Here are pictures of Jon from Survival Week... today they have to complete their Solo Hike ... go out alone with their compass, find a victim in the woods and return in under 2 hours in order to pass Basic... My prayer for them...
"Father, may they do this for you, not for the success it might bring to them. We know that Your recognition is the only one that really matters. If they fail or succeed it will be woven into Your fatherly plan for their lives, and You are out for their joy in You!!! (taken from Tim Keller author of Reasons for God)

April 22nd, 2010

SDS Jonathan Archibald instructs the men of Unit 43 how to prepare a chicken for their evening meal.

(Jon is front right)

Recruit Michael Hall after receiving his dinner.

2^nd Platoon gets a chance to brush up on their mapping skills as well as learn celestial navigation.

1^st Platoon carries a hypothermic victim in a “Stokes Basket” after properly caring for and packaging the patient.

Unit 43 learns how to prepare large game, thru the instruction of SDS Jonathan Archibald.(Jon is back center)

Echo 2^nd eats their evening meal after cooking their portion of a goat.

Bravo 1st sets up their rope system during the Basic Training river crossing competition.

Recruit Nathan McGrath clips into the system before crossing the river.

During the competition each squad is timed and graded to determine the squad with the greatest skill at river crossing.

More pictures here http://www.alertacademy.com/alert/blog/

Authors@Google: Tim Keller

Does it take just as much faith to disbelieve God as it does to believe in God??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxup3OS5ZhQ

Steven Curtis Chapman: New album announcement

from Maria's House of Hope in China.. wow Beauty and good is rising form the ashes!!!

Steven Curtis Chapman talks about Heaven Is The Face

Steven Curtis Chapman - Heaven Is The Face (Slideshow...

Steven lost his little 5 year old girl when she was run over in his driveway by his teenage son... imagine... well, god is ministering to his heart and these songs have poured out of his heart and are on the new album ..Beauty will Rise... Steven Curtis Chapman

The Sky's The Limit - The Skys

Here are our friends, the Sky's, performing on TV while Josh was on tour with them... the P.L.U.G.' s (People Locating Unplugged Gear) that she mentions are the 6 students ( including Josh). This fills you in on what they are doing on the road and back on Prince Edward Island.