April 14, 2008

• Open House was amazing! Everybody loved it. The guys worked hard to get everything clean and ready for it. They got the fire pit ready, got the garage all set up for showing "Indie" themed music videos, set up an open mic in the dining room, and made tons of food. They also blew up 200 or so balloons and filled the halls with them. Blauen also decorated with very Indie art. Hopefully the video will be uploaded soon to show you how we presented the theme. Once everything was set up, there was a soccer game against Vienna Christian up at the turf field. It was quite a tough and close game for the guys, but they scraped through. And then they all came to Open House, wandering between the fire, movie, Blauen, the rooms, the web, and everywhere else. There were tons of positive compliments, and most everybody had an enjoyable time.

  And life continues up here on the hill. Weather keeps flip flopping between wet and sunny. A bunch of the guys were away at AFNorth and SHAPE over the weekend playing soccer. Because it was such a long drive, they left on Thursday after school, and the dorm seemed emptier without them. On Friday a bunch of guests came over, and they had many escapades, such as waxing and using a windsurf board and rubber raft down the wet hill and surfing down the fast cold creek. Wrestling and other forms of fighting also debuted spontaneously. Saturday, the guys went up to Frieburg for the day while some stayed behind and made a huge fire and burned several trees. Soccer came back late that night, with some ties, wins, and losses under their belts. They were quite exhausted. Sunday, because everybody was so tired, dorm devos was made optional, but many still traveled up to Hoch Blauen and roasted marshmallows and hung out with each other before tearing it down the hill in the dark, shouting and enjoying themselves. It has been a good week, and there are more soccer and track events coming up quickly.

  Well, pray that the sun comes out!

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