So the Wednesday night meeting (cru) was really good this week. Eric talked about true worship and what that should look like in the church. He said worship came from worthship. So worship is placing worth in something. So that was cool to hear that for the first time. After the meeting was tons of fun though. We did the gallon challenge. If you never heard of this. You have to drink a gallon of milk in one hour then when you finish it (if you finish it) you have to hold it down for one hour. We shortened it and Jesse finished his gallon in 7 minutes!!!! and held it down for 5. It was awesome. Everyone else just puked and didn't finish their milk. It was a lot of fun and there will be some awesome pictures up online soon I hope.
Action group on Thursday was good as always. We are going through the GCL (gospel centered life) and its really good. I went through it this past semester a few times and its very good at making you think. This week talked about how we should constantly beat the gospel into our heads every day. Its our calling in life to spread it so its cool to hear that. I kind of connected the idea with fundamentals in sports. When you know the fundamentals all the other more complicated stuff is easier. So that was really nice. We also had a 30 minute call out session between roommates which was kind of intense but needed. Just got all of our tension out in one evening.
One of the best things I've done this week was I got the chance to go to the Johnson Youth Center. Its a local juvenile detention center. These kids are the worst of the worst from Alaska and its a high security place! We are basically there to love on these kids and try to just befriend them. It was awesome to see how normal these kids were. Some of them are criminals, murderers, and theifs. But at the same time they are kids. They age range from 16-18 so they were pretty fun to hang out with. They rarely get visitors so it was awesome to get to know them and start to build relationships with them. I look forward to hanging with them for the rest of the summer on fridays!!
Oh and the Kaitlin situation is still there. Pray that I make the right decision. I think I know what I'm gonna do but we are gonna talk about it on Saturday night. I just want God to be the center of our relationship so that is gonna be tough if we end up staying together.
God has really been teaching me patience and grace on this trip. Grace is probably one of the most phenominal things I've ever experienced since I've been here. I don't feel the pressure to live out of legalism or performance. I don't have to do things to be accepted by God. God has accepted me so I can do things. Its an awesome reminder and its been keepin me goin on this trip.
Ginger out
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