West Coast Baptist College student
Thoughts
Summer
Jul 5th
This summer has been one of the best I’ve ever had! I’m so grateful for the great privilege of representing WCBC and encouraging teenagers to serve the Lord with their lives and train for the ministry. We’ve been in twelve states and Canada so far, and we’ve held meetings almost every night. We’ve been able to see people trust Christ as their Savior, and many young people have decided to give their lives to the Lord. I would appreciate prayer for our ministry this summer if you think to do it.
There have been so many experiences that I don’t think I’m going to try to write about them yet; maybe next semester when I’ve had some time to sort through all of my thoughts about what we’ve seen and done.
Of course, you can always follow me on Twitter if you’d like to see some occasional updates, and you can click on the picture show to the right to see them full-sized. If you’re reading this in an email or in Google Reader, the photo album is here.
Take care; see you here next month.
At the Falls
Ten years
Dec 31st
I remember turning 10 back in 2000 and feeling so amazed that I was finally in the double digits and that we were in a new millennium… wow, a lot has happened since then! I’ve seen a lot of dreams come true; as a matter of fact, I’m living one of my dreams right now just by being a student at West Coast. Music has taken me to places and put me on platforms that I only dreamed of (and that all who heard me play ten years ago could not fathom). Some of my heroes are now my friends, and I get to learn from the most amazing group of Christians that I have ever met. God has been good.
Some things that I thought were the permanent foundations of my life turned out to be temporary and disappointing, but you know, the good has really outweighed the bad, and the disappointing events have dimmed in my memory, leaving the warm nostalgic memories, which I think means that I really did have it pretty good.
As I watched the ball drop in NYC on tv tonight, I reflected, and I can’t help but wonder where I’ll be in 2020… with whom I’ll be… and whose lives I’ll have touched between now and then. This last decade, people have poured their lives into me… this next decade, I want to make an impact on others!
What’s ten years compared to eternity? I guess Heaven will tell… but I’m looking forward to it!
Happy New Year!
this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 3:13, 14
Merry Christmas!
Dec 24th
I love the nostalgic memories of the excitement of the month of December from earlier in my childhood. The play or musical at church… the decorations at home… watching the presents pile up under the tree… eagerly waiting for Grandma to drive in through the snow… Christmas Eve, getting to open one present and listening to old-time Christmas songs on the record player… the smell of potpourri in the house… knowing Luke 2:1-20 by heart: the things that made Christmas, Christmas for me.
While those days are now in my wonderful, warm memories, Christmas is just as real and means even more to me now because of the Savior who was born and now lives in my heart. I pray that it means the same to you for the same reason, because then, no matter where you happen to be at Christmas time, your heart is full of gratitude and love because of Him.
Merry Christmas one and all!