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| Well currently I am in Jackson, Mississippi(I hope I spelled that correctly) working for our potential client. Work is ok but I do miss all my friends from North Dakota hopefully I will get the opportunity to come back to visit real soon. So many things have happened since I last posted. I will try to sum it up. Well since I last post I have been brutally beat up but I'm healed --I got my eating rights back due to the fact that I got busted in the jaw and couldnt eat for weeks-- I have moved out of my grandparents house and am currently in the process of filling the place but it will take alot longer since I am currently not in Dallas to fill my apartment up--I got a kitten so I went out to buy stuff for it but when I returned to pick him up it died on me. It never made it, last life I suppose--my cell phone was taken and now I am using a company phone-the cool thing is that I did have insurance on my mobile--but the wonderful part about the whole ordeal is that before I get a new one I have to file a police report--wow that will be one fun thing I have to do this week--I get to meet the Mississippi police department--lol I love cops--no I really do lol--they serve a good purpose and yeah enough of that.....One thing that I am learning through this whole ordeal is that when I look back and remember the time i first came to God it gave me relief because he freed me from so many things. But that was only the beginning because I am a christian now and I am still going through many things and as you can see they are not all that good. But God showed me recently and I laugh because he tickles me at times when I see cool things in his Word. He showed me that daily when I put on the full armor of God its all about preparation. He has prepared me for that broken jaw for that missing phone for this wonderful opportunity to speak into my fellow colleagues life who are all chinese newly seeking God. However unlike the first time I came to the cross when I first believed--he now prepares me according to my faith to do the things I know I should be doing. You see God tells us in that same verse that the day of evil will come. All I must do is stand and when I am standing I have to know in my heart that even though I am in the mist of this heavy storm and the wind and rain and everything else is beating down on my door and the side of my house (I think these are distractions, you know what I am talking about). You know it feel like hell because the pain is real. God through his word has taught me to stand because this house that I built during my quiet time and through my relationship with Jesus is like a house built of a rock. I am unmovable and believe it or not he even makes me unshakeable. Because when you know that you have done all that you can God tells you to do what. He says stand and this is when that preparation and armor comes in handy its during these times you need it most and since you already have it fitted and is used to it all you have to do now is wear it like nothing is going wrong around you because you know what this too will pass. I hope you are with me........the word tells me to stand.....stand and stand because I am, this house and the rock that my life is built on is Jesus and he will see me through but that is not the end of what he has taught me. When you make it through this type of storm you get promoted......God takes you to a new level and whatever that level is for me I can't wait but for sure I am standing firm and my prayer is for you to do the same. Don't just talk about it Be about it and wear your armor throughout the storm and watch the hand of God move you to new heights. I love you and stay blessed.... | | |
| The weirdest thing happened to me last night I was out for my nightly run. Well before I tell you what happened I better give you an update. I am currently living in the same neighbour here I went to elementary school. Ok I'm currently living with my grandma. I love my grandma but here is the thing. There's always a catch. My grandma has a very nice 3 bedroom house just built in 2000, but she has 4 other people living in the house with her plus me now. I can't move into my apartment until Oct. 7 so I have a couple of more weeks of this chaos. But remember I truly love my grandma but not only does she have 4 other people(my aunt and 3 nephews) but she has 3 dogs and 6 puppies who are bigger than me living there all in the house so you can imagine the delema I had in staying there. She lives on the cu du sac where these dogs taunt every one who passes because the have learned to escape from here backyard. I said grandma these people have to go and she agreed. So I came up with a plan. Well instead of calling the dog pound I unsuccessfully tried to fix the gate 4 times. I was out smarted by the dogs over and over again. Finally the dogs were literally getting on my last nerve when 2 of these mutts started barking at me. So a little more motivated than before I went into the back yard and kicked the old fence down and properly put up the new fence that had been sitting on her ground for about 3 years. Now with all the dogs outside and the house smelling a little better(if you know what I mean) I am currently staying at my grandmas house helping her out where I can and finally getting back into a routine where for the first time I was motivated enough to go for a very long run. It was fun and it was a great start to a weird week. To end the night I ran for 1.5 hours but at the end of that run I ran into my biological father and man was I shocked but when he picked me up and spent me around like I was 5 it took me to a place where I haven't been in years-------------right back to the day he left my mom and me-->my sisters have kept up with the man through the years..............but what now......... | | |
| Well I made it back from China and boy was it an experience. Today my boss leaves for China to renew his visa so that is pretty exciting as well. I really miss all my friends and family from North Dakota and I hope to see all you guys soon. But to try to write about my experience there in China would be impossible because it was so vast and overwhelmming-In a good way of course. The people there are so nice and one of the coolest things is that there are about 1.5 billion people so thats a lot of nice people.
