Hey all, I wanted to go ahead and post this link since I have been starting to get some people asking about where and when I will be around in the US for next year. When you get to the page, just go to the "team" option and choose the Blue Team, that should give you a complete outline of next year, hope this helps!
Link: http://www.lifeaction.org/conferences/schedule/?team=blue-team&type
(And for all you "sticklers" out there, NO, I did NOT get on Facebook to post this to my page :) )
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
A Facebook Fast
I chose to write this on here as a reminder to me for the future:
This morning, I woke up with an ear infection: praise God! And no, this is not sarcasm, I am truly thankful for it. Why you ask?
Well, when I woke up this morning, I started doing my regular stuff for the day, checking Facebook, getting breakfast, the usual. I had a full day planned ahead, and was looking forward to every minute of it. I was getting ready to go out in the morning with my Mom, mainly to do shopping for Father's Day AND for Life Action. However, I suddenly started to feel something wrong with my left ear. At first, I just tried to brush it off, but as we started to go from store to store, the "something wrong" turned into genuine pain in my ear. It became so bad that me and Mom decided to stop the errands and go home to see if we could clean out my ears. Normally cleaning my ears out helps them to feel better, but when we were done, nothing had come out, so we were sure it wasn't any kind of blockage. Rats, well that didn't work at all. So we decided to call the Doctor's office and try to get an appointment. Now for those of you who don't know me very well, I NEVER go to the Doctor's Office or take any kind of medication, so hopefully that puts this trip into perspective of how bad this was hurting. After we made the appointment, I decided that it would be best to call off all of my "activities" for the weekend. And that realllly hurt. I was really looking forward to seeing good friends again, having fun, and just enjoying the weekend. Why did God allow this to suddenly happen?
Well, as I sat at home, I was cruising around on Facebook, trying to figure out something to do, when a storm started to roll through the area. A basic lightning storm, but just to be on the safe side, I went ahead and unplugged our internet to keep it safe. So....now what do I do? I found myself sitting on my dad's truck's tail gate, just kind of looking out at the rain pouring down from my garage. It's these kinds of times that I value the most; quiet, alone time when I can just sit there and think. As I sat there, I thought about how nice it was to not have any technology on me. And then, it just kind of hit me. When was the last time I had a quiet time with no cell phone, ipod, tv, something around me that connected me to the outside? It seems so simple and yet in today's techno filled world, it is hard to get away from it. I decided to take advantage of this time and have my quiet time later in the day, and it was some of the sweetest, simplest time with God I have had in a long while. All because I kept myself away from technology.
As I read through Proverbs, I started to realize that Facebook specifically had become an idol to me, nothing more than Golden Calf in my life. I spend a lot of pointless time on Facebook that I could be using for reading, learning music, and preparing my self spiritually for the upcoming year. With that in mind, I am going to be taking a Facebook fast for this week. I feel that I need to take this week to get a grip on my Facebooking. With all that being said, I won't be on Facebook this week, instead I'll be using the time a bit more....wisely :)
This morning, I woke up with an ear infection: praise God! And no, this is not sarcasm, I am truly thankful for it. Why you ask?
Well, when I woke up this morning, I started doing my regular stuff for the day, checking Facebook, getting breakfast, the usual. I had a full day planned ahead, and was looking forward to every minute of it. I was getting ready to go out in the morning with my Mom, mainly to do shopping for Father's Day AND for Life Action. However, I suddenly started to feel something wrong with my left ear. At first, I just tried to brush it off, but as we started to go from store to store, the "something wrong" turned into genuine pain in my ear. It became so bad that me and Mom decided to stop the errands and go home to see if we could clean out my ears. Normally cleaning my ears out helps them to feel better, but when we were done, nothing had come out, so we were sure it wasn't any kind of blockage. Rats, well that didn't work at all. So we decided to call the Doctor's office and try to get an appointment. Now for those of you who don't know me very well, I NEVER go to the Doctor's Office or take any kind of medication, so hopefully that puts this trip into perspective of how bad this was hurting. After we made the appointment, I decided that it would be best to call off all of my "activities" for the weekend. And that realllly hurt. I was really looking forward to seeing good friends again, having fun, and just enjoying the weekend. Why did God allow this to suddenly happen?
Well, as I sat at home, I was cruising around on Facebook, trying to figure out something to do, when a storm started to roll through the area. A basic lightning storm, but just to be on the safe side, I went ahead and unplugged our internet to keep it safe. So....now what do I do? I found myself sitting on my dad's truck's tail gate, just kind of looking out at the rain pouring down from my garage. It's these kinds of times that I value the most; quiet, alone time when I can just sit there and think. As I sat there, I thought about how nice it was to not have any technology on me. And then, it just kind of hit me. When was the last time I had a quiet time with no cell phone, ipod, tv, something around me that connected me to the outside? It seems so simple and yet in today's techno filled world, it is hard to get away from it. I decided to take advantage of this time and have my quiet time later in the day, and it was some of the sweetest, simplest time with God I have had in a long while. All because I kept myself away from technology.
As I read through Proverbs, I started to realize that Facebook specifically had become an idol to me, nothing more than Golden Calf in my life. I spend a lot of pointless time on Facebook that I could be using for reading, learning music, and preparing my self spiritually for the upcoming year. With that in mind, I am going to be taking a Facebook fast for this week. I feel that I need to take this week to get a grip on my Facebooking. With all that being said, I won't be on Facebook this week, instead I'll be using the time a bit more....wisely :)
IT'S IN!
I wanted to go ahead and write you all to let you know that my Life Action Fund has risen to $3,085!!! So my initial $3,000 is officially in! Thank you to all who have so graciously given to this, I cannot tell you all how much it means to me! Now that the initial funds are in, any donations will now go into the Life Action fund to be used by me during the months to pay for things like food and supplies that I will need while on the road (apparently soap is a "necessary" thing when you are around people, go figure) Thank you all again so much!
LA Countdown: 42 days (til I leave Georgia!)
LA Countdown: 42 days (til I leave Georgia!)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Life Action Mode!
As I sit here, I think that this day was the very first day that the fact that I am really leaving for a year has sunk in. Now don't get me wrong, I have been looking forward to this ever since I got the phone call that said I had been accepted, however it was always one of those things that you think of as "a long ways off" Sure, it's coming, but not any time soon. I looked at my calendar today, I have 47 days left in Georgia. O_o I'm not sure why this suddenly changed today, maybe it is the fact that I no longer have to go into work or that school's over, but I think it hit me today because my vacation came to an end today. After 10 days of chilling with my parents in St. Pete Beach, Florida, I am now at home and getting unpacked. And the thought of next year hit me like a load of bricks. Wow, I am really leaving for an entire year, that's pretty cool! So I think now I am officially in "Life Action" Mode! :D
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