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| So I guess I got tagged by Amy, I really don't want to do this, but she's pretty cool, so I guess I'll do it.
1. A friend who has blessed me: Well, I have a lot of amazing friends, but I guess I will have to go with...Ben Anderson, simply because he opened my eyes. He was the only person in my life that looked at me in the eyes and told me that I was being stupid, and that I wasn't living the right way. It takes a lot of you know what to tell someone that...so I thank him very much.
2. An unexpected gift: Just money, God has really been blessing me lately. He has been giving me money to take care of bills and stuff, so it was pretty unexpected to be given a good amount of money, cash.
3. A kind word shared with me recently: Lol, oh man, so many things are running through my head right now...most of them aren't really that kind though, just funny. But ultimately it would probably just have to be all the great things the kids have been saying to me and about me...they really do make me proud!
4. Something that makes me stop and praise God: Man, just the outdoors...you seriously can't walk around, and just think God for the crazy looking tree thats at the end of the street, or the really cool hill that we all did bike tricks on...(and yes, you all know what i'm talking about...each street and neighborhood has these things).
5. Something I’m looking forward to: Once again, I'm going to have to mention God...I just recently quit at Schweitzer and am still looking into school or not...so, I can't wait for God to show me where to go and lead me in a whole new direction of my life!
6. A particular part of me I’m pleased with: Hmm...this is a tough one...I'm not sure, b/c I feel like there is always somthing I need to be working on, but....I'm very happy that I've been blessed with working with kids...I know that this will be my life, helping out kids and reaching the kids that everyone forgets about
7. Something in my life I wanted but never expected: I never expected that I would have ever had the chance to be a youth leader...I always thought it would be an awesome job, simply because I thought my youth leader was incredible. So when I got offered the job, I was extremely pumped! Also, I would have never thought I would be a football coach, I always looked up to my coaches at school, because they were just awesome, and really cared about the game and the players...I looked up to them, mainly Hurst
8. A place that moved/moves me: Hmm, I would probably have to say Mississippi Mission Trip this year, it was awesome to see all the kids working together and getting things done for the Kingdom of God, and also just hearing how the kids do things in school and how they try to make themselves better for Christ. But anywhere in nature, where its just peaceful...getting to see, hear, feel the creation of God...truely moving
9. One thing/person that always makes me smile: Football always makes me smile...hearing people laugh, little kids, really old people, as far as people go....lol, the schweitzer kids...I love them!
10. Most recent “love note” from God: I was reading Job one day, and it was talking about how God is in the storms and to view that as God comforting you...will, I was having a horrible day, and pretty much a horrible month, and I just cryed out to God, then I read the verses...well, it started storming, and I just stood out in it for like an hour...it was very comforting...needless to say, I never view storms in the same way...they're always a blessing now, rather than a bummer!
Um, People I want to tag:
- Angela-because you are a turd
- Kristy-because you wouldn't play Dungeons and Dragon Human version
- All the Schweitzer Kids-just because, I don't need a reason
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| Well, i figured it was time for an update, but i really don't have much
to say...read my last post...it's a good one! well, i'm getting
stuff ready for colorado, since we leave on thursday and we have stuff
do before we get back, i have to send stuff out and all that good
stuff.....yeah! ok, have a great week!
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| well, it has been a long time since i have posted, i got home from camp
gaililee, and it was an alright time....there were like 11 kids there
and it made it cool b/c i got to know all of them, but i kind was
looking forward to the huge camp atmosphere...but God had a purpose for
all of to be there, and i think mine was just to be able to relax and
focus on him....which i def. got to do. but mississippi was
great, i got to be home for like 12 hours to tell some of it to my
parents then it was off to galilee, but now i get to stay home for like
a week, and spend some time with my familia. to be honest, i kind
of missed all my kids at schweitzer this week, i know it sounds weird,
but i truely missed all of you! well, i got a pretty cool
story: so i have kind of been struggling with God lately, and
kind of wondering why things are happening now and not later and not
before and all that good stuff....to be honest i've been pretty mad at
God for a couple of weeks, anyway, so at camp i just kind of got into a
yelling match with him, and told him to give me a sign or something
about Him, well, of course He didn't answer me, well right then anyway,
so i get home yesterday and my mom tells me that my cousin is in town
and he has some pretty big news for everyone....well, i'm like what did
he join another gang or something, she just smiled and said just
wait! so later that night my cousin shows up....just
smiling....if you knew my cousin, this is not a normal accorance, in
fact, him coming into town and a once in a lifetime thing. he has
lived in san antonio for like the past 10 years and has been involved
in dealing drugs and rival gangs and such things like that, he's been
