| | 11.20.08 Word of Life SuperBowl
(as usual, there are a bunch more pictures posted to the photos section... go there and enjoy... now, read on...)
So, providing even more proof that sleep and nutrition are highly over-rated, we here at the OSLC Youth Labs have deprived ourselves of both for an intensive 17-hour assault on both bedtime and the food pyramid.
We met at OSLC at 4pm(-ish) on Friday, packed ourselves some dinners, hopped in our fresh-smelling vans, and drove to Springfield, MA. Once there, we watched a hockey game (eating hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, and other health food), heard a speaker talk about the importance of trusting Christ with your life, participated in a games rally, and had a pizza party (some sausage, some pepperoni, topped off with Mountain Dew and Pepsi).
This all ended around 12:20am, when we hopped in our stale-smelling vans and drove to Windsor Rocks, CT, for some serious (real-ball, candlepin) bowling. More sodas and snacks were consumed. As were a great many bowling pins, crushed under the combined might of our bowling prowess.
Having seen the clock tick to about 3am, we now piled into the slightly-past-ripe-smelling vans, and drove to Somewhereorother, CT, to participate in the Extreme Open Gym. Here we devoured, not food, but mechanical bulls, gladiator jousting, sumo wrestling, big-glove boxing, basketball, soccer, dodge-ball, an obstacle course, bungee running, and, my personal favorite, laughing until your sleep-deprived head hurts at the intensity of the battles between people wearing or wielding significant amounts of foam and inflated rubber.
The clock now reading a blurry 6:00, we climbed into our if-we-weren't-so-tired-we'd-report-them-to-the-department-of-health-smelling vans and passed out for the 2 1/2 hour ride home. (Except for the drivers, of course, who had judiciously taken power naps during the course of the activities.) When all was said and done, 19 left the church and 19 returned; several made the choice to dedicate or re-dedicate their lives to living for Christ; and friendships were either begun or deepened.
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