Wednesday, September 14, 2011

TOP TWELVE

WELL, VOLUNTEER SEASON FOR 2011 HAS COME TO AN END! WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME WITH OUR TEAMS, AND WE CAN NEVER EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THEM FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES MADE TO COME HELP US AT NEW DAY! WE HAVE MADE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME!

IN HONOR OF THESE FABULOUS TEAMS, WE ARE CLOSING OUT OUR VOLUNTEER SEASON WITH A TOP TWELVE LIST - THE TOP TWELVE MOST MEMORABLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS VOLUNTEER SEASON (IN ORDER OF THE TEAM'S VISITS)! ENJOY!

12) CROSSING THE FLOODED BRIDGE WITH THE NEBRASKA TEAM TO GET TO CHURCH!

11) DENISE AND BETH WALKING 1 MILE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TO GO SHOPPING IN LIVINGSTONE!

10) JOHN SAYING "WHERE IS MY HAT?" AND CAMBREE RESPONDING WITH "I STOLE IT AND THEN I TOOTED ON IT!"

9) PUCCIO BEING REPEATEDLY MISTAKEN FOR A GIRL, DUE TO HIS LONG HAIR. HE WAS EVEN CALLED MRS. BLU WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN WITH BLU!

8) PLAYING TABOO WITH MRS. CAROLYN - "I SEE TREES!"

7) ALLISON AND LYNDSEY GETTING LOCKED OUT OF THEIR HOUSE BY OUR ZAMBIAN STAFFERS WHEN THEY CAME HOME LATE ONE NIGHT!

6) SCUM, SETTLERS OF GATAN, AND VOLLEYBALL WITH THE ALABAMA TEAM!

5) LINLEE'S AMAZING ABILITY TO TRADE ANYTHING IN THE WORLD FOR A ZAMBIAN SOUVENIR! (HOW I WISH I COULD GO INTO DETAIL HERE.....)

4) MAMA DEE INTERRUPTING A BIBLE STUDY TO TELL SOMEONE 'BLESS YOU' WHEN THEY SNEEZED, CAUSING MUCH CONFUSION!

3) BLU GIVING DAD THE JOB OF CHISELING INTO CEMENT FOR 2 WEEKS!

2) SHARING/HEARING AMAZING TESTIMONIES EVERY NIGHT WITH THE ARKANSAS TEAM!

1J) JORDAN'S BAPTISM!

WE ARE ALREADY GETTING EXCITED ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER TEAMS IN 2012 - WILL YOU MAKE OUR TOP TWELVE LIST?? :)

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