Boarding

I am boarding in 20 minutes.   My flight is suppose to land in Chicago around  9:30 central time.   I am hoping to be back in the central Illinois area around 1:00 - ish.    Can't wait!!!

Dream

So the other night I had a dream that I was Skylines Nursing Home (where Grandpa Baurer and Aunt Jane are at) decided to move to Tremont IL and moved into the house we were living in. But it wasn't quite out house it was a random house we were renting but that I didn't recognize (the odd way dreams are). Anyways it turned out that Skylines moved into the same building that we were living in I was really excited about that. I was thrilled because I didn't have to worry about time, gas and anything like that any more - I could just go visit aunt Jane and Grandpa anytime I wanted.  Then I woke up.  I have to be honest, I have never felt so disappointed - never so sad from waking up from a dream.   It was odd, I've never been so excited about something in a dream before - it's very odd.

Devotions at McDonalds

So in our SLI class today we had Mike Beecraft.  He finally decided to try something with our (huge) class that he as done with previous classes. He took us to McDonalds to do our daily devotions.  Twas a lot of fun, though McDonalds was a bit full, but all worked out and we got good food while we dug into The Word.

Hair Cut

So last night I got finally decided that I didn't want to deal with my hair any longer. It was a pain to comb and especially a pain to wash.  I didn't want to waste the money of going to a professional so I figured that my razor should do just fine. This first picture is the before hand hair:

So, after I attempted to use my razor on a small-ish portion on the side of my head, I found out that it was going to make me completely bald.  This next picture is the side of my head that I tried cutting with my razor - all of the hair next-to and above (to the right) is gone:

I decided that I could deal with being bald, but Laura didn't think so. She went and got Jim's mom's clippers (she use to be a hair dresser) and volunteered to cut my hair.   Now it's not quite a low as I would of liked it, but I can say I am pretty sure that it's way better than being bald.  I love not having several inches of hair sitting onto of my head, and now my hair is so easy to wash.  This picture is the final result. It's hard to tell how short it really is from this angle. Currently it's only about an inch long (it use to be at least 3 inches long before).

Thank you a ton Laura for taking the time out of your evening to cut my hair!

Christmas in Concert - Woodstock

Here is a video I made that gives a very quick summary-Preview of Christmas in Concert (at the Woodstock Campus - at the Bloomingdale Campus we had lots of different costumes, a much larger stage and many other things, but the shows are the same).   It was a lot of fun  -  this one, the Woodstock Campus, is from Yesterday (Saturday).  The whole show was 15 songs/pieces, plus 4 singalong carol songs, plus a number of short videos (as transitions), totaling about 1 hour and 15 minutes.  This video is only about an 18th of that:

Christmas in Concert -Bloomingdale

Here are some of the pictures of last weekends performances at Koinonia Bloomingdale's Christmas in Concert:

Backstage with Olaf:

Go Pro's view from behind the drums. All four showings were 'sold' out 

(it was a free show though), they had to turn down hundreds of people every

show because 1) there wasn't room and 2) more people would have broken the

fire code for the auditorium. Each show we had 700-800 people in the audience:

What people think Backstage always looks like:

What Backstage normally looks like:

Above the stage views:

Here you can see the Choir on the far side of the room next to the stage. 

The orchestra was on the other side of the stage (hidden from this view of the camera):

Notice Olaf on the screen (they were showing the teaser for

Frozen where Olaf blows his nose off)

Notice Olaf and Anna dancing on the far side of the stage.

"Let it Snow" was being sung at this time:

Update

Well, I've been a bit busy this past week (again).  It is starting to hit that I have lots to do and very little time to do them.  This past weekend was Christmas in Concert (I am hoping to have a few pictures soon).  It was a lot of fun to put on, and since I am working backstage, I have seen the show nearly a dozen times - and I would love to see it more. Tomorrow is my chance to see it a few more times. Koinonia's other "branch" in Woodstock is hosting their Christmas in Concert and I will be working backstage again.  I'm looking forward to it in most ways except that it will take up my entire Saturday - which I need to read my book.  Oh, my book. It has hit me that I have procrastinated again and now I have till Thursday to read the 247 page book (Understanding the purpose and power of Prayer Earthly License for Heavenly Interference by Dr. Myles Munroe) and write a book report on it (about 4-6 pages long).

Sunday I started serving in the Cafe.  It's actually kind of fun - I had a really easy job of just filling up  coffees when people ordered them (thankfully I wasn't put on something like Mocha's or Hot Chocolate where you actually have to do a lot of work - but this week I might have to).

Today I will be serving in Grades 5 & 6 in Koinonia's Christian Academy (KCA).  I don't know what to expect since last Friday I was exempt from it to help set up for Christmas in Concert.  Last month I was suppose to be in Grades 3 & 4 but I din't do grades 3 & 4 at all - the first week in November we were doing something that I don't remember, the second week we were at Axis, the third Friday I was moved to Grades 1 & 2 because they need more help and the last Friday in November I was again move because of the need for more help else where, but this time it was to the Kindergarten class.

Fundraiser

So today has been a bit stressful. In addition to the lack of sleep (was at the church till midnight last night doing C in C practice), several things happened.  Well, we (our SLI class) had a meeting after class about our Missions Trip Fundraiser coming up in January. It was suppose to be a family/activities night type thing.  We got together today and discussed what activities, games and food we will be doing/serving, along with that we all got roles that we were responsible for and who is speaking about what at the event.  We left (it seemed everyone was a kind of excited about it) with that we will be meeting again with our leaders on Tuesday.  By then we are suppose to have talked to people in our area to get things more figured out for each of our rolls.  After the meeting was dismissed Daniel and I went up to talk to Oto to get some information about our Trip. 5 minutes later we come down to find that more than half the class no longer wants to do the event, and instead just want to do a movie night.  Their thought was that the amount of work put into the event isn't likely to get enough money coming in, whereas a movie night - with, say, 5 movies playing and $15 tickets would be less work and more likely to get the money.

Personally I was, and am really looking forward to the activities event. I think it is a wonderful idea and kids will love it (some of our thoughts include pie in the face, cardboard tunnel maze, games in the gym, cake walk, and much more).  It will actually attract kids and parents.  There are other things involved in my petition too, but this is a big part of it. I don't think that a movie night
1) is as inviting (yes we may get a wider range of people, but we would loose some direct focus - I think)
2) it doesn't seem as personal to be supporting the cause
3) I don't think that we will raise that much money (the event is in the afternoon on a Saturday plus we will have the tickets somewhat high)
4) there is little to none personal interaction for the supporters to interact with us going on the trip.  You don't go to a movie to bond, you do activities together to bond.

I think the plan right now is to present both opinions to our leaders on Tuesday and get their opinions.

I would love to hear your thoughts...

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