Well it's been one crazy week. :) Good and bad. Awesome and ugly. Honestly, it was completely insane. Really horrible, but somehow really good. Sometimes life is just so hard to understand. It's so crazy, so unpredictable, so awful, so wonderful, so beautiful, so perfect... What is life? Hmm... It can be anything you want it to be depending on how you live it. It is a gift. And... Well... Mine is pretty crazy right now. But how couldn't I love it? :) It's pretty darn amazing. What makes it amazing, you ask? Well... That's not a hard question to answer. The friends around me, the people I love, the ones who keep me smiling, they make my life amazing. :)
Chelsie, Shannon, Briggs, Nichole, Kayla, Christina, Austin, Sara... there are too many to name. :) The people around me make my life amazing. And I love every one of them so very much. Mom, Dad, Sara, I love those guys so much. They have been going through some hard stuff lately and I know it, but we are still surviving. And we just keep moving on. I love you guys so much. :)
Well. I'll give you a quick update and then post another blog about my day.
FRIDAY:
Went to work, to my surprise Jake Holcomb was waiting outside when I came to unlock. Turns out HE is the one who is taking my job. Which was actually really cool cause I got to train him and everything. :) That went well. He cleaned out one of the machines, took it apart and put it back together by himself. He did awesome. Today was his first day on his own, and he texted me asking me how to do stuff. But I think he is doing great.
After work, I went to lunch next door at Guadalajara with Jay and my dad. Jay paid me extra this last week and said they would miss me around there while I am gone. That was amazing. I have the best boss ever. Before I left, he handed me an envelope with $200 in cash and said to enjoy my trip. God, I love that guy. He is so awesome.
When I was done with lunch, I went back to Berry Cool to see Caroline because she was working. I ended up sticking around and helping her out since the place was really crowded. A little after 4, Zach came by and picked me up to take me rock climbing at Lifetime with him and Cameron. that was a BLAST! I have some pictures and videos of that I need to upload when I get the chance. Later that night, went to a football game at Rouse to see Chelsie. Got to meet Ryan finally. Very cool. He rocks. :) For some reason, I just like him. I'm not too sure why. Haha I've known him for a few days and he already feels like a brother. Haha After that, I went home and slept...
SATURDAY:
The big day! The day I had been waiting for! It was the dance! Well... Chelsie decided not to go. She doesn't like school dances. Now I know why. I completely agree with her about dances. Haha It was CRAZY!!! It would have been great, but it was crowded, very loud, and there was no way we would have been able to spend much time together if we wanted to.
So because she didn't want to go to the dance, she had planned a party at her house. Well, I was going to go, but because of previous plans and for a few different reasons, my parents made me go to the dance and wouldn't allow me to go to the party. So now I am stuck going to the dance alone and then going home with Briggs. (That part I was still looking forward to. the rest I was pretty bummed about.)
So anyways, Chelsie heard I couldn't come to the party so she decided that she would come to the dance for a while and then go to the party around 9:30. I love her so much. :) Even though she didn't want to come, she ended up going anyway so we could see eachother. :) I found out, and I was quite happy. We had been gone all day so I stopped by the church, dressed myself up, made myself smell good, and walked out of the building with a great big smile on my face. I rode there with Briggs, Cory and Matt.
They dropped me and Briggs off at the dance a little after 8 which gave us about an hour-an hour and a half. So everything was good. Briggs sprayed some of my cologne stuff in the car to make himself smell good. He sprayed a ton and we ended up having to roll down the windows and let the car air out. It was pretty hilarious. lol
So we go in the dance, I hug Chelsie, and we spend the night running around, laughing at people and watching them dance. I've never done anything but slow dance in my life. The only song I almost attempted to dance to was Single Ladies. But I won't go there. Haha Chelsie walked around and I followed. I knew that she didn't want to dance so I didn't bother her about it. Before too long, I looked at the clock on the wall and realized that it was 9:30 and Chelsie had to leave.
I knew she didn't want to come in the first place so I really wanted to make the night worth it to her.
I had imagined us not wanting to dance, walking outside hand and hand, and ending the night laying in the grass and looking at the stars together. Well. It wasn't really like that. At all.
She got a text that said she had to go.
