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Next week come sooner!!
Hello Friends,
My oh My, A good bit has happened in the last week. First off, Sunday was the first day I got to tackle the full class for Sunday school. Though I love all these kids, It was made obvious that I was made to be a High School teacher! Haha.
Earlier this week, A man came from OK to visit. He was interested in seeing what we do here involving the refugees and TCF. He was here for 2 days, so the first day we showed him around TFC, the surrounding area, and Vegas in general. I liked him! He had a good sense of humor and was fun to be around. Later that day, we took him to the Stratosphere to give him a better example of Vegas being more than just the strip. I love going up there! Its just amazing to see the town span for miles and miles and then suddenly stop at the mountains. It is a very beautiful sight at sunset. The last day he was here was filled with mostly talking and riding around apartment complexes. Very Very excited to for next week to come and to be able to see my unbelievable sweet girlfriend Jess!
That has been mostly what has happened. My depression has been to a minimum but still I have bad days. Continue to pray for everything that is going on out here and for happy days! All prayers are appreciated!
Much love,
Hayden
My oh My, A good bit has happened in the last week. First off, Sunday was the first day I got to tackle the full class for Sunday school. Though I love all these kids, It was made obvious that I was made to be a High School teacher! Haha.
Earlier this week, A man came from OK to visit. He was interested in seeing what we do here involving the refugees and TCF. He was here for 2 days, so the first day we showed him around TFC, the surrounding area, and Vegas in general. I liked him! He had a good sense of humor and was fun to be around. Later that day, we took him to the Stratosphere to give him a better example of Vegas being more than just the strip. I love going up there! Its just amazing to see the town span for miles and miles and then suddenly stop at the mountains. It is a very beautiful sight at sunset. The last day he was here was filled with mostly talking and riding around apartment complexes. Very Very excited to for next week to come and to be able to see my unbelievable sweet girlfriend Jess!
That has been mostly what has happened. My depression has been to a minimum but still I have bad days. Continue to pray for everything that is going on out here and for happy days! All prayers are appreciated!
Much love,
Hayden
Monday, September 24, 2012
Watermelon, Eggs, and Mushrooms...Oh My!!
Hello Friends,
It has been a while since my last post! I have begun working with refugees. One area that God is using me is in the area of soccer. I am now a soccer coach. Any of you who know me know that running and football are all I know--haha. This is truly an area where God will get all the glory. There is a team of Butanes teenagers that play soccer but are looking for a coach and an organized practice. They look up to Uncle Tom for this and he ended up bringing me into the mix as well--haha! I am learning a lot and we have only had two practices thus far. One thing I am learning is that English, when compared to other languages, is quite slow--haha.
Another way I am getting in with the refugees is the Sunday evening meetings. This is where Uncle, Aunt, Myself, and a few volunteers gather in an apartment and answer questions refugees may have about anything. The past few weeks I have just sat in a chair and listened. It is at these meetings that I have started my first sacrifice for the Lord besides leaving Jess, my family, and friends, which is my picky eating lifestyle. I have learned to swallow stuff whole while staring at a wall and thinking of nothing. Nothing weird yet-- just stuff that I don't like, such as watermelon, hard boiled eggs, and mushrooms. It would be impolite to refuse, so I thank God for the food, say a special prayer for my stomach and dive in. I love how these people are so willing to offer what they have to a total stranger.
Today, my uncle and I took a refugee named Geet (J-eet) to a place to take an English exam to see if he could qualify to get into a culinary school in order to get a job. While they were in the office I sat on a bench outside for a little over an hour. There was not much to do, so I started to get impatient. We finally left and took Geet back to his apartment and had a meal. I explained my frustration to Jessica later. I explained that I was getting frustrated because I feel like I have not made an impact at all, especially today because all I did was sit on a bench. As she talked to me, She helped me realize that I didn't come to make an impact. I came because this is where God is at work and I am following His will. He will choose whether I make an impact or not. So after I refocused, I am now ready to sit on a bench all day if I have to. If it shows these people Christ's deep love for them, I am prepared to do that!
Much love,
Hayden
It has been a while since my last post! I have begun working with refugees. One area that God is using me is in the area of soccer. I am now a soccer coach. Any of you who know me know that running and football are all I know--haha. This is truly an area where God will get all the glory. There is a team of Butanes teenagers that play soccer but are looking for a coach and an organized practice. They look up to Uncle Tom for this and he ended up bringing me into the mix as well--haha! I am learning a lot and we have only had two practices thus far. One thing I am learning is that English, when compared to other languages, is quite slow--haha.
