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Scene: three girls and a leader walking down the hall

Girl 1: I can't talk about this, since I just invited one girl from church, but I'm having a birthday party next Friday!

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Scene: prayertime

Girl 2: I pray for all the children around the world.
Girl 3: I pray that I will not pull a ticket in school. I pray that Sarah will not pull a ticket in school. I pray that all my friends will not misbehave in school, because sometimes they don't do what the teacher says, and that is very bad.

things I like about spring:
warm weather
bunny rabbits
longer days
flowers
short sleeves
sunshine
fresh green leaves
blue-tailed skinks
strawberries
lower heating bills

things I don't like about spring:
mosquitoes
mowing the grass
squirrels in the attic
wasps
bees
tornadoes
snakes
yardwork (Okay, so I don't really do much yardwork. But maybe I should.)

Awhile back I read about this experiment in "asking random companies for free stuff."

Recently I decided to try it out. Why pay for stuff, I figured, when you could get it for free?

So I emailed the manufacturer of a product I use to try to keep my house from getting too humid. I didn't really feel like paying for the product. So I asked them to send me a free sample.

Today I received a coupon in the mail good for one of their products--up to a $9.99 value!

I could have done the usual thing and paid $10 for this product at the store. Instead, I spent 30 seconds looking up their website and emailing them--and can now buy lots of chocolate with my extra $10! ;)

Give it a try!

Just a quick update: Today I learned the details of the magazine contest we won.

We won first place for our magazine's design!

Yeah!!

Leader: Actually, Jesus didn't speak English.
Girl 1: What??!?
Girl 2: No way!!
Girl 3: That's right! Because for 700 years nobody talked, because they couldn't communicate with each other.

American stores could fit every person in North America, South America, and Europe inside them at one time.

Here's an interesting photo I received from an esteemed reader recently--

What a God we have! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for.
-1 Peter 1:3 (The Message)

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Now to start on the next one...

I'm not blogging again until I turn in another chapter on my dissertation (Saturday, I hope).

Keep your fingers crossed!

A week of the New York Times contains more information than a person in the 18th century encountered in a lifetime.

GA: When can I be a missionary?

Leader: You can be a missionary right now.

GA: No, really--when can I be a missionary?

Leader: You can show God's love to people at your school every day.

GA: No! When can I be a REAL missionary? When can I go to Italy??