"I'm not leaving here without actually getting to spend some time with you," I said. I took her hand and we walked together, hand in hand through the crowd of people. As soon as we stepped out the front door, we were stopped. This was NOT a part of my plan. There were some school people standing outside the front door making sure that none of the kids left the dance. This was definitely NOT supposed to happen. Cory wouldn't be able to pick up me and Briggs until around 11:00pm so I was bout to be stuck at a school dance for an hour and a half and I didn't even get to spend any time alone with the girl that I came there for in the first place. My mind almost exploded! The night was not going the way that I imagined it. I honestly felt like a horrible boyfriend because she came to the dance because of me and we didn't even get to spend much time together. Well... Her grandma was waiting outside, she said she really had to go, so I stood with her by the front door, held her in my arms for the longest time, and then let her just slip away. I watched her walk out the front door and to her car. I walked back into the dance... I could barely hold back the urge to run outside, past the ladies and security guards at the front door and... well... It didn't happen. I beat myself up for it the rest of the night. Once I walked back inside, I realized that in just a couple of days I was leaving for Minnesota and that might have been the last time I would get to see her. At that moment, when I realized that, I honestly wanted to die. I don't think I have ever had the desire of getting drunk more than I did that night. They didn't have any alcohol, so I settled for a Dr. Pepper and went to sit at one of the tables with Briggs. well... the night went on. For an hour and a half, we sat and watched them dance, wishing we could be at that party.
After the dance, we went to Briggs' house, ate beef jerky, drank mountain dew and watched an episode of the Fringe and then Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I fell asleep about 30 minutes into it... And I had a dream about Chelsie. We were under a tree, playing on a tire swing by the church.
SUNDAY:
Well, I woke up feeling like the worlds worst boyfriend for having her come to the dance. Sadly, I couldn't text her because my phone had died while I was at the dance the night before and I didn't bring my charger with me. (I'm a genius.:P) I went to bed thinking about her, I had a dream about her, and I woke up thinking about her. She's always on my mind anyway, but I felt terrible. Well, I got out a pen and paper from my notebook and wrote her a two page long note.
We went to church, I still felt horrible. Now remembering that this would be my last Sunday at church since we would be leaving on Tuesday. Oh, my crazy life. I sat between David Harris and Nichole Holcomb. Love both of them. Those two rock. After church, I talked to friends and then went to find Sara Bane. She had already left but she accidently left her purse at the church so knowing that she would see Chelsie the next day at school and I wouldn't, I dropped the note into her purse along with the pack of sour skittles (Chelsie loves sour skittles) into the bag for her to give to Chelsie at School. I had walked to the corner store before church had started to buy her the skittles. I also picked up a green lighter and a pack of wrigleys gum. The lighter for a magic trick that involves fire, the pack of gum simply because I ran out. I always buy Wrigleys Spearmint for some reason. Loyalty I guess. lol
Went to lunch at North and Souch China chinese buffet after church and took Briggs with us. We dropped him off at home after. It was quite delicious.
After going home, charging my phone and taking a nap, we all went to Showdown, the Sunday night service that happens every other week at Church of the Hills. I was hoping to see Chelsie there. I wanted to REALLY get to say goodbye to her. I was still feeling pretty bad about everything.
But the night went good, I said goodbye to friends and went home and straight to bed.
I ended up texting Chelsie at church and it made me feel much better. :) She makes me smile.
So anyways. I right now, it is about 1:23am and I am leaving for Minnesota in the morning so I'll write back soon and tell you exactly how I got HERE. And if I got to see Chelsie before I left or not. Write back soon. :) Probably from Minnesota the next time.
Love you guys! :)
-Brit
Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
A Quick Update & My Crazy Life
Well hello, world! :) Here I am again.
So a LOT has happened since the last time I wrote. I now have the super amazing girlfriend whom I love so very much! :) Her name is Chelsie. She is such an amazing girl. I met her at church camp and we immediately became amazing friends. Less than a month later, we were dating. And right now, I couldn't be much happier. She is such an amazing girl. She always makes me smile. :) I love every second that I get to be with her. And if anyone ever asks, I can tell them that the definition of beautiful is my girlfriend. :) She really is a super awesome girl and I love her so very much. :)
Well. My life has completely turned upside down since last Tuesday. A week ago from today, my dad lost his job. Our original plan was to stay here near Cedar Park, finish building and move into our house in Leander, and keep going on with life the way we always did. Well... The house was almost finished, we were 2 weeks away from closing on the house, and when my dad lost his job, everything went down the drain. Now we can't buy the house, in less than a week we will have nowhere to live, and everything is completely different. So long story short, my parents have decided to move to Minnesota temporarily to take care of my grandfather who just got out of the hospital. Everything is okay and SOMEHOW it's all going to work out. But right now, everything's a little crazy. Packing up, getting ready to leave here and drive to Minnesota for a 2 or 3 weeks. The good thing is that we will be back! :) That, I am happy about. And my boss told me today that as long as I am in town, the job is still mine. And when I get back, I get my job back. So I get to keep my job! =D So I am pretty happy right now, for the most part. The only thing I'm not gonna like is leaving Chelsie. That's the thing I hate more than anything. Chelsie, my friends, all the people I love have to stay here. I'm thinking about kidnapping Chelsie and taking her with me but I don't know how well that would go over with her grandma. Haha :) I'm guessing, probably not too well.
