<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">FRI OCT
31 </span></b><u style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Stay-day at Church</span></u><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Breakfast happened at 8:30am. The Gear Truck was unloaded and all those going to WDC put their gear in the new rental
truck. The Kitchen Truck was emptied and the refrigerator and water tanks
placed on the Gear Truck. It was such a complex job that it didn’t happen as
scheduled. It was mid-afternoon by the time we got everything packed. The only
thing I packed for WDC was my sleeping gear. The rest of my gear, including my
bike, went on the Gear Truck for Des Moines. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Jimmy Betts and La La had become partners during the course of the March. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Around 3pm, La La led
a March closing ceremony that she had designed. The ceremony was La La’s design so it
was complex and intricate. Greg had requested that the program include a song.
He and I had a home-stay and he heard me sing my revised version of </span><u style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Yesterday</u><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">
for our hosts. He is not a singer but one who likes to be ‘on-stage’. So La La
included the song in the agenda. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">As we finished the song Izzy walked in. He’d
been gone for at least a month. The room was very crowded and most were sitting
on the floor, but many got up to welcome him; usually with a big hug. As soon as
it settled down I suggested that our theme song needed to be <u>The Impossible
Dream</u> and sang it. I got Kai to join me. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Initially </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">La La </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">passed out to everyone a sheet with their name on it. She </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">had us arrange ourselves so that we were joining each other. Then she had us
pass our sheets around. When we got another person’s sheet we were to write a
word or phrase that best described that person. When the exercise finished we
got our own sheet back. Here’s the list on my sheet:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Strong</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Amazingly
strong</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Another
example of old ain’t bad</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Stoic</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Wonderman</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Wonderous
and intrinsic</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Surprising</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Insightful</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Smile</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">True to his
heart, to love</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Talented</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Constant</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Loves his
bike</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Steadfast</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Torch
carrier</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Youthful
wonder</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Rock of the
March</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Graceful</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Spontaneous</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">·</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Recumbent</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 24pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> After dinner Jimmy
offered a computer slide show of the March. We had a full work day and a good send out. Tomorrow will be our last day all together.</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p></font></span></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></div>
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