Friday Fun

Well hello everyone!!! I am back to write... yay, and if you read the blog right before this and even the one a couple before that one you will see that there is many things that have happened and many things to come such as pictures... some of them that will blow your MIND!   I mean one of these things looks like it is strait out of the Chronicles of Narnia, i know... you are getting excited aren't you.  Yes, yes... admit it.

Well here we go, i love the fact that God has called me to ministry but not just in one form or fashion, but in multiple ways from speaking, to leading worship, to traveling 3000 miles away to honestly anything.  I will go where he sends me. Pretty dangerous statement but i mean it with everything in me.  So I love that school has started back up, not only because i get the joy of doing work that i love so much but because FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes - a school-wide Bible study that anyone can attend) has started back up.  This whole month is filled with opportunities to speak and lead worship to glorify God.

This past Friday i went to Lost Mountain Middle School with Andrew Walden, and Mark Henry, the lead teaching pastor at North Metro, spoke.  it is always a fun and rockin time.  Very encouraging.  

Last time i was there Mark Henry said an encouraging word to andrew about me and my hand percussion playing, to the gist of we need him to play sometime for one of our Sunday services.  I was incredibly honored and humbled and so this time around that thought was rekindled by myself and it started to kill my servant spirit.  This attitude of showing off was put in my life.  I prayed against it and simple yet beautiful beats came out.  I say this experience just to mention that my desire is to be more like Christ, humble in everything i do, yet living passionately and fervently to pursue his kingdom with everything i am.  So as i started my morning with a little pride issue, God counteracted that and blessed me. 

Also, along with that, something that i have talked to Jon Messarra about is not caring about who i know or necessarily the supposive  bigness of what i do.  Meaning not worrying about the talent or stars i know, but being a real, down to earth person constantly building relationships.

And so now after i had that eventful Friday morning i honestly forget what happened in the middle of the day but by the end of it, it meant that i was traveling to one of my favorite places to escape to... my friends cabin right off of the Chattahhoche River right below Helen.  It is such an amazing place to go to, to raft down, swim in, discover beauty and hidden waterfalls and rope swings... I love it, it is a surprise every time.

But we loaded up my canoe on my car, and caravanned to the cabin with Justin and his mom and dad in their car and me and my brother Mike in mine.  So we eventually got there and everyone else finally arrived by 2:00 in the morning.  Woo was greeting the last comers kinda a scary story... you will have to ask for the story, but hey, it means we get to talk later so good deal huh?  But as everyone was there and after meeting some of Justin's college friends who were way way nice we hung out for a little but then went to bed.  But all of the "family" not Justin's parents, but all the older friends ended up sleeping in the same room and what a fun fun time.  Full of laughs and good stories.  I loved getting back with the family.

So as we woke up the next day we ended up playing on the river, getting a quick snack and then spent five hours kayaking, tubing, canoeing, swinging, getting bumped and bruised down the river.  It was fun, it was... surreal.   It was just a glorious time with old and new friends.  But as we loaded back up at the take out we went home, had the most amazing barbecue, burgers that were to die for and corn on the cobb, among a few other items.   So as we finished up dinner we had some amazing stories and shared some fun stories that Justin was involved with.  Over all an amazing and incredible weekend.  So as me and mike left late Saturday night, we tied the canoe back on and shot down back to our home. 

On the way back though we made an unplanned stop at the golden arches for a few reasons, one of them being we wanted some chocolate shakes, and so that i could have something to help me stay awake.  hahah... hmmm sneaky sneaky.  Well as Saturday comes to a close, so does this segment of my weekend.  Just a little more to go, tune in later today for a little something something.  Boo Yah!