Right now, I am sitting on my couch, watching the Office and texting people. :) I have headphones in for some reason. I really don't know why, because I'm not listening to music and I haven't been. They're just kind of there. I can't decide if I want to take them out or not. Hmm... should I? No. Wait! YES! Yes, I should. Wait... No. What if I decide to listen to music later? Hmm... I can't decide. Oh well. I guess I'll just leave them in. :) That'll save me the energy of taking them out. Awesome. Okay. I have arrived at my decision. They stay in my ears. =D HOORAH!!! I'm glad I can make such great decisions by myself. :)
Well, anyways. I better go do something important. I'll write later.
Love you guys! :)
-Britain
So a LOT has happened since the last time I wrote. I now have the super amazing girlfriend whom I love so very much! :) Her name is Chelsie. She is such an amazing girl. I met her at church camp and we immediately became amazing friends. Less than a month later, we were dating. And right now, I couldn't be much happier. She is such an amazing girl. She always makes me smile. :) I love every second that I get to be with her. And if anyone ever asks, I can tell them that the definition of beautiful is my girlfriend. :) She really is a super awesome girl and I love her so very much. :)
Well. My life has completely turned upside down since last Tuesday. A week ago from today, my dad lost his job. Our original plan was to stay here near Cedar Park, finish building and move into our house in Leander, and keep going on with life the way we always did. Well... The house was almost finished, we were 2 weeks away from closing on the house, and when my dad lost his job, everything went down the drain. Now we can't buy the house, in less than a week we will have nowhere to live, and everything is completely different. So long story short, my parents have decided to move to Minnesota temporarily to take care of my grandfather who just got out of the hospital. Everything is okay and SOMEHOW it's all going to work out. But right now, everything's a little crazy. Packing up, getting ready to leave here and drive to Minnesota for a 2 or 3 weeks. The good thing is that we will be back! :) That, I am happy about. And my boss told me today that as long as I am in town, the job is still mine. And when I get back, I get my job back. So I get to keep my job! =D So I am pretty happy right now, for the most part. The only thing I'm not gonna like is leaving Chelsie. That's the thing I hate more than anything. Chelsie, my friends, all the people I love have to stay here. I'm thinking about kidnapping Chelsie and taking her with me but I don't know how well that would go over with her grandma. Haha :) I'm guessing, probably not too well.
Right now, I am sitting on my couch, watching the Office and texting people. :) I have headphones in for some reason. I really don't know why, because I'm not listening to music and I haven't been. They're just kind of there. I can't decide if I want to take them out or not. Hmm... should I? No. Wait! YES! Yes, I should. Wait... No. What if I decide to listen to music later? Hmm... I can't decide. Oh well. I guess I'll just leave them in. :) That'll save me the energy of taking them out. Awesome. Okay. I have arrived at my decision. They stay in my ears. =D HOORAH!!! I'm glad I can make such great decisions by myself. :)
Well, anyways. I better go do something important. I'll write later.
Love you guys! :)
-Britain
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thoughts About Light and Stars
I wrote this a couple months ago and posted it as a note on Facebook. These are just some things I like to think about. Check it out. =) It will definitely make you think. You just might like it. ;)
I'm homeschooled, so instead of going to school every day, I end up at home doing hardly anything. Which is pretty cool because it gives me time to think. (Which is something that you NEVER get to do at school.) ;)
I got up this morning, cooked myself some food, watched a couple episodes of The Big Bang Theory and I Love Lucy and then went and sat on my bed for about half an hour doing absolutely nothing.
That might not sound very productive, but it gave me time to think.