This company that I work for is called Futurewei but the China based company is called Huawei. It's China's biggest telecom company. God is good right but you know he was good long before this happened. Sometimes I think that he waits for us to move before he steps in and to complete the task-this I think shows him our heart. I believe God loves all those who are not afraid to be about him (for those not understanding (about him) it simply means those who love him-ok moving on). I think we have done enough talking about the son of man so now lets be about him because God is waiting for a few good soldiers to lead his vast army of men. Are you that person? I believe you are and all you have to do is to be exactly who you are(which means don't change for anybody because there is no other on earth who does what you do and never worry about the world because at times the people in it can be very shallow and mean. But God on the other hand is in your corner saying "You can do it because I have your back so don't be afraid because I will never leave you and know that the world around you will forsake you but that is not who I am. I am your one true friend and you can always look to me especially when it seems all is lost and there is no one around. Believe in me because I love you and without a doubt I believe in all that I have created you to be." Ok I suppose I better get to work.  | | |
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Well this is my first posting and I suppose I should say congrats to Aaron and Rachel. May you guys bring more people to know the love of Christ as you two build your life, love and commitment together as hsband and wife.
For those that do not know me hopefully will after you finish reading my site here. I am originally from Dallas and moved to North Dakota here with my girl friend about 4 years ago this summer (2005). If you never had the chance to meet Sarah you missed a lot because she is really a sweet girl. She is currently in Colorado and I will get into that later. She moved there last August- to get a fresh start in life. We have known each other for 14 years. We probably dated at least 11 of those years. It all started in 7th grade. But she loves Colorado and I love it here. God has a really distinct way of getting you where he has called you to be. Through her I am here in Bismarck, ND. God had a different agenda for me than I had originally thought out and planned for myself. My plans were to only stay here for a short while then move back to Texas with my sisters. Four years later I am still here. You have to ask why; here is the thing you may not know already. About the second month of my visit (still no snow on the ground) here to North Dakota I recieved a word from God to stay here. In that case I may be a Lunatic (hence my name) beacause I heard from God but it's the truth and my reality. God ask me to stay and serve here at New Song for 3 years. At that point in my life I had never been in any one place for that long. I was so sure that it was God that I tried to do everything I could for 6 months to run the other way-you know to get out, to unconfirm it but I couldn't get away from those few words that I heard him speak. For a year I told no one of this. Even though Kurt was used by God to confirm my third confirmation about the stay he did not know until that second year either. So I found myself in a city that would have enough to sustain the runner that I had become. Pastor Larry was something special to me when I first got to New Song. I had never loved any man like I loved this one. You see God gave me a love for this man that I had never had for anyone -not even my real Father. So finaly after a year I shared my heart with Larry and in that meeting with him alone I found that God had given me a special gift to be an evangelist. I think I have always known but I was a runner but the funny thing is that I had no clue to what that was. I remember telling him that I did not want to be on TV. I laugh at that now because I know that God has made us all to be uniquely special and he has wonderfully and fearfully created us to be an evangelist in our own sphere of influence. My 3 year commitment ended last summer and I am still here. I am really excited to find out what God has next for me whether it's here or out there. I have seen and learned so many great things and have come such a mightly long way since that day of confirmation I call it. That first winter I can remember shivering my butt off while some wore shorts and a t-shirt but now I am acclimated to the weather and can take it like the best of them. In the beginning of my walk with God 3 years ago here in Bismarck I shivered the same way because I was scared and didn't know what to expect but God held my hand til I stopped shivering and has now let me go to walk on my own and you know what I do not shiver as much even during the times when I am a little unsure and uncertain to what I should do. But one cool thing is that he hasn't changed a bit through this whole experience through Bismarck. Jesus has stayed the same and to my amazement I have found that his mercies are truly new every morning and with that just as it speaks of in Genesis 4 in the cool of the day God comes out to walk with me. To my amazement I am no longer running and hiding I am ready. I am ready to talk with him and take that walk with him every morning and with that alone I am thankful. | | |
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