Kingdom Keepers: Unforeseen

So we've started "Book 6.5" of the Kingdom Keepers series this weekend, a novella called "Unforeseen."  It's amazing how hard to find this is right now.  I have a version of it on an old device we don't use as much lately, and that's literally the only way I can read it - on an old Kindle.  

Lately, if you try to find this online, it's just not there.  Yet it's around somewhere.  Still no one can see it anywhere, like one of the Kingdom Keeper characters in DHI shadow.  I'm pretty glad I downloaded this some time ago.  

So yeah, tonight we were reading from this novella, reading about Jess and Amanda and even Wayne, and I don't remember this one as much, but we're enjoying the story thus far.  Compared to the other novels, this one is a whole lot shorter.  But it's still technically part of the series, and Maddie's been really into these novels - and novellas.  No question about it - we'll be reading this series easily into 2022.   

So here's a picture from tonight's event at Free Chapel Youth.  Maddie's small group was working on a pumpkin tonight, so she's done two pumpkins this weekend now.  The second pumpkin from the left is the one that her group did.  It was a pretty fast effort, as there wasn't much time.  

But at the end of it all, the students there all voted on their favorite pumpkin, and those winners got a special prize.  As for the losers?  Well... their pumpkins got smashed!  Believe it or not, Maddie was wanting to see that!  

One by one, the pumpkins were all smashed in the parking lot, and there were guts and seeds all over the place when I arrived. 

Of course, there was a service tonight for those older students.  Maddie and the others were there for the worship and the message that followed, along with the altar service.  It's been good.

Also good was our morning service at KidPak.  It was our last service for "Lost World," a bonus service for the series that turned out to be super fun.  We had a hilarious mad lib that Maddie, Camille, and Daniel were involved in, using quite a bit of improv.  Also featured was Dawn in a hilarious appearance in an inflatable dinosaur costume - it was off the rails at time, but absolutely hilarious.  The kids loved it, and in fact one kid wanted a copy of that mad lib when we were all said and done.  I'll post that script below, but it was so much fun for everyone.  And the service itself was filled with great stuff.  The message featured a scene from "Night at the Museum" with Rexy, and there were some fossils on display from Ye-Ye's collection.  There were a few videos we edited this week, plus a "Lost World" trivia game that had the boys and girls competing with all kinds of energy.  We closed out "The Lost World" with an epic service.

After church, we got home and enjoyed a fantastic bowl of spaghetti.  And Mom and I were watching one of my favorite seasonal movies, "Hotel Transylvania 3."  I just love this one, almost as much as I do the original.  It's just a fun movie.

We had a pretty full Sunday, and of course yesterday was a huge day too.  We said our prayers, and sleep wasn't too much later for all of us.  Let's close out things with the mad-lib I quickly wrote for today's service.

KidPak Adventures:  Lost World
“The Lost World”

 

CUE TRACK: 1 Jurassic Park

 

CUE SLIDE:  “JURASSIC PARK BACKGROUND”

 

Three volunteers walk in, one girl, one boy, and one adult volunteer.  

 

PLACE REMOTE CONTROL somewhere on stage (by dinosaur gate).

 

HOST:  “Our story begins here – in Dinosaur Park.  You can see our park visitors walking up.  Little Timmy there is hoping to see a giant stomping _____________.  And young Lex is really wanting to see a plant-eating _______________.  
And there’s Dr. Malcom, who hopes he’s not eaten by a _______________   ______________.”

 

HOST:  “Unfortunately, that’s just what’s about to happen.  RUN FOR IT!”

 

HOST:  “Just kidding.  What actually happened was this.  They saw the park, and they all said, ‘Oooooh.’”

LET VOLUNTEERS say “Ooooooh.”

 

HOST:  “Then they said, ‘Aaaaaaah.’”

 

LET VOLUNTEERS say “Aaaaaaah.”

 

HOST:  “And then they picked their noses.”

 

PAUSE

 

HOST:  “I was waiting to see if you’d actually do it!  Anyway, while here, they saw the big gates to the park.  They ______________ up to those gates.”

 

VOLUNTEERS do as instructed.

 

HOST:  “And that’s when they noticed a small remote control by those gates.  Little Timmy picked it up.”

 

VOLUNTEER does as instructed.