I started thinking to myself about light. I remembered reading in one of my science books about photons.
Our universe is made up of very strange, unexplainable things but nothing is as strange as light. Light comes from the sun in the form of particles that are called photons.
A photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic field and the basic "unit" of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Light travels at 670,000,000 miles an hour.
Light does not follow any of the rules of our neutonian understanding of the universe.
When it comes to light, there is no A+B=C. Light just does it's own thing.
I started thinking about stars and what an amazing creation they are. Scientist have agreed that our universe has over 100 Billion galaxies.
Each of those galaxies has somewhere around 100 billion suns.
And each of those suns has at least 100 billion stars.
Stars are everywhere and they do such amazing things.
There are stars that we can see from the earth that are hundreds and thousands of light years away. So when you look into the sky and you look at a star that is a thousand lightyears away, you are actually seeing something that happened a thousand years ago, because thats how long it took the particle of light that you're looking at to get to you.
When you look at a star that is a thousand lightyears away, you are looking a thousand years into the past, because what you are seeing actually happend 1,000 years ago.
The closest star to our planet is technically the sun. The sun is approximately 8 light minutes away from the earth or (.000016 lightyears.) This means that it takes light from the sun 8 minutes to reach the earth.
Genesis 1:14-19
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
So on the fourth day, God created the stars.
Besides the sun, the closest star to the earth is Proxima Centauri and it is 4.21 lightyears away from the earth.
So following this theory, though the stars were created on the fourth day, they would not have been visible to man on earth until four years after the earth was created.
So were the stars visible from earth as soon as God created them? Or on the fourth year after the earth was created, did the stars slowly begin to appear in a wonderful, beautiful display of new lights in the sky?
It's definitely something to think about.
Anyways. Slow day. I just thought I would write down some thoughts.
Be sure to comment! =)
Thanks!
-Britain Vanderbush
I just made myself sound like a complete nerd. Hahaha!
I'm homeschooled, so instead of going to school every day, I end up at home doing hardly anything. Which is pretty cool because it gives me time to think. (Which is something that you NEVER get to do at school.) ;)
I got up this morning, cooked myself some food, watched a couple episodes of The Big Bang Theory and I Love Lucy and then went and sat on my bed for about half an hour doing absolutely nothing.
That might not sound very productive, but it gave me time to think.
I started thinking to myself about light. I remembered reading in one of my science books about photons.
Our universe is made up of very strange, unexplainable things but nothing is as strange as light. Light comes from the sun in the form of particles that are called photons.
A photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic field and the basic "unit" of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Light travels at 670,000,000 miles an hour.
Light does not follow any of the rules of our neutonian understanding of the universe.
When it comes to light, there is no A+B=C. Light just does it's own thing.
I started thinking about stars and what an amazing creation they are. Scientist have agreed that our universe has over 100 Billion galaxies.
Each of those galaxies has somewhere around 100 billion suns.
And each of those suns has at least 100 billion stars.
Stars are everywhere and they do such amazing things.
There are stars that we can see from the earth that are hundreds and thousands of light years away. So when you look into the sky and you look at a star that is a thousand lightyears away, you are actually seeing something that happened a thousand years ago, because thats how long it took the particle of light that you're looking at to get to you.
When you look at a star that is a thousand lightyears away, you are looking a thousand years into the past, because what you are seeing actually happend 1,000 years ago.
The closest star to our planet is technically the sun. The sun is approximately 8 light minutes away from the earth or (.000016 lightyears.) This means that it takes light from the sun 8 minutes to reach the earth.
Genesis 1:14-19
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
So on the fourth day, God created the stars.
Besides the sun, the closest star to the earth is Proxima Centauri and it is 4.21 lightyears away from the earth.
So following this theory, though the stars were created on the fourth day, they would not have been visible to man on earth until four years after the earth was created.
So were the stars visible from earth as soon as God created them? Or on the fourth year after the earth was created, did the stars slowly begin to appear in a wonderful, beautiful display of new lights in the sky?
It's definitely something to think about.
Anyways. Slow day. I just thought I would write down some thoughts.
Be sure to comment! =)
Thanks!
-Britain Vanderbush
I just made myself sound like a complete nerd. Hahaha!
