One Week Down Eleven To Go

I am so sore! At least I have been staying in shape. Friday night we played this amazing game called Broomball. It is the same concept as hockey. It is played on ice but you wear shoes instead of skates, have broom-like-sticks instead of a hockey stick and have a ball instead of a puck... In other words it is awesome. I am always made fun of for being Canadian but after Broomball I have total respect with Canadian hockey pride because I rocked at it. :D Then yesterday we played Ultimate Frisbee. So of course I went all out and am now feeling the pain. Our group has been amazing at bonding and it feels like we have known each other for longer than a week. These activities have really brought us together, along with what we have been sharing in class. Let me see, in the last few days we touched on a bunch of things. We talked about how in our society personal happiness has become the most important thing and the way we believe is relying too much on personal feeling. We do or don't do things just because we wont "feel happy". Chris, who was speaking, said that as Christians we are not here for our own feelings. Luke 9:23 says -Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."- The journey is going to be rough if we actually do deny ourselves for others. One thing I am realizing and am trying to act out is 'You will act how you think' and 'You become who you say you are' It is amazing how much we hold on to in our lives. We talked about how the archenemies of restoration is passivity. Passivity is really just laziness or the lack of desire to do something. We should be living in a form of initiation. Its late, I'm getting tired now. Lastly Jordan came down Saturday evening and we played ultimate with everyone then we went for a walk and out for dessert. Today we went to Seattle and went shopping and just spent the day together. He left after church service which was at 6pm. I watched some kids after service and I think I will be doing it every Sunday and Wednesdays:) Church service was amazing. I love this church. I can not believe that I have only been here a week! Oh and Happy Fathers Day Daddy!