I have some HILARIOUS stories!!! I don't have time right now; I'm on my new Californian friend's MacBook.
Anyways I can't wait to tell you the stories!!!
God Bless
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Au Revoir!
I'm hitting the road.
I didn't have time to blog tonight sorry...
I had goodbye's to say and lots of other crap to do...
Packing...
It was Lindsay and I's three month today!
I'll blog more throughout this week... Pics of WASHINGTON DC... Then all next week I'll be without internet, a computer, and my cell.... :(
GOD BLESS
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The Day After Tomorrow
I leave for WASHINGTON DC! I'm excited.
Today was boring. I worked all morning and until 3. I actually made it to work on time! That was impressive for me...
Then Mark came over and we played Swat on Live with another friend Brent. Now I'm at Brent's house for awhile typing this and then Mark is coming out here and we're gonna play some more Live!
Anyways... That was my whole day! Boring right?!
Tomorrow I have to work (in Bowen again...). Then Lindsay and I are hanging out and watching The Office before I have to leave to pack for DC and then go to bed early b/c I have to get up WAY EARLY to get on the road to see BRYAN!
Bryan if you read this I can't wait to see ya bro!!!
Sorry no scripture tonight..
Today was boring. I worked all morning and until 3. I actually made it to work on time! That was impressive for me...
Then Mark came over and we played Swat on Live with another friend Brent. Now I'm at Brent's house for awhile typing this and then Mark is coming out here and we're gonna play some more Live!
Anyways... That was my whole day! Boring right?!
Tomorrow I have to work (in Bowen again...). Then Lindsay and I are hanging out and watching The Office before I have to leave to pack for DC and then go to bed early b/c I have to get up WAY EARLY to get on the road to see BRYAN!
Bryan if you read this I can't wait to see ya bro!!!
Sorry no scripture tonight..
Monday, July 7, 2008
Happy 7th Day of the 7th Month!
I would have said 'Happy Bungie Day' but no one would actually know what I was talking about...
So I'm back. And I'm going to try really hard to keep this going. I don't know why I suddenly decided to quit posting... I don't even think I consciously made a decision to stop. It just sort of happened.
Anyways quite a bit has happened that I haven't posted:
1) At Studio yesterday I played Ultimate Frisbee in my sandals and ripped half-dollar sized chunks of skin of the bottoms of both my feet. It's a little painful... But my team did win!
2) The message at Studio was VERY good on Sunday night. Phil, the Jr. High minister from the Quincy campus, spoke because Andy and his family were gone on vacation in Florida. Phil is pretty cool. I've played basketball with/against him after Fuel in Quincy a couple of times... I'm not very good, and I always tell the story of how Phil jumped 60 feet in the air to stuff a 3 pointer I shot... It was pretty amazing even though it was embarrassing for me! Ha. Anyways: Phil spoke on Worshiping Truly. He said how we were created with the sole purpose to worship God. And it doesn't matter how we do it. Just as long as our hearts are in the right place and we give everything to Him.
3) I went to Wes's house to see him and his family shoot off fireworks (on the 4th (Sorry to all you non-American readers...)) b/c all my other friends already had done other stuff and I was too late to go anywhere else. But Wes's house was still good! We definitely had fun shooting stuff off in a variety of ways!
4) THREE DAYS. I leave for Washington DC in THREE DAYS! I'm traveling to the nation's capital to visit a good friend of mine that took a summer job there which consists of molding young minds. Ha. You like how I worded that? Anyways Bryan is a pretty cool guy that has helped me out along my walk with Christ. Three of my other friends and I are driving there on Thursday and then I'm flying back by myself on Sunday. I'm flying into St. Louis, MO where my older sister lives. So I'm spending the night at her apartment and then I'm getting picked up there by a youth group to go to CIY (Christ in Youth). So that should be a blast. My roommate for next year is going with me on that and I really hope God opens his heart and speaks to him. He's a really good friend and just needs a little boost to get his walk with Jesus really jump-started. Prayers for safe travels and opened hearts would be much appreciated!
Jeremiah 17:7
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him."
Isn't that cool? Like I mentioned before, God created us to worship Him. He wants us to YEARN for Him. During small group time after the message at Studio my buddy Art said it like this, "God is jealous. Like the moment we wake in the morning, He just is almost impatiently waiting for us to call out to Him and tell Him how much we need Him and how much we love Him." He wants us to give EVERYTHING up to Him. He wants us to faithfully follow Him.
So why don't we?
I'll admit I'm not there yet. I have felt SO close to God, yet then I trip up and start feeling sorry for myself and screw up even more. Satan just works like that. But those who have accepted Jesus into their hearts have something satan can never defeat. We have the Holy Spirit moving within us. We just have to listen to that small voice. We we're about to screw up the voice is screaming for us to stop; telling us that God wouldn't like that.
Jesus never said it would be easy to follow Him. We just have to actively keep at it. No matter what happens. Ya, you may mess up, but Jesus died and rose again to save you from that. He overlooks it so we should overlook our downfalls too. Live and learn. Learn from your mistakes. You will, but you shouldn't, feel shameful for your past. Just learn to live with your mistakes and move on!
