Prompt #3 Oh it was that easy?

For a couple of years before I came to Weimar for school I did my schoolwork on my laptop. I had had my laptop for about 6 months and I was enjoying learning different things about it. I would just explore the computer for the fun of it. Then one day the internet stopped working. I could not figure out why because I had just changed the wireless card a couple of weeks before. I hooked in a broadband wire but that did not work either. My dad also tried to figure it out but to no avail. So I was without internet for about a month.

Then one day I was playing a race game on my computer and while I was waiting for it to load a internet advertisement was trying to come up but an error code showed instead. The error code said that one of the reasons why it did not load might be because the firewall was up too high. It hit me like a ton of bricks! I remembered that right before the internet stopped working that my firewall updated itself. So I went and turned it down and the internet worked!! I felt so smart after that. Then an announcement from my firewall company came and said that there was a problem with the update and that it might interfere with the internet. I thought, “That came a little too late!”

Prompt #4 And The Smoke Accends Forever and Ever

I am just going to go out and say this, what this church is planning to do is wrong and “is of the devil” (to quote Pastor Jones). The International Burn a Koran Day is not a good idea. It is like trying to burn fire with fire. The Islam extremists may have crashed into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, but we should not respond with such extreme measures. To burn their Koran will infuriate them more and invite them to come back and do something much more extreme. The government needs to stop this church from doing this because of homeland security. If they are allowed to go through with this, it could very well endanger our troops over in the Middle East.

The picture that this Church is portraying about Christianity is that we are a revengeful people who want to force people to become Christians. Does this not sound like what the Catholic Church did? Christians should be a peaceful people that want to show the world what it means to be a Christian by our actions. The Dove Center has not upheld Bible truths and is leading many people astray. The reason for this is because of their misunderstanding of the Bible. They did not have the Holy Spirit leading them when studying the Bible. The Dove Church Members think they are standing for the truth but they are not because they do not have the Spirit of Jesus in them. May we as Adventists never fall this low.

Prompt #1 ARME Camp Experience

ARME Bible Camp at Leoni Meadows was a great spiritual retreat. All of us Weimar kids were able to have some fun the first couple of days we were there. We went swimming in the lake and then took a hike to the cascades. But on the first afternoon of ARME, vacation time was over. All of us were assigned different jobs; for example, some were greeters and baggage handlers. Others worked during the meetings like running the sound system, helping the camera crew, and giving the speaker a signal when his time was running short. Weimar Academy was definitely a major part of the work staff at ARME.

I was assigned to help work the sound system. I worked with the lights and the Powerpoint screen along with the microphones. Mario was also assigned with me and our supervisor often just left to let us do the sound system by ourselves. So we were in the main auditorium all day long listening to sermons and the workshops. All the speakers were very good but it did get tiring to stay seated pretty much all day. I think the ARME staff should allow more recreation time during future ARME camps.

I really learned a lot about how to study the Bible in different ways. My favorite speaker was Jeffery Rosario. He just has a way about him and his sermons that I like. Rosario is funny and knows his Bible. Then there was a prayer room that was always open that people could go in a come to God with their requests. I was able to go there twice and was really blessed.

All in all, ARME was a good experience and I would love to go to another one. People really need these ARME camps to learn how to effectively study the Bible. I hope that what I learned will stick with me for years.

Bottoms Up? Prompt #2

I totally disagree with this article. I think they are just focusing on the wrong aspect of health. I remember watching the National Geographic TV Special on longevity and they interviewed a group of people in Italy that were big drinkers of red wine and it seemed to lower their blood disease. But then they interviewed some Adventists and they live longer than most people because of diet choices and their faith in God. Which is the better choice? Take a gamble with alcohol and maybe injure or kill some because you were driving under the influence? Or surrender fully to God and have a healthy life AND eternity?