The Game

I have to record the epic happenings at the Logos Theatre tonight..it would just be a shame not to :)

02-16-2012.... THE GAME

A few weeks ago, the staff and student women put our heads together in suggestion for doing something for the boys for Valentines Day..they do the usual "all-out, treat us like Queens" and we thought it would be neat to do the same for them. So we started thinking of something we could do for them that would make their jaws drop ;) We came up with "The Game".

During on of Mr. Hines Leadership class sessions, he told us of a human video game he created once upon a time for a youth retreat activity and he said the kids LOVED it, so Janie became the head mastermind and got started on the epic adventure that panned out tonight!

We kicked all the guys out of the building around 2 and had until 5pm to set up the entire building into a live video game. The guys got back at 5 and we ushered them into "Game Central" aka the Garlock Room, where I was assigned as the Game Guide to brief them for each round. I was dressed like a sparkling fairy guide lol and when I got up on the stool to make the opening remarks I don't think they knew what to do lol...I ending up looking like an ethereal hologram lol, so it worked. We told them they had entered the Game and were all digital forms now, having to play successfully through to exit the Game. After the first briefing, they were split up into teams of 4 and 5 and each team sent with a guide, (Kara, Hannah, and MG) who took them from room to room completing various challenges that would earn them "man points". They had to complete challenges like building a fire under a time limit being given only one match, relay races, a food eating contest, and then they ended with a timed event of four minutes per team,where each team had to act out a scenario to the music being played, with my trusty sidekick, Agent Paco, switching the music ever 30 seconds! It was HYSTERICAL and all "agents" were definitely trying to keep a straight face!

During the final stages of this game to end level 1, the lights shut off immediately and agents Robertson and Little came in and told everybody to hit the floor with their hands behind their heads. I wish I had a video of the guys, they all got really quiet and kept their hands behind their heads while agents scanned them for zombie infestation. We then briefed them on a possible zombie infiltration and told them they needed to prepare(all being VERY serious the entire time). They were all blindfolded and taken up to a security checkpoint we had created for them to walk through, after which they passed they received a "man card" stating they had completed level one and were now man enough to fight the zombies. Before they made it back, they had to drink a special "tonic" from Christie to test for infestation and if they gagged it meant they were infected (it was apple cider vinegar lol).

After they had equipped, we brought them back to the briefing room, which, along with the rest of the halls, had been completely trashed to insinuate an invasion had occured. We briefed them on the fact that zombies had indeed penetrated the game, and all game pieces were now

Level 3 of The Game-Zombie Breach

zombies, including their guides. (this brought an audible gasp..I mean they were REALLY getting into it!) We gave them the rules, that Zombies could not be killed or their digital forms would be void of exiting the game; instead they had to capture the zombies by blindfolding them and bringing them back to command central where all of them would be revived back into human form. (All during this time, our "agents" zombi-fied themselves) It was like an epic battle of laser tag mixed with capturethe flag, and they were hard core about it! There were only a few times I broke character during the game, and one was when I heard ben-jack say to one of our zombies, "It's ok zombie, we are here to help you"..hard core... so after level three, they all returned to the briefing room where we revived all agents, and noticed that 2 had been captured by a game hacker, who had taken them up to the E-bar.

It was now up to the husbands of the damsels in distress to save them, but the catch all was they couldn't do anything but give the orders for rescue, while their teams, all partnered and arms tied together, had to build the scaffolding to get them down. It was definitely a feat, and they did it! Eruption of applause and cheers broke out as the damsels and their husbands climbed down and were safely brought back to the front of the stage.

We ended the night with a briefing and congratulations to our guys for completing the game, and it was definitely a night that will not be forgotten! Thanks guys for the fun night and all the encouraging days you've brought before and we know you'll bring after :) What an awesome group God has blessed us with! May that continue!

Hologram Game Guide ;)

Levi up against agent Ohler for fire-building man competition

They got the fire started ;)

Agent Fike briefing on man points for her team

Guys getting tested for Zombie Infestation ;)

Agent Paco, my sidekick!

Taking the Challenge to dust your Light...

I do not know God as I should-simple and true fact.