Another way I am getting in with the refugees is the Sunday evening meetings. This is where Uncle, Aunt, Myself, and a few volunteers gather in an apartment and answer questions refugees may have about anything. The past few weeks I have just sat in a chair and listened. It is at these meetings that I have started my first sacrifice for the Lord besides leaving Jess, my family, and friends, which is my picky eating lifestyle. I have learned to swallow stuff whole while staring at a wall and thinking of nothing. Nothing weird yet-- just stuff that I don't like, such as watermelon, hard boiled eggs, and mushrooms. It would be impolite to refuse, so I thank God for the food, say a special prayer for my stomach and dive in. I love how these people are so willing to offer what they have to a total stranger.
Today, my uncle and I took a refugee named Geet (J-eet) to a place to take an English exam to see if he could qualify to get into a culinary school in order to get a job. While they were in the office I sat on a bench outside for a little over an hour. There was not much to do, so I started to get impatient. We finally left and took Geet back to his apartment and had a meal. I explained my frustration to Jessica later. I explained that I was getting frustrated because I feel like I have not made an impact at all, especially today because all I did was sit on a bench. As she talked to me, She helped me realize that I didn't come to make an impact. I came because this is where God is at work and I am following His will. He will choose whether I make an impact or not. So after I refocused, I am now ready to sit on a bench all day if I have to. If it shows these people Christ's deep love for them, I am prepared to do that!
Much love,
Hayden
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Viva las Mexico!
Hello Friends,
Whew! What a day! I am sorry for not being consistent in my blogging. I would wager to say that I will probably not be blogging everyday, so look on fb for me to tell you when the next blog post has happened :-). Yesterday started out with Uncle Tom and I going around to local businesses and asking if they would like to participate in our upcoming "Love the City" celebration. We got a few leads but that is about it. For lunch we went to the cool Chicago hot dog place. I ended up getting a burger and it was messy! My hands have finally stopped smelling like mustard haha. We met a guy there that is actually from AR! Small world.
Today, we went to the Hispanic festival at Fremont street. I was excited to go because I have always wanted to go to Fremont street. If you watch the original CSI, it is actually the old Las Vegas strip and has a HUGE tv screen over it. It was also awesome to dive into another culture for a day. Not only was I the minority, But being that mexican people are short, I was also the tallest! It was great to be able to look over everyone and feel like a giant for a few hours. While there, I tried some type of food that Aunt Cynthia would often eat in South America, it was very good! It was a bagel like bread with meat in the middle and sause that was like ketchup and mayo mixed. To wash it down, I was offered some Watermelon Juice. What I was going to be some juice with watermelon flavoring actually turned out the be a cup full of straight up watermelon juice. I actually liked it! After this we decided to go down the rest of the street and see the different things. It was cool to see all the neon signs of old. After we did this and I second hand smoked a couple of packs, We went to see some more hispanic stuff. Another cool thing that happened was that Uncle and Aunt met some people that were from Bolivia! They talked for a while and then the lady turned to me and started talking. All I could say was " Uh.........No Habla Espanol" but she kept right on talking. Terribly nice lady, no idea what she told me haha.
Today was fun and I am excited to meet with the church body tomorrow and see how they do worship! Once again, Thank you all for all the prayers and taking time out of your day to read this, That is very special to me. Tomorrow is going to be the first day with the refugees so be praying for that!
Much love,
Hayden
Whew! What a day! I am sorry for not being consistent in my blogging. I would wager to say that I will probably not be blogging everyday, so look on fb for me to tell you when the next blog post has happened :-). Yesterday started out with Uncle Tom and I going around to local businesses and asking if they would like to participate in our upcoming "Love the City" celebration. We got a few leads but that is about it. For lunch we went to the cool Chicago hot dog place. I ended up getting a burger and it was messy! My hands have finally stopped smelling like mustard haha. We met a guy there that is actually from AR! Small world.
