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Wow wow wow! What an amazing trip. I had the time of my life; and what a great group to have it with. We did so much, and in doing so much we also did so little. Everything from horseback riding, a jet boat trip, rock climbing bare foot, and soccer on the beach. We played board games and billiards, watched a couple of movies and ran and walked up and down the beach. We went out to dinner and ice cream, we also made some masterpieces of our own. I had some awesome times of personal devotion on the beach, as well as being able to be a blessing through song to the small congregation of believers there in Coquille. The sun set proclaimed the glory of God and all the skies declared it so, singing their silent praises to their maker. We didn't have a single day of bad weather, despite a little cold temperature one day, and I even managed to get a little sun burned. I'm an amateur when it comes to pranks but that didn't stop me from trying to harass our sponsors. We even ended up flinging bananas and shrimp around one night when things began to come loose. I took ton of pictures, I think my camera was finally glad to be put to good use. On the way back, we stopped at the Woodburn outlet mall and I ended up buying something in almost every store I went into. All in all, it was a perfect trip.

John

I Never Lose

Last night we went over to the Popescu's house with the Kelleys for games and snacks and stuff. Without going into to much detail the story goes like this. I won at Dutch Blitz (It was a really cloes game.) I won at Catchphrase twice. I won at Bible Tri-Bond. I won at BattleLore. I Won. Today I organized a frisbee game at one oclock. I got there early and there were some kids playing soccer there. When Adam showed up we challenged them to a little skirmish. Adam, James, and me vs. three other kids; we played half field. We won three to nothing. I scored once and Adam scored twice. Then we played frisbee. My team won the first game. I then switched to the other team. My new team won. I never lose.

John

P.S. I can't believe it. It's the middle of October and I sunburned!

Awesome Thors-Day

Today I feel like Thor. Like I've got lightning in my pants. What started out just like any other Thursday has turned into an awesome day. I'll tell you about it.

Last week I was scheduled to have my haircut on Saturday, but when the time rolled around I had to reschedule because of extenuating circumstances. It was rescheduled for today. So at just after three o'clock I headed out the door for my appointment. A clip here, a cut there, and and hour and a half later I left the studio looking like Jason Bourne. But I didn't head, I was on my way to soccer. I went to Southridge but no one was there, so I made a quick phone call and found that I needed to go over to Conestoga. I got there and started playing soccer. What a beautiful sport. Although everyone played one event stands out in my mind above all the others. Out of the three goals I made against Adela one of them was spectacular. Philip had broken away and was dribbling the ball down field toward the goal. He was on the right side, I was on the left. Adela was the goalie and James her only defender. James came out to challenge Philip. With my only my natural athleticism and whatever meager soccer skill I've picked up along the way I streak into the goal box toward the goalie. I call out to Philip for the cross. With all the precision and skill the the Romanian could muster he booted the ball my direction. It flew right past he goalie straight for me. In a split second I lower my head, the ball connects with my head as I deflect it towards the gaping goal. I looked up right as the ball sails just out of Adela's helpless reach into the net. GOAL!

John

I'll take a pound of that

Today I'm unofficially back to the grind. I didn't really get going last week because I started on Thurday and then worked for Mr. Dugan on Friday. The Spiritual Emphasis Retreat was great. I'm a senior so it was my last one. I think I finished on a good note. On Saturday we got a game of frisbee on that turned out to be two games of frisbee and a game of soccer. 5 hours of fun, what a day. That night Adam, Tim, and myself took Adela back to the Popescu's house and we ended up staying until about 9:30. I'm trying to prepare for my upcoming ACT so I'll talk to you all later.

John