Ahhh….. my last intl week. Sad! But twas also busy. Here’s the wrap up:

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Last Saturday was the Dallas Baptist Association Children’s Missions Fair. We had to be there at 7:30 to set up all the band stuff. Nothing like being awake that early on a Saturday.. It was fun tho. Jess and I did the motions for both songs the band did. Yay for looking silly in front of a couple hundred kids. I wish I could say it was the 1st time….

Gracie, Masa and Marty felt the

need to play dress up at the Middle Eastern table. (of course)

Then Gracie decided to try belly dancing. Classic…

Sunday morning we went to South Park Church b/c the Koreans were performing there and Max begged for help from the band. Since Masa couldn’t go, Vina was the only non-korean on stage. Way to represent lah.

Next came International Noondays on Monday. At which point the boys lost the cymbals. Yes, yes, they left them laying in the grass when loading up the van and didn’t realize it till we started trying to have practice that night. Cool. All was not lost though. These are the moments when it’s good that we go to DBU. Someone found them and turned them into the music department. *whew* that was a close one!

Wednesday was Intl Chapel. Yay for getting up early…. again(!) :-/ It was good though. I must admit it went a lot better than I was anticipating it would. Good job guys!

Friday there was an Intl Prayer/Praise Meeting for Dr. Cook. The band was “strongly encouraged” to attend. It was outside and really nice. There were prayers in about 6 different languages which is always fun. I sat outside for 40 minutes and was successful in getting my 1st sunburn of the year. Ah the joys of being pasty white….

Saturday was the day. The day I look forward to all year long. Intl Soccer Tourney! Tho I must admit that some of the magic was gone. Wasn’t the same w/o all the guys we lost this year. It was still a good time. A BEAutiful day even though it got a bit on the cold side by the final game. Even tho Los Matadores didn’t win, they sure did put forth a great effort! It was SO close! Mom was proud As is tradition, we made a journey to King Chinese BBQ after the tourney to celebrate our almost victory

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Sunday was nice. We went back to Soli Deo Indonesian church. I like that place. They’re so nice and they always feed us indo food. My fave is this little old indo man that always comes to our table bearing desserts and a smile. I love him…. For two reasons: the desserts and his smile. He is SO cute.

After church, we decided to romp in the bluebonnets. An ill-fated plan that resulted in Jess contracting poison ivy. (she wouldddd……..) We got good pics tho! And good memories

I think that about wraps it up. Busy week but all worth it. I’m sad it was my last Intl Week. Maybe I’ll have my own version of it next year in Korea. Guess we’ll see. It’s now 2:30am and I’m exhausted. Perhaps it’s time for bed now. I’ll try for some of this “sleep” that I’ve heard people talking about…

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