For those of you who don't know what the Bible Bee is, I will tell you: It's kind of like a contest where kids say bible verses. For the local round there's an oral round where we say as many verses as we can to the judges in ten minutes. After that we had a written test. There were two hundred questions and we had one hour to answer them. Only two people finished the test. I was one of those two people. At the end of the day there was a contest for the top five winners. That's when we got our trophies. All of the Primary group went on stage, and the director announced the winners. I thought for sure that if I was one of the top five I would have fourth or fifth place. So after the director had announced the fifth, fourth, third, and second place I thought: "Oh well, better luck next time." But when he said "And in first place-what a sweetheart we have here-Charis Jacobson!" I was so shocked I laughed. Me? I was first place? I went and sat in the first place chair while the director explained the rules for the final round. We would take turns saying verses to the judges, and if we started over, added a word, didn't say a word, didn't say the reference before and after the verse, or passed, we had to sit down. Since I was in first place I went first. I got the first two verses right, Philippians 4:13 and Genesis 1:1-2, then I had to pass. But the boy in second place, Kyle, messed up his verse, so he had to sit down too. But since we had both gotten the verses wrong or passed, we did it again. I got Matthew 15:1-9. I would have gotten it right, but I said whoever instead of anyone, so I had to sit down. But then Kyle sang Deuteronomy 7:22-25 (and the rules said you're not supposed to sing the verses), so both of us got first place. I'm still waiting to know if I'm invited to the finals. I hope I am. I won a first place trophy, four tickets to a ball game, and 200 dollars!! Also, each of us got a bag of goodies for participating in the Bible Bee. 8:30 tonight is when they announce the winners. I can't wait!
