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While the setting up and customizing phase of a new blog or web page is always my favorite, I am running into some trouble trying to figure out how to bring my last couple of years worth of entries over from my movable type blog. (aside from simple copying and pasting, as well as changing all the dates to match) But that may be what it comes down to…
Work is ok so far today though I can’t wait for the weekend to get because I have so much I want to do around my apt. I need to do laundry from this last weekend and get some stuff straightened up. I am working on a new photo project and still trying to get all the css programing right for this site. I would really like to figure out a good gallery program for Blogger, so if anyone has any ideas please pass them along.

I hope to be bold when I am old
Bu the sounds in the night
Give me quite a fright
But then I say, “Hey”
I know how to pray!
I know it is God’s will when he says,
“Peace child be still”.
From My 4th Grade journal that was just recovered…

While talking with my mom this morning, I realized that memorial day is generally just another day of sleep for me. I have honestly not given it a whole lot of thought as to why we observe memorial day…until this year that is. When I actually stopped to think about it, I have alot of people in my family who have served in the armed forces and to whom I should be grateful. So I decided today to actually verbalise that thankfulness to my family. Just a thought but you never know what a word of thankfulness will mean to someone else for such a huge sacrifice.

This is going to look a little wierd posted in the middle of what will look like a stream of entries. However, this will be the first true entry in this blog. One of the reason why I picked this software was because you are able to put entries in with past dates so I can take stuff I have already written and put it in here. Anyway, short story made long, I am working on this all day today and tommorrow and we will see how far I get.
Peace!

Least you forget, today is St. Patricks day and thus very important to me as I am Scotch-Irish. And in case you have never heard of St. Patrick I will enlighten you by clicking here. Besides wearing green, I am working as a casting director today which is new and exciting. This is the kind of thing I love: interacting with people and watching them do what they love, namely act! The ‘acting factor’ with this group is minimal but enough to give a taste. We are casting for a lottery commercial and so I get to see people over the top excited and being generally goofy. Needless to say, it has had it’s moments. But the best part of this whole thing is the diversity; that is why I love what I do! Sure there are some tasks that have to be routinly done, but there is always something new and challeneging around the corner. I am always being put in situations (or getting myself into situations) that test different parts of my personality or require me to think in a different way…etc. Of course I have days that could be on the mundane side but that is when attitude is everything. I find something new to learn everyday; something about my job or the world around me that teaches me a new way of seeing His creation. Happy St. Patties Day!!!

I spent this last weekend in a new and exciting way I hosted, or rather lead while a church family hosted the senior high students at East Park Ridge Church. And while I have fulfilled different leadership positions before, I have never solo lead a senior high group for an entire weekend; but it was one of the best experiences that I have had since moving to Dallas. Matt, George, Jane, Elizabeth, Karen (whose names have been changed to protect their Identity, especially if my cover as a secret British agent is ever blown…oops). Anyway, I had an awesome weekend not just because I had a GREAT bunch of seniors but also because the family we were staying with was glad to have us, the speakers were eager to teach, and the music was spirit filled. Runks was a stud but his last message on Sunday really hit home. Mind you, he was speaking to a youth group, but several things he said were directly applicable to all ages; namely, “Every time we come into contact with anyone, regardless of circumstances, we either push them towards the kingdom, or away from it. Period. There is no middle ground. Which way do you push people?” Hmmm…well, the immediate 2 words that God brought to mind were “Road Rage!” Now I realize that this will take most of you by surprise (yeah, right) and though the rage is not so much and the road is a lot-so-much, I still got the meaning: every time I get into my car with the “Real Men Pray” sticker on the back, I am being a witness to the other drivers on the road. And while I have been doing a lot better, I still have a ways to go. As to the 3 ladies and 2 gentlemen who directly made my weekend a blast…Much thanks and remember, Q-tips are for cleaning and smoking.

I got up a little bit extra today, due to some help from some zealously eager birthday wishers =) but actually was thankful for the extra time. I decided to treat myself to a little Starbucks b-day treat (a non-fat, tall Chai Latte) and do some extra scripture reading and remembering. So this journal entry is dedicated to two things. The first is a look back at how blessed I have been this last year. Sure, there have been points where I didn’t necessarily feel blessed but it overwhelms me when I think back to all the gifts God has given me. Here is a Highlights Reel: Living in England, Working with an International Film Festival, dating an amazing friend, being single, saying good by to old relationships and hello to new ones, snowboarding, twice ;), spending real time with family in Auburn, Florida, and Texas, Learning more about myself and about God’s view of me, and of course creating an amazing, drop dead gorgeous web log! Mind you those are just a few highlights but God has blessed me so much that I think to often I take for granted what is a true gift and completely undeserved.
The second thing is not really a thing but rather a person. Ms. Nancy Norma. Auntie Norma died many years ago and lived in England. While not my real aunt, she and uncle Tony pseudo-adopted my parents while there were living in England. And I went back to visit her several times as I was growing up. I remember her as a soft-spoken yet firm English lady whose love for those around her nearly matched her love for the Lord. Not many people know this but for the first 48 hours to almost a week after my birth, the doctors were very unsure if I would live. I was both sick and early in my delivery; but I have no doubt that it was due in no small part to Norma’s prayers that God granted me life. I can’t wait to see her again and thank her.

Well, today is the first day of the rest of my life. (or something like that) I have gone to work for a production company called Big Fish Films. I am starting one week of training to be the Production Manager and I am really stoked. This is a total answer to prayer! I have worked freelance for these guys before and thoroughly enjoy them and they do some really cool stuff. For example, you know that freeze frame effect in the matrix? Well, it is called “The Big Freeze” and guess who is in charge of being the production manager for that as well? That’s right! Yours truly. Anyway, just thought I would share with you all this new turn in my life. love ya’ll!

The bottle of the creature cracks and dries up, but the well of the creator never fails. Happy is he who dwells by the well and thus has abundant and constant supplies near at hand.” ~ Spurgeon
I am doing a devotional written by Charles Spurgeon and after only two mornings am blown away by this man’s relationship with the creator. Phil. 3:17 tells us to take note of those who live according to the pattern given us by Christ. Spurgeon is definitely one of those people. Anyway, as I was reading, I realized what an incredible blessing I have as a Christian to be able to dwell by “the well” and yet go any where in the world he wants me to be. My well of true life, the only source of life that matters, goes with me everywhere. I must choose to daily be refilled and to drink the water of life, but He is always there to refill when I ask. As I said yesterday, I have been experiencing some times of silence and yet I remembered that just because he chooses to be quiet so that I might learn something, that doesn’t mean he has left me. In fact he promises to never leave me. Man, I can hardly get my mind around that…

These last several days have been tough, challenging, and yet truly needed. I have realized several things but without a doubt the most important has been the quietness of the Lord in my life. I was having breakfast with a friend and we were trying to remember who in the bible experienced times of silence from God (like Job, Jeremiah, David, Etc.). And in talking with one of my best guy friends, he recommended that I get alone for a while and see what I could be holding on to in my life that I need to let go of. So I went to the lake and spent some time alone with the Lord to hash some of this stuff out. Sure enough, He began to bring stuff to mind and before I knew it I had a whole head full of stuff that I was giving to the lord to clean house. And I am tired of having to go through a cycle on this…so, contrary to what my house mates might say, I have learned that it is easier to keep the house clean than to let it build up. Put another way, I would rather give these things to the Lord on a daily basis then wait for them to build up to the point of overflowing. Just trying…