Golden Calf 4 - Warning to Women

From an actual Crusade staff manual:

Eye shadow is perilous stuff. It must be applied with a light touch, if at all.

Careful ladies!

(PS - "If you knees and thighs are fat, never cross your legs where they will be seen by others.")

Lovingly,

The Golden Calf

The Golden Calf 3

An excerpt from a 1970's Campus Crusade staff manual:

A woman in a place of leadership should not try to compete with the men of the organization on a man-to-man basis. In attempting to do so, she may antagonize the man and trample his pride, and even appear to threaten his position. She may tend to become dictatorial and irritating. Such a situation will lead to inevitable defeat of the whole ministry or program. A woman must remember that she is a woman and do all that she can to keep every attribute that is associated with womanhood.

Foreign Signs That Don't Translate

Today's Headline in Brazil

Brazilian Uses Rocks, Knife to Save Grandson From 16-Foot Anaconda

Friday, February 09, 2007

SAO PAULO, Brazil — A 66-year-old man saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour, authorities said Thursday.

"When I saw the snake wrapped around my grandson's neck I thought it was going to kill him," Joaquim Pereira told Brazil's Agencia Estado news service. "It was agonizing, I pulled it from one side, but it would come back on the other."

Pereira's 8-year-old grandson, Mateus, was attacked by the anaconda while wandering near a creek on his grandfather's ranch in the city of Cosmorama, about 250 miles northwest of Sao Paulo.

While the boy was playing with friends, the snake attacked and wrapped itself around him, police officer Hudson Augusto said. Anacondas are not poisonous, but kill their prey by coiling around them and squeezing until victims suffocate.

"It brought me to the ground and bit me," the boy told Globo TV. "Then it started crawling up my neck and began suffocating me."

Mateus' friends ran to get his grandfather, who reached the scene and battled with the snake until he had hurt it so badly that it let go of his grandson.

The Golden Calf - Edition 2

An excerpt from Campus Crusade's staff manual, 1970's:

Excess body hair should be removed regularly. For men, hairs in the nose and ears, and extremely heavy eyebrows which cross the nose, should be taken care of by their barbers. Girls should avoid artificial looking eyebrows, but should regularly pull strays. Underarm and leg hair should be removed weekly. Women sometimes have a mustache which can be removed by cream.

Brazilian Mullet

There are Asians in Brazil.

The Golden Calf

Back before the beginning of time, there was a mustard yellow-colored Campus Crusade manual affectionately known as the 'The Golden Calf'. In it, staff members could read detailed instructions on life and ministry. Here's an excerpt:

Stand gracefully (or as I call it, 'How to Stand'):

1. Have no more than six inches between feet.

2. Stand so that the toe joint of the back foot is even with the heel of the front foot.

3. Put more body weight on the back foot than the front foot.

4. Place the back foot at an angle -- heel in, toe out. Place the front foot so that it faces straight ahead.

5. If your legs are heavy, put your front leg directly in front of your back leg. Turn the toe of the front leg slightly -- about an inch--away from the center of the body.