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This Wednesday night was Devin Chursinoff Night! Why Devin you ask? Devin is moving to Alberta so we decided to dedicate Wednesday night to the 21st Sergeant of Btln 3739. We had Devin doing everything from praying and reading God's word to starting in the middle for Bulldog and taking the Btln Big Shot.(Which he missed.) As you can see from the picture after the night was over Devin was done.
This week we decided that we would try the Btln Trifecta again.(It was a lot of fun last time.) We started with Handball and Jeremy's team was down early, I'm going to say 5-2 but just like the last time we played Handball, the team that started in the hole was able to come back and take the victory. It was the first team to ten that would win. The score ended 12-10 for Jeremy's team.(Gotta win by two.) Next we played Murderball. It was the first team to three wins that would take Murderball. This time it was Jeremy's team that jumped out to a 2-1 lead and just like in Handball the team that fell behind early made a comeback for the win! It was fitting that on Devin Chursinoff night that his team would win 3-2. After Murderball we ran out of time so we had to skip Extreme Bulldog.
In Bible study we looked at two stories. The first was when Jesus calmed the sea(Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:36-41)and the other was when Jesus walked on the water(Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-51, John 6:15-21).(It is interesting to read the story from three different points of view, it makes it complete!)

Mark 6:47,48 - When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake.

John 6:19 - When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water.

Jesus was over three miles away and he could see his disciples straining at the oars! It is the same today, Jesus can see our struggles and he wants to help!

Matthew 14:28-31, "Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water." "Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

Even when we only have a little faith and we doubt, Jesus will still reach out his hand and catch us!

Like I said earlier Devin started in the middle for Bulldog. This changes strategy for the older guys, there wasn't any walking for the first six or seven rounds. After a few rounds(It didn't take long with Devin in the middle.)we were down to a couple of guys with Gerald coming out on top! Congrats Gerald! This was Gerald's first ever Helmet win!

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Coming soon, "Meet the Btln 3739 Nation" with Devin Chursinoff and Mike Hughes!

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