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Memories from the Love is the Movement Bike Trip 2008

 

Abbey's Memories

BUGS?

Tony not allowing me to wear sunscreen
Elyse from the nursing home: Are you and Chris friends? Me: Yes Elyse: I thought so, does you mother approve?
crazy dancing and singing at the Sox game
getting to know everyone on the trip and creating a special bond
Snowbell
Are you going to finish the rest of your cat?
Hanging out with the Trinity kids
The nursing homes being good uplifting experiences
The car ride there when everyone was singing on the walkie talkies
Mufasa and his nail painting
piling us all in the back of the van for pizza
PJ's stories of Prince PurpleFeet and Herbie
Whoosh, Whoop, Zoink, Bong
Zip Bong
Going to the same Burger King twice
the hornet & animal noise in the bathroom
Princesses
Starting a new spandex trend...
group showers in the lake & waterfall shower
Tiger song
buggy campground with gross water & 3 hole bench outhouse
never going to the bathroom alone
wiffle ball & ultimate frisbee games
the spider in Allison's sleeping bag
Epic & Righteous
Aimee's flat 2 minutes from home
my bike's crazy uncooperative gear shifting
singing worship
amazing host families
me stepping on Julie's sunglasses & her being a pirate the next day
van stops & high fives along the way
Mr. Brown stopping traffic for us
riding in the rain with poncho bubbles
riding with now handle bars
breaking open bananas on foreheads
scary but pretty Chicago lake trail
sleeping on the beach & getting rained on
my mom breaking her ankle
me & jamie's world tour
Hydration...Station!!
seeing us fulfill our mission :]

 

Bryan's Memories

Jamie being stung in the mouth by a bee

Loosing my foil dinner by spilling sea salt on my dinner

Mr. Reschke asking if I was almost done in the shower and I said that I had to condition my hair

Sarah’s Tiger song

Sarah being my slave

 

 

Mr. Sladkey's Memories

Abbey’s heart for reaching out to others

Aimee’s devotion and the bookmark she gave out.

Allison’s talking with Champ

Bryan was always ready to pray

Chris’s memories of his Great-Grandma and his faith

Jamie’s playing the guitar at the services

Julie’s questions at the services

Sarah’s devotional about With God we can do all things

Tony was always helping others whether it was his team’s turn or not.

Mr. Reschke and the boys drafting

PJ in the weeds with the bike on top of him

Mr. Wallbaum going to sleep at 9pm on Tuesday

The St. Charles Hill

The fox, fawn, frog, ground hog, turtle, muskrat, and owl

The deer with people on both sides of it in the park in Chicago

The hill at the end of the first day

The water in the second campground was brown

The number of sticks and holes on the I and M canal during Tuesday

Mr. Brdicka and Mr. Wallbaum playing catch in the rain

Ultimate Frisbee at most of the stops

Julie and Sarah screams

Mrs. Wallbaum’s devotional about how much she appreciated the students and their support

Seeing Mrs. Cocallas’ and Mrs. Sladkey’s faces when we pulled into the second campground

The water fight with freezing water

Having Zander and Taryn back on the last day

Listening to the stories of the week during Friday’s BBQ

Having the residents of the Nursing Home think Mr. Reschke was a student

Watching Mr. Reschke's (Bryan's) Walkie Talkie fall into the canal

All of us fitting into the tent and playing the whoosh game

Seeing the students in the back of the van

Seeing the students mix in with the residents of the nursing home

Having students from the Trinity Lutheran Church join us as we rode to the Sox game

Riding o the Sox game and realizing that most of the way there was on bike trails

Meeting the woman who took our picture and her wanting to go to the Sox game

Having Mr. Brown stop traffic

The dancing in the basement of the Church

Spending some time with my good friend James Edstrom from Ravenswood Covenant Church

Getting up and out on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:40am

The baked potatoes on Tuesday night

The salt spilling on Bryan’s foil meal

Eating Chinese food

Drinking the water that tasted like hose

Walking into Frankfort Terrace and wondering if anyone would come to hear us talk

Talking with the woman from the first nursing home and seeing her appreciation for our mission