The Fast and the Furious; Barracks Drift

THE SCENE: Muggy, Humid, perfect conditions for my sinus infection.  An occasional breeze through the parking garage partitions gave a tantalizing respite.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Completed while Bookworm and Soybean struggled to lodge the shovel flags into the Barrack substrate.  A foreboding sign of penalty burpees to come.

WARM-O-RAMA:  Rucks on; Michael Phelps IC x 10, Shoulder Taps IC x 10, Windmill IC x 10, Imperial Walker IC x 10.

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to the parking garage to reenact the Fast and the Furious 3.

• PAX hoisted ruck sack overhead and jogged up the ramps, one PAX carried a coupon consisting of a 5 gallon bucket filled with rocks.
• 1st Landing; Overhead presses IC x 3, Curls IC x 3, Merkens IC x 3
• Coupon switch and jog to the next level.
• 2nd Landing: Overhead presses IC x 6, Curls IC x 6, Merkens IC x 6
• Coupon switch and jog to the next level.
• 3rd Landing; Overhead presses IC x 9, Curls IC x 9, Merkens IC x 9
• Coupon switch and jog to the next level.
• 4rth Landing; Overhead presses IC x 12, Curls IC x 12, Merkens IC x 12
• Coupon switch and jog to the next level.
• Back down to Level 4 and repeat 3 sets, 12 reps.  Continued down decreasing rep counts by 3.

Brief cool down hike around the track and headed back for a modified ‘rinse and repeat’

• A faster paced version of the above keeping rep counts at 3 for each exercise to the top and back down via stairwell.

MARY:
1 minute of American Hammer with Rucks in front.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 PAX present and accounted for

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
One of my homeless friends ‘Jo-Jo’ is a pretty fun guy to be around.  He always has a goofy sense of humor like a circus clown and is very transparent.  I often ask him to pray over us before we leave.  He has a way of praying that is straight from the heart and the tears he sheds are real.

One evening he was gimping around after a convenience store manager shot him in the lower back with a 45 after some sort of failed heist? the previous week (a miracle he was even walking).  I’m not even sure why he was out on the street and not in jail but this is Nutbush.  Anyway,  we had a good visit, he prayed for all of us, the type of prayer that is a ‘direct line’ to the Big Guy and we parted ways.

I minute later we see JoJo hobbling into the Mapco convenience store.  Another minute passes before he is getting booted out by the manager, his athletic shorts bulging with lifted goods.  Batteries, transmission fluid, oil, and just about everything else is falling out of JoJo’s midrift as the manager mother f’s him to the curb.

Now, we had a sad laugh over the slightly inebriated JoJo but upon closer introspection, I can see a lot of myself in JoJo.  I steal from God, His time, His treasures, His talents.  The things that He’s given to me are often misused, abused, or neglected.  On Sunday, I’m lifting my hands in praise, entering into repentance, thankful for the opportunity to worship.  Come Monday, Thursday, I’m missing opportunities to proclaim His hope, slacking off on time spent in prayer, in the Word, in relationship.

Let us challenge and encourage us daily to prioritize the first HIM (the ‘I am’).

MOLESKIN:
The PAX maintained a pleasant quit resolve throughout.  Appreciate, Bookworm calling out the rep counts in cadence.  I think the rest of us were just trying not to choke on our own sweat.  Thankfully, the shovel flags stayed firmly planted.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  The homeless ministry I’m a part of is called Compassion Party on the Road (CPR) whom our very own Crayfish was instrumental in launching through Jacob’s Well.  If you, your M, or 2.0’s would ever like to hang out with our street friends in Berclair and Nutbush, we’d love to have you.  My family often comes, especially over the summer months.  the 2.0’s enjoy the swearing and rare violence.  Great life lessons in real time. 

You can come out with us, or get some folks together and supply the meals one Wed. a month, currently the 3rd and sometimes the 4th weeks are open.

We meet each Wednesday at the Walgreens (back lot), at 6 pm.  We carpool from there usually serving 30 -40 per night.