#1 A writing from the thoughts of my mind discerning ESOAL and my experience

The Wed. night ESOAL started was led up to by about a day of my innards churning with anticipation.
Mostly the unknown is what kept me anxious, I can't imagine the feelings of the January's who are here who had been waiting for 8 or so months.
We gathered for worship Wed. night at 8:30 and it was a not bad at all.  Soon after we finished corporate worship, preporation for ESOAL started.  Although many thought it was officially ESOAL starting it was indeed not for a spell before the actual ESOAL began.  During the hours following worship we as a company of 41 persons cleaned up all the chairs with 3 other company's in the auditorium.  Those chairs would not be pulled back out for another good 5 days.  After cleaning up chairs with 100+ people, which goes very fast, we did some excersise and abb work out and thats when lots of people including myself started to realize this was going to be a long few days, especially if we did not engage our minds.  We were ordered to go to various places after this and ultimatly ended up on the Anvil where the basketball courts are.  The courts had been sprayed down and many of the facilitators thought it was rain but either way, all of the companies got to lay down and sleep in water for a couple hours.  It got cold, I was a bit shivered because I had nothing but my sleevless under armour which dries fast but also cools a person down in the process.  After finding various ways to stay close to other guys using the what I like to call "Move Coals Close Together And Make Everyone Warmer" Effect, we proceeded to the football feild.  At the Football Feild everyone participated in a Ceremonial type deal where the Majors where introduced and the traditions were carried out.  At this the announcment was made ESOAL had officially started. 
Boy Howdy, did we know not what we were in for... To Be Continued

Today, I have gone to trailer club, learned about brothers, have gone to Habitudes class and learned more about taking time ton feed myself, not just constantly pouring out, and I have gone to a mens class where I learned about angels and the devil and how the devil wants us to believe that our sin is who we are. But we are free in Christ.
I had some quiet time and laundry time and now I have a new record for the biggest baked tater I have ever eaten. Off to make some phone calls. I need to journal on ESOAL.
It will come

TIme to go to Supper.

Some say Dinner some say Supper some say Food.
I Say supper and If I had to choose a name for my child I would choose Dinner over Supper.
I am hungry and I am feeling a cold coming on.
I need to see if I can find some time this weekend to go visit my Grandparents in Dallas.
Homework for Habitudes will be done tonight and the Character Class I missed because of ESOAL I will need to make up.
I tried Coffee in Baked Apple oatmeal this afternoon while making phone calls.
It was quite wonderful.
I made 86 calls today and Robert made 117. That is unreal.
God is Good and I can't seem to get full.
Pray for my breathing, it seems a little difficult lately and I think I have a swolled Lymph node under my right nipple, it stings.
Off to Dupper, And or Sinner depending on how you look at it.

God is showing me that I need to always be a learner.
I need to get to my ministry placement. Go GELD.
This is for you Kodi.

During ESOAL, there will be a number of video’s of ESOAL put on the following blog:

trailerclub.blogspot.com

Today I woke up by a young man named David from Minnesota telling me that I had been left alone in a house while everyone went to church. While I was deep in slumber, in a very comfy bed with a very soft blanket engulfing my body the rest of my core left and forgot I was in the room I was in, in the house we are staying at this weekend, in Dallas.
But its all good I found no trouble getting out of bed.
I borrowed some nicer dress shorts form Marcus "The carcass" Nickerson (commonly referred to as Marcus the Carcass because he died to himself and the life that is in him is the life of Christ (A man of higher standards) and a deep green polo from an adopted core member John "The walking talking, beat boxing, sing-a-longing, musically intrigued, inclined and straight up Godly defined, heart soul and mind of a man with a bind, to the Holy Spirit, Spouting encouragement and let'n em hear it." Rockwell
We drove for seconds upon seconds and after stopping to ask for directions 4 times and roughly using the online map we printed off, and a little bit of faith, fun, flutes, and endurance we stumbled in to the church all to find out that we were too late and could not attend the service because of the fire code's limitations on the limit of people in the auditorium.
So, we decided to go to the bathroom and pray in one of the many prayer rooms that the church had.
5 guys (Marcus, John, Arvind, David, and Me) found ourselves praying for about 50 min for the members of the church and their leaders and their and our heart and praying scripture. It was really good.
After we prayed I talked to the guys about heaven and eternity and due to some Core Advisor inspirational insight I muttered this:

"Time is merely a measuring cup of imperfection"

I have now eaten a dragons buffet and am headed to the 5:00 service at the church we missed before, goodbye aunts house.

I am working on the Global Expeditions Leadership Development team in my monastery placement.
I will be working aprox 31 hours a week.
I am taking 9 classes as of now which consist of classes like:
Character Development
Ethics and Leadership
Worldview
And much much more.
God is allowing me to realize how much time I am wasting by not developing my character.
I am and am continually learning that there is nothing stopping me from living in the Spirit and developing my weaknesses and actually living like I really believe what I believe is really true.
I am currently working on memorizing Romans 8 and other memorizing that the classes throw at me.
The next 40 hours i will be in Dallas and I hope to see my grandparents tomorrow after church and get some homework done.
In 11 days we have ESOAL (Emotionally Stretching Opportunity of A Lifetime)
I am excited.
please pray that God would work on my heart and bring me to the point of total reliance on him.