After we had finished bronze round and found out that we were going on, in the halls I met Ricki, a girl from the AWANA Forums and was able to introduce her to Shaney who was finding out how the other team did. We found out that not only were both teams going to the Silver round, we were in the same room, which meant that if we were to both go on, it was going to be harder because we would have to be in the same top 5 teams. After eating a very quick lunch at the nearby food court, we headed back to the hotel for Silver round. Despite the fact that we were in the same room, it didn't end up mattering because both teams went on!
In Silver round, the other team answered a few questions including one that Adriane answered!! For the longest thing, Adriane had only known 1 Timothy 4:12 and the fact that she was in speed when a question on this verse was asked was truly a blessing to her team. When she answered this question, my team was SOO excited!!! There is very little that I remember distinctly from this round but I think that this round was where a question was asked about Paul's message and Shaney almost messed up by instead of saying "1 Thessalonians 4:14-17" she at first only said "1 Thessalonians 4:14". Anyway, at the end of this round, my team ended up in first? and the other team ended up in fifth. BOTH TEAMS WENT ON!!!!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Quizzing!!! - bronze round
After having a nerveracking participation round experience, I never wanted to have to be in a tiebraker again. Three is just a few to many...
We went on to bronze round where we did okay. We had a bunch of questions that we got right (including one that Rachel made the answer up on the spot) but got some wrong. One of the questions we got wrong was a Bible Summary, that I had everything right on, except the date. When I buzzed into this question, I was thinking, I have to say this really fast, because while I was sure I could get it in the time by having it perfect and speaking quickly, I knew that if I hesitiated, I might not be able to finish. So I stood up and said the answer (the author, theme, date, and summary of Nehimiah). While I was still answering, the timekeeper called time, but appearantly, it had been decided that if someone was answering a Bible Summary, as long as they were still going, time was extended. I think that if I had known this, I might have changed the date, but at the time I was still freeking out. Another question that was in this round was from Rose's lesson and asked what the purpose of, what's God's view of, and what's our response to the government. I don't blame her at all for messing up on this question, because it was so freaking long! The last question that I remember that we got wrong was a list of Shaney's. She thought, our team thought, and even our coach thought that she said everything correctly, but appearantly, instead of saying the five ways God judges, she said one of the twice. In this round we missed a few paddle questions because of lack of studying, but we still managed to go on... in last place...
Why we had to move on through the first two rounds as the last team to move on, I don't know... but for me, it made me happy with however we would do.
We went on to bronze round where we did okay. We had a bunch of questions that we got right (including one that Rachel made the answer up on the spot) but got some wrong. One of the questions we got wrong was a Bible Summary, that I had everything right on, except the date. When I buzzed into this question, I was thinking, I have to say this really fast, because while I was sure I could get it in the time by having it perfect and speaking quickly, I knew that if I hesitiated, I might not be able to finish. So I stood up and said the answer (the author, theme, date, and summary of Nehimiah). While I was still answering, the timekeeper called time, but appearantly, it had been decided that if someone was answering a Bible Summary, as long as they were still going, time was extended. I think that if I had known this, I might have changed the date, but at the time I was still freeking out. Another question that was in this round was from Rose's lesson and asked what the purpose of, what's God's view of, and what's our response to the government. I don't blame her at all for messing up on this question, because it was so freaking long! The last question that I remember that we got wrong was a list of Shaney's. She thought, our team thought, and even our coach thought that she said everything correctly, but appearantly, instead of saying the five ways God judges, she said one of the twice. In this round we missed a few paddle questions because of lack of studying, but we still managed to go on... in last place...
Why we had to move on through the first two rounds as the last team to move on, I don't know... but for me, it made me happy with however we would do.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Quizing!!! - participation round
On Friday we quizzed. After waking up, with more than enough time to get ready, Andy came by our room. Shaney then sent him out to get breakfast and Altobelli came by. Altobelli told us (Shaney, Rachel, and myself, though mostly Shaney) that Brian was still asleep. When we went downstairs Brian was waiting for us and Andy handed us our food. Shaney made sure that everyone on our team ate or drank chocolate milk before we quizzed and after having just enough time to get something into our systems, the teams were announced. We were in the room with another Texas team from Bayshore Bible which is in Corpus Christi.
Participation Round Quizing...
As in every round, before quiz actually began, there was a sample question. For participation, this question was "How much is the moon worth?" I have a tendency to be able to remember random quotes (such as this one) just by looking at it. Right before I had left for Summit I had signed off the section with this joke in it for a T&T cluber. So... back to quiz. The first team buzzed in, and it wasn't us. They tried to think of something that sounded reasonable and answered 1 million dollars, which was incorrect. My team was the second team to buzz in and I told my team that I know this one and proceded to stand up and answer with the answer of $1.00, because it has 4 quarters, which was correct. Then the round actually began...
