[Gathnet] World Magazine Entry with Rachel

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Hey Everyone,
     I thought you would be interested to know that Rachel's name made 
it into _World_.  Two summers ago the Shelby Kennedy Foundation started 
a National Bible Bee in honor of a daughter who died of cancer.  They 
challenge school aged children 7-18 across the country to memorize LARGE 
quantities of Bible verses and passages (Rachel as a senior level has 
800 this year), and Bible knowledge over the summer.  Then at the end of 
the summer, they have a day of testing - a 1hour/200 question test on 
knowledge and 10 minutes to recite 30 verses/passages /randomly/ chosen 
with no more than 10 errors/verse or it does not count (Any one else 
thinking BMA challenges?).  Then they tally the scores and award prizes 
at the local level (Rachel tied for second in our group), but they also 
compare the scores with students across the nation in each of the 3 age 
categories.  Although hoping not, Rachel ended up in the top 100 scorers 
putting her in the national finalist round - this is what is on a full 
page spread in _World _- Look toward the end of the senior level.  This 
means she and I are going to Schaumberg, Ill on the 11th of November, 
for more rounds of testing, reciting and if she does better than she 
hopes may have to be on stage and recite in competition in front of lots 
of people.  There are some hefty top prizes in each category, but Rachel 
mostly tackled it as a challenge to boost memorizing and does not really 
want to be on stage again so we'll see.  I think they are planning to 
broadcast some of the events on the web site.  She did not really want 
to go to Nationals this year as we are constantly on the go with courses 
and testing but decided to accept the challenge.  I get to listen to her 
perfect her verses, worry about how stressed she is, and to go and visit 
Anna who is just about a half hour away and bring her for some of the 
events.  :-) .  Keep her in your prayers - being a perfectionist, she is 
carrying a pretty heavy load. 
Anita