Bring Me Java, Bring Me Joy

3/26/2007

Spring Retreat by numbers

Filed under: — alisa @ 11:03 am

Number middle school kids (aka prisoners): 55

Number of adult leaders (aka police): 9

Speakers at the weekend: 2

Speakers who cussed in their talk: 1 (I kinda cheered when she did it too, is that bad?)

Number of rented 15 passenger vans: 4

Time spent in car rental office getting and dropping off vans: 2 hours

Number of 15 passenger vans I got to drive: 1

Temperature of the amazing weather we had: 83

Number of turtles seen: 8

Number of turtles caught: 1

Number of turtles that died: 1 (yes, the same as the one above. Its a long story.)

Total times I was told we were having tacos: 4

Total times we had tacos: 0

Amount of times I had sausage gravy for breakfast: 1 (first time ever)

Times the Office got referenced: about 12 (by both leaders and students. This is an Office loving group.)

Showers taken by girls in my cabin: 3

Number of girls in my cabin: 5

Hours spent making a slide show: 4

Totally photos taken: 489

Amount of times I had to tell the girls to be quiet and go to sleep: 10,000

Total amount of sleep that I had during the weekend: about 9

Cups of coffee I consumed: 2

Glasses of sweet tea I consumed: 7

Number of dandelion’s puffs blown: 6

Amount of teddy bears brought to camp: 2

Amount of students who brought teddy bears to camp: 0

Number of boys sitting in John’s car listening to the game: 13

Times I teared up over the kids: 5 times

Hugs I received from kids: dozens and dozens

3 Responses to “Spring Retreat by numbers”

  1. Kari says:

    Aw, yay!

  2. brandi says:

    LOVE IT. I want to hear more about the prisoners/police thing!

  3. trey says:

    I think I definitley am better suited for collegiate ministry work. But I have to tell you.. I miss the hugs and tears from the Middle and Highschool group sometimes. Collegiates are MUCH too mature for that kind of stuff.

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