Chicken Flavored Potato Chips From New Zealand

Speaking of nasty things...my toenail ripped off my big toe. I think it had a fungus.

There are some nasty things hiding in our house

The house next to ours burnt down. It's been confirmed as an arson.

I understand MY wants us to understand poverty and suffer with those who suffer, but it is hard to do. I bought the star wars trilogy. My team saw the new one and we wanted to see the others (for comparison). I also needed to transfer files to my laptop from jens laptop. I have no cd's; she had no 3-1/5" floppy drive; therefore, I needed a flash drive. And while I was at it I bought a larger memory card for my digital camera. I thought it would be cool to film some things here in ATL to share with people after MY is over. It's all practical stuff, but my neighbors don't have the ability to just go out and get everything they want or need. Money can be such a barrier to a good life.

It makes me wonder...Don't people have a right to clean air? Why can people with money move to a neighborhood where the air is cleaner but poor peple have to deal with polluted air? Don't we all have the right to a quality living? Why does the amount of money you have determine the opportunities you get? Aren't we all entitled to food, medicine, a place to rest? People see a stray animal on the street, they feel bad for it, and say it has a right to a home. What about homeless men and women? People care more for the welfare of animals than fellow human beings at times? Why should people have to pay for every single thing? Aren't there things we are all entitled to as living creatures?

Only smart people will find this!!!

Warning: this blog in under construction!!!

Don't worry everyone this is not a perminant change. I color coordinated certain texts on the blog site. Once I find the colors I want i will make it look alot better. I am looking for a cooler text font to use. I think twig have me one but I never used it. Can you remember what it was twig? Oh yeah, thanks for the name of that site walker! I think you'll like it once I finished working on it. It might take some time though. The color coordinating was part of learning the html and what colors to change and where to add new text fonts. It's pretty easy once you take the time to look at it. I'm having fun.

This summer is going to be great. Frank, a good friend of ours here in ATL, just baught horse shoes. And we're talking about doing some grillin' this summer. Leroy said that this is the trimester to party, meaning enjoy the fruit of the relationships we've been trying so hard to develop.

Alot of my teammates bought six flags season passes. I thought is was ridiculous to spend a whole months allowance on one purchase. But the idea behind it is brilliant; it's a good way to spend time with people from the neighborhood and pour Christ's love into them. And they can't wait to do it again.

I'm changing a few things with my blog. Some of you may have already noticed. Don't freak out though. They are all cosmetic changes, nothing too drastic. I'm puzzled on the colors though. I want to change the text colors and possibly change the background color too. If I could only remember the name of that html site or kids. Any help would be appreciated.

I stayed at the Miller's apartment sunday night. It was cool. Amanda went to the Matechuk's apartment to watch Napolean Dynamite. I already saw it. So Mark and I stayed put and played a few video games on his PC. It was fun. We were up until 3am. Mark and Amanda let me stay at their place after they both left. I played Final Fantasy most of the time. I enjoyed my day off. I got back home at 5pm and had some leftpover pizza.

Ryan came home with his new Nissan Altima. It's a nice looking car. 2002, white, automatic (the downside). He's spending more than he hoped to. But it looks like he's happy with the car. So, kudos to him.

i'm slowly trying to prove to my teammates that i can cook, and do it well too. living in community generally makes me have try harder at alot of things. the cooking thing is just one silly example. i realized i need to stand up for what i believe is right, even if my teammates disagree. it's tough, man. because we're all different and we disagree alot. i wouldn't give up this situation though. i love learning how to deal with people and differences. i want to be a better person. i want to learn how to "...if at all possible, be at peace with all men."

i wanted to cry last night. it was tough talking to my teammates. i often thought they wouldn't recieve what i say. but they do recieve what i say. i just needed to say what it is i believe in. we talked it through and came to an agreement. it takes time and alot of effort. but it's worth it to get over the issue and see that it's finally resolved.

i need to be bold! when we went to teen camp in maryland a few years back pastor sutton kept saying boldness, boldness, boldness. i need to be bold for God. he wasn't preaching that to everyone. he said it only to me when we talked. i went to see my friend cary one time. i drove nine hours to see her. i realized the reason i was compelled to visit her was because God gave me a word through her father when he preached the sunday morning right before i left. he said that i need to stand up for what i believe. i need to make a stand. and the times i visited john marc. he told me i was like joshua, scouting out God's promises and bringing vision and hope to God's people. to me joshua was a leader in training. he had boldness and faith to pray to God that the sun would stand still. i was reminded of all those things after our team had a long meeting last night.

this boldness thing and standing up for what is right isn't just for mission year, it's something i'm going to need throughout my life. i was always a follower growing up. God has shown me that i need to be a leader. in his time i know it will happen. i'm not in a rush to get anywhere. i just know God has a great purpose for my life. i just need to move forward, and don't go backward!

I like my laptop. There are a few things to work out. I'm confident I can get things running smoother soon. I want to get a wireless card. But even if I got one I can't use the internet at home. I suppose I could go someplace where there's free wireless but I like chillin' at home alot. And besides, I don't have enough money to but one. Yeah, I have a debit card. But I'm not supposed to use it. It's part of joining in the suffering of others. I can relate more to my neighbors if we both can't afford the finer things in life. And that's why there's God! Even when you can't afford things, like a laptop, He provides them. I know, laptop's aren't the most economical gifts from God. You can't feed children with them or pay bills with them. But God knows the things we have need of. I can afford food. But not all my neighbors can. A laptop will help me with school work. That way, I can earn a degree useful for serving others. There's practical uses for laptops. I'm sure there's a reason God provided me with mine. Why else would I get one from Him? All I know is it increases my faith in Him as my provider. He really does take care of our every need!!

I'm at the Juvenile Court. Actually, I'm at the library next to it. I'm waiting for the hearing to begin. It's hard to believe this thing isn't over with yet. But what makes it worse is that the only way it will go quicker is if the defendent (kid accused of breaking in and stealing stuff) drops his trial and makes the maximum sentence. I don't want him to be thrown into jail without a fair trial. But the process takes so long that most people opt to just get it over with and "lock 'em up". So what's more important, my time or this kids life?

After talking to Joe and the director here in ATL I've decided to take my time in deciding whether to stay here or not. I know I need to move forward, not backward. I also know that God may reviel something to me in June or July, so why put a deadline on myself? I'm going to wait. It's ok to wait. God will work it out.

So, as of now, I still have not made up my mind. But that's ok. When the timing's right I will know what to do.

My resume is pretty much done. I wonder if I'll need it? I guess only if I get an engineering type job. I wonder what's out there? I'm going to start looking now. Bye.

I'm still making up my mind on what do to. It makes me feel better to know what you guys think. I appreciate your comments. It puts my mind at ease. It's tough though. I need to find a job. I'm working on my resume right now. I have all this experience with engineering and surveying and architecture and stuff. My resume is only good if I want a job like that. What if I want to try something different, like I'm thinking of doing. Nothing crazy...maybe being a grounds keeper at Braves Stadium (Turner Field). I'm trying to think of smething fun to do over the summer...like the idea I had of being an icecream truck driver, but something actually fun. Anyway, I got to go. I have work to do.

There's a statistic for you: "Cars kill more people on motorcycles than motorcyles do." - Now tell me, which is more dangerous, a motorcycle or a car? I'll answer that one for you. Cars are more deadly!