Month: September 2015

Jake Leenstra

Mrs. Roskamp

LA, 8A

10 September 2015

 

 

I chose the fireworks card because I went to an awesome fireworks show this fourth of July.  We arrived in overisel on a smooth night, perfect for fireworks.  Right away we searched for seats and left the parents to chatter like birds to their friends. I found a friend right away.  It was Noah VB. from school.  Some of the activities included were launching water balloons and trying to catch them with beach towels and the providers of the fireworks handing out glowing plastic lightsabers to swing around at each other.  The fireworks were an unending volley of nearly one hour of lights and sounds.

 

I chose the anchor because I went up north to a family camp and was in a sunfish sailboat regatta.  We went up north this summer and I rode in my uncle’s giant motorhome.  When we arrived, I saw a game called carpetball and anticipation built up in me and my stomach leaped for joy.  Turns out carpet ball is really fun.  It’s too complicated to describe but basically you hit the other person’s pool balls into a pit while rolling the cue ball.  Back to sailing, when I got there I had heard about the little sailboats and thought that it would be fun.  The thing was, I had to take a swim test if I wanted to go sailing and the swim test was huge.  Eventually I did the swim test in 64 degree water Fahrenheit and went sailing as you know, but we lost.

 

I chose the suitcase card because I went camping at Holland State Park.  I always love going to Holland State Park because I know it means I get to go crazy with my cousins for a week.  My cousins are fun to hang out with.  We do a ton of stuff together like play cops and robbers on our bikes with the cops using walkie talkies and having to get within 5 feet of you to catch you.  We also play capture the flag with tissues and tag on the playground, at night we sometimes play ghost in the graveyard, a game that could almost scare me to death.  Other stuff we do ranges from going to the General Store and going up Mt. Pisgah by ourselves to riding our bikes to Tunnel Park with our families.  Sometimes we go to the beach with our families and fly kites and swim in the water.

 

Jake Leenstra

Mrs. Roskamp

LA, 8A

16 September 2015

MATTHEW 7:24-25

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

 

 

Every year ZCS gets a new theme. It is chosen by the ZCS 7th graders at the end of the year.  This is a special occasion because a lot of stuff we do the next year revolves around the theme that we choose.  The theme that my grade chose this year is “Built on the Rock.”  This theme goes great with our new addition project.  Our theme this year, “Built on the Rock”, means a lot to me as both an 8th grader at ZCS and as a Christian in the world.

 

To me as an 8th grader in school, this verse means a lot of things.  One thing it means to me is that we should build our foundation on The Rock, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.  Another good thing that I think that we should remember is that we are the leaders of the school and others look up to us.  If we aren’t good role models built on a firm foundation, they might follow our example and be bad examples for the grades under them.  If we are a bad example to younger grades, when they are 8th graders they might be bad examples to the kids younger than them.  The same thing could happen when we are good role models.  Our good or bad examples to younger kids can change our school’s future.

 

To me as a Christian in the world, this verse means a lot of the same things as me being an 8th grader in school.  One major difference is that at school almost everyone there is a Christian but out in the world, almost everyone is trying to see you fail and they’re trying find mistakes in you to somehow try to prove that God isn’t real.  When that happens, we need to stand tall and strong on our firm foundation, Jesus Christ.  We need to share God’s love to those people and use The Golden Rule to treat them how we would want to be treated.  We also need to remember that there are Christian all over the world that have died defending our religion and truth.  Don’t you think we should give a part of our life to helping others so we can share the gospel.

 

Our theme this year, “Built on the Rock”, means a lot to me as both an 8th grader at ZCS and as a Christian in the world.  In conclusion, I think we should stand on God our Rock and and be a good role model to others in the world.