October 10, 2009 by jcollins.

Yep, the cold front passed us again. It was in the low 50’s in Monroe this morning when we awoke. Moving a bit sluggishly, not to mention a lengthy conversation that we had with some neighbors, we got off to a pretty late start.

We decide to stop in Vicksburg to allow the children to complete one more Jr. Ranger program. We had visited the battle ground a couple of years ago but got there just as they were closing and didn’t get a chance to learn very much about the battles there. This time we watched the movie and the children spent the time gathering all the information necessary to complete their programs.

It may seem exciting to travel the country the way we have this summer, but it can also be tiring, just ask Sam…

Now it’s on to Jackson and the southward turn. Things start to heat up a bit as we drive through Mississippi. By the time we end our night in Mobile, Al, it’s a cool and breezy 75 degrees.

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September 19, 2009 by jcollins.

Today was the last official Rebelution conference of the ‘09 tour…
It was the best finale to the year I could imagine! Yes, set-up yesterday was very trying on us and the Harris’ crew but today was worth every second of it…
The morning started off early (6:00 a.m.). We headed to the conference center and started prepping the keypads. All went well, and soon we let my friend Samantha and her family in early. (I guess for once we were those ‘higher connections’ everyone talks about…:)…)

Everything went perfect during the distribution! This was an awesome ‘touch-team’! They got everyting done promptly, efficently, and happily. Kudos to the DC Rebelution Touch-Team!!!
I sat with my debate friends for most of the day, and for once, experienced the conference almost like an actual attendee. It was even neater when I soon found out I had another friend there from the NCFCA… Timothy Pierce. I had debated him at a practice tournament in January during last tournament season. He is a philosopher-wannabe whom I find to be interesting, as he takes a pure logical look at everything. Different from me and my other L-D friends like Samantha and Justine who just look for an understandable connection that is logical. It was good to catch up with him and discuss this year’s new Resolution- Resolved: that competition is superior to cooperation as a means of achieving excellence.

About a hundred people said they’d like to accept Christ and about that many must have stood up- more than ever before I would say! It was amazing. Like no conference before, Mr. Harris and many others were brought to tears before it was over…

This was my favorite conferance so-far I think. I probably say that after every conferance but this time it is completely true!

We went to dinner with the Fansler family (Chick-fil-a) then picked Daddy up at the airport…
I hope we can come back to DC next year!

Signing Off After THe FINAL Rebelution,
Katie

P.S. Less than a month left till we get home!!! See y’all soon!!!

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September 19, 2009 by jcollins.

It was great to see my two best friends from Debate Camp again on Friday before Rebelution set-up… We had mentioned to them that we were headed to DC for a Rebelution conference in the near future and had promised a visit.

I was introduced to their brothers and them to mine… but after eating we did not see them again, Sam bought a new bb gun a few months ago and was itching to try it out… they went ‘Soda Squirrel’ hunting (with pop cans) for the next few hours out back.

As for Samantha, Justine, Sarah (Sammy’s little sister), and I played ‘Bible Brainstorm’, jumped on the trampoline, watched a Tim Hawkins song on congress(I would suggest watching this to anyone who thinks Congress’ spending is ridiculous. It’s very funny. Overall we had a blast!

See you soon,
Katie

I can’t wait to see them again

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