 

HOST:  “He was sorely tempted to press a button on that remote control.  Especially the one that said, ‘DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON.’  But that’s when Dr. Malcom looked at him, and said in a kindly voice, ‘Don’t press that button, my ____________  ___________.”

 

ADULT VOLUNTEER does as instructed.

 

HOST: “But the other two really wanted to press that button.  They were so excited about pressing the button that they hopped up and down like ______________ ______________!”

 

KID VOLUNTEERS do as instructed.

 

HOST:  “Then they started making noises that sounded like _______________ ____________.”

 

KID VOLUNTEERS do as instructed.

 

HOST:  “So Dr. Malcom said, ‘If you press that button, you may release something into this world that won’t be good.”

 

ADULT VOLUNTEER does as instructed.

 

HOST:  “Nevertheless, the kids were determined.  And so Little Timmy pressed that button.  And that’s when they heard a terrifying noise.”

CUE SOUND EFFECT:  RUDE NOISE

 

HOST:  “A-hem.  For indeed, Dr. Malcom was right.  They had released something bad.  They opened a gate to one of the dinosaur pens!”

 

INFLATABLE DINOSAUR comes out and attacks the VOLUNTEERS.  It is inflatable, so it’s essentially like getting hit with a balloon.

 

HOST:  “Oh no!  One of the dinosaurs got loose!  You spent so long thinking about whether you could, you didn’t stop to think whether you should!”

 

HOST:  “That’s when Dr. Malcom did a very brave thing.  He decided to sacrifice himself to save the kids.  Yes, he ___________ away from the stage.”

 

VOLUNTEER does as instructed.

 

HOST:  “The dinosaur saw him and stopped, completely bewildered.  That’s when Dr. Malcom ____________ right down the aisle, and the dinosaur chased him off and completely out of the room!”

 

VOLUNTEER does as instructed, chased by DINOSAUR out the room.

 

HOST:  “Timmy and Lex were saved.  They said, ‘We’re _____________!”

 

VOLUNTEERS do as instructed.

 

HOST:  “Very good!  Let’s give them a hand as they go back to their seats.”

 

VOLUNTEERS do as instructed.

 

HOST:  “And so we come to the end of this short story, one that reminds us all of an important story.  Some time ago, sin was released into the world, because of disobedience.  We were all disobedient.  But even so, there was someone who loved us so much that he was willing to be a sacrifice for our sins.  Who was that, KidPak?”

 

Let audience answer.

 

HOST:  “That’s right.  Jesus.  And because of what He did for us, we can all have a happily ever after.  The end.”

WORD LIST

 

 

1.    Noun 
(example:  toilet, slime mold, combine harvester)

2.    Noun 
(example:  armored tank, spatula, taquito)

3.    Adjective 
(example:  intense, ridconculous, man-eating)

4.    Noun 
(example:  fairy, toaster, booger)

5.    Verb ending in –ed (how you get from one place to another) 
(example:  skipped, bunny hopped, moonwalked)

6.    Adjective 
(example:  stinky, pickled, terrifying)

7.    Noun 
(example:  potato casserole, garbage truck, hairball)

8.    Adjective 
(example:  irate, exploding, chocolate covered)

9.    Animals 
(example:  manatees, slugs, 800 pound gorillas)

10.Adjective 
(example:  ginormous, repulsive, blubbering)

11.Animals 
(example:  walruses, coyotes, dinosaurs) 

12.Verb ending in –ed (how you get from one place to another)
(example:  square danced, galloped, crawled)

13.Verb ending in –ed (how you get from one place to another)
(example:  barrel rolled, tripped, boot-scooted)

14.Adjective
(example:  repulsive, hairy, flatulent)

 I might need to share it below for those super fans who just want to read that lost novella.  I don't get money out of this, and in fact it took a good while to do screen captures.  I wanted to do so I or anyone else can read the full adventure of the Kingdom Keepers... you might see that below.

And here it is below, the "lost" copy of "Unforeseen," 

written by Ridley Pearson and Allie Lazar.  

If Maddie ever goes through all the Kingdom Keeper books 

later on, she can just jump here to this post, and so can you.  

I personally don't get money from this - or apparently any thanks from anyone online!  

Anyway, this actually took a good while to get done, 

and it's for anyone who wants to read that entire KK experience.