Today, we went to the Hispanic festival at Fremont street. I was excited to go because I have always wanted to go to Fremont street. If you watch the original CSI, it is actually the old Las Vegas strip and has a HUGE tv screen over it. It was also awesome to dive into another culture for a day. Not only was I the minority, But being that mexican people are short, I was also the tallest! It was great to be able to look over everyone and feel like a giant for a few hours. While there, I tried some type of food that Aunt Cynthia would often eat in South America, it was very good! It was a bagel like bread with meat in the middle and sause that was like ketchup and mayo mixed. To wash it down, I was offered some Watermelon Juice. What I was going to be some juice with watermelon flavoring actually turned out the be a cup full of straight up watermelon juice. I actually liked it! After this we decided to go down the rest of the street and see the different things. It was cool to see all the neon signs of old. After we did this and I second hand smoked a couple of packs, We went to see some more hispanic stuff. Another cool thing that happened was that Uncle and Aunt met some people that were from Bolivia! They talked for a while and then the lady turned to me and started talking. All I could say was " Uh.........No Habla Espanol" but she kept right on talking. Terribly nice lady, no idea what she told me haha.
Today was fun and I am excited to meet with the church body tomorrow and see how they do worship! Once again, Thank you all for all the prayers and taking time out of your day to read this, That is very special to me. Tomorrow is going to be the first day with the refugees so be praying for that!
Much love,
Hayden
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
God will turn this jellyfish into a mountain goat
Hello Friends,
I want to start this blog by saying that I have now put a target on my back. Since before I left Missouri, I lived in fear. Today, I took some time to myself to cast out the enemy. I must admit that I was afraid even in this. It took me a while, but I did. From this point on, I have chosen to no longer live in fear. Its funny, Fear has been a recurring thing in my life. I have been walking in fear and anxiety my whole life. I must say that it makes me a miserable person. It kinda scares me to admit openly that I have decided to no longer walk that path, but its ok, because He will protect me and the ones I love. This verse hit me in the face today "The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Psalm 118:6. I continue to ask for your prayers. Its funny, I can remember my grandma telling me when I was little the verse " When I am afraid, I will trust in Him." Was this the Lord starting me out young, preparing me for my life? I am thankful for that though.
In the last few days, I have been presented with a few opportunities of God's power. Yesterday, We had some very, very bad flash flooding. Someone died and there is a picture of a mail truck that is 3/4 under water...this all happened in a matter of 30 minutes or less. That is the power of God, who can cause water to come from nowhere and sweep stuff away. Today, I started walking with my Uncle at a near by park. Just watching the sun come up over the mountains is amazing! Who is this that makes the sun rise and fall everyday? I am excited to experience it again tomorrow.
To end on a funny note. Today, My uncle got an email from NAMB (North American Misson Board). This is the organization that I would like to be sponsored through as a semester missionary. Well, his request for a semester missionary was approved today for Haydon and SHE will be here September 1st....Wow. Still waiting to personally hear from them to see if I got it. God will provide
Much love and thank you for all the prayers!
Hayden
I want to start this blog by saying that I have now put a target on my back. Since before I left Missouri, I lived in fear. Today, I took some time to myself to cast out the enemy. I must admit that I was afraid even in this. It took me a while, but I did. From this point on, I have chosen to no longer live in fear. Its funny, Fear has been a recurring thing in my life. I have been walking in fear and anxiety my whole life. I must say that it makes me a miserable person. It kinda scares me to admit openly that I have decided to no longer walk that path, but its ok, because He will protect me and the ones I love. This verse hit me in the face today "The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Psalm 118:6. I continue to ask for your prayers. Its funny, I can remember my grandma telling me when I was little the verse " When I am afraid, I will trust in Him." Was this the Lord starting me out young, preparing me for my life? I am thankful for that though.
In the last few days, I have been presented with a few opportunities of God's power. Yesterday, We had some very, very bad flash flooding. Someone died and there is a picture of a mail truck that is 3/4 under water...this all happened in a matter of 30 minutes or less. That is the power of God, who can cause water to come from nowhere and sweep stuff away. Today, I started walking with my Uncle at a near by park. Just watching the sun come up over the mountains is amazing! Who is this that makes the sun rise and fall everyday? I am excited to experience it again tomorrow.
To end on a funny note. Today, My uncle got an email from NAMB (North American Misson Board). This is the organization that I would like to be sponsored through as a semester missionary. Well, his request for a semester missionary was approved today for Haydon and SHE will be here September 1st....Wow. Still waiting to personally hear from them to see if I got it. God will provide
Much love and thank you for all the prayers!
Hayden
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Viva Las Made it!
