Another beautiful day in paradise with 22 of Rock Hill’s finest…and 1 additional #HIM from Fort Mill. 23 for a ManU beatdown is pretty solid. Disclaimer was disclaimed, FNG was welcomed, and mumblechatter started. Here’s what we did…

Warm Up

• SSH
• IW
• Merkins
• MNCs

The Thang

Long mosey around the entire shopping center (down to the Events Center, past Chili’s, to the wall at Books a Million)

• People’s Chair (x2)
• BTTW
• People’s Chair (x2)
• High Knees to Pier 1
• Butt Kickers to Michaels
• Bear Crawl to Dick’s Sporting Goods
• Sprint to Panera

Mosey to the Fountain

• 20 Irkins
• 20 Dirkins
• 20 Dips
• 20 Box Jumps
• 20 Calf Raises
• Shampoo

Mosey to the Cinemas

• 11’s (1 pull-up, half lap, 10 American Hammers, half lap, repeat until 10 pull-ups and 1 American Hammer).

Mosey to COT

• Mountain Climbers
• Merkins
• LBCs

NMM

Here we grow again! Always a pleasure to share the gloom with this group of men. So excited about the direction this group is taking and I’m proud to be a part of it. Rock Hill has had 6 FNGs this week! Welcome to our newest brother of the gloom – Scrappy.

• Bull – dude is getting better every day. I still don’t see how he wears long sleeves in this warm weather.
• Black Hawk – he’s already brought a friend and its only week 1. Great work, brother!
• Scrappy (FNG) – welcome to the PAX.
• Popeye – its always a good day when Popeye joins us.
• Schrute – great leadership, as always.
• Reborn – the man, the myth, the legend!
• Van Wilder – showing off the guns this morning. Don’t let his mild manner fool you, dude is a BEAST!
• JAG – glad to have you on board. I can tell you have a lot of wisdom and leadership to share with our PAX.
• Radar – rolling in a couple minutes late but making up for it with solid form.
• Samurai – respect for this guy. 54 and passing the youngins’ like they were sitting still.
• Sgt. York – does anyone do as much, as well, without wincing as this guy?
• Waterboy – don’t think we didn’t hear you rocking out to Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock when you left today. After all, It takes two to make a thing go right. It takes two to make it outta sight.
• Deacon – my brother from another mother – always a pleasure to have you down south of the river.
• Cool Table – welcome back to week 2. Glad you’re with us.
• Sapper – TClaps to this guy. Already counting in cadence like a pro.
• Full House – day 2 for this man of God. Proud to have you with us.
• Turbine – such a great encourager. Thanks for being here.
• Hot Sauce – if you haven’t taken the time to talk to this guy, please do. The man has faith that can move mountains.
• Apache – the king of mumble chatter! Love working out with my boy, Jaime Diaz.
• Saw Dust – welcome back, Kotter. Glad to have you back with us.
• River Rat – no rust at all. Great Q, bro.
• Bogey – Elvis! This guy almost made it to the end before nature called. More impressively, he turned two and returned in under 5 minutes. That has to be a record!

The mumblechatter this morning was strong – like the smell of my gloves strong. But more importantly, the fellowship was phenomenal. At the end of River Rat’s beating, Apache had something he had to get off his chest. Tuesday night he got a call from his mom saying the doctor’s feared her cancer had returned. We fervently prayed for her in her time of need. Guess what happened next? The scans came back negative! Same thing happened to Full House’s M this week. How awesome is that?

Our God is a mighty God. He can do anything! Just remember that this week when the deck looks stacked against you. Our God is bigger than your pain, anxiety, and fear. The same God that conquered death lives inside you. So fear not, you can do this!

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16

Announcements 

There’s a lot going on over the next few months. Read the newsletter.

• Q School tomorrow @0445 at Petra (behind Bojangles on Cherry)
• Special Olympics Torch Run 5/6 @0800 Cherry Park to City Hall. 3ish mile slow mosey. Wear your F3 gear.
• Suck it up Buttercup – 5/7 @0700 at Old Town
• F3 Dads – A night with the Knights – 5/14 @1805
• F3 Goes to WWC – 5/19 @1745
• Fastest 5K – 5/21 @1600 – get your teams together. You won’t want to miss this. Bring the family for a tailgate afterwards.

Prayers

• Continue to lift up our brothers recovering from injury (Riddler, Tinker Toy)
• Pray for Catfish’s M
• All those spoken and unspoken
• JAG’s son heading off to Boot Camp