This past week I went camping with New Life at Mt. Rainier. It was an awesome trip. We hiked the mountain and as I looked down the mountain I saw a magnificent picture that only God could paint. Filled with color and a breeze that calms the heart, tall green trees, hills rolling down the earth, streems transparent as the sky. When the sun came down God showed me another one of his awesome paintings of the night. The stars filled the sky with their glimmer, the milky way a blur which could not be forgotten, and shooting stars that keep the wonder going. Seeing creation is always a relaxing experience.

There are so many things that I'm facing right now and I feel so weak. I don't really know how to deal with them all but I do know that I can let my worries go with my faith. VBS is coming up real soon and my class has 18 kids so far. That's a whole lot of kids! So I've been given this blessing and I must prepare my heart for it. I'm going to pray for each one of them through out this week and I hope that they will experinece the love of God that gives peace.

I have so many doubts about myself. I wonder if I am being good to my family, friends, co-workers, and peers. At home I feel like such a failure with the responsiblitys that I have been given. I don't know where it comes from but I'm fighting it. I care about them a lot yet I feel like there is so much resentment coming from them but regardless of that i'm going to try my best to be there for them all even if they don't see it. 

In all I've found my peace in God. Whatever I face I know it is ok to be weak because in my weakness He is strong and I can depend on that strength.

2 Corinthinas 12:10

That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Wow it's been a while since my last post and so much stuff has happened that I don't know where to start. I'll just share about some random stuff then. Latetly I've been getting back into working out. I lift weights at 24 and I like to go running at diffrent places. This past week I ran Steward Park and the I90 bridge with some friends. It was pretty fun. I think everyone should try those places out. I've notice that my desire to become a fire fighter has been down for a while because of all the things that I have been doing well not that I don't desire it but I have not focused on it. That desire is bulding back up now and I'm going to study hardcore. Just imagining the very action of being there for people in life changing situations gets me hyped up. But isn't everyday a life changing experinece for someone? Little things count right? So my mentality has been heading in the deirection of having a positive attitude towards people and making good use of the things I say. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." Now that sure is a lie cuz words can really mess people up. Well hopefully I'll be able to say good things to people if I ever become a Fire Fighter or EMT. 

My CRX is gone now because I sold it to one of my friends. I sure miss it but my 240 is getting more crazy. And my Hatchi is at my buddys body shop hopefully getting fixed. I'm so anxious to get my cars back but I'll wait paitently. Oh and for those who don't know my 02 Corolla is dead. Some girl crashed into me but it's all good. No one was hurt cept for Plato (my car). Yeah I named two of my cars cuz I thought it was tight. The Corolla S was Plato and my CRX was Airstotle. And now both of my students are gone. I'm sad but not really.

There's a really cool Bible verese that has been keeping me thinking about God in everything I do. "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4.  That's deep huh. Well it sure has been for me because it has been changing my attitude about things. Well there's still more to come.

Tomorrow I got tons of stuff to do but I'm pretty excited to get them done. One of the things I have to do is go to Costco to buy groceries. If you don't like going to Costco then you must have some serijous issues with yourself jk. I'm also looking foward to taking my s13 home tomorrow I just can't wait to hear that BOV on the RB20. Did you guys know what the RB20 Silvertop has a stock Greedy BOV!  

Today in my devotionals I read 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1. It's a pretty deep passage about what Christians should do with their freedom. It encompases the idea of wheather it is ok to drink or not. In most Chruchs this is a pretty controversial topic, one that I love talking about. If you read the passage-for what it is you'll understand. Some other helpful verese are 1Cor 6:12 and 1 Cor 8:13. Well don't beat your head over these things though. Remember Eph 4:29 and James 1:19 when you talk about these issues with people be careful not to judge Matt 7:1-3.

Koinonia Spring Retreat

March 18-20th

It will be bomb so come out.

This month as been very tiring, weird, yet entertaining. I've been sick since late December and I'm still sick now. I hate going to the Doctors and taking medicine I don't exeactly know why but I know that I want my body to heal on it's own; however, this sickness has gotten me real bad. So one day I said to my self "I give up! I'll take some Tylenol" so I go dig around for some in the dark I found some ate it and I didn't feel any effects. Two thoughts came to mind.

1. Medicine really sucks

2. I must just be that sick

Well two weeks pass and I'm back to that same situation. I dig around for some more of that tylenol in the dark, but this time I take it in the restroom and just to be safe I thought I'd read the instructions on the back. As I read I come across EXP. 12/91!!! I realized that I've been taking Tylenol Cold that has been expired for about 13 years now I'm feeling real stupid. So I go digging around for some more med and I find some Tylenol that expires 1/05 "I thought ok not too bad" so I take it and it worked a bit. Well I gave in all the way yesterday and saw the Doc. He said I had a Fever, Broncitis, and some Sinus thing. I'm currently taking Amoxicillin (antibiotic), Non expired Tylenol Cold, and Tylenol Sinus. I ate some wasabi today on some sushi and it cleared up my Sinus not 100% but I can now breath through my left nostral. I didn't feel the burn either so I start throwing big chunks of the stuff on.

So some interesting facts:

Wasabit can help with sinus

Expired Tylenol has no effect

I drank 5 litters of Gatorade and one and a half  gal of Water in one day

Peeing is my new hobby

Well other then my sickness I've been doing pretty well and I'm real excited about Koin this year I'm hoping that my fellowship group will grow strong and that we will be able to carry each other on.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

Looks like I’m posting up a bit more often now. Well I started yet another project car, this time I got a 89 240sx hatch and I’ve got a RB20DET engine (Skyline R32) in there with some goodies on it. I’m hoping that it will hold up well for now so I don’t have to do an overhaul anytime soon. I just gotta say that having a project car is like being in a relationship. You take em out to dinner (gas), go on dates (drive), build each other up (Test runs), and over all you just got to maintain the relationship (tune ups). However I’d much rather be in a real one when I’ve become the right person.

Spiritually I’ve been getting toward my goals of having a more sincere and stable relationship with God. When I’m trying to get closer to God I find myself reading the Bible and playing songs. And lately I’ve been reading a lot more and getting back to playing the guitar consistently I’m still not very good at it but it’s still fun.