Përshëndetje, Miqtë
Well, Yesterday started out as most the days started, with breakfast. After this we were on the road! This might be a short blog post because it all happened yesterday, so this might be short haha.
The first cool stop we stopped at was in Winslow, AZ. I went and stood at the corner in Winslow, AZ which is mentioned in The Eagles song "Take it Easy". This was cool to be able to stand in a place that is talked about in a famous song! After this we went to find something to eat. We ended up going to a place called BOJO's burger grill and club...wow. This place was home town wrapped in Hickville. It was one of those places you need to experience to truly know what small town America is all about.
Back on the road. Our next destination is the huge Meteor Crater in AZ. After paying $16 to get in, we ascended up what felt like 1,000 of steps to get to the crest of the creator. All I can say is "Wow!". What a mighty God we serve to create something that big. What is awesome is that the meteor it self was only half the size of a football field and the crater is a mile wide! This was well worth the money! Inside was a museum which was cool and a gift shop. Talk about the mother of all tourist traps! You could buy fossilized fish for $12!! WOW!
Not much to report after that. Lots of beautiful landscapes! Many mountains and valleys. We arrived at Vegas around 8 that night. Going by the city (still elevated higher than it), I forgot how big it was! Boy, talk about feeling like a small fish in a big ocean! haha
Much love,
Hayden
Well, Yesterday started out as most the days started, with breakfast. After this we were on the road! This might be a short blog post because it all happened yesterday, so this might be short haha.
The first cool stop we stopped at was in Winslow, AZ. I went and stood at the corner in Winslow, AZ which is mentioned in The Eagles song "Take it Easy". This was cool to be able to stand in a place that is talked about in a famous song! After this we went to find something to eat. We ended up going to a place called BOJO's burger grill and club...wow. This place was home town wrapped in Hickville. It was one of those places you need to experience to truly know what small town America is all about.
Back on the road. Our next destination is the huge Meteor Crater in AZ. After paying $16 to get in, we ascended up what felt like 1,000 of steps to get to the crest of the creator. All I can say is "Wow!". What a mighty God we serve to create something that big. What is awesome is that the meteor it self was only half the size of a football field and the crater is a mile wide! This was well worth the money! Inside was a museum which was cool and a gift shop. Talk about the mother of all tourist traps! You could buy fossilized fish for $12!! WOW!
Much love,
Hayden
Friday, September 7, 2012
Crosses and Cadillacs
Hej, Venner
Whew! What a day! We were on the road for 11 hours today and finally called Albuquerque, NM home for the night. Today was a good day for talking...because we did a lot of it haha. Today, since we had a lot of time, I asked my Aunt to tell me the story of how they came from Bolivia to Las Vegas. The story took 3 hours haha! It kept my attention the whole time though. It was a very inspiring story and got me excited to start helping in Vegas.
As far as sights go today, there were many! Today there were many, many turbines. They are all over Texas, It is nice to see the future in full "swing."Going into Texas was awesome! We went to this welcome center and you could see for miles and miles! The land is so flat compared to Missouri. The first cool sight was the Leaning water tower of Texas! It isn't named that, but it was in fact a leaning water tower! A few miles from it was the largest cross in the western hemisphere. Its true when they say everything is bigger in Texas haha. This thing as HUGE! Surrounding the Cross were the 13 stages of the Cross. I don't fully understand it, but it is a Catholic thing involving the road Jesus took to the Cross. It had a nice little gift shop there as well.
After this we went to eat at Cracker Barrel. I am glad to make a better memory this time than the last time we ate there. After eating, We went to go buy spray paint so I could leave my mark on a Cadillac at the Cadillac Ranch. I was expecting this to be a major site with benches and a museum and stuff. No, the cars were in the middle of a field with no sign to ever tell you how to get there. You could see it from the highway and it was up to you to find the way there. This was a sight worth seeing though. After walking through a 50mph wind, We made it to the 10 Caddies buried in the ground. It was interesting to read some of the stuff there. People from Italy and England had left their mark there. Everyone had been there and I am glad to be apart of the people to leave their mark on this land mark! See the picture below to see what I wrote!
