Incredibly Tired, But So Full Of Energy!!!!

This has been an extremely amazing week here at Link Year, full of growth, perspective, and of course relationship building. I’ll start with our very first work day, which we had last Friday. In order to  keep our student tuition as low as possible, we have one day a month where us students work maintenance on K-Kauai. The guys and girls went to different areas to work, so no one would be distracted, and us guys began to work on the lower fields and making the ground and soil loose and clean enough to plant grass. The lower fields are quite large, so we were busy from 8 until noon. It was freezing at first, but later got really hot. So that was the only thing interesting about about Friday, until I began doing precepts and got to the day about reconciliation. It talked about righting wrongs and reconciling relationships, especially when you are the one doing the wrong and hurting the relationship. Jesus said that unrighteous anger is murder in your heart. This rocked me very deeply, and I felt terrible for all the anger I’ve felt at others and all the anger I’ve made others feel towards me. I have been trying to reconcile for a few different things I’ve done and said lately, and will continue at that as long as I need to. So there went my weekend. Monday was accountability and bible study, probably one of the best yet. We also started our new electives. The one I chose is a book study of “Just Do Something”. The book tells us how Christians are always trying to live their lives according to God’s will, but though He has a plan for you, you don’t know it and will never find out until you take chances and fail a few times. The speaker this Tuesday-Thursday was Shay Robbins, men’s director for K2 Kamp. He spoke to us about intimacy with God, Spiritual gifts, and how God speaks to us. It’s been awesome hearing him speak, but I’ve been so tired lately I could barely pay attention. I got some decent notes, though! The most amazing part of the week was the Q&A with Adam Donyes after The Fort. We got quite a few insights, learned a bit about Donyes, and saw how much spiritual warfare really is going on around us. It’s triggered a huge increase in communal prayer, and is only making us more excited for how awesome Urban Entry is going to be! By the way, I can’t wait for Kansas City! It’s going to be amazing and give huge amounts of perspective. Thanksgiving is going to be the week right after, and I’m gonna miss all my Linky friends so much!! I also got a job at Hollister this week. Blah. This may be my last post for a few weeks, so whenever I get another chance to post, I’ll see you then, I guess. Later!

Stress......But Tons of Fun!!!

Blog time!!! This week has been pretty exciting, for many reasons, as you’ll soon find out. If you have the patience or interest to read through this thing. So let’s start with TGIF! In last Friday’s activity, we (the guys) got to ask one of the lovely Link Year ladies out on a date with a $20 budget! I asked out Link Victoria and we went to eat at a café in this really fancy hotel next to the lake. We saw Christmas decorations inside, sat and looked out over the water, and walked around the grounds. It was kinda awesome. I’m nowhere near the best date, but we had fun. After a weekend of hilarious haunted houses and slacking off of homework, I had a super stressful Sunday night. On Monday, Link Selby’s parents ordered a charter bus for all of us students to come down to Tulsa and attend a private concert by Steve Moakler. Their house is beautiful, and Link Selby’s room is covered in pictures, I think mostly from Kanakuk. It’s a little ridiculous, but it is Link Selby. The concert was a lot better than I expected! I really only went to maximize my moments here at Link Year and hang out with my fellow Linkys, but I enjoyed the concert a lot too. The four-hour ride there and back was great as well. We got back around 2 and I was in bed around 10 minutes later. Mostly normal week since then, with Pastor Marvin Daniels speaking to our class on Tuesday  and Wednesday. He spoke on morality, living above the standard of the world, and being “insulated not isolated” from the rest of the world. We got to play a game of sorts where we go to a side of the room based on whether we agree or disagree with a statement, such as “Abortions are bad unless the mother is raped or could die from the pregnancy”. The arguments got pretty deep and intense, but ultimately brought us all closer together as a family. Because once a month we have a work day to make Link Year tuition cheaper, Friday’s TGIF was moved to this morning! We split into groups and went around campus learning various skills such as how to change tires, how to write “Thank You” cards (we wrote some to Link Selby’s parents), and dancing lessons! It was pretty fun, and a lot of our dancing was hilariously atrocious. Overall, a really great week, one that I will certainly look back on at the end of the year. Until next time, later peoples!