THE SCENE: Sunny and hot, temp in upper 80’s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side-straddle hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 20 Calf Raises, Little of This and Little of That
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg. 20 Merkins. 20 Box Cutters.
Mosey to little road/driveway that leads to northern side of Admin Bldg. Partner up. Doras with partner running to end of driveway and back while other partner does exercises. Then partners switch. We will do these exercises:
- 200 Baby Crunches
- 150 Squats
- 100 Diamond Merkins
- 100 Big Boys
Mosey to bottom of dragon tail. We will do Route 66 up the dragon tail until we reach area where trail meets other trail. The first to top sweeps others back to bottom. These will be the exercises we do:
- Carolina Drydocks
- Imperial Walkers (4 count)
- Plank Reaches (reaching with each hand)
- Dive Bombers
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg. 20 Hello Dollies in cadence.
Mosey to AO.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Ten men including an FNG who we brought in as a Flying EH: Bill Barton whom we named “Ticker.”
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Henry Nouwen in his book, Gracias, states that there is “a ministry that I keep losing, although I am constantly called back to it. It is the vision that ministry means first of all searching for God where people are lost, confused, broken and poor. Often I have gone to such people to bring them back to God, to the sacraments, to the church. But that is acting and living as if God is where I am, and as if my first task is to bring others to my place. When, however, God is with the poor and marginalized, then I have to dare to go there, live there, and find them there. I now realize that I can be with people without having to make them think my thoughts and say my words. I can be free to listen and slowly to discern where God shows his merciful face to me.”
We, as believers in God, in our attempt to “save” others are sometimes guilty of trying to convince people to think our thoughts, to live as we do. We need to realize that God is already there with these people, already working with them. We need to see God in them. By being with them, joining them, finding God in them, they will not only see God in us but God within themselves. Then they can more fully believe in God as we desire them to do.