*This is not ranked in order, just an overall top ten from this month*
1. Fire Master
At Lake Gaston me and Noah built a fire in the snow. It took a lot of time and effort, but we got it done and it was the best.
2. John Richmond
John Richmond is one of the wisest people I’ve gotten a chance to listen to. Getting a chance to listen to him and his family talk about their families’ values and rules was an honor.
3. Werewolf & Body Body
Not only did our retreat with John Richmond provide a lot of wisdom, we also had a lot of fun. We played a lot of this game Werewolf with John’s son Mount, as well as body body with the whole family.
4. The woman at the well - John 4: 4-14
“4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” “
5. Music Bingo
Natalie and I went on a triple date last week with Sam/ Mary Ellen & Noah / Ali and we found a music bingo night. We may or may not have had to use Shazam a few times, but it was a lot of fun. Things took a turn however as I won a round of music bingo, only to tie with someone else, and then go on to lose in a tiebreaker for a magnificent $5 gift card.
6. Snow
Another big highlight from January, snow. Snow is the best, it is the only redeeming thing that can come from the weather being freezing cold, so thankfully we finally got some this year.
7. Get Right Season
First, I got an Apple Watch. Second, I’ve started running/ going to the gym on a more regular basis. So, watch out.
8. Pinball
I think I played more pinball in January than I ever have before. There’s a chance that the one pinball machine I used tells everyone that they made the top 10 high scores, but either way I made the top 10 leaderboard on one of the pinball machines in Boxcar.
9. Biblical Finance
One Fellows class that we had this month was biblical finance. I really enjoyed listening to and reading scripture about what the Bible says about money and how you should take care of it. Being a man of finance myself, I found the class very interesting and look forward to the second-class next month.
10. Cameron Indoor
NC State basketball has been a train wreck this season, and our game against Duke didn’t go to well for us. I was able to still have a great time however because Noah and I drove out to Durham and scalped tickets for the game. We didn’t get to sit together but we still both got tickets and it was an awesome experience getting to see a game inside of Cameron.