Other than vast plains and tumble weeds, there isn't much to report. I had a headache most of the day because we were facing the sun most of the day, but that has now faded since we have stopped. Will we make it to Vegas tomorrow? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
Much love,
Hayden
Whew! What a day! We were on the road for 11 hours today and finally called Albuquerque, NM home for the night. Today was a good day for talking...because we did a lot of it haha. Today, since we had a lot of time, I asked my Aunt to tell me the story of how they came from Bolivia to Las Vegas. The story took 3 hours haha! It kept my attention the whole time though. It was a very inspiring story and got me excited to start helping in Vegas.
As far as sights go today, there were many! Today there were many, many turbines. They are all over Texas, It is nice to see the future in full "swing."Going into Texas was awesome! We went to this welcome center and you could see for miles and miles! The land is so flat compared to Missouri. The first cool sight was the Leaning water tower of Texas! It isn't named that, but it was in fact a leaning water tower! A few miles from it was the largest cross in the western hemisphere. Its true when they say everything is bigger in Texas haha. This thing as HUGE! Surrounding the Cross were the 13 stages of the Cross. I don't fully understand it, but it is a Catholic thing involving the road Jesus took to the Cross. It had a nice little gift shop there as well.
After this we went to eat at Cracker Barrel. I am glad to make a better memory this time than the last time we ate there. After eating, We went to go buy spray paint so I could leave my mark on a Cadillac at the Cadillac Ranch. I was expecting this to be a major site with benches and a museum and stuff. No, the cars were in the middle of a field with no sign to ever tell you how to get there. You could see it from the highway and it was up to you to find the way there. This was a sight worth seeing though. After walking through a 50mph wind, We made it to the 10 Caddies buried in the ground. It was interesting to read some of the stuff there. People from Italy and England had left their mark there. Everyone had been there and I am glad to be apart of the people to leave their mark on this land mark! See the picture below to see what I wrote!
Other than vast plains and tumble weeds, there isn't much to report. I had a headache most of the day because we were facing the sun most of the day, but that has now faded since we have stopped. Will we make it to Vegas tomorrow? Tune in tomorrow to find out!
Much love,
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Expensive Bottles of Coke
Bonjour, amis
Today, I don't much to report. Aunt Cynthia thought it would be to her benefit to take a day of rest. To that, we stayed an extra day. Besides spending most my day in bed on netflix, I did nothing haha. I did discover that bottles of coke here are a cheap $2.00. Also, we ordered a pizza for lunch. I didn't have a plate so I used the lid from the ice container. I worked very well. Tomorrow we start back on the road. For now, I think I will either go to the fitness center or swim.
Much love,
Hayden
Today, I don't much to report. Aunt Cynthia thought it would be to her benefit to take a day of rest. To that, we stayed an extra day. Besides spending most my day in bed on netflix, I did nothing haha. I did discover that bottles of coke here are a cheap $2.00. Also, we ordered a pizza for lunch. I didn't have a plate so I used the lid from the ice container. I worked very well. Tomorrow we start back on the road. For now, I think I will either go to the fitness center or swim.
Much love,
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Beards and Oklahoma
Gday, Mates!
Well today officially marked the first day of being on the open road! Started out the morning with a brief hug with the cousin, packing up, and moving out! Weird feelings of sadness this morning, not sure why. Possibly caused from going farther and farther away from my family and loved ones. We started towards our first destination, which was a lady that was a journeyman for Aunt Cynthia while she was in Bolivia. To explain, (and hopefully get this right) A Journeyman is a short term missionary that goes to a place, lives with long term missionaries for 2 years, and helps in whatever special way or gift they can. I was a little unsure because I had never met this lady and didn't want things to be awkward. Everything turned out fine! First thing her husband said to me was "Nice Beard! You look like a rocker". I knew everything was going to be fine from there. Come to find out that he is the pastor of a small church in that town. He began to tell me about all the different things his church is involved in. One thing he told me was that there was a project that he was most proud of, simply because he had no involvement in it! Basically he told me that it was a sunday school that put together this clothes drive and ended up renting a house to store all the clothes because there was so much there!
This was a very encouraging conversation. After only an hour we were back on the road heading towards Oklahoma City. I had a very nice conversation with my Aunt while on our way. I told her about how much has happened in my life since last year. I also discussed my biggest problem and and struggle. I constantly live in fear. If any of you don't know, I can sometimes be overly cautious. I hate the fact that fear sometimes doesn't allow me to do things that I want to do. I explained that I am tired of living like this, it is miserable! To that she said " It must run in the family". She told me about how she used to be that way and still fights with stuff like that today. It was very comforting to know that I am not alone in battling fear and anxiety.
