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CWF trip to Nigeria

I know many of you have not received this letter in the mail yet. Maybe its because I haven’t gotten to your part of my list yet, or maybe I don’t have your address, but I wanted to post this and share it with everyone interested in helping the CWF go to Nigeria. We’re looking for financial and prayer sponsors. If you’d like to make a donation to our trip, you can do so on this page. Just click on the Paypal (“Make a donation”) button on the right hand side. Also any and all money raised from advertising on the same site goes directly to the Nigeria fund.

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February 7, 2006

Dear Friends and Family,

As I start to type this letter, I look over a letter my sister Kara wrote exactly one year ago today, preparing to go to China. To think about the changes in her, myself and our family over the last year is overwhelming. I never would have imagined the struggles our family went through in 2005 and the joys and peace that we found in knowing God and knowing He remains sovereign and in control of our lives.
It was also roughly this time last year that I began working with the Christian Wrestling Federation.
As a ring announcer and “Commissioner” for the CWF over the last year, I’ve had the privilege to be part of a ministry that is starting its sixth year of ministry this year and has witnessed over 5,000 people come to know Christ. 2005 proved to be a year of renewal for the ministry as we began to feel God working and possibly leading us to full-time ministry in 2007. The CWF hopes to bring the lost to hear the same Gospel message that’s been repeated for 2000 years, in a very unlikely setting – a wrestling ring.
It’s a message of love for all mankind and a message that we as Christians have been asked to share to our Jerusalem, our Judea and the rest of the world.
I’m excited to say that this year the CWF has been invited to take that message outside of our comfort zone and into to Jos, Nigeria. We are planning to spend the first two weeks of October in the most populous country in Africa and one of the poorest countries in the world.
We are excited to spend time ministering to the predominantly Muslim population with our CWF shows across Nigeria, as well as working with a team from Lake Point Church in Rockwall, who will lead our visits to orphanages where we will help with sports camps and medical missions.
I ask that you will join us in urgent prayer this year as we prepare for our journey. Pray that logistically things will be taken care of. I can’t begin to imagine the work that will go into securing soccer stadiums and arrangements to bring a wrestling show to Nigeria. Please pray that the people of Nigeria will see that we are just ordinary men, but that we’ve been with Jesus (Acts 4:13). Pray that they will see the difference in our lives, which only Christ can bring about. Pray that God will begin to work now in the lives of those we will meet as well as our own individual lives. Pray that each of us will be prepared to share the hope we have whenever we are called upon.
I would also ask that you pray about giving financially to our trip. You can contribute directly to my account, or make a donation to the entire group.
If you feel led to support us financially, you may give a one-time gift or make monthly payments between now and October. A small thank you reminder and a self-addressed stamped envelope will be sent monthly, if you so choose.
Thank you for your time and may God continue to shine His face upon you.
In Christ,
Jonathan Blundell

Update on last night

Sorry I haven’t had a chance to post this earlier, I’ve been in court all morning (I’ve always wanted to say that – as long as I wasn’t the defendant). I was covering a number of cases for the paper.
Anyways – the rundown of the matches is very irrelevant this morning. We had over 1250 kids last night at Sachse Assemblies of God and there were 169 decision cards filled out and 105 agreed to a discipleship program the church offers.
WOW. It was an amazing night. It almost felt like a ECW show (not that I’ve ever been to one), without the blood and guts ;-).
There were kids everywhere, including the balcony and crowding around the ring on the floor. I had to almost push my way from the ring and back to the sound booth between matches.
Anways, it was exciting. Thanks for all who prayed. Don’t forget we have another show Saturday in the Balch Springs area – come and support us if you can.

And now for the rundown of the matches:
Chris Idol v Apoc – no contest due to interferance
Tim Storm def. The Bishop
CWF Champion “Jesus Freak” Rob Vaughn def. Son of Thunder in title match
Apoc & The Bishop def. Chris Idol and Tim Storm in a tag match

See that wasn’t near as exciting as the first few paragraphs.

Prayer on the Daily Show

The Daily Show discussed a new scientific study, that set out to prove if prayer works or not.
According to the study, prayer may do more harm than good.
Stewart suggests it was leaving out the word “Amen.”
If you don’t end it right, you can’t expect to get the right answer.
He also wonders if the study has any “real world application.”

Global Hit – Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes

I’ve been meaning to listen to this, but I finally found a copy of The World’s report on The White Stripes’ song Seven Nation Army taking over as an anthem song for Rome’s Futbal team, the Roma’s.

It’s a great story. Fun to hear 30,000 fans sing along to the catchy hook and bass line.

The more I hear from this rock duo from Detroit, the more I like them. Rock on. Rock on.

UPDATE: The link to The World’s story is gone 🙁

Students suspended

Students were suspended in Ennis for three days for participating in walk-out protests last week against US immigration policy.

About 23 seniors were blocked from going to their senior prom on Saturday. That’s understandable in my mind.

If you’re suspended, you’re suspended. The school told the students they would be suspended if they participated in protests. They warned the students and then the students wanted to get upset. I don’t think they have a right to be upset when they were warned.

But I’m wondering about the district’s policy. Should a student be suspended because they skip school?

According to state law, a student may have 10 unexcused absences within a school year.

Let’s say a white student decided to skip school on Thursday to stay home and play X-Box, would they be suspended for three days?

Or what if an Hispanic student decided to skip school and visit a friend at college?

My editor said the district’s policy is that anytime a student skips school they are suspended for three days.

So here’s a thought/question… if a student skips one day – the school automatically says, you’re suspended for three days. Where’s the logic in that? “We don’t want them skipping school, so we’re going to suspend them from coming to school.”

Do you really think a student who skipped school in the first place is going to feel punished because they missed three additional days?

I may be miss-understanding the rule here, but if a student is suspended for three days, does that count as an unexcused or excused absence. In other words, could a student skip 10 days and get 30 days of excused absences?

Am I missing something here? Let me know if I am.