Hey y'all! Sorry about not posting for a minute, a lot of stuff has been going on in my life recently, and I'm super excited about it! So much so, I'm gonna point you over to my family's blog we just started (so there aren't many posts yet, but they're on the way :P), where we talk about what we're learning, and why we moved up here in the first place - the address is www.Leakeclan.Wordpress.com, check it out! So anyways, congratulations to how everyone did at the Olathe Invitational!! Since I'm quizzing with a new team up here in Colorado, and this is their first year, I quizzed with another team who were from North/South Dakota, and it was an awesome experience! Met some super cool, nice people who I wouldn't have otherwise, and I think that's one of the best parts of moving to another quiz district - meeting so many other people in the quizzing community. How did y'all do with the memorizing sprint? Obviously, I didn't have almost any of the material ready to do according to's for this tournament, but the sprint did help me to get into it pretty much everyday, and to spend time focusing on each section - especially the last few chapters. Even though I didn't meet all of my goals for the sprint, I did learn some things that I want to do differently next time. For instance, I found that reviewing was my weakest area in learning the material. And of course when you don't review, you lose what you've learned, so now I'll have to go back and re-learn several passages. But you know? That's okay. Everything in life is a journey, and you just gotta keep making progress, and keep learning how to do it better. Run your race, as Paul says :P So in the Learn Luke Challenge, (I'll have a printable calendar of the memorizing schedule and events coming up as soon as I can!) we should be a little past chapter 11, depending on if you used last week for memorizing or reviewing. For the St. Louis Top Ten tournament next month, they'll be going over chapters 1-13 to my knowledge, at that's about 94 verses to learn if my math is right :P Assuming that we all have memorized chapters 1-11 (to whatever extent of recall), and beginning this week rather than last, that should be about 47 verses a week for two weeks with one week of review, or about 32 verses a week for three weeks and no time set aside to focus on reviewing (so you'll have to do that on top of memorizing). Whichever of these outlines you think would work best for your schedule, and for your quizzing goals, divide the verses up among the days you'll be studying each week. A good idea, one that always helps me, is to write out your goals - general, weekly, and daily. Like I've said before, once you know exactly what you should do to work on quizzing everyday, it becomes a lot easier to just get to it. About this time of the season, people start to wind down, and lose their excitement about the material and even begin to give up on their goals simply because they haven't reached them yet. And I'm here to tell you to not give up on them! Listen to me when I say I have a lot of experience with failed goals, and the thing that the most of them have in common, is that I gave up too soon, you know? The season's not over, you can still do anything you want to, right now, with Luke. Turn your set back into a comeback! And yes, I read that on Pinterest :P But remember, my friends, as we're reigniting our sparks, that your worth doesn't come from how you place - and this is hard, both when you do well, and when you're disappointed with your performance, but it's something that is absolutely essential. And by the way, it took me over two and a half years to realize that, and I'm still learning how to think and respond that way. But leading a well-balanced life means trusting God to be your foundation, and finding your worth and importance in who He says you are; beautiful, redeemed, worth it, loved, and His. Don't forget! I know there's a lot of material to learn this year, but the harder the challenge, the more rewarding the victory! KEEP AT IT! With this year being my sophomore year in high school, and with the stricter laws for homeschooling in Colorado, I have a heavier load than usual, and I won't deny I've had some pretty rough days (not to mention missing old friends). But in it, it's made me need to trust God more, and to put my faith into practice; mainly in one way, based on Matthew 6:33. Here Jesus is talking about the cares and worries of this life, and about His provision of His people. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you." And to me at least, this really hits home with the issue of being able to get everything done during the work week, and being happy while doing it. He also said to work at everything with your whole heart, and that He would bless the work of our hands, and multiply the fruits of our labor, and fill any empty vessel that we surrender to Him. All of these scriptures that came to my attention, I felt were God asking me to go ahead and just try; just to try my best, and to focus mainly on Him and His love, and trust Him with the results. And y'all, our God is faithful, and He'll always take care of us, especially when we're in obedience to what He asks us to do. So yeah, that's my little testimony from the past couple months in regard to quizzing and school and stuff :P And I would just encourage you to exercise trust these next couple weeks as we're getting ready for the St. Louis quiz, and to believe His promises, and to not be afraid that He can't help your personal situation - He's a personal God! Keep going you guys, keep on running and pressing forward towards your goals for this year! You've got this! You're capable! Thanks for reading! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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