Home now

Hello world. After two months working at Summit it is time for me to start a new adventure back home in Indiana. While I anticipate all that God has in store for my future, I will certainly miss Colorado and all the amazing friends and memories I have had there. This has been the best summer in my life, and I believe that God has helped me to grow in a lot of different areas. I refreshed what I learned as a student on issues such as worldviews (Christianity, Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism/Leninism, Post Modernism, Cosmic Humanism), the reliability of the Bible, abortion, the left's agenda in universities, bioethics, philosophy, the Christian founding of the United States, cults, marriage/family, global warming, homosexuality, intelligent design, naturalism, culture, law/government, and many more. In staff small groups I studied Hebrews and grasped a better understanding of the purpose of Old Testament law. I also learned what it means to be a Christian man who values Christian masculinity, and needless to say that helped me figure out how to treat the ladies a bit better. In addition, I helped to lead worship several times in the hopes of bringing back an excitement to be more active in InterVarsity's worship at school. I also made life-long friends and became much more stable in my own identity. So all in all, this summer has been a blessing, and I'm excited to see where the things I learned will take me.

Seal of Approval

Once again, what a wonderful group of people! They raised $300 for Bibles and Christian flags to Sudan, bringing the grand total for William C. Doublestein's Official Seal of Approval to about $500 this summer!

Pike's Peak

Yesterday I woke up at 5:40 a.m. and got ready for a fun day hiking Pike's Peak. I was under the impression that we would drive to the base of the mountain and then take huge switchbacks that would be slight upward climbs (I heard it'd be easier than the Incline, just longer). However, to my dismay, we started at the hotel and then spent the next seven and a half hours trecking up all sorts of terrain of varrying difficulty; towards the end trudging through rain, snow, and hail. It was a fourteen mile hike and at about the twelve mile mark a lightning storm rolled in... Um, yeah, that was a bit scary, especially since we were actually inside the clouds of the storm. Because of the intense cold and lack of shelter we had to keep going, but there were two times when I felt electric charges on my forehead. It was so wierd, and I still don't understand the science behind it, but needless to say it motivated us to make it to the top as quickly as we could. By 2:30 we emerged from the trail victorious, and I felt it only appropriate to raise the Aquabats sign in a display of victory :)

Climbing Cliffs

Hey folks,

One of my favorite things to do in Colorado is go rock climbing in Red Rock Canyon. This is the most beautiful park I've ever seen, filled with beautiful trails and amazing cliffs for climbing. I've been a couple times now, completing up to a 5-11a ranked cliff (highest in the world is 5-16). What I really like about it is just packing up gear into my friends car and leaving, enjoying a few hours of picking our own paths and keeping each other safe. Fun times, I'll miss it.

Oh, I almost forgot. Judson didn't like what I was wearing originally so he gave me all new clothes for the day. He sure does look after my own best interests.

Incline!

Hey everybody, sorry I haven't written in a while. Today was my day off and I started it out with a hike up the infamous Incline with some friends. The Incline is a scar straight up a mountain of over 2,800 steps. I made it to the top within an hour and then ran a different four mile trail down (running down the steps is pretty dangerous so I used a trail with switchbacks). After that I went to the pool for some well deserved swimming and reading (The Case for Christ today, but I'm also in the middle of Mere Christianity).