Bible

There is a big difference between our ideal church, and the early church. The ideal church consists of materialistic wants, the desire to enjoy the time in the church, the idea of worshipping comfortably, and food. The early church consists of mainly of being together, and having fellowship with other believers. The early church was very intentional about sharing their possessions and inviting people into their homes.

Personally, I really enjoyed taking a look into the similarities and differences of the two churches. I wish I could’ve been alive during the Early Church era. 

Well this weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Ditto with the Philippines team. As probably heard in the news, many Syrian refugees have traveled to West Michigan. One of the Mom’s at ZCS happens to be connected with five of these Syrian families. Sadly, they had to leave on such short notice that they didn’t bring or have things for the winter such as coats, boots, hats, and gloves. On Saturday, all of these families came to Ditto to shop for their families and they’re children. While the Moms were shopping, we as a team had the opportunity to take care of the kids, play with them, and eat with them. There were about twelve of them in total from ages 3-11. The only catch was that none of them could speak any English. Through God, we were able to communicate with them and build relationships with them. I think the best part of the whole day was getting to know Renim and Laina, who were some of the kids we took care of, and bonding with them and the Philippines team. In the end, we had a huge snow ball fight with the kids, because they had never seen snow before. It was so much fun and I can’t wait to see them again.

I have really enjoyed studying Jesus’ crucifixion, and I can’t wait to continue learning about what is was like. I think the last seven words are really cool, and could  be a great inspiration for us. The last words are kind of like Jesus’ last commands for us.

This weekend, I experienced God through Mark Timmer. I go to a very old church, and for the past year and a half, we have been searching for a new pastor. We finally managed to find a suitable candidate, and this was Mark Timmer. Pastor Mark preached on Sunday, and exceeded my expectations. He was funny, relatable, and easy to understand. He talked about how God puts us through hard times, but when we go through these things, he is always with us. I look forward to seeing Pastor Mark in the future.

Por las últimas dos semanas, tuve la oportunidad de aprender sobre la Selva Amazónica. Todos en el salón de clases de Mr. Minkus consiguieron un rol de alguien que usa los recursos de la Selva Amazónica. Para mi, y tres otras personas (Jacob Spaulding, Paula Vasquez, Jake Leenstra) tuvimos la oportunidad de jugar el rol de un maderero. Un maderero es alguien que usa la Selva Amazónica para cortar árboles y vender la madera a factorías de madera. Era muy interesante debatir si la idea de deforestación era bueno para la economía. En 2006, los madereros donaron/dieron $5,000,000 al gobierno de Brasil. ¡Esto es mucho dinero! Además, el trabajo de los madereros da mucha oportunidad para trabajo para los ciudadanos de Brasil.

Aunque conseguí in rol en que estoy para la deforestación, en la vida real, no creo que las deforestación es bueno. Hemos ya cortado y usado muchos de los recursos de nuestro mundo. La Selva Amazónica es un parte del mundo muy precioso, algo que creo debe estar protegido y no dañado. Sin embargo, los productos y trabajos y monedas que vienen de la deforestación son muchos, muchos que ayudan a nuestro economía. Pero, creo que Brasil puede ir sin utilizar estos recursos. Creo que las personas que tratan a dañar cualquier parte de la Selva Amazónica, deben tener la advertencia de que si cortan un árbol, serán deportados a otro país/continente. Esto será muy justo. Creo que está bien si las Indígenas Amazónicas quieren quedarse en su lugar porque ha sido su lugar por mucho tiempo y es su forma de vida.

He aprendido y tomado mucho de la experiencia del debate de la Selva Amazónicas. Algún día me gustaría ir a a la selva para mirar y observar el trabajo de la cual han tomado para proteger la Selva Amazónica. No sé si hay manera de la cual que puedo responder. Creo que desde este momento adelante voy a tomar tiempo para orar para el gobierno de Brasil, para que pueden ser sabios en hacer su decisión de la selva. Creo que preservar la tierra de Dios es muy importante y no me gustaría hacer cualquier cosa para dañar su increíble obra de arte. Me gustaría aprender más sobre que la Biblia dice sobre la deforestación y tratar de comprender lo que Dios quiere de nosotros cuando viene a proteger or dañar la Selva Amazónica.

Names

 

Conflict and Doubt

 

Covenant

 

Call

 

Slavery and Salvation

 

Sinai Law

 

Something Is Rotten

 

Slide To Destruction

 

Hey! Do you have a bible verse that you need to memorize? Well, if you don’t please take into consideration of memorizing  Matthew 6: 19-21,24-26,30-33. It’s a great verse and it means a lot to people!