all about the benjamins, if you know what i mean. anyway, he
comes in smiling and gives me a hug, so he sits down and starts asking
me about my job at the church and stuff, and i'm like....why is he
talking about church...he hates church....so he starts talking about
this one night that he saw God face to face (not his actual face, but
the holy spirit) and he said he was asking questions and he got real
answers, he said i just kept getting chills up and down my body, and
this voice was telling me that my time is coming and i had to make a
choice, after i made my choice, He (God) told me that i was a warrior
and that my words would cut like knives...my cousin said at this point
i felt powerful, he said i felt power before but that was with my gang
behind me or a gun in my pocket, he said i was alone in a room and i
felt more power than ever. So he goes on with his story...He
(God) told him to look at the clock it was going to be a long night (it
was 2 15 am) my cousin said that he was told to stand up and put
his hands up, my cousin said that he was thinking what if someone sees
me or something, and immediately the voice said, that's not how this
works, get on your knees....pretty cool stuff huh, that wasn't the
whole story just some of the highlights...well the next day he started
feeling like he needed to see a friend and kind of help her out and
stuff, so he went to a book store and bought her like a poetry journal
thing (b/c she was into that) and he felt like he needed to buy himself
a bookmark, so he did, and the one he bought said, "Not all the
darkness in the world can destroy the light from one candle." he
was laughing saying, i don't know why on earth i bought a bookmark i
don't even read, and especially one that says that....anyway so he goes
to this friends house, and she had been up all night b/c guess
what....her pipes had broke at 2 15 am....pretty cool, but it
gets better. so my cousin is telling this story to my
family and stuff and so my sister gives him the purpose driven life
book and he begins to read it that night, well, he finds a stopping
point and begins to wonder...."i need a bookmark....a bookmark, kind of
like the one i bought." lol, getting pretty cool don't you
say...so anyway, my mom starts talking to him, and is like so about
this choice, did you make one, he was like yeah, so she was like are
you a christian, and he was like i don't think so, maybe later....then
my mom was like, chris, you made a choice you chose to follow him, YOU
ARE A CHRISTIAN. he said as soon as my mom starting talking he
got chills up and down his spine like from the night with God. he
was telling me this stuff and was like well, its sort of lke a lie
detector i know the truth is being spoken when this happens, and he
said it's usually stuff about the bible....weird, b/c the bible is the
Word of God...lol, pretty awesome. so here is where i come in, he
starts talking about one of the statements he got from God...."Your
time is coming, so you need to make a choice." my cousin was
pretty concerned with this, b/c he wasn't ready to die, he wanted to do
things...so i told him, "that may mean that, but God's timing of things
is much different then our, or He means, it's time for you to stand up
and be what you were made for, all the stuff in your past, is your
tool, you are to sharpen that and use it to get into places that people
can't get into, God is going to use you for big things." my
cousin told me that he knew that was the truth b/c he started getting
the chill, not on the first part, but as soon as i said or, he got the
feeling. pretty cool, that my cousin got to experience that. but
the even cooler thing is the fact that this was my sign from God, God
talked to the one person that i would have never guessed, and now my
cousin is going to be a huge warrior in the army of God. this was
my sign, to show me all of my answers, to answer any of my questions,
to refuel my fire, i am ready, and now i have a pretty good
general on my side, my cousin, b/c i know he is destined for huge
things......well, that's all i got, sorry about the novel, but it was
pretty important stuff!
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| Well, we have made it to mississippi...it has been an eventful trip
thus far, to say the least. we're just chillin in the 'guys' dorm
down here waiting to see what's going on, b/c we don't have any clue
what's going on right now, or tomorrow for that matter. but i
think stuff will pick up and we'll start having a great time fixing
stuff and whatnot. well, i'm out, even though i don't have
anything to do. also, more people have joined my mohawk
brigade: james, zak, dylan, spencer, nathaniel, cameron, and
possibly more tomorrow night...until then...peace
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| well, i'm finally home, and just to be honest it kind of sucks. i
was looking foward to being home and seeing my family and stuff, but
i'm so used to being on the go and stuff that it's really boring.
i mean, i'm trying to think of stuff to do, and i do it, then i have
nothing else to do, because i want to save some of the stuff for later
so i won't be bored tomorrow, you know...anyway, the trip was really
fun, i got to do a lot of stuff that i probably would have never done
if it weren't for this trip. it was fun, but lol, i prob will
never do the stuff again, its one of those things that was fun for one
time, but we leave for mississippi pretty soon, so you better being
getting pretty pumped for that, b/c it's going to be an amazing
trip! God will def. work in our lives on this mission,and also
will work in the lives that we reach....man, i can't wait, no more
boredom, that's for sure! well, i really don't have a whole lot
to say, other than i'm home for this week, and that's about it, so i'll
see you guys later...peace.
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