Paul

Paul touched a lot of people throughout his ministries. God worked in Paul’s life the first time when he stopped Paul on the road and blinded him. The second time God worked in his life was during his studies, God helped him to absorb the information so that he could use it to help others later in life. One experience that God has given me has been being able to go to a Christian school where I can learn about him more. The second experience God has given me has been growing up in a Christian family where I learn right from wrong.

My Life with COVID-19

There have been a lot of changes throughout all of our lives because of the Coronavirus. Something that has been challenging is remembering to complete my school work because I sometimes forget. Something that has been rewarding is seeing that I am still getting decent grades. Because of all my spare time, I’ve been using almost all this time to build mountain bike trails and to ride them, while also making Youtube videos about it. I am hoping to grow in my faith and I want to trust God more.

Stoning of Stephen

Stephen was a man that was full of faith and the Church chose him and other men to be leaders among the people. So the Apostles laid their hands on Stephen and the others and they prayed over them. So these men began leading and spreading the word of God and the word spread rapidly, like wildfire, and a great number of priests became obedient to the Lord and his great word. Stephen was doing great things in the world, he was full of Gods power and grace, and among the people, he performed great signs and wonders. Problems arose however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen. There were Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria and also the Provinces of Asia and Cilicia that began to argue with Stephen. They began to tell men to say that they had heard Stephen blaspheming against Moses and against God. They seized Stephen and brought him upon a false cour, Stephen spoke about Joseph and he called them stiff necked people. The Sanhedrin were furious when they heard this and they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him.

1.  What did you do for the Stephen project (ie. newspaper, comic, etc.)?

I wrote a report.

2.  What did you do well on the project?  (or what are you proud of and what you want me to look at when I grade it?)

I’m proud that I could summarize the story well.

3.  How do you think you would feel if you were really observing this event?

I would feel extremely mad.

4.  Re-read Acts 7:57-58. How would you feel towards Saul?

I would feel annoyed

5.  What do you think encouraged these early Christians? In other words, why did the early Christians keep up the faith despite the persecution?

Because they knew that there was something behind it.

Beginning of the School Year

This school year has been pretty good so far and I have had quite a lot of fun! One thing that I have really enjoyed is tech class because we can code different things and make programs. I have learned some of the work is pretty hard and that you have to study a lot and you get quite a bit of homework. I am really excited to go to Timber Wolf Lodge near the end of the year and have fun with all of my classmates!

My Summer

I did a lot of things this summer and had a lot of fun. I went to the U.P. and I went trail riding on my quad with my family. When I was on that same trip I also went mountain biking. I went to Silver Lake Sand Dunes and rode in my family’s Jeep. While I was there I ran into my friend Chase and I got to ride in his family’s RZR. During this summer I also swam in my pool a lot and had some friends over. I also built a bike trail in our woods this summer and I put a lot of jumps on it. Another thing I did was go to Craig’s Cruisers with my friends. I went hiking this summer too! And the last thing that I did was ride my dirt bike a lot.

African Union

After doing the mock African Union, I’ve learned that it is actually really fun and it taught me a lot about the different governments of all of the different countries.

Danger of the Single Story

There are a lot of things in life where, we hear stories about people or things or places, and we stereotype them based on just that one story we hear. One of the things that I, and a lot of other people have is a stereotype about Africa, I used to think that all there was to Africa was a bunch of people that were poor and didn’t have enough water. But going through this social studies unit I realized that Africa isn’t those few things that I thought it was. Africa is a place full of life, and color, it’s a place with awesome, creative, and loving people. That’s what is so dangerous about the single story, it can completely ruin the chance to learn about a new place or even taking a chance on it. My point is, there is so much that you miss if you go by just what one person says, experience it for yourself.