The last, first day of high school

This was a very monumental day for me in my high school career. The last first day of high school! Never again to come to high school on a first day and from here on out its only a countdown until we graduate, even though it's still 174 days more of school. Just one day at a time is how i'm gonna get through this. And my plans for after high school? Well, God has yet to reveal all of those for me or even give me a 100% on the things i think He has for me. But as for now it looks like i'm going to be applying for the Joshua Wilderness Institute for the 2011-2012 year and God willing i'll get accepted to that. Lots of prayer. And so after this i plan to attend a firefighting academy for 2 years and then get a job as a firefighter. Also God willing. And if everything goes that far ill go to either PLNU or SDCC and major in Kinesiology which i would then probably do some athletic training things in case the firefighting wasn't in God's plan for me. And then after that i have no clue whats in store for me. But it is pretty far out there for me to be thinking about. I have a plan kinda figured out and if God takes me another way then i'm going to take that way over my way. Because living a life for me is pointless and will benefit no one, including myself.

Hume.

As most of you know I've been going to Hume Lake for my whole life. Every summer our family goes up and spends a week at the lake and it's a ton of fun. I love my family so much. But more recently I've been going to the camps up at Hume and so I've been to Ponderosa, which is the big high school camp, 4 times. Guys conference once, and now I'm leaving for Wildwood on Sunday morning. At Ponderosa the camp is focused mainly on games and reaching out to either new or non believers. So the teaching is more a reminder, which is no doubt useful, but I'm ready for some new stuff or at least to be taught in new ways so i can continue to grow. And that is why I'm going to Wildwood. I've never been to this camp and have heard very little about it besides the fact that its only about 130 high schoolers instead of 1,000. And that it's not about games but discipleship. Which i am extremely excited for. Through this camp i hope to develop a deeper relationship with my Jesus and learn ways to reach out to others that need Him. But when i get back, I'll be sure to write all about what i learned and how the camp went. See you then.

One down; three to go

Well this is my first blog so don't expect anything great, namely Rachel since i figure you'll be the only one reading these. But that's OK because hopefully they'll just keep getting better for you :)

This past Saturday was a very special and important day. My sisters wedding day. This was one very incredible night for more than one reason. My favorite parts were the message Pastor Tim provided for us during the ceremony, the doxology sung by various people in my family and the dancing. Pastor Tim's message was focused mainly on synergy. And how he put it was like this... if there are two horses and one can pull 10,000 pounds and the other can pull 7,000 pounds the two together should be able to pull 17,000 pounds right? Wrong. They can pull 30,000 pounds! This is the idea that two people working together can do things that only one person would not imagine doing by themselves. But then there is a third. And this third is Jesus Christ. And with Him all things are possible and nothing should seem insurmountable. So this was the overall theme of Pastor Tim's message. Then next the doxology sung by our families famous quartet; my dad, my two uncles and grandpa. And might i say excellent job :) It was so good i had chills up and down my spine. But the last favorite was the dancing. There was fast dancing mostly and that was awesome but i got two slow dances in and they were both very good dancers. But the reason for all of this was because of Amy and Jeremy's love for each other. And so without them submitting to God's will, He brought them each other. A couple united by Christ for Christ and His future Kingdom. so now that this one is off and married that leaves us three: Kindra, me and Josh. And we will only be brought this kind of amazing love by living for Christ and keeping focused on Him in all things.
    -God bless