Having been away from F3 a good while, what a Blessing to jump back in with both feet and Q Flood Zone….with a PAX crowd of 40 it was a great time to be back in leading a bunch of great men.   Thank you ManRam for leading 7 in Extra Credit.  Don’t know all what you did, but when you got back everybody was sweating at the same drip rate as Fazio; so your 15 Extra Credit minutes must have been a booger!

No FNGs so we form two lines and Indian Run around the Mall until we get to the stairs/escalator at the new restaurant section.   Much cat calls going on during this Applesauce exercise which I appreciated, as I had a concern my time away would lead the PAX to be nice and gentle in their Mumble Chattering.  Upon arriving at our destination we circle up for our warm-ups.  I added a twist to this by having  5 PAX who haven’t yet been a Q to step in the middle of our large circle and each lead an individual exercise in full cadence.  Thank you 5 for doing a good job….Katahdin, just to let you know there was much talk at the after Flood Zone Coffeeteria on it being time for you to have your Virgin Q.

Below is our Warm-up Exercises:

  • FAZIO ARM CIRCLES x 15….REVERSE x 15
  • GOOD MORNINGS x 20
  • SEAL CLAPS X 20
  • WINDMILLS X 20
  • MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS X 20

We now are ready for the main event exercises.

BACKWARD BEAR CRAWLS UP THE STAIRS

  •  I wanted to do something new, that was difficult….THIS WAS!!  If someone ever does this again, I named this exercise “THE AU PAIR”, as it produced a bunch of cursing, spitting, and ill will.
  • Thank you Duff and others for keeping the PAX not on the stairs doing merkins, burpees and other great movement exercises.

WE THEN MOSEYED TO THE PARKING LOT FOR 5 LEGGED SPIDERS AS LISTED BELOW.   EACH STATION HAD A GROUP OF 8 PAX WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO GORILLA TO THE MIDDLE AND THEN THE NEXT STATION UPON COMPLETION OF THE STATION THEY WERE ON.   I THINK THESE GORILLAs LASTED AT BEST TWO ROUNDS BEFORE MOST PAX (QIC INCLUDED) CHANGED UP TO BEAR CRAWLS OR LUNGES.

    • PRISON CELL MERKIN BURPEES X 10 (I understand there was much form and repetition cheating at this station…….GREAT AWFUL exercise here ManRam)
    • MONKEY HUMPERS X 40
    • WINDSHIELD WIPERS X 30
    • CAROLINA DRY DOCKS X 30
    • BOX CUTTERS X 30

MARY

    • AMERICAN HAMMERS X 30 (Great cadence lead on this one Huh?)
    • 6 INCH LEG RAISES AROUND THE HORN, WITH EACH PAX COUNTING TO 5.

COT

    • NAMES
    • ANNOUNCEMENTS
      • F3 DADS TOMORROW.  9:30AM FLETCHER PARK
      • MY BOY BLUE (JUMP MOUTAIN) AND WENDELL GEE (BALSA GLIDERS) PLAYING TONIGHT STARTING 6PM AT NORTH HILLS AMPHITHEATER (BEHIND CHUYS).   GREAT TIME LAST YEAR….BRING YOUR FAMILY  AND PACK A COOLER AND ENJOY GREAT EVENING.
      • ARENA 2:30 TODAY…2:00 RUN FROM PULLEN FOR THOSE SO INCLINED.  DUFF IS Q.

FROM QIC’s HEART

  • THE LAST 12 MONTHS (particularly the last 9) HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.  JOURNEYING THROUGH THIS VALLEY BROUGHT ME TO THE END OF MYSELF; AND LEFT ME HELPLESS.  WHAT BLESSINGS I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE DURING THIS TIME BY BEING THE RECIPIENT OF MUCH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE……WITH SO MUCH OF IT COMING FROM MY F3 BROTHERS….MANY OF WHO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.  GOD GOT ME OUT OF THE VALLEY THREE WEEKS AGO, AND I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY WITHOUT YOU GUYS HELP DURING THIS TIME, I WOULDN’T BE HERE TODAY…..LITERALLY!  THANK YOU…THANK YOU….THANK YOU.
  • THE FOLLOWIG DEVOTION WAS READ, AND FRIAR TUCK TOOK US HOME IN PRAYER IN A POWERFUL/HUMBLE WAY.

Recalibrate Route! TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2 by Os Hillman May 18, 2016 “The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth” (Luke 3:5).

I love the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the new cars. A voice comes on and tells me how far I have to go and when to turn. However, sometimes I get off course and the voice says: “Recalculating route.” The GPS is telling me I have gone off course and it is now recalculating the route based on my wrong turn. Sometimes we can make wrong turns in our spiritual lives. We think we are going the right direction only to discover it was never God’s will to enter that relationship, make that business deal, hire that person – the examples are limitless.

There is an amazing thing about God. He can make our crooked places straight. He has an ability to make whatever blunder you make turn out right. It may mean there might be some consequences to those decisions, but He will always allow your actions to work together for good for those called according to His purposes if we repent and seek Him fully to make things right. These lessons can even contribute to greater wisdom in our lives if we learn from our mistakes.

God’s omnipotence is always one step ahead of our incompetence. Do you think He knew you would make that misstep? Absolutely. Do you think your life was planned even with that misstep figured in? Absolutely.

Isn’t it comforting to know you cannot plan God out of the equation no matter how bad you mess up? He will always turn crooked places into straight places for those who are humble and contrite.

Do you need a crooked place straightened out today? Ask Him to straighten the course so you can flow in His perfect will for your life.

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