At 10am someone said, “Oh, we have to feed the sheep!” and someone else made the statement, “Ashley’s parents are returning in an hour or so.” From the activity that followed, within seconds, one would have thought that the team was trying to cover something up. Clothes picked up, books put away, dishes washed, vacuumed everywhere and everything. Finished. It looked like no one had lived there for weeks. When her parents walked in, we welcomed them and then told them that we hoped that the wall we had had to rebuild was as good as the one we destroyed.
The sheep got fed.
Miranda arrived.
Spent lots of time talking about the parents’ vacation (a cruise), and sinking ships in Italy.
Ate lunch and everyone readjusted to the new guests, uh…, parents. More laughter than previously. I really should record it. Ashley’s mom obviously enjoys being around students.
The team spent the afternoon putting their country presentations together. We don’t know if the Italian group is going to feed us or dance for us. Three guys. We hope they feed us.
Supper was hilarious. Tons of food, more than the students had ever fixed for themselves. Moms love to cook, especially for thankful students. Someone told a riddle about people dying, and then nobody wanted desert. More riddles…more laughter. No one wants to go to bed.
Tomorrow: university. The Campus Crusade staff is going to give us some ‘training’ and then we’re going to interview other students on campus. Fun.
Last Sunday, an elderly gentleman engaged me in conversation at church. He told me that when he had immigrated here from Holland at 16, he went for a walk when it was minus 40. People kept honking at home and waving at his face. He started to enter a store, just as a policeman was coming out. The policeman stopped him and said, “You can’t go into this store. Your nose is frozen, and the high heat will cause your nose to crack and fall off.” The policeman then put some snow on his nose to warm it up! And then the teenager began to yell in pain! The cold destroyed some of the nerves on the tip of his nose, and he’s had to take medicine for it ever since. The policeman said that everyone else could tell that his nose was frozen, because his face was bright red, but his nose was pure white. I had him tell that story to the team members.
