"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." - 2 Cor 1:21-22
During practice, Adrienna grew to massive size, sat on Jennifer’s house and threatened to squish all inside. (NOTE: This image has not been altered!)
Check out the first wave of photos from Internationals 2008 in our image gallery.
Congratulations to everyone involved with Western Canada’s international teams this year.
Team 1 placed 3rd
Team 2 placed 11th
Denae, Adrienna and Kristina were all in the top 15
Denae received the quizzer of excellence award
Jennifer received the coach of excellence award
The team is heading home, and we look forward to hearing more about their adventures.
Quote for the day:
“Water is not good for my throat.” — Kyle, after being told to drink water at dinner.
Amazingly Caleb and Kyle could not finish the chocolate volcano at the rainforest cafe.
Caleb is actually wearing shorts…even when they are not required.
Really cool big Hershey bars made up with our team pics on the wrapper [...]
Stuff from Thursday…
Favorite Thursday quotes:
“How Great is Our God! The Rainforest Cafe is in the mall where there is shopping! ”
Jennifer (breaks into song when discovering shopping on the way to dinner Thurs. night.)
“Don’t flip the page.”
South Atlantic quizzer to the answer judge after jumping on a “W”
Fun Stuff:
Singing the Canadian National Anthem with great [...]
Team 1 has requested that I post the lyrics to Casting Crowns’ “Lifesong”, the theme song for their week.
“Lifesong”
Empty hands held high
Such small sacrifice
If not joined with my life
I sing in vain tonight
May the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You
Let my lifesong sing to You
Let my lifesong [...]
The West Canada internationals team send in the following report…
Some stuff that has made Internationals 2008 fun… (contributions made by several people)
4am wake up call to get to the airport on time
Planes…
crazy plane delays like flying in circles going nowhere that add 2 hours on to an already long travel day.
losing and finding important travel [...]
For those interested in keeping tabs on the West Canada internationals teams, be sure to keep an eye on BibleQuizStats.org… a website that posts up-to-date scores from the tournament.
Be sure to keep our teams and coaches in your prayers this week as God works in their lives through the high-intensity event.
The website’s schedule has been updated to show the meets for the 2008/09 quiz year. Click here to see it.
We’re thinking of our internationals teams with the tournament getting under way. Stay tuned here for updates as they’re available.