We started the round by buzzing in on Romans! and then we did it again! The first time, the question was "Recite Romans Thir..." I knew that the verse was either one of the Romans 3 verses or Romans 13:8, and looking back on it, I should have known that it was Romans 13. The second time, we buzzed in right after Romans which gave us no hope of figuring out which verse it was and so Rose stood up and said Romans 6:4 perfectly. We buzzed in a few more times, including on a question about the Saved/Unsaved list, which I answered second. For this question, while the first person was trying to list the entire list, which they didn't have time to do, Shaney told me to remember to only say both Saved and Unsaved characteristics if they ask for both. In this question I only had to say 6 characteristics of the saved person.(I ended up saying 7 because midway through I stoped keeping track of how many I had said.) After speed, we "knew" we were done. We were the last place team in the room(?). Then multiple choice began. We got most of the questions right, but not all of them. Still we thought we had no chance of going on...
But there was a tiebraker! and we were anounced as one of the two teams! My thought at that moment was, did they announce the wrong team?? (Last year in a tiebraker in Silver round, we were anounced with a few other teams, but it ended up being that they had read of the wrong list and we were out.) The other team was Bayshore Bible and while we didn't want to eliminate them, we really wanted to get to bronze (and then ultimately to platinum). After the first tiebraker, they announced that we were still in a tie... and after another three minutes, we were still tied! Then they started a sudden death round... one minute of tiebraker... which gives enough time for 1 or 2 questions. The other team buzzed in first to the question... would they get it right? They ended up not getting it right, which meant that whether we answered the question correctly or not, we were going on! Our team then got the question and Shaney proceded to stand up and practically recite an entire page about Abraham and David, which was correct! WE WERE GOING ON!!!!
Participation Round Quizing...
As in every round, before quiz actually began, there was a sample question. For participation, this question was "How much is the moon worth?" I have a tendency to be able to remember random quotes (such as this one) just by looking at it. Right before I had left for Summit I had signed off the section with this joke in it for a T&T cluber. So... back to quiz. The first team buzzed in, and it wasn't us. They tried to think of something that sounded reasonable and answered 1 million dollars, which was incorrect. My team was the second team to buzz in and I told my team that I know this one and proceded to stand up and answer with the answer of $1.00, because it has 4 quarters, which was correct. Then the round actually began...
We started the round by buzzing in on Romans! and then we did it again! The first time, the question was "Recite Romans Thir..." I knew that the verse was either one of the Romans 3 verses or Romans 13:8, and looking back on it, I should have known that it was Romans 13. The second time, we buzzed in right after Romans which gave us no hope of figuring out which verse it was and so Rose stood up and said Romans 6:4 perfectly. We buzzed in a few more times, including on a question about the Saved/Unsaved list, which I answered second. For this question, while the first person was trying to list the entire list, which they didn't have time to do, Shaney told me to remember to only say both Saved and Unsaved characteristics if they ask for both. In this question I only had to say 6 characteristics of the saved person.(I ended up saying 7 because midway through I stoped keeping track of how many I had said.) After speed, we "knew" we were done. We were the last place team in the room(?). Then multiple choice began. We got most of the questions right, but not all of them. Still we thought we had no chance of going on...
But there was a tiebraker! and we were anounced as one of the two teams! My thought at that moment was, did they announce the wrong team?? (Last year in a tiebraker in Silver round, we were anounced with a few other teams, but it ended up being that they had read of the wrong list and we were out.) The other team was Bayshore Bible and while we didn't want to eliminate them, we really wanted to get to bronze (and then ultimately to platinum). After the first tiebraker, they announced that we were still in a tie... and after another three minutes, we were still tied! Then they started a sudden death round... one minute of tiebraker... which gives enough time for 1 or 2 questions. The other team buzzed in first to the question... would they get it right? They ended up not getting it right, which meant that whether we answered the question correctly or not, we were going on! Our team then got the question and Shaney proceded to stand up and practically recite an entire page about Abraham and David, which was correct! WE WERE GOING ON!!!!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Summit '08 - Quizing!!!!
One of my big reasons in coming to Summit this year was to do quiz. I had always just "done Quiz" but this year I actually studied, which paid off. Throughout the year there had been a lot of work with whose going to be on which quiz team, but in the end, both teams made it to gold. Marissa, her sister, Ben, Jonathan, and Adriane were one team... Shaney, Rachel, Rose and myself were the other...
