sister there. And she was quite excited to see me.
Then afterwards, she nearly mauled me over in a hug when I went to pick up Colette. I can't tell you how good it felt to hear someone scream "HANNAH!" and nearly knock you over in their excitement to see you. No one's done that to me in a long time.
So I stood there for a few minutes talking to these 3 sweet T&T girls...felt really good for some reason.
Then Jessie's brother Eric is in my group that I LIT. [Leaders In Training] He's a phsycho kid, but he recognized me so I forgave him. Then there's Liam, who was obsessed with his "boys only" army book and refused to work on his book after passing his one required section by his mom. Adie is Mrs. Hall's daughter [Mrs. Hall is the official leader] and she's a sweetheart. So is Juliette, who has those chunky adorable black glasses and blonde hair. Our group somehow ended up with 4 LIT's. It's quite funny. :P
I think I'm going to be okay at Christ's Church. If I just think about the fact that I'm having a good time there and not think about Trinity or Boulevard Park...I do okay, I think.
So. I'm quite happy at the moment. Awana makes me happy.
You know you're an awana freak when you get awana highs instead of sugar highs.... :P
So at Christ's Church, which is where we go for awana now, I discovered [or rather, remembered :P] that the Holders go there as well! The Hansons [well Morgan at least] do too! And so do the Lows! So I was quite pleased to see them. Plus a few other people that I recognized. [I met all of them at DMCA, where I used to go to school]
So today was when I saw Jessie for the first time. [at awana] Jessie was one of the girls who decided to cling to me at school. [It was like a "thing" for all the 2nd grade and younger girls to have a 7th grade girl to cling onto... :P ] So she was sort of my little sister there. And she was quite excited to see me.
Then afterwards, she nearly mauled me over in a hug when I went to pick up Colette. I can't tell you how good it felt to hear someone scream "HANNAH!" and nearly knock you over in their excitement to see you. No one's done that to me in a long time.
So I stood there for a few minutes talking to these 3 sweet T&T girls...felt really good for some reason.
Then Jessie's brother Eric is in my group that I LIT. [Leaders In Training] He's a phsycho kid, but he recognized me so I forgave him. Then there's Liam, who was obsessed with his "boys only" army book and refused to work on his book after passing his one required section by his mom. Adie is Mrs. Hall's daughter [Mrs. Hall is the official leader] and she's a sweetheart. So is Juliette, who has those chunky adorable black glasses and blonde hair. Our group somehow ended up with 4 LIT's. It's quite funny. :P
I think I'm going to be okay at Christ's Church. If I just think about the fact that I'm having a good time there and not think about Trinity or Boulevard Park...I do okay, I think.
So. I'm quite happy at the moment. Awana makes me happy.
You know you're an awana freak when you get awana highs instead of sugar highs.... :P
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