October 12 - Gone to the Dogs

Tonight was a "usual" Batallion night at LEFC, if you can call anything we do usual. For squad time Captain Don asked us all to read Acts 3, where we read about Peter and John healing a man who had been a cripple and those famous words "... I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!" (Acts 3:6 ESV). Not only was the crippled man healed but all the people who knew about him were astonished.

The scary part is that these are some of our leaders!

At game time we played Ultimate frisbee and a few of the guys decided to look as intimidating as possible. By the way, it was shirts vs skins and it came down to the final minute with the shirts winning. Captain Don had a Mr. Big bar he wanted to give away, so a quick "gauntlet challenge" was organized. Just check out the photo to see how fast guys can move when they have a whole lot of nerf balls being thrown at them and there is chocolate on the line.

Those guys are a blur! Is that the Flash at the front of the line?

The Mr. Big winner tonight, but who is that trying to grab the prize!

After that, there was a continuation of our first aid theme tonight, and we heard about what to do to help people who had broken bones, especially when you are out in the field and need to get someone to medical help. Captain Don had us thinking about some interesting angles and images of broken bones (we didn't know he could make his arm twist in that direction). Hopefully none of us will ever have to deal with broken bones, but if we do, we will be better prepared.

Lieutenant Marv got us up to speed about our dog facts (did you know that the smartest breeds of dogs include border collies, poodles and golden retrievers, and the dumbest are afghan hounds?) We also found out about his ADHD border collie Switch and some of his weird habits. Marv helped us to think about what it means to really love someone, and also what it really means to love God - you will act on your love and do what he commands, not just talk about it. Obedience to God shows our love to him.