Weekend's off...
We get weekend's off. This past weekend was relaxing and a good chance to wind down from the first week of sessions. I spent most of the time hanging out with friends, sitting by the pool and doing homework (mainly on cluture funnily enough!)
Saturday was my roommate Derek's birthday so we had a bit of a party...his girlfriend even flew in early from Wisconsin and surprised him!
Sunday we had the opportunity to go to an ethnic church or denomination we don't normally attend so as to do a cultural review of what it was like. With going to Italy I went to a Roman Catholic Church which was a very different experience. I learnt a number of things, many of which challenged my thinking and made me a little sad but it was still a good experience. The most difficult thing was experiencing an infant baptism in which the Priest said "this baptism absolves Delia May of her original sin." Hearing things that didn't line up with scripture like that was sad.
Now we're back at it for our second week of classes; the schedule is great as we are finished at lunch time each day (8.30am - 12.30pm) so lot's of time to enjoy being with people and seeking the Lord in the sunshine! I say sunshine, but it's not all glorious; today we had a huge mountain storm with hail the size of bullets that flooded most of the streets!
At the end of our sessions today I shared about Sam Riddall's death with all the X-Track participants so that we could pray for Martin, Rachel, Jake, Tom and Josh. Tomorrow (June 16th) would have been Sam's 12th birthday so is an extra significant day in the grieving process. Many of us are taking tomorrow as a day to pray for the Riddall's as they continue to deal with their loss. Would you join us?
Saturday was my roommate Derek's birthday so we had a bit of a party...his girlfriend even flew in early from Wisconsin and surprised him!
Sunday we had the opportunity to go to an ethnic church or denomination we don't normally attend so as to do a cultural review of what it was like. With going to Italy I went to a Roman Catholic Church which was a very different experience. I learnt a number of things, many of which challenged my thinking and made me a little sad but it was still a good experience. The most difficult thing was experiencing an infant baptism in which the Priest said "this baptism absolves Delia May of her original sin." Hearing things that didn't line up with scripture like that was sad.
Now we're back at it for our second week of classes; the schedule is great as we are finished at lunch time each day (8.30am - 12.30pm) so lot's of time to enjoy being with people and seeking the Lord in the sunshine! I say sunshine, but it's not all glorious; today we had a huge mountain storm with hail the size of bullets that flooded most of the streets!
At the end of our sessions today I shared about Sam Riddall's death with all the X-Track participants so that we could pray for Martin, Rachel, Jake, Tom and Josh. Tomorrow (June 16th) would have been Sam's 12th birthday so is an extra significant day in the grieving process. Many of us are taking tomorrow as a day to pray for the Riddall's as they continue to deal with their loss. Would you join us?
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