Speaker 1
I am a new mother with twins. My husband often travels for work and I am a stay at home mother. We regularly attend worship services every sunday. I am from sweden and have lived in the us for 12 years. I love tennis and play every week if I can.
Speaker 2
I will be going to college next year. I study neuroscience and volunteer in a research lab. I am working on becoming an eagle scout. I work at a fast food restaurant. I like to eat ice cream.
Speaker 1
I recently gave birth to twins. I play tennis every week. I go to church. I used to work at Ikea in Sweden for 12 years. I'm a stay at home mom. I have a husband who travels a lot. I want many more children.
Speaker 2
I love Ice cream. I work at a fast food place. I'm in high school. I am in the boy scouts. I plan on becoming an eagle scout.
Speaker 1
Howdy! How are you today?
Speaker 2
Hey. I am good. You?
Speaker 1
Im well, just gave birth to twins!
Speaker 2
Wow!thatost keep you busy. What else keeps you busy.
Speaker 1
Well I play tennis every week and go to church.
Speaker 2
Where do you work? I work at a fast food place but love ice cream more.
Speaker 1
I transferred from an ikea in sweden worked there for twelve years!.
Speaker 2
Wow! I haven't even started college yet.
Speaker 1
Well since the twins ive become a stay at home mom, its fulfilling anyways.
Speaker 2
Do you have other children as well?
Speaker 1
Not yet, but I want a lot! My husband travels a lot so it gets lonely.
Speaker 2
Sorry to hear you are lonely.scouts helps me make friends.
Speaker 1
Are you an eagle scout yet?
Speaker 2
Not yet but I hope so soon. Where you ever a scout?
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Speaker 1
I recently gave birth to twins. I play tennis every week. I go to church. I used to work at Ikea in Sweden for 12 years. I'm a stay at home mom. I have a husband who travels a lot. I want many more children.
Speaker 2
I love Ice cream. I work at a fast food place. I'm in high school. I am in the boy scouts. I plan on becoming an eagle scout.
Speaker 1
I just got a call from the church looking for volunteers this weekend. Would you be interested?
Speaker 2
Yes, I would love to. The boy scouts have been looking for service among their members, and I think this is a great opportunity. 
Speaker 1
We need lots of volunteers so if you could ask the other boy scouts if they are interested I'd appreciate it. 
Speaker 2
I think they would be interested. I'll have to ask my boss at my fast food place, but it shouldn't be a problem. 
Speaker 1
Do they let you off work so easily? You're so lucky. When I was your age there is no way my manager would have let me off work without at least a months notice. 
Speaker 2
Usually, they don't like it, but since it is for a service opportunity I think my boss will understand. I also have a lot of vacation days saved up. 
Speaker 1
Have you not had an vacations recently then? 
Speaker 2
No, I have been just doing schoolwork and my job, as well as my scouts meetings, but definitely no vacations. 
Speaker 1
You should come along to one our church retreats. They are like vacations but we also study the bible. Very calming. 
Speaker 2
That sounds very calming! When is the next one?
Speaker 1
The next one is in mid summer, we don't have an exact date but I'll make sure you're on the list of people to contact once we know. 
Speaker 2
Thank you, that is very kind of you. Do you have specific experiences from them that you really remember?
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Speaker 1
I recently gave birth to twins. I play tennis every week. I used to work at Ikea in Sweden for 12 years. I'm a stay at home mom. I have a husband who travels a lot. I want many more children. I go to the church. I am looking for volunteers for the church. I study bible at my church retreats.
Speaker 2
I love Ice cream. I work at a fast food place. I'm in high school. I am in the boy scouts. I plan on becoming an eagle scout. I would love to volunteer at the church. I have lot of vacations days saved up.
Speaker 1
How is your work going? Hope it is easy to manage school and work together these days!
Speaker 2
It's going well! The hardest part is managing the scouts and work and school all in one day! I'll be glad when summer comes! How is tennis going?
Speaker 1
Just starting to get back to it after having the twins.  It's hard to find the time now. 
Speaker 2
How are the twins? I bet they are a handful!
Speaker 1
Oh, yes! But I love it.  I want triplets the next time!  I want enough kids to start my own choir!
Speaker 2
That's a lot of kids! But since you love the church so much having enough for a church choir sounds like a good idea! Have you had any luck finding volunteers? When is your next retreat?
Speaker 1
We've gotten some volunteers, but always need more!  Thank you for getting your scout troop involved.  We are having another retreat next month.  It'll be a youth retreat if you and your friends would be interested.
Speaker 2
That sounds like a great idea! I could use some of my vacation days at work and we could come to the retreat!
Speaker 1
They are always worth the time.  So spiritually uplifting!  I'll be having to bring the babies along, so I hope they won't fuss too much.
Speaker 2
I'm sure they will be just fine. They are probably going to be little angels.
Speaker 1
I think they can read each other's minds.  It always looks like they are plotting something! haha
Speaker 2
I've heard that twins are connected in ways that most siblings aren't. Something about them sharing a womb and all that. I would not doubt the possiblities.
