What?!?!?! 2 updates in one month! Holy cow, what is wrong with me?
I feel like updating at 7:55AM in the morning!
My wife is amazing, just want the world to know. She's kind, caring, and most of all forgiving when I mess up or say something stupid. It's wonderful to know that you have the exact person God planned for you from the beginning. It took awhile to find her, and I went through a lot and caused a lot of heartache along the way, but finally here she is.
Ok, enough sappy stuff. The Chapel is almost done!!!! Hopefully by the end of next week it will all be completed. The tile gets finished today, with waxing tonight and we do some more painting then carpet comes in on Monday. Wow, so close to being done.
Ok, well got to take Ania to work and then go to work myself. I'll catch yall later.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
May Day, may day!!!
It's May 1st! Wow time is flying by. Probably has something to do with the fact that I am about to have a baby... well, not me personally, but Ania. Only 17 more weeks until I'm a daddy... wow.
For those of you who missed it, True Love Waits was a lot of fun! We had a great time talking about not only sexual purity but just purity in your life in general. If you missed it, well don't worry we will do it again sometime next year! Thanks for everybody who came out this weekend though!!!
School is almost over!!! Well for the summer at least. Hopefully I'll only have 1 more year after this and I'll be able to be done with school for awhile. I'm ready for a break. I need some time away from the classroom and worrying about assignments and things like that. And I'm pretty sure all you all are ready for school to be out as well.
We have a busy summer ahead of us! First on the list is that church camp was moved back 1 week. So now we are going July 19th - July 24th! So make sure you put that on your calender.
Lots of other things happening so make sure you check your calender and all that fun jazz.
Just finished putting some paint on the walls in the youth room. It's going to look so sweet in just a couple weeks. I cannot wait for it to finally be finished. A big thanks goes out to Todd Merriott for doing most of the work, and Renee Comtois and Aaron Armstrong for also helping out quite a bit in the whole process. It's taken a long time but it will come together soon, I promise!
Alrighty guys, I'm signing off for today, I hope God blesses you this coming week and don't forget to study hard for your finals!
For those of you who missed it, True Love Waits was a lot of fun! We had a great time talking about not only sexual purity but just purity in your life in general. If you missed it, well don't worry we will do it again sometime next year! Thanks for everybody who came out this weekend though!!!
School is almost over!!! Well for the summer at least. Hopefully I'll only have 1 more year after this and I'll be able to be done with school for awhile. I'm ready for a break. I need some time away from the classroom and worrying about assignments and things like that. And I'm pretty sure all you all are ready for school to be out as well.
We have a busy summer ahead of us! First on the list is that church camp was moved back 1 week. So now we are going July 19th - July 24th! So make sure you put that on your calender.
Lots of other things happening so make sure you check your calender and all that fun jazz.
Just finished putting some paint on the walls in the youth room. It's going to look so sweet in just a couple weeks. I cannot wait for it to finally be finished. A big thanks goes out to Todd Merriott for doing most of the work, and Renee Comtois and Aaron Armstrong for also helping out quite a bit in the whole process. It's taken a long time but it will come together soon, I promise!
Alrighty guys, I'm signing off for today, I hope God blesses you this coming week and don't forget to study hard for your finals!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
April already
So Ania and I are having a little girl!
Wow... I'm going to be a daddy. It's still hard to believe.
It has been a busy busy year. Obviously since i haven't updated since February a lot has happened. Ania and I had an appointment with the sonogram place to find out about our little baby. We found out her due date is August 25th, but chances are it will be a little bit earlier than that. Our little girl is so far very healthy and very active. During our last check-up she even kicked the ultrasound monitor pressed up against mommy because it was too loud! She's already got Ania's feisty attitude.
Spring break was a pretty good time. We went to see Ania's family in New Jersey and I got to spend a few hours in New York City one evening. I got to go to the Nintendo world store and wow... Talk about amazing!