I've been underdeveloped in my perception of Who God is, and overdeveloped in my perception of myself. I awoke Saturday morning with more of a desire to do my hair than to spend time in His Word and it is at that point that change needs to happen. So I decided to do the undone in my life- go out with the Lord. I do not mean that irreverently in comparison to human terms but I thought of is this way: If I got asked out by a male-type individual, I would take time to make myself look nice and I would be EXCITED (if I were normal) to spend time with said person. And as time develops and you come to love someone, you take the TIME to show them the love you possess for them...So why do I not regard the Lord in such a way? I'm not joking- why does the Lord receive less excitement and attention than temporal things? SO- I woke up, got as dressed up as I could, did my hair, and left for a time alone with the Lord.

I went to a place near where I live called Lake Robinson and I sat down with my Bible and asked the Lord to show me Himself, really and truly. I want a changed perception, a changed heart, and a changed life as a result of both of those things. I'm telling this story not to magnify my own spirituality but to state in truth that I have reached stagnant Christianity, or rather fallen into it and I'm hoping whoever you are from whatever country you hail from that you can identify with this same position and see the need for a change. So here is a glimpse into my time alone with the Lord, and what He gave to me:

"I was reading John last night before bed and the first 7 verses are what I stayed on, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God (By delving more in to the Word, I delve more in to Christ!) The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made. In HIM was LIFE; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.' WOW-He existed solely to let that Light of Christ shine through him! I googled facts about light last night, since Christ describes Himself as Light and 2 facts in particular stuck out to me. The first was 'Light is a form of energy which our sense of sight can detect.' So by being filled with Christ everyday-the Light of the Word will radiate from me and be detected by others-WOW! The second fact was this, 'A heavy coat of dust can block up to half of the light.' So of course, Jenn's mind goes to "What is so awful about dust" lol...interestingly it said this, 'At the surface, dust seems so harmless. It's just that random 'stuff' that collects on undisturbed surfaces in our homes. It's just a little dust from outside right? If only the story of dust were so innocent and innocuous. The true story is that dust is simply disgusting. Dust contains inoffensive items such as fabric fibers and salt crystals to more alarming substances including ash, fingernail filings, human skin scales, fungal spores and insect fragments. The solution? Regular housecleaning, minimizing dust-collecting display items and keeping clothing stored properly-just to name a few.' WOW-I felt like those articles were written specifically to me! The Light is over half-blocked by dust..I am supposed to be displaying the Light for all men to see, but I can state plainly right now I have dust that has collected on my heart. Dust has the opportunity to lay when I feed it with things that disgust the Lord-things like pride, hatred, feet that are swift in running to mischief, lieing, wandering eyes-ALL of these are sins I have struggled many times with and now I see what they have done to my heart. They have not only hindered my Christian walk but they have hurt my testimony for Christ. Yesturday I walked around the building and just sat on the front steps for a little while talking to the Lord. I've really been struggling with the fact that I do not know God like I should. Ive made wrong assumptions about His character because I don't know Him, and I know I need to know Him more but my flesh has been fighting that. I had become a discouraged mess, but when I stopped to talk to Him, He seemed to say 'I am calling you to growth-to a higher standard-to KNOW ME MORE.' I have come to place where I'm standing still, where I find I am content in what I know of God and that is a WRONG contentment because I have no desire to make the effort to know Him more!
Since Seth's accident, it's like I've been mourning as if he's dead, assuming the Lord to allow hurt instead of rejoicing in the fact that He chose to show mercy and glorying in the fact that He saved me from my sin in GRACE AND LOVE. THAT is what has been wrong at the core-I've come to the realization that I do not KNOW my God as I ought to know Him and I feel an emptiness because of that. I came out here today to seek to change that! I want our relationship to be special and in order to show that Light I've got to be cleaned and refilled everyday! That starts with being sill, with memorizing Scripture, with displaying the characteristics of the Sweet Teacher-but again, all those tings cannot come without KNOWING Him and I've got to know Him. He is calling and I desire to respond to that call! I want to know You, Lord; I want to ever grow in that knowledge of You and that's not something that can stop here-it's got to continue throughout the rest of my life!.'

So where do we go from here? I started at the very beginning-Genesis 1:1, and I'm going to read through this Incredible Book writing down everything the Lord gives me about Himself. I want a renewed view, a washed heart of all assumption and a TRUE knowledge of the One Who created me! I'm finding all the answers are in that wonderful Book and for every situation, the solution resides in the knowledge of God.

I've given myself the challenge and if you will, step up with me and do the same. I desire to stand before my closest Friend in Eternity..not an acquaintance, and to know that the "well-done" came only because the knowledge of Him gave me the strength to carry on.