Blogging

To the left is my dear friend Kirsten who flew down to San Francisco to go kilt shopping with me. Seriously, who flies from Seattle to San Francisco to go looking for kilts with a friend. Well, Kirsten does! We didn't even make it to the kilt shop.....we did cover a lot of ground over those four days though. So I thought that I would share a little bit about how we got connected.

It all started because my friend Jessica couldn't use myspace that well at Simpson University so I started to blog so that we could have some good conversations about God, spirituality, and life....I guess it's all the same in a way. So I started blogging. One of the things that I had to do was list my interests and one of them was Frank Peretti books. One day this other man of God by the name of Dean, who lived in South Africa at the time, was looking for other people with similar interests and ran across me by the Frank Peretti interest. Dean and I started writing back and forth and he turned out to be a stand up guy so I started checking out people that he regularly corresponded with and ran across the talented writings of Kirsten (http://lattesandrainydays.blogspot.com/). I remember the first post of hers that I read was about waking up in the morning. It was so descriptive and so beautifully written. I was captivated and I just kept reading the posts. She had another one about a dream that she had recently and it made something click in one of the dreams that I had that wasn't making sense so I started to write her. Much to my surprise she wrote back and we became instant friends. It was one of those friendships that just seemed to come together just right. So here's to blogging and Gods will in our life. It's just to bizarre to not be of God. So blog!!! Reach out!!! Build relationships!!!

Father thank you for giving me Friends like Dean and Kirsten. It has been such a wild ride meeting and getting to know them and I am so grateful for it. Thank you for all of the friendships that have come from those two and just keep growing. Father I pray that our time writing, talking and hanging out together is of you and is fruitful. I pray that we never forget that we get to share in relationship because of you father. Father thank you for blessing us with a country where we can worship you freely and write about you with out fear of persecution. Thank you for loving us Father and showing us how to love each other. AMEN!!!

Kenya

My friend Chris just got back from Kenya not to long ago and while he was there he was talking with a friend of his who needs someone to act as a foreman for the construction of a childrens camp.  This camp is totally funded and the supplies are already rolling in.  Chris brought me up as a possible candidate to go out there and help build this camp.  It would probably be a 2 year commitment with something like a month off in between years.  I'll be meeting with the pastor who is heading this up next month to see if this is something where I can help him out or not.  If it is then I'm moving to Kenya.  I've been praying and fasting over this and I think that if this works out then that is where God wants me.  It's odd because I've wanted to do a kids camp for years and just gave up on the idea due to a lack of $$$$ and then this possible opportunity lands in my lap.  Please throw a bit of prayer my way.  I just want His will to be done in my life and for me to not get in the way of His dreams for me.  Thank you friends.

Father I pray that you guide me in this possible new adventure and chapter in my life.  I pray that you open the doors that need to be opened in my life to lead me towards the path that you have for me.  Father I pray that I stay out of the was of your will and that I just open myself and completely surrender myself to your will.  Your will be done Father.  AMEN!

Movies that Move You.....

As we've all been experiencing these difficult economic times I decided to rent Cinderella Man to put it all into perspective. This movie shows such an important time in history and how an amazing man handled it. What we are going through is NOTHING!!! I know that jobs are hard to come by but they are not impossible to find. We have so many options and opportunities in this amazing country of ours. We have our issues just like any where else but what a fantastic country this is.

This movie moves me in many different ways. It shows me how to be a better man. It shows me the power of faith and the hope that it can bring. It shows me the power of Love, humility, honor, respect, devotion, and strength. Do you remember the part where he goes to the old boxing club house and asks for money? How about the part where he goes back to the welfare office and gives the money BACK? How many of you would do that? I doubt that I would.

What movies move you and why do they move you? Bear you soul here Brothers and Sisters.