Summit Ministries

Sunday the Day of Rest by Rachel Hardekopf and Sam A.K.A Ben Abele...

It was a beautiful Sunday morning when I woke up to my roommates coming in from breakfast. See, I had decided to sleep in which was most important for me. The night before John Stonestreet had given us a choice to go on an AMAZING trip up the James River to go tubing, or go to church as he put it would be a CULTURAL experience. So here is Ben with how tubing went:
I am not a fan of the tubing trip. The water, which was supposed to be 2 and half feet deep, was more like 2 and half inches deep and the result was bruised tailbones and knees. The entire trip was punctuated with the screams and cries of the unfortunate tubers who happened to get battered by the jagged rocks of underwater horrors. Apart from that, it was nice because I found some shiny rocks, a couple sticks and some very nice beer cans. But I left most of the things I found behind. After a long trip home, which everyone slept thru, we arrived back at the dorms and quickly got in the shower and cleaned off the nasty, muck of the water. That is my experience on the James River.
The hot sun shone as we walked together as a group to Thomas Road Baptist Church.
I was so excited to go to a new church that I had never been to before. Today Thomas Road Baptist Church was celebrating their 52nd Anniversary. I totally loved the upbeat music and the teachings of Jonathon Falwell and Charles Billingsley. We then walked the tiring journey back to the dorms and ate our " refreshing" boxed lunches.
My roommates and I then decided to join in the fun at the Celebrate America festival at the Arthur L. Williams Stadium. They had an amazing selection of food and they had awesome games too! (Including inflatable fun).
We all hiked back to the cafeteria and got our food, and then we played our favorite game of "Guess What We Are Eating Tonight." We then walked the tiresome journey back to the classroom and were uplifted by the wonderful worship music led by Josh Bales and the teaching of Mr. Myers on leadership.
We all took the amazing bus ride back to our dorms and joined together outside to watch the fabulous but short firework display. And that was our day of rest.