We finally made it to OKC. We checked in to hotel, unpacked and before we knew it, it was time to go somewhere else! We were off to the First Baptist Church of OKC. While she was in a meeting with the missons pastor and Senior pastor, I hung around in the church office lobby. I did everything from play doodle jump and temple run on my iPhone, To eating stale mints from a candy dish on the desk, to reading the month late edition of "Our Daily Bread". Afterward we went to eat, listen to a Wednesday night sermon from the pastor and checked out the language lab that other refugees in the city come to, which was very cool! We then when on to see the sanctuary. This thing was massive! One of the first things I noticed was the HUGE pipe organ! The missions pastor told me that until a few years ago it was the biggest in the state. We also learned that years ago, the funeral of a state senator was held there and John F. Kennedy attended. On the front row of the first pew was a small little plate the said this also. Very cool! Another cool this was the pulpit. I was at least 100 years old! On each side of it the furnish was rubbed off of the wood from all the pastors that had preached there, this was awesome and interesting.
All in all I had a pretty good day. Still miss my family, Jess, and friends like crazy, but I have work to do for the kingdom and I know God is keeping them safe.
Much love,
Hayden
Well today officially marked the first day of being on the open road! Started out the morning with a brief hug with the cousin, packing up, and moving out! Weird feelings of sadness this morning, not sure why. Possibly caused from going farther and farther away from my family and loved ones. We started towards our first destination, which was a lady that was a journeyman for Aunt Cynthia while she was in Bolivia. To explain, (and hopefully get this right) A Journeyman is a short term missionary that goes to a place, lives with long term missionaries for 2 years, and helps in whatever special way or gift they can. I was a little unsure because I had never met this lady and didn't want things to be awkward. Everything turned out fine! First thing her husband said to me was "Nice Beard! You look like a rocker". I knew everything was going to be fine from there. Come to find out that he is the pastor of a small church in that town. He began to tell me about all the different things his church is involved in. One thing he told me was that there was a project that he was most proud of, simply because he had no involvement in it! Basically he told me that it was a sunday school that put together this clothes drive and ended up renting a house to store all the clothes because there was so much there!
This was a very encouraging conversation. After only an hour we were back on the road heading towards Oklahoma City. I had a very nice conversation with my Aunt while on our way. I told her about how much has happened in my life since last year. I also discussed my biggest problem and and struggle. I constantly live in fear. If any of you don't know, I can sometimes be overly cautious. I hate the fact that fear sometimes doesn't allow me to do things that I want to do. I explained that I am tired of living like this, it is miserable! To that she said " It must run in the family". She told me about how she used to be that way and still fights with stuff like that today. It was very comforting to know that I am not alone in battling fear and anxiety.
We finally made it to OKC. We checked in to hotel, unpacked and before we knew it, it was time to go somewhere else! We were off to the First Baptist Church of OKC. While she was in a meeting with the missons pastor and Senior pastor, I hung around in the church office lobby. I did everything from play doodle jump and temple run on my iPhone, To eating stale mints from a candy dish on the desk, to reading the month late edition of "Our Daily Bread". Afterward we went to eat, listen to a Wednesday night sermon from the pastor and checked out the language lab that other refugees in the city come to, which was very cool! We then when on to see the sanctuary. This thing was massive! One of the first things I noticed was the HUGE pipe organ! The missions pastor told me that until a few years ago it was the biggest in the state. We also learned that years ago, the funeral of a state senator was held there and John F. Kennedy attended. On the front row of the first pew was a small little plate the said this also. Very cool! Another cool this was the pulpit. I was at least 100 years old! On each side of it the furnish was rubbed off of the wood from all the pastors that had preached there, this was awesome and interesting.
All in all I had a pretty good day. Still miss my family, Jess, and friends like crazy, but I have work to do for the kingdom and I know God is keeping them safe.
Much love,
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Antiques and Asus
Hola Amigos,
I can joyfully report that today was 10,000 times better than yesterday! Started out the day with my devotional. The past week or two has been devoted to focusing on where you are in your spiritual walk. I have come to realize that I and an adult. An adult is focused on serving. Joel made us some fantastic gravy to go with our biscuits and made us some coffee. We all talked for a while and before we knew it, it was closing on 2 in the afternoon haha. While everyone was getting ready I was granted the wonderful opportunity to talk with my beautiful girlfriend, Jessica. We talked for a while, which made my day just that much better, and then we ( in AR ) were ready to leave the apartment. We went to lunch at a pretty awesome Italian restaurant. I wasn't very hungry so I just had a salad. After that we went to an Antique store.
