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| Tonight I picked up a hitch hiker on my motorcycle. It was kind of weird driving around at midnight with a man 6"2 on the back of my bike. I just wish that he hadn't told me that he had been in prison for a felony, I would have let him hold on tight for longer. | | |
| Man, its been a crazy week. We got back from our cruise and I was in need of getting right back to work, but stuff happened with the equipment so I have been delayed for a couple days. It is a good thing though, because I have spent more time with the Lord. Today I spent a couple hours this morning talking with God and reading the Word. Oh but this evening as I was driving back to the Library from Oreilly's Auto Parts, I was witness to a motorcycle accident. This guy had to be going about 60 mph as he went around a curve and then he rolled his bike. I was the first one to the scene so I put on my flashers and jumped out of my truck. He was sitting up as I made my way toward him and he looked bloody. I was feeling at odds with myself. Part of me wanted to get to him to help him as soon as possible, but part of me was a little afraid of what I'd find. When the man stood up I breathed a huge sigh of relief. The guys hands were all cut up and he was trying to get his helmet off, he asked me to do it after he got tired of trying. So I helped him and got blood on my hands and on my arms. The guy was really upset with himself because it wasn't his bike it was one of his friends. When he said he didn't need anymore help and I helped get his mangled bike to the side of the road, I got in my truck and left. I went home quickly and got some disinfectant on the bloodied area. I was fairly disgusted. After I got it all off though, I reflected on what had happened. All the blood made me think about how it was Good Friday, and the blood that Jesus had on his hands. Then it made me think about how this man on the motorcycle came close to death, but God did not take back His breath at this time. And I wonder why I didn't ask the man on the motorcycle, "Where would you be if you had died?" | | |
| Hey Yall,
Just me from down south at Pass Christian, Mississippi. It has been so interesting here around the Library lately. 235 people from Miami are staying here at the Library, this place can probably comfortably hold 75. You can only imagine what the sleeping situation is like. Another twist to this is that these people are originally from Hati, so the speak french, spanish, creole. They got it going on though. I went with some of the guys that are electricians today and they taught me some cool stuff. It is a tad more difficult to learn new concepts with electricity when your teacher and you have some communication barriers. All in all God has blessed us very much and things are looking extremely good for this community. Hope the best for you all. | | |
| I'm feeling so much better today than I did yesterday. I have been kind of ill lately, past week or so, but I haven't stopped to really rest. This weekend I stayed out until 3:30 a.m. on Friday and then I stayed out until past 1 a.m. on Saturday. I woke up on Sunday and couldn't even talk because of all the singing and talking that I did on Saturday. So yay for today, because I feel like I'm gonna be ready to be active tommorrow.
Christmas break should be alot of fun, I'm excited to do alot of stuff. My mom is coming back from North Carolina and my sister is going to stay with me since she gets kicked out of the dorms, so this place is going to be crazy. Hanging out with my sis should be fun and maybe I can get her to cook me some food, or if she can bring that room-mate of hers to cook that would be even better. If they don't cook then I'll force them to eat what I cook. Actually if I try hard I can cook some good food. The only problem I run into is that I always end up filling the whole kitchen and living room with smoke.
I must say that after my test today I was really sad to be leaving all my new friends from Natural Resources class. Matt, Matt, Emily, Emily (yes two of each, weird), Ashlynn, Megan, Melissa, and a number of others that I will truly miss in MWF interactions. I hate good-byes, but I love you all. It is so crazy how "The Price is Right" can bring so many people together. Bob Barker, your simply magical.  | | |
| This semester is coming to a close. Tomorrow will be the last day of classes for the semester and after that it is just finals. So tonight I have been reflecting on the past semester as it comes to a halt and I think about what I did the last few months. In every venue of productive life I feel I was not only stagnant but that I took a step backwards. This is of course by looking at my semester in whole, the last third of the semester has been different. You see I don't feel that we ever stay the same, you either increase or you decrease, you get better or you get worse. My football coach in high school would hammer in this theory at almost every practice. He would yell at us that we were either going to get better at this practice or we were going to get worse, we never stay the same. Because if we give just enough effort to get by, then ultimately we are worse off for the heart wasn't in it. Your heart has more of a role in any activity than all the other parts of your body. An athletes muscles mean little without his heart in the game, even the mind can only do so much good without the heart pushing it in the right direction. Our relationships with God go nowhere if our heart is not available for His taking. The last month or so has been awakening. I see a need to be so proactiv in my approach as a participant in the lives of people and to work in my area of influence that has been provided to me. I want to put my heart and energy to use, I don't want to waste my life away with meaningless words and sorry excuses. My paradigms have been altered and I am excited for the positions that God has lined up for me. Even school is so appealing to me at this time. (Thanks Miss Smith, the real go-getter)
I gotta throw this one in too. Today I got a job offer to not only be apart of the lives of a bunch of 5-12 year olds, but to work at a Karate school. I even get free karate classes. How cool is that. I'm even gonna get paid to play ping pong for an hour everyday. I haven't accepted the job yet as I am still dealing with some other options, but I'm glad to have the opportunity on the table. | | |
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