Laughter is Good Medicine

The season I spent at Overland was a busy time. In addition to the missionaries, there was a Farming God's Way conference, Advanced Missions Training Team, and an Engineering Team that visited. There was also Nick's brother, Jamike; a missionary kid from Spain in his early 20s; and me. That weekend a group of us decided to play a game in the main house. Some of the students were studying. Others joined in. I don't know what got into us, but we were giddy. WE were all having a good time and there was much laughter. The guys were especially cracking us up and it was good to laugh. We stopped the game to help serve the Engineering group when they came in from hard work. Then we did our best to stifle our laughter as they were in devotions. Apparantly we left a positive impression on them though. They were not sure what to expect and I think were kind of nervous to visit the camp of missionaries. They expected the missionaries to be outdated, socially awkard, unfriendly, and not fun. Instead, they experienced a lively bunch of young people having a great time who were eager to serve them and get to know them. I enjoyed getting to know the others too and have some fun with them. They are a great bunch. All of the above is true.