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A Long Night.   Posted 06-02-08

   Friday night was busy. We had a Youth All-Nighter at our church. When we arrived, we set up the volleyball net, and could play football, basketball, or volleyball. After an hour of playing sports, we played a game called "Bigger or Better". In this game, groups of 3-5 are sent out with a penny, and they are to go door-to-door, trying to "trade" for something bigger or better. My group traded the penny for a quarter, then a candle, volleyball, glass milk jar, laptop case, and finally a DVD player. Some items that the other teams brought back included a Japonize rice maker, antique table, non-working refrigerator, and a 6-foot wood fork. My team won with the DVD player.
   Then we started working on the coulottes and scrubs for camp. We cut the patterns so the ladies and girls can sew them together. They have about 70-100 pairs of coulottes/scrubs to make! After a couple of hours of cutting the patterns out, we cleaned up the big mess, and started playing games. Shorly after the girls left to go to the house, while the boys stayed at the church. We had a lot of fun with pushup contests, 3-man pushups, and other things of that sort. We even took the wheel bases off the trash cans and started racing them aroung the fellowship hall. One would sit on the small base while the other would push. We were going pretty fast when someone slammed into the wall, creating a hole above the trim. That's when we decided to stop and play flashlight tag instead.
   Only one person would use the flashlight, as he would hunt the rest down. We played in the basement of our church, which includes all the sundayshool classes. All the lights were out, and the best place to hide was the kitchen, behind tables, or inside cabinets. We played that game from 1:30 in the morning till about 3:30. We had a devotion at 3:30, and then cleaned up any messes we made. After that some went to bed, sleaping on chairs, or tables, others (like myself) went and practiced on some camp songs untill 5 in the morning. We played some other games and stuff, and pretty much stayed up all night/morning.
   At 7:00 we had to get up to clean, and vaccume the church, and get ready to leave. We all were walking around half dead, with a daized look. But we all had a great time.
         ~Sam Paasch

Nursing Home Visiting   Posted 06-02-08

   Our church has special services for folks in the Nursing Homes. Last Friday my Youth Pastor picked Abigail and I, and several other teens to go. We were able sing songs, play our instruments, and be a good blessing to all of the people there. After it was all done, we came home and got ready for a Youth All-Nighter, at the Church.
         ~Sam Paasch

Mowing for the Summer   Posted 06-02-08

   This summer I am still mowing lawns for money. I'm guess I'll get a different job later. I'm also going to work at the local fair in the Security Dept. That will be fun! Also for the fall I plan on working at the same place my Dad works, Cox Home Support. I'll be cleaning the equipment that comes in, then packaging it for resale.
Last Thursday I mowed four lawns. I spent most of the day outside in the sun, baking my skin, and staring at green grass. I have a pretty big sunburn now. After it was all done, I went home to eat, and rest.
         ~Sam Paasch

Early in the Week   Posted 06-02-08

   Sunday the 25th went well. My dad and I went to the Men's Prayer Breakfast at our church. In Sunday School we were reading about the Life of Josua, and that day we were going over the Battle of Jerico. My youth Pastor gave us some toy soldiers and told us to "prepare" for battle. Then both teams used q-tips and straws to knock the soldiers down. Our Youth Pastor then showed us that we went to battle "prepared", but for the Israelites, they didn't prepare like you'd normally prepare, instead they had to trust God for the victory. Instead of going to battle, the Israelites marched around the city several times.
   I sang a song titled He Took the Hill for the morning service. That evening I was asked to play the piano for the services.    Monday my family went to Silver Dollar City for the day. On our way Matt called to talk to Dad. He was having trouble with his bathroom that day. At SDC Abigail and I rode several rides while my parents watched shows. We found some friends there and rode a water-ride with them. We got off the ride, Watter 'Boggin, totally soaked. As we left the park, we ran into one of Dad's co-workers, so we had to say and visit for a while longer.
   Our church goes the hottest week in July, to Camp. Ladies in the church offer to make coulottes for the girls. Well one year the girls all decided to match eachother for camp, and someone made a pair of matching scrubs for my Youth Pastor. They were very cool to wear that hot summer week, and all the other boys liked the idea of the cool material. So the next year, the girls had matching coulottes, and the boys had scrubs that matched as well. They're great for sports, in the heat of the day. They feel nice, and last year we (the boys) wore our one pair of scrubs every afternoon for sports.
   This year the ladies offerd to make coulottes, or scrubs, for any one, as long as they supplied the material, so my friends and I decided to get cammo, and I was the one to pick it out. Tuesday I went to Walmart with my grandma to get 17 yards of cammo material, but they only had 10. So after a long wait, we finally found out which store in town had enough material. So before Tae Kwon Do, I went to a Walmart on the opposite side of town, and got the material.
         ~Sam Paasch

Another Busy Saturday   Posted 05-30-08

   Well, Satueday the 24, the family met at my grandpa's gravesite. There we decorated the grave, and sang a song while Abigail played the guitar. We sang "I call it Home". Then we all went back to the house for grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. I also had to mow a lawn that day. After we ate, and I came back from mowing, Abigail said that we had to mow our lawn before we left, Mom's orders. We were planning on going to the movies with my friends from church. So we quickly mowed and washed up and hurried out the door. We went to see Indiana Jones: The search of the Crystal Skull. We all (my friends) met at my best friends house, and from there piled into two cars and left for the movies. Abigail and I didn't get home until after Ten that night.
         ~Sam Paasch