The events of quiz day, soon to come!!
The events of quiz day, soon to come!!
Summit '08 - Opening Ceramonies
After we got to Summit, we checked in and while some people went to the coaches meeting, most of the girls went swimming and played with a little pink ball. Afterwards, Alltobelli, Ben, Rachel and I explored the area by the hotel and we went to opening ceremonies. The worship was amazing and the speaker was ok, but the announcement video was REALLY annoying. For some reason (and I don't know what I was doing) I missed the team meeting that day where the rest of the team found out about rule changes. I also found out that the brown dress that I was supposed wear for quiz wasn't with Shaney (which is where I thought it was) but thankfully Rachel had an extra that I could wear.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Summit '08 - Getting There
So, last Wednesday, we left for Summit. The previous week I had been trying to make up all of my school work before I left, finish memorizing my flute solo, write my outline for my dance, and choreograph my dance. (What was that about me not procrastinating???) Yes, I ended up procrastinating... But I had been trying to get everything done. It's just that our printer wouldn't work, my teachers didn't have the assignments to give me yet, and I hadn't been able to think of anything good to do for my dance. Anyway, the day we left, I got to school an hour and a half early to do make up work and then right before I drove home, I took a quiz. Another thing is that I had been planning on not missing any of the day Wednesday, but I found out Monday night what time we were leaving.
I get home from school and have 15 minutes to pack before Shaney arrives to take me to Grace... oh, I also have to eat something for lunch in this 15 minute time period. I get most of my stuff packed and was going to check to make sure I had the right CD, but Shaney arrives and I have to leave. We get up to Grace and leave for our 21-hour bus ride to Jacksonville. I had already had a long day, but it wasn't over yet. On the way to Jacksonville, on Wednesday afternoon, I watch Phantom of the Opera for the first time (and it was really good), and went to bed at an earlier time. I also had a really good conversation about God's will with Shaney, one of my best friends, which was awesome!! When we were trying to get some sleep, at first we (Shaney and I) tried to sleep on the seats, but after a few attempts, I realize that I wasn't going to get the sleep I needed if I kept on trying to sleep in an single seat and tried to sleep on the floor. I scrunched up between two seats and was able to get some much needed rest. At one of the stops, Altobelli was trying to count us to make sure that everyone was on the bus and he kept on forgetting to count me, even though I was laying right at his feet.
On Thursday, I was able to write out one copy of my solo and do some studying (finally finish memorizing Bible Summaries!!) for Summit. I had really needed to get both of these done and was glad when I finished with them.
I'm sure there are more things I could write about that happened, but that's all I remember for right now... at least of the trip there...
I get home from school and have 15 minutes to pack before Shaney arrives to take me to Grace... oh, I also have to eat something for lunch in this 15 minute time period. I get most of my stuff packed and was going to check to make sure I had the right CD, but Shaney arrives and I have to leave. We get up to Grace and leave for our 21-hour bus ride to Jacksonville. I had already had a long day, but it wasn't over yet. On the way to Jacksonville, on Wednesday afternoon, I watch Phantom of the Opera for the first time (and it was really good), and went to bed at an earlier time. I also had a really good conversation about God's will with Shaney, one of my best friends, which was awesome!! When we were trying to get some sleep, at first we (Shaney and I) tried to sleep on the seats, but after a few attempts, I realize that I wasn't going to get the sleep I needed if I kept on trying to sleep in an single seat and tried to sleep on the floor. I scrunched up between two seats and was able to get some much needed rest. At one of the stops, Altobelli was trying to count us to make sure that everyone was on the bus and he kept on forgetting to count me, even though I was laying right at his feet.
On Thursday, I was able to write out one copy of my solo and do some studying (finally finish memorizing Bible Summaries!!) for Summit. I had really needed to get both of these done and was glad when I finished with them.
I'm sure there are more things I could write about that happened, but that's all I remember for right now... at least of the trip there...
Summit '08!!
So we're back (and we have been for a week) :( and I miss my team...
Unlike last year, I wasn't sick this year during Summit and I almost had enough sleep this year... at least that was better than last year. However, this year I ended up forgetting my paperwork for my dance as well as my music for the dance. I also forgot the music to give the judges for my flute piece as well as my dress, but I got past those things with the help of my team. I LOVE MY TEAM!!!
Unlike last year, I wasn't sick this year during Summit and I almost had enough sleep this year... at least that was better than last year. However, this year I ended up forgetting my paperwork for my dance as well as my music for the dance. I also forgot the music to give the judges for my flute piece as well as my dress, but I got past those things with the help of my team. I LOVE MY TEAM!!!
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