I had so many things I was going to get done over Christmas break. I was going to get ahead with the quizzing homework. I was going to work on the bulletin board and I was going to memorize Luke chapter 14. I have managed to barely break even with our homework and I've memorized the first few verses of Luke 14. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with that bulletin board.

 

Sometimes life gets in the way of our best intentions. I could just give up, but no, I am still determined to do what I can. I am going to keep memorizing Luke 14 and I'm going to do my best to carve some time out this week to work on writing quiz questions.

 

If you find that you are a bit behind on your goals, do what I'm doing. Dust yourself off, dig in, and do what you can. You may not be able to do all of the things that you had wanted to do at first, but you can still do some of them, and something is better than nothing.

I know that many of you have been out of school this week because of the snow. This would be a great time to catch up on your quizzing. Let's see if as a team we can memorize all four chapters of the new material. Keep checking the website as I will update it as soon as I know if practice is cancelled because of the weather. Remember, if church or youth group is cancelled we will cancel quiz practice.

 

I'm still trying to decide a good date for a vacation quiz practice. I'll let you know by e-mail what I decide.

I just want to thank all of you quizzers for your great attitudes during the Coquille Quiz. It was a long van ride both directions and you were all wonderful. The couple who hosted the guys said again and again what nice kids you were. Bob House at Bob's Market in Scottsburg also commented on what nice kids you all were. I know that many of you did not do as well at the quiz as you would have liked, but you kept good attitudes anyway.  You were awesome!

 

I owe all of you milkshakes. I'm planning a practice during Christmas Break. Hopefully I can find a time for it that the majority of you will be able to attend and we can get the milkshakes then. Also, I owe the entire pro team and Charis 2 liters of pop from this quiz. I need to look at the past scoresheets to see who I owe 2 liters from November.

 

I noticed that if you memorize just one verse a day for the next month you will have memorized an entire chapter of the new material. Four verses a day and you will be able to memorize all the new material. If each member on each team chooses a different chapter to memorize as a team you will have memorized all the new material over the next month with only one verse a day. You can do this!!!