Jenn and I got up for the sunrise: it was lovely! Then I went down to make coffee. Mhm, I seriously love getting to have coffee again. I make it for the group every time I can. Well, once today’s pot of coffee was finished I headed back to bed for a while. I’ll admit that a few of us girls were up a bit late talking about important things of our souls.
When I finally crawled out of bed Josh had just made breakfast for the group. But even better, He was making eggs for the person as they woke up, so that they were both Hot and Immediate.
We did a I Thessalonians Study. Where we covered I Thessalonians 2:1-12, which was the most we’ve ever covered in a single study in the DR. It was incredible.
After this study ended at 2:15pm we needed sustenance. Yet we didn’t have anything to make a lunch with, just odds and ends of foods. But this would never impede a DR trip team. I made a fruit salad, a group made guacamole, a group made salsa, and Josh and Rogers made a sandwich pie thing.
All of us girls hung out and chilled. It was epic! I love this team of girls, we all fit together as such a great unit. This year’s entire team fits together more flawlessly than any year.
We took showers and headed down for the next study of Biblical Thinking. You may have noticed that we take showers in the MIDDLE of the day instead of in the morning or at night.
In Biblical Thinking we went over Subjective and Objective Reality.
Section of my notes on this:
Objective Reality – is what IS.
Subjective Reality – MY personal opinion of Reality, that becomes “my” reality. “MY” reality is not Reality.
Our study was interrupted because our host had spit roasted a pig for us. So when it arrived we immediately broke for dinner. Yuca and Plantain and Pig…yummy. Once we had stuffed ourselves.
Once the study was over, we played psychologist. That was so way too much fun.
Janie’s round of psychologist was the funniest game I’ve ever been involved in. The trick was finding the difference between people with shorts and pants. “Shorts” were avoiding telling the answers, they could even lie about the answers. “Pants” gave short and straight answers. After a while Janie thought she had it down, her prediction was that several of us were Liberals, a few Conservatives, a few Libertarians, and that Andrew…was a Valley Girl. We all about died laughing at that last one.
Then Mr. R came in to sit us down for a 5 minute preparation talk for the next day’s study.
For Mr.R’s round of psychologist we did some hard stuff. We split it into three groups.
Group 1 – 18 yr olds would behave extremely mature.
Group 2 – 19 yr olds would behave like moody college kids.
Group 3 – 20+ would behave like little children.
It was super crazy fun. Connor sat with me because I constantly was trying to find chocolate, throw pillows at other “kids”, and poke people. Finally Connor started a quiet game with all of the “kids”. It was the loudest, craziest, most epic game of psychologist. After probably an hour Mr. R figured out a basic outline but not the why of the groups, so we told him.
Then it was pretty much time to go to bed. Josh, Janie, Patrick, and I ended up on the porch talking about relationships and how they can and should work and how to start a relationship. It was a really good talk. But it made us go to bed super late. Janie and I ended up talking more, and went to bed at almost 3:00am. Crazy, I know. But it was a super great talk.
Here are a few questions:
- Who should the guy talk to first: the girl or the Dad? …why?
- What qualifications should he have already?
- What are minimum standards and what are ideals?
- Have you been applying grace to your relationships?
Love,
Jessie Bear
Hebrews 1:1-4
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of is nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.”
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