3 days 5 hours
Speaker 1
I recently gave birth to twins. I play tennis every week. I used to work at Ikea in Sweden for 12 years. I'm a stay at home mom. I have a husband who travels a lot. I want many more children. I go to the church. I am looking for volunteers for the church. I study bible at my church retreats.
Speaker 2
I love Ice cream. I work at a fast food place. I'm in high school. I am in the boy scouts. I plan on becoming an eagle scout. I would love to volunteer at the church. I have lot of vacations days saved up. I manage scouts. I am employed. I am religious.
Speaker 1
How's life going. You still busy with everything?
Speaker 2
Yes, I am. But I love keeping busy. I'm sure that you have no trouble staying busy, either. lol!
Speaker 1
No, definitely not with twins on board.  They keep me super busy, but I always make time for my church.  We're looking for volunteers if you're interested.
Speaker 2
Absolutely. I've been looking to do that for a while now. What kind of jobs do you have available?
Speaker 1
I'm sure we can find something that matches your interests.  Have you done volunteering work at other places before?
Speaker 2
Yes, I have done a lot of volunteer work in Boy Scouts. We do volunteer activities around once a month. 
Speaker 1
That's great!  How long have you been involved with the Boy Scouts, and how has your experience been?  I'm thinking of putting my children in Boy Scouts as well.
Speaker 2
I've been in for 7-8 years so far and it's been pretty great. I would highly recommend it. You learn a lot of really practical skills and going on camp outs is really fun!
Speaker 1
Sounds like something my kids would definitely enjoy.  Sorry if this is a silly question but what is the difference between a Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout?
Speaker 2
Not silly at all. Eagle is the highest level you can achieve in Boy Scouts. I'm a Life Scout now, which is the 2nd highest level. To be honest, I'm getting a little old for Boy Scouts at this age, but I want to get my Eagle Scout badge for college applications.
Speaker 1
I see.  Thanks for explaining that.  Good luck to you with your Eagle Scout badge.  It's good you're thinking ahead towards your college applications and what you need to do to stand apart from the crowd.  Do you have any colleges in mind at the moment?
Speaker 2
A few, but I think I'm going to the local community college for at least a couple of years. All of the money that I've put away from my job should pay for that.
3 days 10 hours
Speaker 1
I recently gave birth to twins. I play tennis every week. I used to work at Ikea in Sweden for 12 years. I'm a stay at home mom. I have a husband who travels a lot. I want many more children. I go to the church. I am looking for volunteers for the church. I study bible at my church retreats. I am always busy taking care of my twins. I am interested in putting my kids in the Boy Scouts but don't know much about it.
Speaker 2
I love Ice cream. I work at a fast food place. I'm in high school. I am in the boy scouts. I plan on becoming an eagle scout. I would love to volunteer at the church. I have lot of vacations days saved up. I manage scouts. I am employed. I am religious. I am always busy, but that's exactly what I like. I do a lot of volunteer work for the Boy Scouts. I've been in the Boy Scouts for around 7 or 8 years. I like to go camping. I like to learn practical skills. I am a youth member of the Boy Scouts. I am very knowledgable about the Boy Scouts. I want to become an Eagle Scout. I will be doing college applications soon. I am going to go to community college to save money. I am saving money for college with my job.
Speaker 1
I've heard that Boy Scouts teaches a lot of survival skills like setting up shelter and figuring out how to get a fire started no matter what materials you have on hand. Have you done any of that? I'm sure my kids would love roughing it.
Speaker 2
Yes, it teaches a lot of survival skills and I would say social skills as well. You need to learn how to work together, and compromise. Yes, we often go camping and have to figure out a lot of things like how to start a fire or cook a meal with very little materials on hand. You should definitely get your kids into it.
Speaker 1
Cool, thanks! Yes, that sounds wonderful, I think they would enjoy it a lot. What is your favorite part about camping?
Speaker 2
I love being out in the wilderness and sleeping under the stars in the fresh air. It makes you realize how beautiful life is and how small we really are in comparison to the universe.
Speaker 1
I miss doing that! I have done lots of picnics with my family but it's been a long time since I've slept in a tent! Looking forward to it again when the kids are older. Where was the last place you went?
Speaker 2
We went up to an island in the middle of nowhere in Canada. There were lots of bears and huge moose!
Speaker 1
Wow, that sounds like such an adventure! I love to visit Canada. I have seen moose but never a bear! That must have been scary!
Speaker 2
Yes, it is quite scary. We could also hear the wolves howling at night, luckily we didn't come across them though. One thing to note about bears, is they just want to come and scrounge for our food, so we learned to safely pack it away and hang it up high in a tree.
Speaker 1
Yes, I've heard that it's important to be careful in bear country! I would love to see one in person though. Do you take lots of photos on your trips?
Speaker 2
Yes, I took quite a few. The scenery was stunning. Would you like me to send you some photos? I know they are uninteresting to some people.
Speaker 1
Oh yes, I would love to see some photos! It will be a while before I can take a vacation myself so it's fun to see other people's adventures!
Speaker 2
OK, sounds great! Why won't you be able to take a vacation for a while?
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