Well I know it's been forever since I've posted anything on here. Sorry to anybody who reads this. (Miles, a couple other people and my imaginary friends.) I have been really busy lately. (Actually that's a lie. But when people are too lazy to do something, they usually come up with an excuse like, "I was really busy." When really they should just say, "I am lazy and I haven't stood up in so long that I'm not even sure that my legs word..." Yeah. That's the kind of world we live in today. GREAT isn't it! =D) lol So I am just going to be honest and say... I've been too freaking lazy. Although I have been busy. Haha :)
Anyways, I have had a LOT happen since I last logged in here, so let me give you a quick update.
Ari and Rachel Zucker came and stayed with me and my family for two weeks, two extremely awesome, drama filled weeks! =D Haha it was a lot of fun though. I got to see them both for the first time in a couple of years and me and Rachel watched awesome movies like Sweeney Todd. Which was great for the musical and filming aspect of it. The only downside, I did not like the ending. Basically, it was a really depressing movie that was great but had a very sad ending. Over all, I liked it! And it is now on my list of dreams/things I want to do in my lifetime to be Sweeney Todd in the play. =) I just think that would be awesome! Hahaha :)
Anyways, we had a good time with them. :)
While they were here, we went to summer camp with Church of the Hills and another church from... Texas City or somewhere near Galveston, I think. Which was awesome! It is so amazing to see peoples eyes opened for the very first time. To see them experience the love of their God for the very first time. To feel the very real and very living presence of God and to see another world invade ours. It was truly beautful. Seeing kids, teenagers, and adults experience the presence of God for the very first time made me think again... It made me miss the feeling I once had. The presence of God all around me. The feeling of holding His hands in mine, my hands tingling along with my whole body at times, the love of God manifested in a physical way that I could feel in my very own way. Something that God had prepared just for me to bring Him and I into a closer place of intimacy. Which I found, but lately felt like I lost... Today was the first day in a very long time that I had felt that... But I'll get back to that a little later. :)
I met some really awesome people at camp and have had some time lately to spend with some really awesome friends. :) I got to hang out with Isaiah and Austin a couple weeks back. We both stayed at Isaiahs. =) First time I've done that in years! Haha :) Good, good times.
Sara Bane (who is awesome) brought some friends from school (Chelsie and Shannon) to camp who I am so so very glad that I met. :)) They are both very amazing friends and I love them. I'll just leave it at that for now. Maybe I'll write more later. :) Hahaha
I started my job at Berry Cool 2 weeks ago now. =) It has been great! I have to clean out all the machines and make the yogurt and stuff. I get paid $8.00 an hour and it's a great first job! I get to work with Ronnie and Sarah Young. Which is awesome! lol. And Caroline starts this Friday! =D I am excited!
I was so glad to get my first paycheck! I went straight to the book store and bought Ted Dekkers new book, Bonemans Daughters. Haven't started it yet but it sounds amazing! I have so many Dekker books I've bought but haven't had the chance to read yet.
I finished reading Sinner last night. It was SO good! It opened up my eyes to some things I really needed to see. Spiritually. Some things I had been missing. It reminded me what it was like to feel the presence of God. And it made me think about how much I miss it, to feel him there with me. Now I remember... Now I know. And now I'm doing more and more to live the life that I need to live. This book just helped open up my eyes a little bit wider. Changed the way I think a little bit. :) Definitely one of my favorite books. All of the Paradise books are incredible. :) I need to meet Ted Dekker Some day. I would have a lot to say to him. :)
I went wakeboarding for the very first time yesterday! =D It was awesome! I thought I was going to fail, but I got up on my first try and it was pretty awesome! I might post the video on here a little later if I can. I have it on Facebook. It was pretty awesome. =)
Me and my family are staying at the lakehouse for the weekend. =)
Regis and Josh came to town Thursday night and they are with us. Having such a great time with them. Besides talking to Regis on the phone every once in a while, I haven't seen them much since they moved to Florida. I am glad they are here for the weekend. :) They fly back home tomorrow night but we have had such a great time! Both of my aunts, Regis and Britany are pregnant right now. Which is pretty crazy! I am going to have two new baby cousins by the end of March 2010. =) Hopefully Regis and Josh's baby is born on my birthday! That would be awesome! =D Haha
Sooo... Right now, I am spending the night in a house with two pregnant ladies. Both of them whom I love, I just don't love listening to them throw up all night. ;) lol Just kidding. They are awesome. =) I love being with them. I have the most awesome aunts and uncles ever. We are having a great time. =)
Today was amazing. =) I got up, took a shower, got in the car, drove ALL the way to Church of the Hills from Marble Falls, reading Black on the way, and then driving back afterwards. :)
The drive was totally completely awesomely worth it. =) I got to church and got to see Stephanie for the first time in FOREVER. Which was great. =) I missed her so much. When she got here, it was like she had never been gone.
