Saturday, July 16, 2011

No Joke

I like jokes, but doesn’t everybody. I’m always up for a good laugh. So this morning at about 6:30 I thought someone was trying to play a little joke on me. As I’m in the luggage bay under the bus, Kim reveals to me that her passport fell out of her bag and is in her car. “Ha,” I thought. “Real cute. Make me even more stressed.” But as I turned to look at her, I could tell it was laughing matter. She had a panic stricken look and my heart was breaking for her.

But to our rescue came Helen. “CALL JOHN!” She blurted. “He’ll call LMT police to have them break into her car and he drives so fast he’ll be here in no time.” (I’m paraphrasing for effect.) Within minutes, John called to say he had the passport and was on his way. And by 7:30, a major disaster was averted. Mama Kim was on her way.

When we finally arrived in the Bahamas, the sun beat down on us as we walked across the runway to the concourse. Plans of unpacking the bathing suit were shared, UNTIL… the skies opened up and poured for over an hour. Scurrying across the parking lot to the hotel was an adventure, but we were dry and ready to ride the elevator to the 8th, 9th, and 11th floors, UNTIL… we discovered that the elevators were broken. Forty-five 50 pound bags were dragged up all those flights of stairs all without a bit of hesitation.

But before I had a chance to get started moving bags, my duties as the team nurse had begun. Audrey stubbed her big toe and it became a bloody mess. It looked A LOT worse than it really was. After some quick cleaning and a little liquid band-aid (thanks Carrie!), she was off carrying more bags.

After a few moments to recover and get our heart rates to normal, the sky opened up and the sun began to shine again. We quickly raced to the beach for some time before dinner, which was of course an awesome Karen Armbrister meal.

We played some icebreakers, found our groups for devotionals and games, and had the LONGEST initiation ever. The night ended with an hour of fellowship, singing, games, and candy in my room. At most I think there were almost 30 people. And all of laughing was authentic – no joking.

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9 comments:

  1. Jacqueline {Wingledings}July 17, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Sound like quite an adventure already! I am praying for you guys and cannot wait to see what God has in store for you this week! It breaks my heart that I cannot be with you this year, but I know that you will bring much joy and peace to the families you work with. Love you all bunches!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 17, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Thanks for the laugh...although I am sure none of you thought it was funny at the time. I can just picture my daughter lugging her suitcase (hammer and all inside) up 11 flights of stairs:) I am glad everything worked out and the day ended happily!! I will pray that the elevators get fixed! God bless!

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  3. PattyJuly 17, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Hi Everyone! It sounds like your trip has already begun with many funny stories to reminisce over afterwards. Take each day one-at-a-time and enjoy the special moments. You're making memories that will stay with you forever. Miss and love you Jeff.

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  4. Esperanza GlassJuly 17, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Hi, to all my old Bahama buddies. I know you will have an awesome week. No one gets it unless they have been there. I had beets last night in your honor! From my awesome garden of course. To Rob my secret servant - thanks for my many days of fabulous hydration. To Chelsea, my little sis, You have grown up way too fast! I'm proud of all of you especially my special son-in-law.

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  5. maryjJuly 17, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    Hi Everyone! It sounds like you've been working hard before you even get to the site! But at least it's filled with laughs and Candy! (I didn't know there was going to be candy - I might have to go next year) Don't worry Carrie, I'm just kidding but I miss you already! God Bless Everyone and Stay Safe.

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  6. DeniseJuly 17, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Love to all, so sorry to hear about the elevators, hope they are up and running by tomorrow. After the sun came out it sounds like all had a great time. Cait, we miss & love you. We will continue to keep you all in our prayers. Looking forward to hearing about the church service & beach party, God Bless.

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  7. Christopher FarkasJuly 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Sounds exciting already. Glad to see things off to a good start (minutes the little things). I have a question , it seems per the http://www.bahamasmission.com/ page that we should be posting comments/questions for the kids in twitter, but I see this " @woodside11 hasn't tweeted yet. "

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  8. Dan SchaalJuly 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Mrs. Farkas, on twitter its #woodside11, not @woodside11.

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  9. KelliGirlJuly 18, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Great to read that the trip is going well so far. We're praying for you all and hoping that in every moment--even the challenging ones--you see how you are the living stones in the church. Being built together and rising up.

    And Codi sends hugs to her friends.

    Blessings,
    Kelli

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