I kind of got on a side rant... That tends to happen.
Don't worry. More to come. And I'm planning on packing my laptop so I can continue to blog in DC and hopefully CIY too... I'll have to think about that.
God Bless
So I'm back. And I'm going to try really hard to keep this going. I don't know why I suddenly decided to quit posting... I don't even think I consciously made a decision to stop. It just sort of happened.
Anyways quite a bit has happened that I haven't posted:
1) At Studio yesterday I played Ultimate Frisbee in my sandals and ripped half-dollar sized chunks of skin of the bottoms of both my feet. It's a little painful... But my team did win!
2) The message at Studio was VERY good on Sunday night. Phil, the Jr. High minister from the Quincy campus, spoke because Andy and his family were gone on vacation in Florida. Phil is pretty cool. I've played basketball with/against him after Fuel in Quincy a couple of times... I'm not very good, and I always tell the story of how Phil jumped 60 feet in the air to stuff a 3 pointer I shot... It was pretty amazing even though it was embarrassing for me! Ha. Anyways: Phil spoke on Worshiping Truly. He said how we were created with the sole purpose to worship God. And it doesn't matter how we do it. Just as long as our hearts are in the right place and we give everything to Him.
3) I went to Wes's house to see him and his family shoot off fireworks (on the 4th (Sorry to all you non-American readers...)) b/c all my other friends already had done other stuff and I was too late to go anywhere else. But Wes's house was still good! We definitely had fun shooting stuff off in a variety of ways!
4) THREE DAYS. I leave for Washington DC in THREE DAYS! I'm traveling to the nation's capital to visit a good friend of mine that took a summer job there which consists of molding young minds. Ha. You like how I worded that? Anyways Bryan is a pretty cool guy that has helped me out along my walk with Christ. Three of my other friends and I are driving there on Thursday and then I'm flying back by myself on Sunday. I'm flying into St. Louis, MO where my older sister lives. So I'm spending the night at her apartment and then I'm getting picked up there by a youth group to go to CIY (Christ in Youth). So that should be a blast. My roommate for next year is going with me on that and I really hope God opens his heart and speaks to him. He's a really good friend and just needs a little boost to get his walk with Jesus really jump-started. Prayers for safe travels and opened hearts would be much appreciated!
Jeremiah 17:7
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him."
Isn't that cool? Like I mentioned before, God created us to worship Him. He wants us to YEARN for Him. During small group time after the message at Studio my buddy Art said it like this, "God is jealous. Like the moment we wake in the morning, He just is almost impatiently waiting for us to call out to Him and tell Him how much we need Him and how much we love Him." He wants us to give EVERYTHING up to Him. He wants us to faithfully follow Him.
So why don't we?
I'll admit I'm not there yet. I have felt SO close to God, yet then I trip up and start feeling sorry for myself and screw up even more. Satan just works like that. But those who have accepted Jesus into their hearts have something satan can never defeat. We have the Holy Spirit moving within us. We just have to listen to that small voice. We we're about to screw up the voice is screaming for us to stop; telling us that God wouldn't like that.
Jesus never said it would be easy to follow Him. We just have to actively keep at it. No matter what happens. Ya, you may mess up, but Jesus died and rose again to save you from that. He overlooks it so we should overlook our downfalls too. Live and learn. Learn from your mistakes. You will, but you shouldn't, feel shameful for your past. Just learn to live with your mistakes and move on!
I kind of got on a side rant... That tends to happen.
Don't worry. More to come. And I'm planning on packing my laptop so I can continue to blog in DC and hopefully CIY too... I'll have to think about that.
God Bless
Sunday, July 6, 2008
There's no other way to say this:
I'm sorry.
And I'm even more sorry, but in approximately4.5 minutes my laptop battery is going to die so I must also make this apology quick.
I consider blogging to be very important. As important as taking a shower every day! And so I apologize for stinking!
Lately... I can't even use the excuse that I've been busy because I have not been any such thing! I would like to promise you that it will get better. If I've disappointed you... Please don't leave me!
The blogging will continue!
And I'm even more sorry, but in approximately4.5 minutes my laptop battery is going to die so I must also make this apology quick.
I consider blogging to be very important. As important as taking a shower every day! And so I apologize for stinking!
Lately... I can't even use the excuse that I've been busy because I have not been any such thing! I would like to promise you that it will get better. If I've disappointed you... Please don't leave me!
The blogging will continue!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Camp.
So I'm outside.
I just got home and I decided it was so nice out that, at first, I was going to blog on the trampoline. However, I found that to be uncomfortable, so now I'm in a lawn chair watching the lightning! It's pretty sweet.
Today was a 'catch-up-on-sleep' day. I woke up at 7 and then again at 9 but I just fell in and out of consciousness. I got up out of bed at 11 with the idea that I was going to play some Team Swat and just do nothing all day. But I made the mistake of going down stairs and my mom told me a should put a couple of hours in at work.
