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Snow Day

Album: 36: Danger Signals

Episode: 466

Lesson/Theme: Determination

Bible Verse: Galatians 6:9

Characters: Alex, Mandy, Rodney

Writer: John Fornof

Sound Designer: Rob Jorgensen

Original Air Date: March 17, 2001

Last Air Date: December 30, 2008

Description:
Monday morning. 6:26 a.m. Alex Jefferson is intensely studying the insides of his eyelids when suddenly...his alarm startles him to consciousness. The radio announcer informs him (slowly) that many schools have been cancelled for the day, including-glory be!-Campbell County. Wahooo! Alex is free to frolic in the snow all day, and his cousin Cal invites him out to play! But a funny thing happens on the door...his mother asks him to deliver cookies to his grandmother. It's a dangerous job, but someone has to take it. And Alex happens to be the only one in sight. It's an arduous journey. First, Alex has to endure the hungry pangs of his cousin and his friends Nathaniel and Mandy, but he manages to fend them off. Then he has to defend himself in the snowball fight of his life against Rodney Rathbone and the Bones of Rath who want nothing more than to take the cookies for themselves. After Nathaniel and Mandy fool the Bones, Cal and Alex take off across town. But the Bones aren't outwitted that easily. Alex and Cal are assaulted with snowballs again and it's only through the use of the Super Anti-Snow Missile Defense System (a. k. a. garbage can lid) that they escape once again. They're nearly home-free when the come to Gumper's Hill, the biggest, meanest hill in all of Odyssey. The boys race down the hill on their Super Anti-Snow...er...their garbage can lid. But Rodney is in hot pursuit after swiping another kid's sled. He lands in the creek at the bottom of the hill and lures the boys away from their victory by pretending to be drowning. Having outwitted the poor boys, Rodney pops open the tin and stares inside. The cookies have Macademia Nuts in them...and he's allergic to Macademia Nuts! Alex grabs the tin and runs, but Rodney isn't to be outwitted so easily...at least not for the fourth time! He chases after them and just when it looks like curtains for Alex and Cal, Mandy and Nathaniel show up to finish Rodney off with snowballs from a hidden location. Alex sees his chance. He runs for his grandmother's door...and makes it! After a difficult quest, the four kids are rewarded with some delicious apple crisp made from the crumbs of the cookies that Alex brought. Ah, the sweet smell of victory.

Questions:
Why did Alex think it was so important to deliver the cookies to his grandma? Why didn't he give up? The Bible says we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. How was that illustrated in this adventure? Have you ever had a hard challenge like Alex? Did you accomplish your goal?