BATTALION 3739 ALUMNI 2008

 

 

This picture is awesome but it is missing 13 guys so I thought i would give the full roster for Btln Alumni 2008.

GRAD
1983-84 Bruce Jepsen
1985-86 Alan Martens
1988-89 Geoff Martens
1989-90 Lance Martens
1992-93 Harry Tournemille
1995-96 Cam Tyssen
1996-97 Jeremy Martens, Kevin Thiessen
1997-98 Dan Trithardt
1998-99 Aaron Friesen, Nathan Klassen
1999-00 Derek Taylor
2001-02 Ryley Heppner
2002-03 Joe Kraftchick, Owen Spisak
2003-04 Tim Feenstra, Mike Hughes, Kenny Johnson, Justin Thompson
2005-06 Dalton Erixon, Ben Jepsen, Josh Trainer
2006-07 Joel Feenstra, Jason Hayashi, Charlie Langis, Evan Podovinikoff, Mike Trainer, Jordon Walsh
2007-08 Nathan Ball, Devin Chursinoff
2008-09 Drew Brown, Steven Feenstra, Kevin Hayashi, David Podovinikoff
2009-10 Sam Jepsen, Owen Knopp, Sam Schiesser, Parker Steadmen
We also had Clayton Kienas(not sure what his grad year was) and Tim(sorry I don't know his last name, Ben and Sammy's future brother in-law)

What a good night! The murderball was amazing, when one of the teams would get an edge the other team could not make a comeback. We had probably the top three hardest throwers in Btln history, Kevin Thiessen(just ask Devan England), Jordon Walsh and Nathan Ball. After murderball Alan led the Bible study. The passage that Al read was John 1:1-14, he talked about how Jesus came to give us Life, Light and Love. Next was Bulldog, man there were a lot of big guys out there. Ryley and Dan were not able to live up to expectations(pretty hard with the big targets on there backs), Kevin Hayashi was able to outlast everyone and take the win, Congrats to Kevin! The last thing on the agenda was to hand out the Alumni shirts, and after a little visiting in the locker room the night was still not over, it was time to go to Jepsen's. What a party, the night ended around 3 in the morning.
There were 40 guys by my count, that is a lot of guys! There were 14 Sergeants out of a total of 22 over the last 30 years. When I got home I started thinking about all of the guys that came out and a passage came to mind.

Hebrews 12:1,2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

A great cloud of witnesses? You bet! All you have to do is look at the list that God has written for us in the previous chapter. Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Gideon, Samson and David all had their mistakes recorded in the Bible and God still calls them men of faith. So why not the men of Battalion 3739? Remember Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith, he is still working on us and when we reach heaven we will be perfect. We should feel blessed to have such a great cloud of witnesses!

Thanks to Bruce and Katie for giving up their house for a night!

Remember Battalion 3739 Alumni Night 2009 is on December 27th, see you there!

THE CAPTAIN