The picture sucks, but the guy taking it couldn't figure out how to make the flash go.... so whatever. That's me in the store. It was a lot of fun! I ended up buying a onesy(or however you spell it) for our baby and an awesome turtwig doll for the baby (and me but mostly the baby).
April is here now and it's just one thing after the other! The youth room is coming along quite nicely and I am hoping it will be done within the next couple weeks. Wishful thinking on my part, but I really do hope it happens.
Tonight's lesson is going to deal with Kenosis. Basically do you believe that Jesus emptied himself of any of his deity-ness or that he willingly gave up certain attributes to become human, or did he just veil his being a deity?
Wow... I'm going to be a daddy. It's still hard to believe.
It has been a busy busy year. Obviously since i haven't updated since February a lot has happened. Ania and I had an appointment with the sonogram place to find out about our little baby. We found out her due date is August 25th, but chances are it will be a little bit earlier than that. Our little girl is so far very healthy and very active. During our last check-up she even kicked the ultrasound monitor pressed up against mommy because it was too loud! She's already got Ania's feisty attitude.
Spring break was a pretty good time. We went to see Ania's family in New Jersey and I got to spend a few hours in New York City one evening. I got to go to the Nintendo world store and wow... Talk about amazing!
The picture sucks, but the guy taking it couldn't figure out how to make the flash go.... so whatever. That's me in the store. It was a lot of fun! I ended up buying a onesy(or however you spell it) for our baby and an awesome turtwig doll for the baby (and me but mostly the baby).April is here now and it's just one thing after the other! The youth room is coming along quite nicely and I am hoping it will be done within the next couple weeks. Wishful thinking on my part, but I really do hope it happens.
Tonight's lesson is going to deal with Kenosis. Basically do you believe that Jesus emptied himself of any of his deity-ness or that he willingly gave up certain attributes to become human, or did he just veil his being a deity?
Friday, February 12, 2010
Few and Far Between
Well, I'm not very good at keeping a "consistent" blog, but at least I will be making posts! It's Friday February 12, 2010 and it's 2 days before Valentines Day. I've come to a few revelations recently that I have shared with my wife. Let's just say God is still good even when I'm not. And He always comes through even when I don't deserve it. God is patient and for that I am very grateful. God will always be patient and He will always be waiting for us to turn to Him for everything we face. Sometimes it takes me longer to turn to Him than it should but I'm slowly realizing that I need to be turning a lot sooner.
There is a youth I need everybody who reads this to pray for. She is dealing with a lot of issues and also doesn't know what she believes about God or Jesus or Christianity. So just keep this young girl in your prayers as God works in her life.
There is a youth I need everybody who reads this to pray for. She is dealing with a lot of issues and also doesn't know what she believes about God or Jesus or Christianity. So just keep this young girl in your prayers as God works in her life.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Hump Day
It's the middle of the week... "Hump day." Like a mountain that you are on top of... tomorrow you will be going downhill towards the weekend and the end of one week and the beginning of another. An endless cycle until God calls you home.
What are you doing during this endless cycle?
What are you doing during this endless cycle?
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A New Year
Hello all and Happy New Year!!! I know this is a bit late, but today is my birthday so I am allowed to be late ;)
We have started NTX (New Testament Experience) at Birchwood this week and we will be reading through the New Testament by Easter. I am pretty excited about it actually and cannot wait to see what God shows Ania and myself.
The first day of reading, yesterday, we read Matthew chapters 1-4. I am always amazed at chapter 4, the temptation of Jesus. After spending 40 days and 40 nights fasting the Bible says Jesus was hungry. Let me just say... that has to be one of the biggest understatements of all time. After 40 days I am going to speculate, quite accurately I think ;), that Jesus was FAMISHED. I'm pretty sure that none of us can last that long, I know I sure can't. I start freaking out if I miss a meal. Well, let's just say my body starts getting angry at me if I don't eat something during "meal time".