This place was very similar to Relics Antique Mall in Springfield ( or as my friends and I refer to as " the treasure store" ) but just a bit smaller. I found some neat no name nylon string guitars, but they were WAY overpriced for my taste. After that we went home and Joel broke out his guitar. He played us some Bob Dylan and sounded great! It didn't take long before I followed haha. After a little while we went to eat supper at Jimmy John's. This was my first time eating there and it was awesome! Definitely a repeat! They ended up giving away bread and so I took two loafs home. We came home and Joel showed us his game he has been making. I'm not allowed to say much, but I can say if it is indeed made for sale, Buy this game!! Well, that is about it. Glad today turned out better than yesterday and tomorrow starts the actually travel. Open road, here I come!!
Much love,
Hayden
I can joyfully report that today was 10,000 times better than yesterday! Started out the day with my devotional. The past week or two has been devoted to focusing on where you are in your spiritual walk. I have come to realize that I and an adult. An adult is focused on serving. Joel made us some fantastic gravy to go with our biscuits and made us some coffee. We all talked for a while and before we knew it, it was closing on 2 in the afternoon haha. While everyone was getting ready I was granted the wonderful opportunity to talk with my beautiful girlfriend, Jessica. We talked for a while, which made my day just that much better, and then we ( in AR ) were ready to leave the apartment. We went to lunch at a pretty awesome Italian restaurant. I wasn't very hungry so I just had a salad. After that we went to an Antique store.
This place was very similar to Relics Antique Mall in Springfield ( or as my friends and I refer to as " the treasure store" ) but just a bit smaller. I found some neat no name nylon string guitars, but they were WAY overpriced for my taste. After that we went home and Joel broke out his guitar. He played us some Bob Dylan and sounded great! It didn't take long before I followed haha. After a little while we went to eat supper at Jimmy John's. This was my first time eating there and it was awesome! Definitely a repeat! They ended up giving away bread and so I took two loafs home. We came home and Joel showed us his game he has been making. I'm not allowed to say much, but I can say if it is indeed made for sale, Buy this game!! Well, that is about it. Glad today turned out better than yesterday and tomorrow starts the actually travel. Open road, here I come!!
Much love,
Monday, September 3, 2012
And it starts
Hello Friends,
Welcome and thank you looking at this! I appreciate all the prayers that you are praying for me. Today was a pretty rough day. Started out the day with my beloved fish "Fish" having to be flush. I bought fish a few days before leaving for Vegas last year and he is from Walmart. Being over a year old and from Walmart is just the sign of a real trooper. It was a sad day. On a positive note, I did get to spend most the day with Jess and my family. Jess had to leave unexpectedly, but I was glad I got to spend the time I had with her before I left though.
We met my aunt, cousin and his wife at the Cracker Barrel in Bentonville. The food was ok, but I knew what was coming, so the food tasted a little off haha. Finally we said our goodbyes. It was very hard to say goodbye to my family. I know it is only for a semester but still. Now I am at my cousins apt. I still feel off a bit but I know tomorrow will be better. Going to read my bible before I sleep, That always makes me feel better. Keep the prayers and I will keep posting
Much love,
Hayden
Welcome and thank you looking at this! I appreciate all the prayers that you are praying for me. Today was a pretty rough day. Started out the day with my beloved fish "Fish" having to be flush. I bought fish a few days before leaving for Vegas last year and he is from Walmart. Being over a year old and from Walmart is just the sign of a real trooper. It was a sad day. On a positive note, I did get to spend most the day with Jess and my family. Jess had to leave unexpectedly, but I was glad I got to spend the time I had with her before I left though.
We met my aunt, cousin and his wife at the Cracker Barrel in Bentonville. The food was ok, but I knew what was coming, so the food tasted a little off haha. Finally we said our goodbyes. It was very hard to say goodbye to my family. I know it is only for a semester but still. Now I am at my cousins apt. I still feel off a bit but I know tomorrow will be better. Going to read my bible before I sleep, That always makes me feel better. Keep the prayers and I will keep posting
Much love,
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