Week 5

What's up blogger world? Time to get that weekly review in!! Without further adue, let's unpack this week. This monday sure was a surprise. Adam knows everyone and he knew a dietician from Kansas City and she came and spoke on nutrition. The main topic she focused on was balance. Nutritional balance is considered eating lots of vegetables, less fruit, less grains, less meat and less fats, oils and sweets. Though this was very insightful, what she taught is hard to do with a small budget and the facilities here but mystery Monday was still a good learning experience. This week was an awesome week with awesome speakers. The week was planned so that we would have Marvin Daniels, the director of High Point at Kids Across America, for the three days but God is in control and he could not switch a meeting so we had Keith Chancy drop some wisdom on us today. On Tuesday, Marvin talked about connecting faith with all of life. This was fantastic. He discussed issues such as faith and politics, faith and culture and faith and sexuality. Talking about faith and politics, he brought up the issue that we should be neither Republicans or Democrats but Theocrats, people who are driven by divine guidance. You see as Christians called to further the Kingdom of God, Matthew 6:10, and not our political party. Talking about faith and culture, he reminded me that we are called to be ambassadors of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:20. As ambassadors of Christ, we are called to be the salt of the Earth, Matthew 5:13, but if you take salt and mix it with other compounds it no longer becomes salt. This basically means that I need to be mindful of who I hangout and what I interact with, because if I get mixed up in inappropriate relationships or start taking drugs I start to mix with "other compounds", thus I start to loose my saltiness, thus not following a commission by God. Talking about Faith and Sexuality, he talked about the importance of understanding Genesis 1:27, "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them". As Christians we are called to be like Christ and understand that we are made in the image of God, and I firmly believe that God is not homosexual. I am not here to offend anyone but I am here to tell the what the Bible says. On the other hand, God is an all powerful, all knowing, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God, creator and controller of the universe. Why would you not want to be in His image? Today, Keith Chancy spoke to us in replacement of Marvin. This was a surprise and a blessing. Keith is the director of Kanakuk Institute, a hardcore supercharged version of Link Year that prepares college graduates to use their God given talents in the world ahead. Keith is very energetic, smart and knowledgeable. With this combination he explained the importance of first three chapters of the Bible. Even though I will probably not remember most of what he said, his knowledge, passion and enthusiasm inspired and encouraged me to dig deeper into God's word, be unapologetic and to love unconditionally. In conclusion, I really feel that God has blessed me in coming here with all of the wise and convicting speakers that have helped me strengthen my walk with Christ.