The Alligators Post

So, I am at the Hilton in Harrisburg, PA attending a planning meeting for PCTC 2010. I am sitting in my room alone, nothing is on TV and I am thinking I should just be asleep because everything seems to be funny to me right now.
I was coming up to my room from the parking garage - by myself - hit the button for the elevator and. . . . I burst out with a loud laugh. By myself still mind you. Two maintenance people stopped what they were doing and starred for a second. I did not realize I had laughed out loud. And what was so funny? I am glad you asked. We just watched the movie "Bedtime Stories" last week and there is a scene were this guy has to translate what another guy is saying. The man (Adam Sandler) is talking about how kids love hotels because they do all kinds of cool stuff while they are there. In the midst of reasons kids love hotels the translator all of the sudden says, "Jumping up and down on the alligators". Everyone stares at him and Sandler repeats himself, and the translator says, "Oooohh, riding up and down on the elevators. I see now in this context alligators would fit."
I think this was so funny, but I am not sukre why. It was my favorite line from the movie and it is even making me laugh right now.

Ahh, well you read you cannot unread it!

~Charles.

The Look at Our Pictures Post

I am pretty tird, so this will not be a very long post.

If you have been following our tip but have not been on facebook to see the pictures of the trip let me give you a link that will take you there:

Album #1:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009124&id=104300750&l=9f8bfc4359

Album #2:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009150&id=104300750&l=50e86731b4

Album #3:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009154&id=104300750&l=7ce69673d2

Album #4:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2009164&id=104300750&l=8fab653aa9

We spent the whole day here in Elizabeth City. It has been a good packe day of fun. We sat in on a class, took a tour of the campus, got some financial info, and then went geocaching. It was a good day.

We are headed home tomorrow morning at 8:00, I am hoping for no traffic.

~ Charles.

CRT day 5

Hola, and Aloha to all,

Earlier today we took a tour of KCU. It was a huge campus, and really beautiful.

We headed to North Carolina for Roanoke.

Nicole drove which was...interesting..fast..frightening!

Ha, no she was a great driver i just like messing with her.

So we are here in the dorm of Roanoke, and we take a tour, and sit in on a couple of classes tomorrow. Very excited to see the rest of Roanoke Bible College ( Soon to be MACU)

So Ladies, and Gentlemen please walk, do not run to your nearest exit.

And Ya'll come back now to see more blogs Ya hear!

~Joshua~

Bears Crossing Post

I am sitting in the passenger?s seat and we are only a few minutes from Roanoke Bible College, so I thought I would write a little bit that way when we got to the school I could post it then.

Today was not a bad day. We woke up around 9:00 then I fell back asleep until like . . . . 9:45 ? our tour was at 10:00. We took a tour of KCU with another group who was visiting the campus. They were from Florida and they got there just after we got settled into the dorms last night. Good sized group. Sheree met us in the lobby of the dorm we stayed in and then gave all of us t-shirts and had the kids fill some stuff out. Then went over some of the admission information and took us for a tour of the school and showed us all of the buildings and such. It was nice and sunny but still a little cold. She thought it was so funny that we took pictures of Mr Bill everywhere. (I can get my camera to work some times, I think it is a lose connection or something).

After we left KCU we went to a China Buffet called "China House" they sold swords, purses and a bunch of other random stuff. There should be a good picture floating around of Mr Bill drinking from Becka's drink.

As we got to what we think is North Carolina we started seeing signs for Bear Crossing. That would be really cool - to see a bear. We have seen a lot of road kill, and I am very sad to say at least 3 dead coyote :( But it would be pretty sweet to see a bear! Well, I think it would

Hold on we are here, I will finish later.

So, today we got some more info on St Louis Christian College. We found out the cost is almost identical to Central - which is cool. And they have some cool programs they work out with local schools if you need a degree outside of ministry. Which is also cool.

When we left the school we ate brunch at Cracker Barrel - ate so much we almost went into a food coma.

Then we went to the St Louis Arch - I loved it - Josh was terrified. I took lots of photos and really enjoied it, I hope to post them on facebook soon, but my camera broke today ($900 CAMERA JUST STOPPED WORKING = A NOT HAPPY CHARLES)

Then we drove 8 hours to Grayson, KY where we arrived at 10:00 but did not meet up with the people until 10:45. We got some ice Cream from wendy's then were just chilling. There is a group from Flordia here too. We will be touring with them in the morning.

Well, that is all for now, because it is cold and I am standing outside where I can get wireless.

You read it - - so you know you can't unread it!

~ Charles R.

PS we also bought a MR Bill today that we are caring around pretending it is Emily since she really wanted to be here with us.We have been taking pictures of him everywhere today until the camera stopped working.

Another Josh Bueno Post

Hello Fellow Americans,

Here?s the jist on days two, three, and four.

DAY 2

It rained all day Sunday. I met some of Charles?s old friends, and his old church. I also saw his old office which he did not clean out when he left because it was still a huge mess. We went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant it was delicious, but the service was slow. We got to Central Christian College pretty late.

