hmm...

well well well it's that time again? the last month or so has been really good, crazy at times, but good. i got to spend the other weekend back on the island, it was so nice to see the ocean again! oh how i miss it, and oh yea, it was nice to catch up with the people too...
i got to go to a derek webb concert recently, it was perfect, it was just him and his 12-string with no band in a small church. i've wanted to see him since i first heard his music, he is definitely one of my favorite christian artists.
also... i got two fish named ghetto gold and tetris! you'd think a gangsta and a nerd wouldn't get along too well but they seem to have a lot of fun in their little tank there.
things are moving along here in three hills still, all my assignments seem to be due at the same time, next week, so this weekend is full of homework, yay!! so all is well thus far, thanks for staying tuned!!

click here to check out a new song that will be on derek webb's new cd i think in june? sorry for the poor sound quality but my camera isn't the most high tech!

run to the hills

well by now i have probably dissuaded everyone fom checking this seeing as it hasn't been updated in, well pretty much 3 mothes...
so a lot has happened in three mothes, emotionally, physically, spiritually, relationally, lly, theologiclly.... lots.
so you probably mostly know im out here in the hills again, all three of them. its going well, classes are good, and im having lots of fun as well.
so i think i jsut remembered why i wasnt super stoked on blogging, so if anyone reads this leave a comment, and maybe if you really want, i shall write again one day.

Post. Script.
here is a video of my hero, one day i will do what he does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw81VWU_KTA

Ushpizin

it was really hard for me to have to excuse myself from a staff meeting that we only get to go to once in a week, but i sacrificed to watch Ushpizin with that Tread gang. it was interesting to see a community where God actually mattered, because here, even at church, God doesn't seem to always be the focus. When i am thinking about getting a new something, or going out somewhere, i never really ask if this is what God wants, it's more would i like to do it. In this movie it showed a community, that even though they may be doing it a bit religiously, they kept their focus on pleasing God. When they were blessed by God, they recognized it, and gave praise to Him as he had deserved to be. It also showed how the main character Moshe changed his whole life around, one of his freinds from earlier in life visited him, and when he saw that Moshe was very religious he thought at first it was a fake, just an act. As time went on his friend realized that no it wasnt a fake; Moshe was real. i hope my friends from highschool saw me now they might see a difference, if God is working in me there should be.

Why a skull? Because i figured it out, why God is so stubbornly persisting to prod me. It is because i am stubborn and my skull is thick. God has to tell me a number of times that i need to learn something before i get it, i know what he's telling me, but i just decide that my ideas are better. In the last number of weeks i have been denying community very much, i don't really let people in, and i know the importance of it, of being accountable, like i've said before, i need to jump in somewhere. And why is it that I take so long to get there? i do not know.. There is a good chance though that I need to let go of some things, mostly my own thoughts, and how i think they are just a bit better than God's. It was mentioned in church today that some people are there own worst enemy, and that is me in more ways than one, i find that i don't have control over my own mind, and I can distract myself very, very easily. All that being said... "For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate." I can definatly sympathize with Paul here, it can be frusterating when I get caught up in it, but i know all i need to do is let God do His thing in me, and i hope to add water to this pot becuase it isn't always very formable.

When there never was...

This morning when i walked into the Hamp's house before morning devotions, my ex-neighbor Jim McAlonan said good morning! This is the day that the Lord has made. It always amazing to me to see how he is always looking to God's strength for what seems like every single aspect of his life. Whenever i am talking to him, it seems it always comes back to God, i don't think there are tons of people who can say that about when they are talking to me. Sometimes i question what is most important in my life, and ive heard it said that if you love something you will talk about it all the time, like a guy always talking about his girlfriend, or his new car, and i know i dont talk a lot, but i know i don't talk about God as much as i claim to love Him. Hopefully this doesn't lead me to just talking about God more, but to loving Him more, and in turn if that is my obsession, then i won't have a problam with never talking about it, because it will just then come naturally. That's what i was thinkin about today, Thanks Jim!

Gone Fishin'

Well at least we were in a fishing boat... This past weekend the staff and tread crew went across the mighty ocean to Al and Elaine Richards' cabin, wow was it ever nice... it was a good relaxing weekend' but i feel way more tired coming home then before we left. It was a good time, there was plenty of time to do pretty much whatever we wanted, from playing catch, to exploring the beach, to... the best of all... sleeping! mmm, a change of atmosphere is always good. I loved waking up and looking out over the water, there was always a layer of fog over the mountains, and it gradually disappeared as the morning progressed, it was beautiful.
this week i booked my plane ticket to Calgary, i am really excited about that, i cant wait to see all the people i haven't seen in what feels like so long. The future is always an interesting concept, I never know whats going to happen, but I always seem to think i can tell it what to do.. it doesn't normally work. I hope in the near future of half an hour i will be asleep, this is what i aspire. Now i will chase my dreams....

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Time flies when your having fun, and im having fun. It's always a cliche statement to say it seems like yesterday that we started the school year, but in a way it does. There is still a long ways to go, but it seems to be goin quicker than usual. This morning at living hope church, some of the Tread team did the music, that was pretty fun, i enjoy playin with them now. I've been thinking lately of what it means to be united. Through planning a lesson and talk to the chuch, I've realized again, (not something new), that this is something i am bad at, im not the most talkative person around, and you will often find me isolating myself, or sticking to groups of 2 or 3. But i guess stepping out of your comfort zone is a good thing, even though it may be uncomfortable. talking about uncomfortable i sang a song with josh for special music today and i have never sung into a mic or in front of anyone before, so that was fun... but i know its good to do things sometimes that you dont want to, i think i need to be more open with people and start to involve myself more in groups. so, thats what ive been thinkin about a bit.