And... one of the best parts of my day =) was that I got to see Chelsie. I didn't get to stay as long as I wanted to because we had to go back to the lake, but I had a good time even though it was short. =) There are some people that you just love to talk to and love to be around. I love being around Chelsie. She is such an amazing amazing girl. =) I could go on and on with this forever so I am going to move to another subject real quick. =)
Ok, since I said I would get back to this, today, I felt the presence of God like I hadn't in a long long time. It brought back the feeling, the wonder, the... the... I don't know. It was just incredible. I decided instead of standing in worship, i was just going to sit on the floor with my hands out and sing to God. After a little while, my hands started tingling a little bit. And not in the way where you feel like there is no blood in your hands and they just get tingly like an arm or a foot falling alseep. No. It was real. And it was God. And there is no way I could doubt it, because I felt it again. And I've been feeling it off and on ever since. And I love it.
What we don't usually realize is that when Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." He actually does mean that it is at hand. It is within reach. Just right out in front of you, there is another world that you do not even see. It is reality, and it is more real than we even imagine. But it is at hand, and it is within reach. All you have to do is reach out and touch it.
After sitting there for a while, I looked at my hands spread palms up in front of me. And for the first time in a very long time, I looked at my hands and I watched them sparkle with gold. Little gold specks all over my hands. All I would have to do was just move it a little bit and you could easily see it sparkle in the light. My hands kept tingling. My heart remained on fire. I didn't touch anything, but by the time I sat in my chair, it was all gone. And I can't wait to experience it again. My hands are tingling and my heart is burning even as I write this.
It was great. Sometimes we need a reminder. Sometimes we need the proof that there is another world that we can not usually see. And today, God gave me that reminder and he showed me His love again in such an amazing way.
It was just a great day all together. =)
Wow... I just realized that this is really long. If you read all this, you must either really love me, you're some creep named Alan and you are stalking me, or you must have just been really bored. :) lol
Anyways. Just another chapter in the book of my life.
I am going to be writing more on this blog now... I think. (No promises) so be sure to check it every once in a while. =) Haha ;)
-Britain :)
Anyways, I have had a LOT happen since I last logged in here, so let me give you a quick update.
Ari and Rachel Zucker came and stayed with me and my family for two weeks, two extremely awesome, drama filled weeks! =D Haha it was a lot of fun though. I got to see them both for the first time in a couple of years and me and Rachel watched awesome movies like Sweeney Todd. Which was great for the musical and filming aspect of it. The only downside, I did not like the ending. Basically, it was a really depressing movie that was great but had a very sad ending. Over all, I liked it! And it is now on my list of dreams/things I want to do in my lifetime to be Sweeney Todd in the play. =) I just think that would be awesome! Hahaha :)
Anyways, we had a good time with them. :)
While they were here, we went to summer camp with Church of the Hills and another church from... Texas City or somewhere near Galveston, I think. Which was awesome! It is so amazing to see peoples eyes opened for the very first time. To see them experience the love of their God for the very first time. To feel the very real and very living presence of God and to see another world invade ours. It was truly beautful. Seeing kids, teenagers, and adults experience the presence of God for the very first time made me think again... It made me miss the feeling I once had. The presence of God all around me. The feeling of holding His hands in mine, my hands tingling along with my whole body at times, the love of God manifested in a physical way that I could feel in my very own way. Something that God had prepared just for me to bring Him and I into a closer place of intimacy. Which I found, but lately felt like I lost... Today was the first day in a very long time that I had felt that... But I'll get back to that a little later. :)
I met some really awesome people at camp and have had some time lately to spend with some really awesome friends. :) I got to hang out with Isaiah and Austin a couple weeks back. We both stayed at Isaiahs. =) First time I've done that in years! Haha :) Good, good times.
Sara Bane (who is awesome) brought some friends from school (Chelsie and Shannon) to camp who I am so so very glad that I met. :)) They are both very amazing friends and I love them. I'll just leave it at that for now. Maybe I'll write more later. :) Hahaha
I started my job at Berry Cool 2 weeks ago now. =) It has been great! I have to clean out all the machines and make the yogurt and stuff. I get paid $8.00 an hour and it's a great first job! I get to work with Ronnie and Sarah Young. Which is awesome! lol. And Caroline starts this Friday! =D I am excited!
