 This last week at Wichita Falls, TX, we enjoyed some extra special fellowship with close friends Lucus and Liesl Counterman. Liesl traveled with Christy on the Steve
Pettit team when they were still single.
Liesl played the accordion and piano on the team. Stephanie, Liesl, and I would have loved to
play an accordion trio but there was a shortage of accordions in Texas at the time. When we meet up with past Pettit team members
on the road there’s always a sweet fellowship involved as a result of our common
experiences. We enjoyed a night of food
and fun with the team and Counterman family.
One
of our favorite things to do is play special games as a team. Our recent purchase has been the game Ticket to Ride. The game involves building train connections
between certain points of destination, and whoever builds the most trains and
completes the most destinations wins! We
played Ticket to Ride with the
Counterman’s and Josh took the win by...
building trains all across the
continental United States.
Other games we have enjoyed on our
team are Citadel, Settles of Catan, and
Rook.
Citadel is the most
strategizing game I have ever played.
You win the game by building districts by becoming different characters
and taking on their special characteristics.
Some of the characters you can be are a thief, assassin, architect,
king, merchant, etc. Will is especially
good at this game because he loves trying to figure out which character
everyone is and what move they’re going to make next. We
enjoy playing these games on Sunday night during our family time in the trailer
or any other night we’re able to have a few extra hours together as a
team.
A
few nights ago, we enjoyed a cook-out together eating hot dogs, veggies, and
rice krispie treats. After eating, we
played games with the kids like kick the
can, sharks and minnows, and freeze
tag. We loved playing the games with
the kids but after a few minutes of sprinting, most of us adults realized how
out of shape we are. I still have
visions of being relentlessly pursued by Lilly Galkin in freeze tag.
Fun is an important part of our team. We are so busy and have so much going on in a
week of meetings, we must set apart time just to relax and enjoy each other’s
company. Not only must we be co-workers
but close friends.
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