MAN WEEK!!!! ROAR!!!

This has been a great week. I’ll start with TGIF, where we learned a few MMA and self-defense moves from an ex cage fighter. I’m no black belt or anything, but let’s just say you don’t wanna mess with me. Those few hours taught me a lot about tearing people’s hands open, breaking arms in several places with one quick jerk, and the number one rule of defense against random strangers. It’s groin shots. We were literally told that that is the first place to go. Then the eyes and throat. But groin first. Yeah. It was still fun getting to fight the other guys and not get in trouble though. The weekend came and went, and thus man week came into existence. This week has been dedicated to helping us Link Year guys become men the way the Bible says we should be. All of our classes have been separate from the girls’ this week, allowing the opportunity to talk about otherwise awkward subjects like the purity all Christian men should have, pornography and the complete revulsion we should feel toward it, or even the way should be viewing and looking at (or refusing to do so) our ladies and women all around us. We also got an extra hour of sleep all week. So all that stuff. Joe White’s house was awesome, too. We had a slam dunk competition on his trampoline, and then we got a lesson from Joe White himself on the weight that pornography and lust on our souls, hearts, and minds. Definitely the best talk of the week. I have been procrastinating doing this blog all day, so I have to cut it short so it’s not late. Peace homies!

Tough week... Also What Is Wrong With Me??

It’s definitely been a while. Hey peoples!! In case you can’t tell, I’m kinda stuck on what to say here. It’s been way too long. Christmas was awesome, I got to spend a ton of time with my family. They’re awesome peeps. It was amazing just sitting and hanging with my brothers. I absolutely loved it. So much so, in fact, that I didn’t want to come back to Link Year and all the work, growth, and learning involved. Once I got here, though, I was super pumped for everyone to get back. It was great seeing everyone after being away for so long. This very first week back has been tough, but sooo beneficial. On Monday, we had a normal day minus bible study. In small group time, we went and saw a plane that had landed in the wrong airport, and got an interview because one of our students was on the flight. We then went back to Adam Martin’s house to watch the news and see if we made it. The guy who was on the plane did make the cut, but none of the rest of us did. We talked about our breaks and since I played a bunch of video games, that was a heavy topic for the day. The talk was convicting and even though I wanted to argue against everything that was said, I did realize the validity of the points being made. The rest of this week so far has been great as well. Our guest speaker was Ted Cunningham, the lead pastor at Woodland Hills, a church here in Branson. He spoke on marriage relationships and what they looks like, from how our relationships with our parents will be, to how to tell your kids about sex. He is great at what he does, and did very well with what he came to do at Link Year. I feel like what he had to say was received very well, especially because it’s second semester and we can date now. Another topic was distancing ourselves from being under our parents’ authority, especially because of this relatively new idea we call adolescence. This idea is barely a hundred years old, and brought with it a huge slew of problems. Many people fail to ever actually grow up and become independent because of this extended childhood. Couple this with overbearing parents, and we have a generation of lazy, unemployed adults completely dependent on their parents. Definitely a good speaker, and I can say I loved and agreed almost completely with just about everything he said. There’s a reason Donyes keeps bringing him back. Until next week, my faithful readers (or lack thereof)!

P.S. Looking at my previous entry, I don't even understand the reference in the title... I have no idea what kinda junk I was talking about...