Paintballing

Ok, so I was a bonehead and didn't take any pictures to post. But I do wanna say that the Junior High beat the High Schoolers! I not only forgot how fun paintballing is I forgot how sore you get from rolling around, running, crawling and getting shot. Not that I got shot...in fact I don't know if I wasn't pushing it enough but I have no welts, which is more than I can say for most of the others. It was a great time of male bonding. I forget sometimes that us guys need to go out and do stuff together. And the best part is two kids came to know Christ! What a rewarding day. Not to mention the waves weren't bad in the afternoon either.
I was out in the water thinking, "this is a tough life, but i guess somebody has got to do it." Just kidding-obviously! But then I got to thinking, "what if it was all taken away?" Would I still be as happy? I don't think I would be as happy. But I do know that I would be joyful in another way. My time in Peru I didn't do as much fun activities like this, but my time with the Lord and the discomforts led to a joy that I feel is harder to experience here with so much stuff. I wonder why God placed me in such a place as Southern California, where it feels so difficult to place him number 1. True, it is getting easier with the economy the way it is. And I think a lot of people are refocusing what is truly important. I wonder how God will judge us by our situations. Which life is more difficult: living on fire for Jesus in the midst of prosperity or dying for Jesus in the midst of poverty?

FUEL STORE Wednesday Night

Ok, so the FUEL STORE is open for business! Remember, in all that we do, we do for the glory of God. If your motivation for getting FUEL BUCKS is only the physical reward of the prize you got, you are missing out on what is really important and the purpose of having the FUEL STORE! When we live according to God’s will and seek first His kingdom, all of the other stuff will be added…and if it isn’t we won’t care because we have Him! Seeking the Lord is an amazing journey and in so many different ways very rewarding. At least for this season there are tons of cool things to earn! God bless you and I hope you enjoy all the goodies!

Creepiest workout of my life!

So a few Saturdays ago I went up to the church to finish my study for Sunday morning. There was nobody at the church but one of the doors was propped open and the lights were on but there was nobody there-at all, and the alarm wasn't set. It was kinda eerie but stuff like that happens right?
Well, I left the church at 11 and decided to stop by 24 hour fitness to get a quick workout in before bed. The door was also open, but there was no one at the front desk, which isn't uncommon at all that late. What was uncommon was there was only one person in the entire gym-and he didn't work there! I was a little razzled and asked him if he had seen anyone. He said no, not one person but when he had gotten there there was one guy leaving who also had not seen anyone.
I worked out for over an hour, completely alone. I actually called Pastor Adam to make sure that the rapture hadn't happened. Finally, a cleaning lady came in and in a perplexed and kinda scared tone told me that the gym closed at 9pm that night! I would be a little scared to if I came in to clean and there was some dude on the treadmill at 12 when the gym had been closed for 3 hours...like some crazy dude or something. Long story short, I will use that story in rapture illustrations for the next few years and I am so blessedly assured that when it does happen for real I will be in heaven and not wandering around alone wondering what happened to everybody.