Well the poutine turned out to be awesome. I wasn't sure what to expect but it was great and I ate way too much of it. I didn't even eat breakfast this morning I was still full.
Phil also shared a little bit with us about the definition of a man. We talked about R - rejecting passivity, and how as men we need to step up and do what is right even when it is easier to stand back and not act. A - accept our responsibilities, we talked about Adam and how when Eve gave him the fruit from the tree he had two problems, one he needed to act and he didn't, and second he needed to be responsible for his wife and he was not. L - lead courageously, we talked about how God has appointed all men to be leaders, whether it is of their family, or at work or in the church, and how we need to lead and stay the course of righteousness even when others around us doubt. And E - expect God's greater reward. We don't know all the details about how God will reward us but we can see from the Bible that God promises rewards in heaven to those who are faithful to do as he wills.
We also read the requirements for deacons in the book of Timothy and talked about how deacons are to be the examples to the church and so we as men should all strive towards those requirements even if we are not deacons.
Matt also recited 1 Corinthians 13 for me before Battalion and is planning to say it in church on Sunday. That will put him 17 points short of finishing and maybe he will have another passage as well for us Sunday morning. Anyway I am confident that Matt will indeed be the first one to finish the memory work, and so we gave him a Buck knife that had "R.A.L.E. 3445" engraved on it. If you need to know what that stands for see above what Phil shared in squad meetings. Pray for Matt this week as he keeps memorizing and pray that he wont be nervous on Sunday.
Anyway I hope you all had a good year at Battalion this year. Don't forget our campout at Arlington Lake June 12-14.
As you can see we also gave Jerrod the trophy for winning the Olympics last week. That makes it two years in a row, although it came down to one game of basketball this year so it was close. Nice job Matt on scaring him.
