Transferrance

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Here we are in the start of the Fall.  School starts up and so do the Fall sports.  Volleyball, Soccer and Football.  On tv, all around Battle Creek, even in the park up the street. 

 

Last Wednesday I got to see one of Hannah Ford's soccer games with JCC.  It was an easy one to catch because it was against KCC here in Battle Creek.  So me and Maribel Cleland stopped in to watch the game.

 

Community College soccer is funny because there is a mixture of skill levels.  They are all solid players, but many of them don't have nearly as much polish as the others.  Hannah Ford has polish!  She somehow was switched to a wing defender after years of midfield and it's fun to watch her stand her ground in her portion of the field.

 

This week Youth Group was at Graham Lake for the last tubing day of the year.  The water was hot and the weather was perfect for hanging out at the beach.  We had food off of the grill, lots of kids falling in the water, and a devotional about relying on ourselves too much. 

I spent Labor Day at camp to help out with dishes and the zipline.  On Saturday night I left camp, which is a rarity for a weekend visit.  I went over to the Yoder's house to play some Settlers of Catan (first game in... 3 years or so).  It was a lot of fun, although Jubal completely controlled the game.  It was even better to catch up with Jubal, Kalie, and Kyle until the late hours. 

Every time I leave camp I immediately miss the families that I love to visit there.  Families that give up their normal incomes, their pick of schools for their kids, and even the right to stroll downtown to the movies.  I know there are advantages to living in the isolation, there are also many disadvantages.

Our society calls us to do it all ourselves, to take the world for our own.  God calls us to give up ourselves and do whatever we can for others.  Don't rely on your own strength, give it up and serve God.