After that long without food the body starts to shut down. Fatigue, dizziness, light-headedness, stress, extreme hunger, possible hallucinations, etc. begin to ravage the body after not having anything for that long. Let's just say it is not a pretty sight.
Why would Jesus do that to himself? Let me hear your answers on that question...
Then after he finished with that Satan decided to step in and start tempting him. Now the funny thing about his tempting is that he's tempting Jesus with things that Jesus already has. Power to turn stones to bread... check, power to call the angels to His side, check, power to own all the nations of the world, check. Jesus has absolutely all that within His power. However, God doesn't work that way. Even thought He can force all of those things He chooses not to. God wants us to come to Him and be saved. Also, as Jesus quoted scripture quite impressively since he is the scripture incarnate... Man lives on more than bread alone, don't tempt God, don't worship other Gods... Satan was trying but Jesus was too strong even after being weakened by fasting...
How can I show that same kind of strength.... how can you?
We have started NTX (New Testament Experience) at Birchwood this week and we will be reading through the New Testament by Easter. I am pretty excited about it actually and cannot wait to see what God shows Ania and myself.
The first day of reading, yesterday, we read Matthew chapters 1-4. I am always amazed at chapter 4, the temptation of Jesus. After spending 40 days and 40 nights fasting the Bible says Jesus was hungry. Let me just say... that has to be one of the biggest understatements of all time. After 40 days I am going to speculate, quite accurately I think ;), that Jesus was FAMISHED. I'm pretty sure that none of us can last that long, I know I sure can't. I start freaking out if I miss a meal. Well, let's just say my body starts getting angry at me if I don't eat something during "meal time".
After that long without food the body starts to shut down. Fatigue, dizziness, light-headedness, stress, extreme hunger, possible hallucinations, etc. begin to ravage the body after not having anything for that long. Let's just say it is not a pretty sight.
Why would Jesus do that to himself? Let me hear your answers on that question...
Then after he finished with that Satan decided to step in and start tempting him. Now the funny thing about his tempting is that he's tempting Jesus with things that Jesus already has. Power to turn stones to bread... check, power to call the angels to His side, check, power to own all the nations of the world, check. Jesus has absolutely all that within His power. However, God doesn't work that way. Even thought He can force all of those things He chooses not to. God wants us to come to Him and be saved. Also, as Jesus quoted scripture quite impressively since he is the scripture incarnate... Man lives on more than bread alone, don't tempt God, don't worship other Gods... Satan was trying but Jesus was too strong even after being weakened by fasting...
How can I show that same kind of strength.... how can you?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Post Number 3
I really am not all that good at thinking up titles for my blog posts. But when I start blogging on certain topics I'll start using relevant titles...
Technically at this point I doubt any youth are reading my blog. Once our website gets up however, I'm hoping that you all will read these posts as I do hope they will eventually be a help to you.
But for kicks and giggles I'm going to write stuff down anyway.
I have a new whiteboard in my office and I've got quite a schedule written up on it. For January we have a parent/student lunch on Jan 10th, We're going to go to the crown center in KC to go ice skating, and we're going to start a high school study. In February we have the Super Bowl Party, True Love Waits study, and hopefully another hockey game. We'll see how that goes.
Well that's it for today. My brain isn't really working all that well as I'm still busy cramming it full of information for my finals this week.
So I leave you with a Bible verse. "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
Technically at this point I doubt any youth are reading my blog. Once our website gets up however, I'm hoping that you all will read these posts as I do hope they will eventually be a help to you.
But for kicks and giggles I'm going to write stuff down anyway.
I have a new whiteboard in my office and I've got quite a schedule written up on it. For January we have a parent/student lunch on Jan 10th, We're going to go to the crown center in KC to go ice skating, and we're going to start a high school study. In February we have the Super Bowl Party, True Love Waits study, and hopefully another hockey game. We'll see how that goes.
Well that's it for today. My brain isn't really working all that well as I'm still busy cramming it full of information for my finals this week.
So I leave you with a Bible verse. "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12
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