As you enjoy your summer vacation, remember to practice what you have learned and continue to learn.
Gabriel Wyner (author of Fluent Forever) talks about having habits that encourage your language learning and retention and that learning doesn't happen in a vacuum. Drivers of any learning or change process include motivation and ability. Motivation is the internal or external reason to do something. Ability is the means or capability to get something done. There are three aspects that help you:
- Personal: do you want to do it and can you do it (time, energy, opportunity)? Yes! You are reading this and coming to our meetings (we hope, otherwise we miss you).
- Social: do you have other people who help you do it? Yes! Join us over the summer.
- Structural: Are there rewards and an environment to help you succeed? Yes. Join us and join other groups. We are a social species and create excuses to get together and practice communicating.
We continued our discussion of 1 John with chapter 2. The Bible Project offers concise and interesting overview videos about the literary styles and history and how these components enhance the message. 1-3 John gives an excellent background/overview of these three books and their message.
June 19 at Carolyn's house: CLC has and event, so we will meet at Carolyn's house and discuss 1 John 3. And here is Matthew Henry's discussion of 1 John 3. Matthew Henry writes in old English so be ready to expand your vocabulary exponentially.
Summer Games: next meeting June 28, 9:30-10:30, CLC room 205-207
We met to play "Password." This game is a fun way to pass the time (especially on road trips). Game playing leads to conversation, and that is perfectly fine since the purpose of games is to give us a reason to get together.
Meet Up in the Park: June 21. 11:00 Pendleton Falls Park, 299 Falls Park Drive, Pendleton, IN
Join us at this highly rated on Yelp and Trip Advisor beautiful park that has walking trails and a museum as well as many other attraction nearby. Follow the brown Historic Pendleton signs to downtown Pendleton. You will pass through the downtown area to get to the park. Meet at the picnic shelter and bring a snack or dish to share. Plan to walk the trails and get wet in the creek.
Our host, Jeremy recommends some fun restaurants:
The Wine and Stable Brew Company
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retention: keep, remember
vacuum: apart from any other influence
isolation: alone
enhance: increase the quality or value of something
exponentially: increase rapidly
road trips: car rides for social and recreational purposes
leads to: causes to happen
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