| | I suck at titles. Unless it is song titles, then I'm really good. Unfortunately I possess no musical talent whatsoever, so me thinking of song titles is like an anorexic thinking about pizza hut. Not gonna happen. Luckily, I own a macbook and am able to create music with garage band with no musical talent. So my song names may come to use after all...Here's a few examples-
The Future is Purple
Chickens can't fly, so let's eat them
The Coming Paradox
Blue Light Special on Acid
and if I ever went hardcore...
Screaming into Deaf Ears
Tight pants, no underwear
Loud noises that don't make sense
Tina Turner wore Prada
Eating a Beating Heart
Moshing Bugs Bunny to Death
Too bad they don't hire guys just to write song titles. I'd be a millionaire. And now it's time for the boring part of the blog.
Lately there's been some H1N1 (Swine Flu) going around at Maranatha Bible Camp...for rizzle my nizzle. Now before you all freak out and run around screaming saying "OH NO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!"... please know a few things. H1N1 isn't even as deadly as the REGULAR flu that no one seems to worry about every single year. The epidemic is the people who freak out over nothing. You just get a fever, cough, and sore throat for a few days and that's about it. It CAN be worse, but usually isn't. I'm pretty sure if everyone in this country got it, way fewer people would die than do every single day by abortion. So lets worry about something that actually matters.
However, because we are a Christian camp, the leadership felt that it was best to shut the camp down for a few days to try to prevent the spread because it has been hitting our staff...almost half the staff has gotten it now. I haven't yet, but still could. The staff who did get it last week were isolated and we took all precautions to prevent the spread, but it was still spreading. It first came to camp two weeks ago with some campers from Texas. It was an unfortunate time to have this occur, because the 4th of July is a pretty big deal at Maranatha Bible Camp, and usually over 1,000 people are out here for an all day bash that ends with a big fireworks show.
But this year it was just staff, and Lindsay and I got to plan the activities. It was a really fun day with sand volleyball, powerboating, a cookout, a movie, and then we still did the fireworks show.
The fireworks show was the best. I got to help light the fireworks, and I expected this little tiny show of lighting 1 or 2 at a time with for 10 minutes and then doing 3 or 4 at a time for the grand finale. I was VERY wrong. It was insane. There was 7 guys who each had their own station and a set of fireworks to shoot off. For a half hour it was "fire at will" and it basically consisted of huge explosions all around me as I frantically ran back and fourth trying to load my station and light it as quickly as possible. It was a great adrenaline rush and I felt like I was in a war zone risking my life...which the risking my life part was partially true, lol. We had a few that blew up a little early...which meant they blew up about 3 feet from us. It was intense, but tons of fun! I can't wait for next year.
And that concludes my update. Pray for the camp that the flu will go away and we can carry on camp like normal the rest of the summer. Thank God for the wonderful things He's doing out here. Pray for Lindsay and I as we continue to adjust to life out here.
Thanks!
-Bill
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