Week in Review 10-21-12

Week 7 Overview

Monday-

            Today was our first "free" Monday in which we didn't have a class trip or any other obligations other than small groups at night. I spent the day "sleeping in" till 10, reading, hanging out, and resting. It was a grand day because for the first time since I came I was able to relax without worrying too much about classes and responsibilities. It was good to finally get a Sabbath.

Tuesday -

            We had a breakfast of hash browns and egg mcmuffins- it was awesome. We then studied Hebrews 4 and 5 before work crews. We chopped down trees for work crews with David. The remainder of the day was spent studying and sleeping. A group went to the Hot Springs, but I stayed back to read.

Wednesday-

            Mike Mandt who is a prominent figure within the Summit community arrived from Florida and lectured us on Christianity within the sciences, and creationism(young earth vs old earth, as well as the creation evolution debate). It was a good change and it was  beautiful noise to my ears to hear him talk about mathematics and science. I really enjoyed his talks. After class in the morning, I was able to go for a 2-mile run and make it down the hill and back up in under 20 minutes-which doesn't sound great, but with the think air(and my less than acclimated lungs) it makes for a hard run.

Thursday-

            After Mr. Mandt finished his time off with us in the morning, we plowed ahead with our study of Hebrews with Dustin. We studied chapter 6- it was really interesting hearing about how Christians around the world interpret it and use it within their theological structure. (It reminded me of the split between Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology). It was a good time of thought provoking teaching as well as conviction within the Word. We finished off the night by watching the 2nd Presidential Debate between President Barack Hussein Obama and Mitt Romney. I thought this debate was much closer and, to my dismay, that Romney didn't fight enough or stand up enough for himself but rather only attacked the President. In the end, I think it was a tossup, unlike the first.

Friday-

            Today was a strange day. Having few hours of lecture this week and a plethora of study time, today was a day where we didn't have anything scheduled besides study time and work crews. I spent the morning completing(and starting) my timeline for Eric Smith's class. (The timeline starts at creation and continues to the time of the early church fathers.) It was a blast doing it with Jonathan, Ryan, Isaac, Gunnar, and Leah(also known as Lesh- long story...). I was glad that I was able to get it done in less than 3 hours. After lunch, I was assigned to lead the weeding work crew. It was a change since no other student has led a crew to date(Idk about years past...). At first, I had Josh, Gunnar, Hannah, and Abby on the crew and it went really well. I was able to still exert authority without seeming like a tyrant.  However, towards the end of the 3 hours of work crews, Jonathan, Ryan, and Leah were sent to help(since they had completed the work necessary for the cleaning crew). From that point on it was crazy and I wasn't able to keep everything cohesive. It's not to say that they didn't do a good job- they did. It just wasn't as systematic as I would have liked it to be. It was a great work crew though, we got a lot done.