Be.

Life really amazes me. Everytime that i doubt God, and what his plan for me is, he blows my mind. Last week we had our baptism after the service on sunday morning... we were expecting about 17 or 18 people to be baptized because of their commitment to Christ. 35 people were baptized, at this point it's just affirmation.

Tonight at our small group, i got pumped up with our students. We were just sitting around (and honestly i was waiting for a topic to come up to talk about and so it did) talking about our goals for this upcoming year..... and it came to my attention that 90% of my students don't give a rip about anyone else but themselves and their close friends... the were all very open by saying that.. They told me that other people were just an inconvenience.. At that point i realized that they had never experienced Jesus....So i preceded to ask them if it was just ok to believe in what ever, and they all agreed that it didn't really matter as long as you believed in something.

So I told them my story.

That I was lost and God found me and changed my entire family. And that was how i knew that God was real. They were all pretty much silent.... It really showed me that we were getting somewhere.... that they were getting their locked up feelings out, and mostly that they realized that it's a problem to be a follower of Christ and to not care about people......

God told me this......

"Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
Galatians 6:9

Keep on truckin baby....

Bringin' the heat...

Well.... Hopefully since these are imported to facebook things will be easier. Today, July 4th, 2007 it was 117 degrees in las vegas... Yipes I know. It seems as if life has been coming at me fast ever since i stepped into the unknown. God has been stepping up in ways that i could never have imagined.

This past weekend we did a retreat with our students in Beaver, Utah... one of God's special places. That weekend was the best retreat that i have ever experienced in Youth Ministry thus far. It truly made me realize why we do what we do. I saw students come together in a way they had never experienced. A few of our students had never been camping or even out of the desert really so it was really amazing. As we pour our lives out waiting for some to soak it up, i personally am learning so much about myself, the way God has made me and the future that i want to have. It's amazing to realize that though i live in the land of oppurtunities i want to take the route of Christ. If that leaves me poor and homeless, i'm up for it.

Megan and i are doing great, were just doing the whole "planning thing" for the wedding... some of it's not really that fun and also quite stressful. If anyone reads this, just be praying for us. She is truly an asset to my life already, I can only imagine where things will take us off to after October 27th. It is going to be amazing to have some as supportive and "sold out" as she is to be my wife. At times i feel confused about everything, but at the end of the day, i know that my life is spoken for....