Bits and pieces

*somewhat overdue*

Greetings, fair friends. Greetings, unfair and not so fair friends. I know you're lurking out there somewhere, so hi to you. :)

Summer is officially upon us! Me! And how long has it been since summer started? A month, month and a half? I suppose somebody will be here with the \official\ declaration of when it was/will be. And yet only now has it really arrived for me, seeing as how my workload has (appeared to) significantly decrease(d). I have time to update my blog, imagine that.

*BIT 1*
Andrew! Get on the ball! Time's a wasting, and you're Eagle Scout unavailable date is fast approaching! Just recently Andrew started and completed his Eagle Scout project, a demonstration of leadership skills, management skills, and cooperation. His project was to build (of all things) ballet props (fake houses). No, don't laugh, I'm serious and it seriously did make the working hours requirement. It was an incomparable improvement over what was left of their last set, and it took lots of time out of many schedules to complete. There are pictures!

http://picasaweb.google.com/okfearing/AndrewSEagleScoutProject

*BIT 2*
"I've got my head in the clouds and my feet in good dirt" -Newsboys
This really made me think about how reformed churches in general are kind of "head in the clouds" sometimes. It is very interesting to hear and participate in the conversations involving how predestination works and why the presuppositional approach is better than the "scientific" approach to witnessing, but it sometimes gets too much. APPLICATION, FOLKS. That is all.

*BIT 3* And Beyond
So who's seen Indiana Jones? Chronicles of Narnia? I've seen the first, but not the second. Funny it is. I'll just spoil Indiana Jones then, shall I? I can't exactly say much about Narnia at this point.
DID YOU KNOW Indiana Jones went and GOT MARRIED?? Very un-typical of him! (well, let's not fail to mention his twenty year old son). And the aliens were kind of weird, but part of the plot. There were the compulsory few gruesome deaths, the capture, escape, capture, escape, and capture of Indiana Jones, and the villain that always sticks on his tail like glue. Strangely enough, the bad guys weren't Nazis.


I feel like a new chapter has begun, a new beginning for Troop 342. Another location, changing leadership and the likes, beginning with falling sentimentalities toward our hosted building's owners. My opinion of said place (private school, great reputation yet poor reputation) was not helped by their inconsistency when it came to our helping them (weird as that sounds).

For example, when one of our scouts put in a volleyball court as a project he suggested that they put concrete in, to protect from washouts. The interested party said no, it would be fine without concrete. Along comes great rain and washes out the volleyball court. They tear up the volleyball court and come asking said scout to rebuild using concrete. ^_^

Later still, and the source of much trouble, was when this private school decided to expand on their building. Much of our equipment is in a shed out behind their building, which they kindly allowed us to use the land to build on (raised on cinder blocks). Come the week before construction really begins, and they tell us the shed is too close to the expanded portion. Note the words "a week before construction". They also say that should we fail to move the shed, they will /probably/ knock it off it's blocks and drag it to a temporary location, with all the equipment inside. We're still waiting for the outcome, and praying for someone to help us move the shed.

This is where the new beginning comes in. A new location, a church, is allowing us to use their building to hold meetings and even provided a place for the shed. New leadership comes in the form of myself, being promoted shortly to Senior Patrol Leader. I hardly feel senior, much less senior patrol leader (essentially scout leadership responsible for everything). I shall do my best.

And so far I've done fairly well as patrol leader (one of the underlings of the SPL, in charge of at most 5-7 guys in a patrol). I have plans established for the upcoming Scout summer camp at Pirtle (at which our current SPL will be unavailable, making me the acting SPL). Significant, far reaching plans. And as for organization of these nutters, I'm not sure yet. ;)

Oh yeah, and I got my braces off.

-Petr