DAY 3

We toured Central. It was a really great college. I enjoyed it a lot. The campus was beautiful, and our tour guides we?re really great. They took us out to, yet again, another Mexican restaurant. It was very good. We headed to St. Louis, on the way we made a pit stop to a Barnes & Noble to meet one of Charles?s old friends. He was a really cool guy, and while I was there I bought C.S. Lewis?s ?The Screwtape Letters? which I am very excited to start reading. We got to St. Louis Christian College pretty early. So we took the tour. Our tour guide was real neat, and the campus was cool to. It was very small, but pretty cool.

DAY 4

We left St. Louis, and headed to The Arc. It was really cool to b e able to ride up it, and see the whole town?but a bit scary considering I don?t like heights, but I liked it. Then we headed to Kentucky. We got to Kentucky Christian University pretty late, got to our rooms, and now here I am typing to you! Tomorrow we take the tour.

Tune in next time kids to hear of the exciting conclusion of -

THE COLLEGE ROAD TRIP.

Goodnight, and Good luck!

~Johua~

The Kool Beans Post

We are in Florissant, MO - Just outside of St Louis, MO (this is St. Louis Christian College). Got here safe and it is cold. Let me give you a run down from the day:

~ Woke up about 9:00 (the girls were up earlier)

~ Took a tour of Central Christian College of the Bible at 10:00 with Aaron and Aaron. They gave us a lot of info about the school and they gave Becka and Josh free t-shirts! Free stuff is always cool. At about 11:00 we were done with the walking around campus and we met back together in a conference room to talk about what the school offers as far as programs and scholarships. They told us all about their co-op courses that they offer with some close by schools ? which is good to know if they want to go to school for things other than ministry. After the info part of the tour they took us to eat lunch at a Mexican restaurant.

~ The food was so good, I ordered a quesadilla and it was HUGE! I could only eat half.

Well, we left Central and went to Columbia, MO to meet up with my friend Joseph, and then sat in a coffee shop for a little while ? see the last post of randomness from there.

Then we left there and went to St. Louis Christian College, which is where we are now, and we got a really quick tour. Then ate dinner in their coffee shop since their caf was closed for Spring Break.

There are getting ready to close so I am going to go.

You read it........................................................You can't unread it!!!!

~ Charles.

The Barnes and Noble Post

So, I am sorry that we did not blog last night. I tried to connect to the wireless and could not get online. Right now we are in a coffee shop in Columbia, MO and getting ready to leave for St Louis.

Yesterday was the longest day ever! We tried to leave Indy at 1:15 but did not get out until close to 2:00 after getting gas and picking up some stuff we realized we did not have. When we left it had just started raining. And it did not stop until we got to Moberly, MO. Some of the time on the road the rain was so hard we were moving like 25 mph. Long drive. The ETA was 6:30 but we did not get there till 9:45! And at that time the rain was just starting to freeze! This morning we have had on and off flurries. On our way to Moberly (Central Christian College) we stopped at Lincoln Christian College to get a break from the rain and slow traffic ? and drove around the campus just to get a quick look.

Today we toured CCCB at 10:00, so it was really nice to sleep in after yesterday. We ate at a Mexican restaurant yesterday in Indy for lunch and at a different one today for lunch in Moberly.

The tour went really well, and we had a good time seeing the campus. Yesterday was also good ? in the morning. We went to the church that I had done my internship at so it was cool to show off my kids to people I know and I got to show my kids my old office, which is now storage.

Well, I am having trouble making this a coherent thought, so I am going to go so that we can hit the road.

You read it - - - - - -- You cannot UNREAD IT!!!

~ Charles R.

The Becka Woodard Post

Cool

Day 1

Hey guys, it's Becka!

So, today was the first day of the college road trip and I am ready to sleep! This morning I woke up at 5:30 AM. The earliest I am ever awake. We started out at Dunkin Donuts, then to the church. When we left TOMTOM took us a crazy way through the city.

After about twelve hours of driving I've decided that Josh is weird, but we all knew that. Also, people do crazy stuff to stay awake - don't ask.

One thing I will alsway remember is when we were in Ohio. There people people call soda: soda pop. It was pretty funny.

Well, that's all for now.

~~ becka

The Josh Bueno Post

Hello True Believers,

So day one. Very tired. I would have blogged earlier but Becka was hogging the laptop.

We started off on a 12 hour drive...a 12 hour drive (singing to Gilligan's Island Theme)

We stopped at a truck stop that sold CD's and DVD's...that's weird for me. We ate a place call Puccini's Charles' and Nicole's favorite chow place as young adults (those were the good old days) Their pizza was very yum!

Now we are at Nicole's Aunt's house which is right on the water.

It is so pretty.
Becka taught me a card game called "Mouth" which confuses and infuriates me!!!!

But so far so good. Excited for the rest of the week.

Keep praying for us, and don't forget to P.U.S.H. ( Pray Until Something Happens)

Goodnight Neverland.

~Joshua~