My little sister had her birthday party today with all of her friends. They played in the pool all day until it started raining. Then they came inside and watched the newly finished DVD of our high school musical, Annie. Then we ate a late lunch and had CAKE! I was really excited for this cake because it was 'fun-fetti' cake. It tasted SO good. As a matter of fact I think I'll eat one before bed.
Yes, I know that's not healthy... Sue me.
The quality is bad on the pic b/c I didn't think about getting a picture until it was ALMOST too late.
I just got home and I decided it was so nice out that, at first, I was going to blog on the trampoline. However, I found that to be uncomfortable, so now I'm in a lawn chair watching the lightning! It's pretty sweet.
Today was a 'catch-up-on-sleep' day. I woke up at 7 and then again at 9 but I just fell in and out of consciousness. I got up out of bed at 11 with the idea that I was going to play some Team Swat and just do nothing all day. But I made the mistake of going down stairs and my mom told me a should put a couple of hours in at work.
My little sister had her birthday party today with all of her friends. They played in the pool all day until it started raining. Then they came inside and watched the newly finished DVD of our high school musical, Annie. Then we ate a late lunch and had CAKE! I was really excited for this cake because it was 'fun-fetti' cake. It tasted SO good. As a matter of fact I think I'll eat one before bed.
Yes, I know that's not healthy... Sue me.
The quality is bad on the pic b/c I didn't think about getting a picture until it was ALMOST too late.After the cake I went to the school and worked for two and a half hours. Whoopie.
Then I have been looking forward to visiting camp ALL week. Bung (a friend of mine) was a camper and so I decided I would go out and visit him. I also decided to stop in Carthage and get him some DQ. He liked that, much to the jealousy of his fellow campers!
The worship was AMAZING. It always is at camp. The message was good also. It talked about the importance of the Cross of Christ. And how Christ is the only way to eternal life. It was very moving sermon.
Then the fun. We did a bunch of stupid/fun dance songs and then had karaoke. I have some HILARIOUS pictures and videos of Bung singing and dancing... I wasn't required to partake since I was just a visitor, but let me tell you if the DJ would have had some Relient K songs in his mix than I most certainly would have sang!!! lol
This is Bung doing the Hoke-Poke (Spelling?!)
This is Bung doing the Chicken Dance. Ha!
This is Bung and another camper doing the Tunak Tunak Tun Dance.
Then I have been looking forward to visiting camp ALL week. Bung (a friend of mine) was a camper and so I decided I would go out and visit him. I also decided to stop in Carthage and get him some DQ. He liked that, much to the jealousy of his fellow campers!
The worship was AMAZING. It always is at camp. The message was good also. It talked about the importance of the Cross of Christ. And how Christ is the only way to eternal life. It was very moving sermon.
Then the fun. We did a bunch of stupid/fun dance songs and then had karaoke. I have some HILARIOUS pictures and videos of Bung singing and dancing... I wasn't required to partake since I was just a visitor, but let me tell you if the DJ would have had some Relient K songs in his mix than I most certainly would have sang!!! lol
This is Bung doing the Hoke-Poke (Spelling?!)
This is Bung doing the Chicken Dance. Ha!
This is Bung and another camper doing the Tunak Tunak Tun Dance.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Oh HAPPY Day!
So guess what today is...
JULY 1st!
And guess what that means?!
A NEW RELIENT K ALBUM COMES OUT! That's what I'm talking about!
Anyways, from what I have heard from it I like the CD so far! I've just browsed through all the songs listening to at least the first thiry seconds.
ALSO:
NINE DAYS until I get to travel out to Washington, DC to hang out with Bryan Schullian. I can't WAIT!!! Bryan is a good friend of mine that I met during high school, but never really knew him until we re-met at the Crossing in Quincy. He took a job in DC for the summer and so three friends and I decided we'd drive out there to see him! I'll be taking LOTS of pictures with my new camera... So be ready for a picture post when I get back!
Rather than scripture tonight I'm going to post a video. It's a video of one of my favorite worship songs. I LOVE this song. It speaks volumes to me every time I hear it. I hope it speaks to you like it does me:
JULY 1st!
And guess what that means?!
A NEW RELIENT K ALBUM COMES OUT! That's what I'm talking about!
Anyways, from what I have heard from it I like the CD so far! I've just browsed through all the songs listening to at least the first thiry seconds.
ALSO:
NINE DAYS until I get to travel out to Washington, DC to hang out with Bryan Schullian. I can't WAIT!!! Bryan is a good friend of mine that I met during high school, but never really knew him until we re-met at the Crossing in Quincy. He took a job in DC for the summer and so three friends and I decided we'd drive out there to see him! I'll be taking LOTS of pictures with my new camera... So be ready for a picture post when I get back!
Rather than scripture tonight I'm going to post a video. It's a video of one of my favorite worship songs. I LOVE this song. It speaks volumes to me every time I hear it. I hope it speaks to you like it does me:
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