This week

This week has been great. We have had the privilege to learn from our director, Dr. John Basie. He has been going over the book Engaging God's World by Cornelius Plantinga. It is a worldview book, one of the few targeted toward my age group. The first two days we learned directly from Dr. Basie and today our C-group, along with the other five C-groups, did a 30 minute presentation on a specific chapter. So, my group prepared a speech that all five of us changed out on. It went great and I am glad that we had the opportunity to give a presentation for our class. Then during lunch a heard a presentation from Winshape camps. And now I am signing off. I will re-update everyone at the end of this week.

     Hello, I am so happy to say that I drove home today for the start of my fall break! I love Impact but there is no place like home. Last week was an awesome week. We learned about politics from founder of TeenPact (which I attended in '08, it is a Christian political school) and current Georgia State Commissioner Tim Echols. He taught us about politics and how Christianity fit into politics. We had him Monday through Wednesday. Then we had Dr. Peter (I honestly forgot his last name but he is Italian so just fill in a random Italian last name). He taught us worldview apologetics. Specifically he taught us how to logically, and respectfully, defend our faith in a college classroom setting. Then we had Dr. Greg Ganssle. He did a wonderful job of outlining Christian philisophy for us. We had him this week from Monday to Wednesday. He taught us many wonderful things in the philosophical world and it was a blessing learning from him. I have loved my time at Impact 360 it has been a blessing to be part of this program and I can't wait to see what God has in store for the rest of the year.

    Hey everyone. Sorry for the delayed update but I have felt a little under the weather lately. I am writing to give everyone a quick update of last weeks trip. Day one we hiked just over five miles with 80 pound backpacks on our backs. The reason they were such heavy backpacks is because we literally had to put everything we wanted for the week on our back. So, we hiked to the campsite and camped there for two days. During our stay at the first campsite, we practiced experiencing God through nature. As a guide to help us, the staff brought us all out individually and left us alone in nature for five hours for us to have a bible study, pray, and just rest in God's presence. We were also taught about breathing prayers. This is a prayer you constantly pray everyday. The one I chose is, "God equip me with the tools I need." The whole week was led by Dr. Hooley Goddard and he is the one who taught us about breathing prayers and gave us instruction on the five hour time. He also had sessions around the campfire with us in the morning and at night.
     On day three we hiked another four and a half miles to the next campsite. The last mile of this hike was straight up a mountain. Once we reached the top we got to sleep outside one of their camp facilities in the area and we at grilled shish ca bobs (horrible spelling but that's what they were).
     On day four we rode a five ton military truck to the final campsite. Here we camped close to the edge of a cliff. On day four we went repelling down a 55 foot cliff. That night we explored the underground caves and caverns that we onsite. We spent about two hours doing this.
     On day five we headed home to Impact. On the way we ate Chick-fil-a, and other than that it was a pretty uneventful day. I really enjoyed that week, it was called the Adventure Module. It was great hearing from Dr. Goddard, and I truly enjoyed what I was taught and just being in nature. Thanks for reading and I can't wait to give everyone the summary for this week!