Winnipeg Free Press Article

Winnipeg Free Press just wrote an article about Nathan Driediger. If you guys want to read it the link is below.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/wings-of-faith-128518728.html

Campout 2011

Well the campout is over for another year. Everyone is home and the gear is put away (almost). Thanks to everyone who came, we had the biggest turnout we have had yet, as well as having the most Battalion guys ever which was awesome. Great to see some new faces and get to know some people a bit better. In the past we have had to go up Thursday night to set up some tents to get the spots we want before they fill up. This year Paul and Ryan and I decided we would just go and stay Thursday night as well. Most of the rest of the crew showed up at various times Friday afternoon and evening. Saturday there was alot of dirt biking and fishing going on, although nobody was having great luck with the fishing. Ranger Ron showed up with dirt bikes instead of his fishing boat this year, he said they needed to change it up. Sunday everyone slowly packed up and headed home, Some more slowly than others. Doug and Nathan and Nolan went out for one last fishing spree and Nolan caught 5 in a couple hours. Not sure how he did it but we figured we better give out the prize for that.

Every year a couple guys say we should do this trip twice a year instead of once so we are thinking about that maybe in the fall having a similar trip. Stay tuned about that. Have a great summer!!

Last Night

Wow, I feel out of the loop for sure after being sick so long. I hope everyone is doing well. this week is the last night of Battalion until September. We are planning to get started at 6 this week so come early. Don't worry about eating supper before you come we will have plenty to eat. Also there are a couple guys who have some verses left so hopefully they will have some ready this week. See you Tuesday.

Updates all around

Well Spring break is here and if you are wondering we had decided to keep meeting during spring break. We had less guys than usual last night but we had fun anyway. The week before was Olympics and Jerrod and Paul ended up tied at the end of the night. We decided that they could each choose one event to redo and see if that could change things. Jerrod chose arm wrestling and came out on top in the match. Next they moved to Paul's pick which was the hockey shootout. I thought this was going to be over fast but after about 8 tries each there were still no goals. Around the 9th or 10th shot Jerrod snuck a weak shot under Ryan's arm to put the pressure on Paul, who Ryan promptly stoned. Jerrod becomes the champ for the 3rd time. Congrats!

This week everyone showed up in a daze or something no one was very energetic, so we decided that the best way to fix that was with a round of bulldog. We followed that up with another round of bulldog and then 3 rounds of bump, and then a third round of bulldog. Good times, I was getting tired by the end.

In bible study we read in James that we shouldn't show favouritism towards people based on how they dress, how they smell, how good looking they are or how famous they are. We talked about how God loves all people and how we are all his children whom he loves. We also noted that James includes in this paragraph a few sentences about living as though we were going to be judged by the law. Because of the grace of Jesus we don't have to be judged by the law which is a good thing because we would all be condemmed. Even something as simple as showing favouritism makes us a sinner.

As for the memory work, Simon and Lukas are at 101, and 104 points respectively. Stephen and Noah are the only others who have memorized verses, there is definitely still time for them to finish. Matt is working on his and he told me that by the end of spring break he thought he would be ready to say them all in one night. I am looking forward to that. We are still hoping that Jerrod will get to at least 1 point.

See ya next week.