It's Been A While
Long time no blog. I've been busy with moving in, running around, designing, meeting new folks, and highway driving. A lot of new things out there. I've been growing. I've been seeing new lights and facets to God that I've never seen before. I've been listening to a lot of Hillsong United. I've been doing a lot of loving on God. God has been doing a lot of loving on me. I'm really loving this mystery.
So without further adieu, I moved into my apartment two weeks agoa nd it was sweet. I got to build my bed and my desk which was an awesome experience. After a couple of hours of setting up, I left my half-completed apartment for the Imago Dei retreat. Spiritually, I don't know. I didn't get that typical retreat "high" which I guess is a good thing. It was great hearing what Yunn had to say about God and how he is the author of our salvation. Sadly, I honestly don't remember much of his messages. However, I did take in a lot of good things from them. I mainly went for the worship workshops and they were great. I took in a bit from them and I got to lead praise for the first time. It was great. I also got to mess up terribly as Tim Shin played one of the songs way too high. I found my voice going into falsetto during the pre-chorus and I was like "Uhm...I shouldn't have to do this." It was cool though. It was actually really funny. Things like that happen though. It's not like a concert where you get all mad at it. It's honoring God with a body...with a family. You just pick it up and keep moving in the light of God.
After the awesome retreat it was back home to set up shop. I chilled a little bit. I wasted like three days trying to get my wireless working properly is was a pain in the butt, but I finally got it all configured and I love the speed and everything. I've gotta learn how to be more patient. I really do. It all got set up though and everything from my Macbook to my Wii is working on it. I got one of those new N Wireless routers that transfer up to 100mbps. Sweetness.
I finally got to meet Brad's family. It was so cool! Dude, both of his parents are so awesome and it was such a pleasure meeting them both. It was also a pleasure checking out his hood and where he was raised. His town is really beautiful. It's also super expensive to live in, but hey it's awesome. His dad built his house! It's humungo. His dad has this interesting air-recylcling system that keeps all the heat inside the house in the winter, and keeps the cool air inside during the summer. They probably save so much money. It's so awesome though. We were praising on the way up which, by the way, was the most life threatening drive I've ever had. It rained horribly the whole drive down and we couldn't see a thing. At any rate, the praise really got me pumped up music-wise and I was just hankering to do something music. Once we got there, I got to join in on a little jam session with Brad's dad and his friends. It was so sweet. They had some sweet bluesy stuff going on. I loved it so much! I just freestyled and man it felt so good to do that again!
The Shensky family is really awesome. I really enjoy being around them. Brad's dad is just so chill and his mom has this genuine heart after God that you can just feel within feet of her. I went down there to handle the website proposal for their bike shop. Everything went smoothly and they gave me the $250.00 down payment. It's really like a Christian world in that house. From the magazines to the newspapers, there's all this CHristian stuff that I didn't know existed. It's interesting. Brad drove me around his town and we went to get some delicious hoagies. He introduced me to a sick TV show called "So You Think You Can Dance?" and there were some interesting dancers there.
The Shensky family has a sick piece of land. They have 2 barns FILLED with bikes and a garden where they actually grow dinner. For dinner I had a London broil with a super-fresh salad from the garden. It was sweet! I really enjoyed my stay. Brad's mom has a room in the house fully dedicated to quiet times and prayer. It's totally sweet. We ate like kings and topped it all off with milkshakes. My favorite, haha.
Since Brad's place it only went up from there. The following weekend we went to Baltimore. It was my first time at a museum and it was quite the experience. We saw an O.K. dolphin show among some sweet fish and sharks. I spent mad dough at this Asian place and at the Cheesecake Factory but it was sorta worth it. It was good times, yo. Matt came back with me after Baltimore and so began his month-long stay in my crub. So far it's been chill. He's a cool guy. He's especially chill to live with and a solid brother. We finally got to make some music and also praise together. We also got to talk God. We're similar in a lot of ways. Good Times.
So without further adieu, I moved into my apartment two weeks agoa nd it was sweet. I got to build my bed and my desk which was an awesome experience. After a couple of hours of setting up, I left my half-completed apartment for the Imago Dei retreat. Spiritually, I don't know. I didn't get that typical retreat "high" which I guess is a good thing. It was great hearing what Yunn had to say about God and how he is the author of our salvation. Sadly, I honestly don't remember much of his messages. However, I did take in a lot of good things from them. I mainly went for the worship workshops and they were great. I took in a bit from them and I got to lead praise for the first time. It was great. I also got to mess up terribly as Tim Shin played one of the songs way too high. I found my voice going into falsetto during the pre-chorus and I was like "Uhm...I shouldn't have to do this." It was cool though. It was actually really funny. Things like that happen though. It's not like a concert where you get all mad at it. It's honoring God with a body...with a family. You just pick it up and keep moving in the light of God.
After the awesome retreat it was back home to set up shop. I chilled a little bit. I wasted like three days trying to get my wireless working properly is was a pain in the butt, but I finally got it all configured and I love the speed and everything. I've gotta learn how to be more patient. I really do. It all got set up though and everything from my Macbook to my Wii is working on it. I got one of those new N Wireless routers that transfer up to 100mbps. Sweetness.
I finally got to meet Brad's family. It was so cool! Dude, both of his parents are so awesome and it was such a pleasure meeting them both. It was also a pleasure checking out his hood and where he was raised. His town is really beautiful. It's also super expensive to live in, but hey it's awesome. His dad built his house! It's humungo. His dad has this interesting air-recylcling system that keeps all the heat inside the house in the winter, and keeps the cool air inside during the summer. They probably save so much money. It's so awesome though. We were praising on the way up which, by the way, was the most life threatening drive I've ever had. It rained horribly the whole drive down and we couldn't see a thing. At any rate, the praise really got me pumped up music-wise and I was just hankering to do something music. Once we got there, I got to join in on a little jam session with Brad's dad and his friends. It was so sweet. They had some sweet bluesy stuff going on. I loved it so much! I just freestyled and man it felt so good to do that again!
The Shensky family is really awesome. I really enjoy being around them. Brad's dad is just so chill and his mom has this genuine heart after God that you can just feel within feet of her. I went down there to handle the website proposal for their bike shop. Everything went smoothly and they gave me the $250.00 down payment. It's really like a Christian world in that house. From the magazines to the newspapers, there's all this CHristian stuff that I didn't know existed. It's interesting. Brad drove me around his town and we went to get some delicious hoagies. He introduced me to a sick TV show called "So You Think You Can Dance?" and there were some interesting dancers there.
The Shensky family has a sick piece of land. They have 2 barns FILLED with bikes and a garden where they actually grow dinner. For dinner I had a London broil with a super-fresh salad from the garden. It was sweet! I really enjoyed my stay. Brad's mom has a room in the house fully dedicated to quiet times and prayer. It's totally sweet. We ate like kings and topped it all off with milkshakes. My favorite, haha.
Since Brad's place it only went up from there. The following weekend we went to Baltimore. It was my first time at a museum and it was quite the experience. We saw an O.K. dolphin show among some sweet fish and sharks. I spent mad dough at this Asian place and at the Cheesecake Factory but it was sorta worth it. It was good times, yo. Matt came back with me after Baltimore and so began his month-long stay in my crub. So far it's been chill. He's a cool guy. He's especially chill to live with and a solid brother. We finally got to make some music and also praise together. We also got to talk God. We're similar in a lot of ways. Good Times.
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