1988 - Started Recording Episodes off the Radio
1992 - Entered the "Secret Word" Radio Contest and won a prize of 2 Cassette Albums #7 & #9
1994 - First Visit to Focus on the Family Colorado Springs HQ
November 1997 - Attended the 10th Birthday Live Show in Colorado Springs
2002 - Attended the 2002 Live Show
August 2008 - Attended the 20th Birthday Live Show
2010 - Collection moved to Aurora, CO
2011 - Scoop Yourself Contest
2012 - Scoop Yourself Contest
June 2012 - Attended the 25th Birthday Live show in Dallas, TX
2013 - Scoop Yourself Contest
2014 - Scoop Yourself Contest
March 2014 - First Application for a Guinness World Record (rejected)
May 2016 - Second Application for a Guinness World Record Started
July 2016 - Firstborn Son named after John Avery Whittaker
August 2016 - GWR Application Closed (Lack of understanding of scope of collection at over 95% of existing items owned, and confusion over attributes.)
September 2016 - Application Re-opened (Exclusion of digital items)
October 2016 - GWR Category Approved for "Largest collection of Adventures in Odyssey memorabilia" (Referencing Wikipedia)
January 23rd, 2017 - Validation of Item count for GWR
August 2017
1992 - Entered the "Secret Word" Radio Contest and won a prize of 2 Cassette Albums #7 & #9
1994 - First Visit to Focus on the Family Colorado Springs HQ
November 1997 - Attended the 10th Birthday Live Show in Colorado Springs
- Added the first Water Bottle to my Collection
- Added the first Bookmarks to my Collection
- Added the first Poster to my Collection
- Added the first Hat to my Collection
2002 - Attended the 2002 Live Show
August 2008 - Attended the 20th Birthday Live Show
2010 - Collection moved to Aurora, CO
2011 - Scoop Yourself Contest
- Received an Honorable Mention, clearly the largest collection, but not the most creative display.
2012 - Scoop Yourself Contest
June 2012 - Attended the 25th Birthday Live show in Dallas, TX
2013 - Scoop Yourself Contest
2014 - Scoop Yourself Contest
March 2014 - First Application for a Guinness World Record (rejected)
May 2016 - Second Application for a Guinness World Record Started
July 2016 - Firstborn Son named after John Avery Whittaker
August 2016 - GWR Application Closed (Lack of understanding of scope of collection at over 95% of existing items owned, and confusion over attributes.)
September 2016 - Application Re-opened (Exclusion of digital items)
October 2016 - GWR Category Approved for "Largest collection of Adventures in Odyssey memorabilia" (Referencing Wikipedia)
- Record minimum set at 1,000 items
January 23rd, 2017 - Validation of Item count for GWR
- Witnessed by Nathan Hoobler (AIO Producer), Bob Smithouser (AIO Producer), and Marsha Berzins(Aurora City Council)
Video recorded by Sam Suksiri - Final Count 1,211 items
August 2017
- With the Addition on many new Items after attending the GITS 2017 Finale, I surpassed 1,300 Items in my Collection.
