A Peek into Team Interactions

Several high schoolers from Norman, Oklahoma are having fun 30ft outside the window of ladies side of the new guest dome. Some ladies say through window, “Can you guys keep it down please?” They oblige but being as they are high schoolers, the noise level once again rises. Shortly after, two ladies in their traditional night gowns from Austin, Texas walk outside the front door around the building where these teenagers are positioned. They begin their onslaught with “ You guys have to move! MOVE RIGHT NOW!!!” They point their fingers direct and strong so there is no mistaking who they are calling “SOO rude”. The teenage boys, ingesting the bombardment of outrage, exchange curious looks. One of the ladies step forward, no undoubtedly squints her eyes, raises her eyebrows and opens her mouth, “Have you guys been drinking?!” Collin, 15 years old, has had enough. He gets out of his hammock, stands tall and responds, “Yeah..... COCA-COLA!!!!” The older ladies, physically taken aback, are uncharacteristically silent. Brandon, 18 years breathing, eyes wide and mouth agape says, “Are you serious?! We are on a mission trip in Haiti- how DARE you question my moral integrity like that- GOSH!” and with that Collin releases a new counter onslaught, one that makes people of the older kind in their anger state have blood that literally verges on boiling- laughter. You see, when an adult is in the process of scolding a younger person and the response is laughter, the adult not only feels disrespected but also experiences a lack of sense and belonging in the world. The grumbling older ladies walk back disgusted and discontent while the young teens throw back their cokes and recount the whole situation, just a little quieter than before.