I was so glad to get my first paycheck! I went straight to the book store and bought Ted Dekkers new book, Bonemans Daughters. Haven't started it yet but it sounds amazing! I have so many Dekker books I've bought but haven't had the chance to read yet.
I finished reading Sinner last night. It was SO good! It opened up my eyes to some things I really needed to see. Spiritually. Some things I had been missing. It reminded me what it was like to feel the presence of God. And it made me think about how much I miss it, to feel him there with me. Now I remember... Now I know. And now I'm doing more and more to live the life that I need to live. This book just helped open up my eyes a little bit wider. Changed the way I think a little bit. :) Definitely one of my favorite books. All of the Paradise books are incredible. :) I need to meet Ted Dekker Some day. I would have a lot to say to him. :)
I went wakeboarding for the very first time yesterday! =D It was awesome! I thought I was going to fail, but I got up on my first try and it was pretty awesome! I might post the video on here a little later if I can. I have it on Facebook. It was pretty awesome. =)
Me and my family are staying at the lakehouse for the weekend. =)
Regis and Josh came to town Thursday night and they are with us. Having such a great time with them. Besides talking to Regis on the phone every once in a while, I haven't seen them much since they moved to Florida. I am glad they are here for the weekend. :) They fly back home tomorrow night but we have had such a great time! Both of my aunts, Regis and Britany are pregnant right now. Which is pretty crazy! I am going to have two new baby cousins by the end of March 2010. =) Hopefully Regis and Josh's baby is born on my birthday! That would be awesome! =D Haha
Sooo... Right now, I am spending the night in a house with two pregnant ladies. Both of them whom I love, I just don't love listening to them throw up all night. ;) lol Just kidding. They are awesome. =) I love being with them. I have the most awesome aunts and uncles ever. We are having a great time. =)
Today was amazing. =) I got up, took a shower, got in the car, drove ALL the way to Church of the Hills from Marble Falls, reading Black on the way, and then driving back afterwards. :)
The drive was totally completely awesomely worth it. =) I got to church and got to see Stephanie for the first time in FOREVER. Which was great. =) I missed her so much. When she got here, it was like she had never been gone.
And... one of the best parts of my day =) was that I got to see Chelsie. I didn't get to stay as long as I wanted to because we had to go back to the lake, but I had a good time even though it was short. =) There are some people that you just love to talk to and love to be around. I love being around Chelsie. She is such an amazing amazing girl. =) I could go on and on with this forever so I am going to move to another subject real quick. =)
Ok, since I said I would get back to this, today, I felt the presence of God like I hadn't in a long long time. It brought back the feeling, the wonder, the... the... I don't know. It was just incredible. I decided instead of standing in worship, i was just going to sit on the floor with my hands out and sing to God. After a little while, my hands started tingling a little bit. And not in the way where you feel like there is no blood in your hands and they just get tingly like an arm or a foot falling alseep. No. It was real. And it was God. And there is no way I could doubt it, because I felt it again. And I've been feeling it off and on ever since. And I love it.
What we don't usually realize is that when Jesus said, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." He actually does mean that it is at hand. It is within reach. Just right out in front of you, there is another world that you do not even see. It is reality, and it is more real than we even imagine. But it is at hand, and it is within reach. All you have to do is reach out and touch it.
After sitting there for a while, I looked at my hands spread palms up in front of me. And for the first time in a very long time, I looked at my hands and I watched them sparkle with gold. Little gold specks all over my hands. All I would have to do was just move it a little bit and you could easily see it sparkle in the light. My hands kept tingling. My heart remained on fire. I didn't touch anything, but by the time I sat in my chair, it was all gone. And I can't wait to experience it again. My hands are tingling and my heart is burning even as I write this.
It was great. Sometimes we need a reminder. Sometimes we need the proof that there is another world that we can not usually see. And today, God gave me that reminder and he showed me His love again in such an amazing way.
It was just a great day all together. =)
Wow... I just realized that this is really long. If you read all this, you must either really love me, you're some creep named Alan and you are stalking me, or you must have just been really bored. :) lol
Anyways. Just another chapter in the book of my life.
I am going to be writing more on this blog now... I think. (No promises) so be sure to check it every once in a while. =) Haha ;)
-Britain :)
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