Woo Hoo! Stories.....stories and MORE STORIES.........that's what
I really get a kick out of the most about this group......I need the
info., but LOVE those STORIES! From flying rescue Rangers to commode
blowing up father & son Rangers, and a wise, fire preserving through the
rain storm Leader.........and now a Ranger wife who has the creativity to
use a DEAD MULE to make a point! Well, know this Sis. Ellrena....you made
the start of my day Fri. a GOOD 'UN! The Lord used that mule thing to
kick off a laughter in my soul that started a chain of laughter that had
a domino effect through a day when I really needed the joy of the Lord to
pull me through another 12 hr. shift. No wonder our Lord used stories
(parables) to teach people about His kingdom.......there's been lots of
children like me throughout the ages.
Well, I won't try to compete, but ......I WANT STORIES ABOUT
COMMANDERS AND BOYS! (please)
And this is the seed I will sow toward that end:
We were at a divisional campout a about 5 years ago in Kamp
Creekwood. (N.Texas) The second day we were there, the Divisional
Commanders divided those Commanders of us who volunteered, into patrols
with the boys. I was assigned to about 8 boys who were total strangers to
me, which already began to try my Ranger nerves.
We had a series of challenges to tackle as a patrol. We climbed a
wall together, shot archery together, did timed relays on canoes, etc..
Well, we came to one particular place where a couple of small platforms
were lashed in between trees. They were both just big enough for a boy to
stand on and were at two levels. One was about 3 ft. off the ground and
the other, about 5 ft. The idea was to have boys line up in two parallel
lines with arms linked between them and let the boys take turns falling
backwards into the linked arms. Well, that was cool....up to a point. We
were about to work our way down to the last boy, but this one particular
little character had his own ideas about this little maneuver. He got on
the top level, and told the boys behind him to "get out of the way".
Before I could say "Uh, wait" the little acrobat did a perfect back flip,
right down onto his feet, and stood staring at all our unbelieving faces,
with a huge grin on his! Well, this Commander would have dropped his
teeth right out of his mouth, but they amazingly held their place while
every molecule of grey matter in my head was trying to tell me it was
just my imagination and that I'd better quit hallucinating if I were to
look out for these youngun's properly. But it was real, cause all the
fellow Rangers witnessed the same thing. At that point, the photographer
in me screamed, "tell him to do a repeat and catch it on tape"! But the
less insane side was saying, "If he breaks his neck the second time
around, you gotta live with that, but he might not". And I just had to
shake the feeling off, capture those dangerous thoughts and continue on
up the trail, camcorder in hand, and READY.
Next???
Fred
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