Workout Plan

Hey guys back again with our workout plan.  So this week in body shop once again we had to have a total of three hours completed.  This week was pretty cold so I decided to do most of my workouts inside.  I have been pretty busy this week so I got behind so I started Thursday, I woke up early and ran around the neighborhood for an hour then went back to sleep, This worked on my cardio.  Later on that night before I went to sleep I did a little ab work-out mixed with dippers for an hour, pretty much went back and forth.  Then Monday I had to work on my upper body strength which involved working on push-ups, curls, and dippers. 

Great Encounter

So this week we learned many things that will affect us for the rest of our lives.  We are working a book called Disciples Victory and we talked about Truth and Faith.  But the most amazing expernices this week was when our school went to a thing called the Concert of Prayer.  That was amazing to see over a thousand of people on the same accord working together to hear God speaking! But the thing that stuck out to me the most was that as Christians so many of us are still stuck on tomorrow which doesn’t allow us to focus on today and that affects tomorrow.  That whole day was powerful, and we have to learn to mix prayer with sacrifice.  I’m guilty a lot of the times that when we pray when don’t wait and listen to see what God is actually saying.  I hear it all the time that we need to listen but when you actually stay patient God speaks and the outcome is wonderful and amazing.  Throughout the day I learned a lot but now the hardest thing is keeping it constant and applying it to our everyday lives not just for us but for the improvement of our relationships with Christ

God Bless

Serving others

This new semester Mission has brought new dynamics to the table.  They challenged us to do more ministry work.  As the call for the ministry work increased, they also challenged us to do some on our ministry work on our own.  This experience was kind of challenging, first of we stay busy for most of our time.  Secondly we don’t have a vehicle and I don’t personally know many people in this area.  Those two predicaments affect it drastically.  With all that a group of us first year students decided to work together and each person take a part and pull some strings and we were able to work out a thing to were we went to a place called Feed My Sheep.  Now Feed My Sheep is a program where people come together every Thursday and Friday and work a thing that is kind of like a soup kitchen.  It’s a great feeling to serve others and see the smile on others knowing that you did it serving Christ and that’s all that matters to me.  When the people came in and we served them was truly a blessing to me, serving with some of my classmates and the people that work there is truly a great experience.  Just being there and interacting with them is awesome way to touch them.  Later on that week me and two of my buddies from school, went to a lady from churches house.  There we just talked and ate then had a great devotion.  Conversing with older people is a benefit for the youth and the older people.  Many people say that older people have much wisdom,  which is very true.  Just for the 3 hours we spent there you learn so much and you see how people that have been through certain problems and situations in live view things.  They really enjoyed the fellowship and we did to.  You never know who you may affect throughout the day,  sometimes the simplest things can brighten peoples day.   I love serving and I’m ready to do it again very soon.  Here is a picture of our group at Feed My Sheep.

Physical Growth

Hey guys it’s me again, this time we are going to talk about health and fitness.  Many of y’all probably don’t know this but I’m a diabetic.  So being healthy is a strong part of my life.  In order to stay fit, in shape, and healthily you have to eat some of the right foods and exercise.  Exercise is a good way to stay physically fit.  Throughout every week I take an hour out of my day and workout with a buddy in a thing I like to call body shop.  Body shop is just where you work out at you own pace, but enough to push you out your comfort zone.  Last Monday I did sit-ups, pushups, curls and squats in set of 20 for thirty minutes, then right after that I ran for 30 minutes.  That work out worked on my upper body and my cardio which also helps me keep my sugars down.  Thursday I and a body shop buddy ran for an hour so I can build on cardio.  Then Friday afternoon I   did crunches, pushups and worked on the bench press also in sets of 20.  Worked on my abs and my upper body again, body shops are fun with partners and I usually listen to music to get me pumping.  Here’s a picture of me lifting, Stay tuned next week and I will show you a video with highlights of the body shop. 

God Bless,

David Marriner

Learning through experiences

Hello everybody my name is David Marriner.  Here I am a student at Mission Baltimore School of Ministry.  I’m new to blogging so hopefully this will be a great experience for me, I will be posting two blogs a week; stay tuned,  check out and hope you guess enjoy.

  This past week I learned how it felt to become Homeless.  Taking a step into their shoes, experiencing and going through some of the tough things they endure is pretty rough.  After that experience you really appreciate life and how good some people have it versus out living on the street.  Grant it, I was just for one night but that was something I honestly never want to do again.  Being up north stuck in the cold with no food or shelter is not fun.  But as we were homeless, the true homeless people had a positive mindset.  It’s amazing that even though the way they live that they aren’t having negative mindsets.  They found a positive when their situation really wasn’t positive.  So with all this being said I just want to say to everybody out there, be grateful for what you have and who you have.  Because things could be worse, keep your head up, stay positive, and never get discouraged with any situation the world throws at you. 

God Bless you,

David Marriner