It may be obligatory...but I might as well have some fun now and then, right?

Prayer letters! Some famous, some infamous...the object of jokes at times...but a necessary part of being a missionary.  They're not always easy to write, but I figured that, as long as I have to, I could try to give people something to grin about.  So I devised the "KWIZZ", a multiple-choice "test", a different and a little more interesting way to tell people about the things that are happening in our lives and ministries, or review things we've told them about already, or just "connect".  We've included them occasionally in our letters, and people write and tell us how many of the questions they get right! 

They usually have from five to twenty questions, and the light-hearted answers tend to be quite obvious, as you can see for yourself.  I've been looking through back-issues of our letters, and chosen some of the questions that will give you an idea of what the KWIZZES were like...and hopefully make you grin, too!

(In 1991, when in Dallas, after Germán's surgery)
1.) Germán was diagnosed last year as having...
     a)  appezooticky  (a fear of animals in the zoo)
     b)  acromegaly  (a pituitary tumor)
     c) acidophilus   (acidity due to overindulgence)
     d) acrodynia (you figure it out!)

(Just before returning to Quito in 1992)
2.) The Rhons came to the U.S...
     a) with Christopher Columbus (He didn't land in the U.S.?  Oooops!)
     b) almost three years ago
     c) so long ago they can't remember when

3.) Becky is...
     a) packing (slowly but surely)
     b) going crazy (slowly but surely)
     c) trying to lose weight (slowly!)
     d) eager to see as many of you as she can (surely)
     e) all of the above

(In 1993, when Dan was in 12th grade here)
4.) Dan played ______________ in "The Music Man", the school play.
     a) all 76 trombones!          b) the role of Mayor Shinn
                    c) the role of the villain

5.) Another event for Dan was his...
     a) abduction into the FL  (Foreign Legion)
     b) reduction into the HSS  (Head-Shrinking Society)
     c) induction into the NHS  (National Honor Society)

(In 1994)
6.)  Debbie's favorite vegetable is...
     a) chocolate cake        b) broccoli  (sort of)
                      c) non-existent

7.)  Becky collects...
     a) bells               b) utility bills (I frame them!)
     c) junk               d) cookbooks

(In 1997)
8.) Hobby-wise, Dan is a serious amateur...
     a) philatelist     b) phast phood phreak
          c) photographer

9.)  Debbie continued to take...
     a) photography lessons        b) phlute lessons
             c) phlirting lessons

10.) Her favorite vegetable is now...
     a) none of the above               b) blueberry bagels
                      c) lima beans

(In 1998)
11.)  As Dan was a few years ago, Debbie was ________ the National Honor Society.
     a) conducted to             b) deducted from
     c) abducted by              d) inducted into

(In 1999)
12.)  Once the college school years starts, Debbie will concentrate...
     a) only on weekends               b) on nursing courses
                   c) on the good-looking guys

(And in 2003)
13.) Dan just got his Master's Degree in...
     a) physical therapy             b) photography
     c) phrenology                     d) phrisbee-ology

14.)  Debbie flew to Canada in July...
     a) as a fugitive from the National Border Patrol
     b) to be maid-of-honor at her best friend's wedding
     c) to train for the new Olympics Competition in Medical Dancing; this includes
         the Tourniquet  Twist, the Shot-Put Shuffle (like the pun?), the Bedpan Boogie and
         the Catheter Quadrille
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"A cheerful heart is good medicine..."  (Proverbs 17:22)  I hope you have a very cheer-filled week!

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 Answers:  1) b ; 2) b ; 3) c ; 4) b ; 5) c ; 6) b ; 7) a, d ; 8) c ; 9) b ; 10) c ; 11) d ; 12) b ;      13) a ; 14) b.  
(P.S.  Debbie likes all kinds of vegetables now!)