Re: Newly formed (and evolving) Quilcene group

#1 · January 2, 1998, 8:36 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on January 2, 1998, 8:36 pm
Posted by: elrond <elrond@...>

[Ignore the name in the 'from' field - it's my dad's name, though it's my
acount]

Cool!
Keep us posted on future events!
Jakup

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> From: Colin Steele <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [DragonRaid] Newly formed (and evolving) Quilcene group
> Date: 2. januar 1998 21:01
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'd just like to say thank you for all your prayers concerning the
> Quilcene group's first meeting (and my first AM job in many years). The
> first meeting was both disappointing and encouraging at the same time.
> The meeting was for all of the kids from my Sunday School class. For
> some reason that I can't quite figure out, I very foolishly scheduled
> the meeting for January 1st - the morning AFTER New Year's Eve. Needless
> to say, very few kids showed up (two, in fact).
> The two kids that did show up, however, were EXTREMELY excited about
> DR after some patient explaining on my part as we played. It was a boy
> and a girl that showed up, and I was rather impressed by the way that
> they worked together (even though the boy's character - Rune, was
> constantly calling his partner "my sweetness", giving marriage
> proposals, and other irritating sweet nothings). Hoo boy, did that make
> for some interesting role-playing! 🙂
> The mother that I mentioned who wanted to watch us play didn't show
> up either. I was rather relieved at this only because I think it would
> have made the kids nervous and inhibited as well as the AM. Now that I
> am a little more confident, I don't think it'll be a problem having
> parents watch in the future.
> All in all, we did not get very far on the Lightraider Test (only to
> the Cave Troll encounter). But, the kids had SO much fun, and were SO
> enthusiastic about DR, that this really didn't matter. They both learned
> some very deep truths from the simple allegory - even I was surprised! I
> believe that the "DR bug" is catching, and these two kids will carry it
> to their friends. PLEASE PRAY TO THIS END!! Thanks again, people.
>
> Your excited and encouraged servant,
> Colin
>
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Posted by: elrond <elrond@...>

[Ignore the name in the 'from' field - it's my dad's name, though it's my
acount]

Cool!
Keep us posted on future events!
Jakup

----------
> From: Colin Steele <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [DragonRaid] Newly formed (and evolving) Quilcene group
> Date: 2. januar 1998 21:01
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'd just like to say thank you for all your prayers concerning the
> Quilcene group's first meeting (and my first AM job in many years). The
> first meeting was both disappointing and encouraging at the same time.
> The meeting was for all of the kids from my Sunday School class. For
> some reason that I can't quite figure out, I very foolishly scheduled
> the meeting for January 1st - the morning AFTER New Year's Eve. Needless
> to say, very few kids showed up (two, in fact).
> The two kids that did show up, however, were EXTREMELY excited about
> DR after some patient explaining on my part as we played. It was a boy
> and a girl that showed up, and I was rather impressed by the way that
> they worked together (even though the boy's character - Rune, was
> constantly calling his partner "my sweetness", giving marriage
> proposals, and other irritating sweet nothings). Hoo boy, did that make
> for some interesting role-playing! 🙂
> The mother that I mentioned who wanted to watch us play didn't show
> up either. I was rather relieved at this only because I think it would
> have made the kids nervous and inhibited as well as the AM. Now that I
> am a little more confident, I don't think it'll be a problem having
> parents watch in the future.
> All in all, we did not get very far on the Lightraider Test (only to
> the Cave Troll encounter). But, the kids had SO much fun, and were SO
> enthusiastic about DR, that this really didn't matter. They both learned
> some very deep truths from the simple allegory - even I was surprised! I
> believe that the "DR bug" is catching, and these two kids will carry it
> to their friends. PLEASE PRAY TO THIS END!! Thanks again, people.
>
> Your excited and encouraged servant,
> Colin
>
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> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to <[email protected]>