Archive for September, 2007

The Light of the Oracle

{ September 16, 2007 @ 11:58 } · { books }
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This is a great book! I’m only half way through, but it’s so amazing. This is the “about” thing:

A child born to such a calling is often called a dreamer…

Bryn is a humble stonecutter’s daughter, accusomed to being tagged the odd one, the stange girl, the shiftless creature. She is disturbed by visions of things no one else can see, sneered at because she talks to the wind and sky. Why, then, does the village priest think so highly of her?

But the day comes when a spinning thistledown leads Bryn to her destiny-to a place very different from the tiny village where she spent her first fifteen years. She enters the famous Temple of the Oracle, and discovers that her innate gifts make her a terrifying threat to those who seek to abuse the Temple’s power for their own glory.

Though her desires are simple – friendship with other handmaids, and gaining the love of Kiran, a remarkable horse-trainer – she soon finds her path obscured by complex troubles. Struggling to keep the flame of her spirit pure and bright, Bryn must overcome more obstacles than she could ever imagine.

This book is soooo amazing, and even though there isn’t a lot of action (…yet…) it is incredibly suspensful! I mean I’ve read 121 pages in 3 hours. I can’t put it down very easily. (WOOT!) …Yea… ;-) (I’ve now finished it and there was a medium amount of action, and a very good plot. I loved every moment of it!) you should deffinitly read it!

The Ropes Course!!!!! Woot!! :-D

{ September 3, 2007 @ 11:58 } · { special events }
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The ropes course was a blast this year! yes there were bumps and bruises, but it was amazing and I got to try some new elements then I did last year and they were soooo cool! We started off by writing our names on duck tape, then we listened to a talk by Keith (one of the YWAM people). Then we played a couple of team games, and the YWAM people numbered us off, to get into teams. In my group there was Christen .P, Kristen .F, Micah .P, Abby .P, Sharon .R, Nick, Kami, Ben .L, Siera, and me. then we came up with a group name and a dance. Our group was named the Fuzzy Magenta Walruss’, the other two groups names were, the Delicious Rainbow Trout, and the Squiggly Aqua Baracoudas. After that the …trouts, and the…walruss’ went to the flying squirrel. they told us to pick a secret word (that didn’t remain secret for very long) and you tell it to the rest of the group, who pull you up when you shout the word. Your harness is attached to a cord that’s  attached to a tree , and a pulley. So my word was Cha Cha! after that we did the low course which (for my team) had a rope bridge (with nothing to hold onto), a cord bridge, a log crossway, three tunnels, a plank bridge, a zip line, a titerope, a spiderweb, a hamock path, and a row of stumps. If you fall, you either have to go back two elements, or two people have to go back one. Christen and Micah helped everyone across the rope bridge, and we had to get two teams across the cord bridge at the same time, and I fell at the log crossway. Two people went back for me, but I felt really bad, so when another team member fell I decided to go back for them. Daniel and Sharon were helping people get across the crossway. After we finished the low course, we had lunch. then we went to the zip line, I went first, and it was really fun, then we did the giant swing. I went third and I was really freaked out, but Sharon and Micah were up there, too, and they helped me to calm down, and I was glad that they were there. :-)   Last wedid the high course, but we only had time for the second half (Ben and Micah did the whole thing anyways) and we did the cargo net, then the plank bridge then we had to pass the long boards and tires. That’s where I fell and I got a rope burn. We were stapped in really well, so I only fell, like, a foot, but the rope burn made my hand feel like it was on fire, and I was sitting in the air, but it’s REALLY hard to stand back up. I did but not without tears and a heck of a lot of frustration! My hand hurt so bad that it hurt to touch anything. I was really glad that Christen, Sharon, and Nick were there, and I probably would’ve stayed there if they weren’t encouraging me. Then I got ice for my hand, we ate pizza, did worship (which was great!), listened to Brendan talk and did ministry. (Cody, Kristen, and Hannah prayed for me, then Abby joined), then we left. So apart from the burn, IT ROCKED! (If you have any questions, just ask, and feel free to comment! :-D )