Catch up on Survivor!

Its time for an update on the last Survivor.

But first I want to introduce all the SMs on the teams.


Team Brichelle we have: Marci Anderson
                                                     Adam Hernandez
                                                     Linden Doss
                                                     Bronwyn
                                                    Minnie Pardillo
                        Allah a local boy fills in to even teams
Team Cory we have:  Matt Haus
                                            Dani Nobuhara
                                            Amanda Beal
                                            Anna Wijatyk
                                            Janna Wagner
                                           Mayline Nambela
                       
We started by listening to both teams present their commercials.  Both were very good and Danae said that she was going to get them both put on the radio but one had to win the competition for the night.  One team was more prepared for the presentation and that was "Team Cory".   They won a night at the Parkers for pizza night and a movie. 

Next was another two week challenge we left with them.  They had a list of ten bible promises to help them through their time here.  Two points were given per text memorized.  "Team Cory" won the challenge again for they had worked really hard and received brownies for their reward but with this challenge everyone was a winner.   

Now for the active challenges for the day.  We had set up an obstacle coarse.  The real challenge for them was to go through it with being attached to one another with a rope around their ankles. First they were to walk across a 16 foot plank that was raised up off the ground by bricks.  Then a propane tank was put on its side and one person had to stand on it and roll it across a rope on the ground.  If they fell off it was decided that they start all over on the plank but that rule was put aside after a couple of tries.  This leg of the race was hard for them so we told them they could hold the persons hands and help them along.  This put "Team Brichelle" in the lead.  Next was a blown up inter-tube that they had to put their whole team through one by one with still being tied together.  Which was an easy thought for "Team Brichelle" but some of the players on "Team Cory" really got confused on how to do that with the rope on their foot.  Next everyone goes under a bench and off to the other end of the compound to the fence.  At the fence everyone has to find 5 twisty ties, a set for each team.  First it was "Team Brichelle" that made it to the fence first but to find the twisty ties was just too hard and "Team Cory" finally got there, and caught up with "Team Brichelle" after crying about the ropes on their ankles, they found the twisty ties fast and at the time "Team Brichelle" found them.  The race was really on to see which team could get to the other side of the compound and put the twisty ties on a stick that was being held by Tony for one team and a boy named Rommel for the other.  "Team Brichelle" won the race.  This reward won them one pass card for the next challenge.  A food challenge.

A mat was put out on the ground with several plates placed on it with bowls over the top of them to hide the food that was put under them.  Points and numbers were assigned to each plate for the event.  Everyone sat down with much curiosity.  Some of the SMs were either coming off from being sick with malaria or still with malaria.  This was going to be tough for those.  The first challenge was for Janna to take down soy sauce that was in a cup.  This scared me as the soy sauce just came bubbling out of her mouth, black nastiness was dribbling everywhere and I see her trying to take it down anyways but she just could not do it and she threw up everywhere including in the other cup with soy sauce for the other team.  Linden was up next and without any knowledge to the vomit in his cup he drank the whole thing.  Sick!!! What are we doing to our SMs?  After that  we felt like giving him extra points.  What a start!  One person after another seemed to get things down.  Even Marci with having to eat 5 fried grasshoppers.  I couldn't believe she did it cause she was one that still had nausea from malaria but she pulled it off for the team and they won, "Team Brichelle" were the winners.


We would not do any of this if this was something that the SMs said they did not want to do but everyone has been a great sport and are enjoying the challenges as well as the rewards. 

For the next two weeks we gave the teams the assignment to find good bible verses to be put up on the wall in the surgery recovery ward.  It is going to be painted in French and Arabic.  We'll see what they come up with! 

Until the next time on "Missionary Survivor, Chad Africa."