The other night I was went to my brother's Softball game...(he plays on the Campus Crusade team and they play against other churches in the area). This was the beginning of the tournament. So they have to win each game in order to advance. They played a double header that night; followed by the next week winning another double header. On the tenth they will play for the championship a tripple header!!
Swing Batter!
Jason is at third base.
Thanks God for Fun! 

How is it that in a room filled with people
one can feel so alone, disconnected,
and out of place?

Today marks my second week of being back. It is strange how time works. The other night I was just thinking how this last year feels like it was a dream. Even the last two weeks seem to have gone quickly, yet at the same time its like I've been back forever. Everything is unreal and its like I am floating in a time-warp of space out into the unknown...(I have been watching to much Star Trek with my Dad)...In all reality I do feel like a once beloved rag doll tossed to the wayside...I know I am valued by God and there are many who love me...But this is a transition time for me and I am just lost in the business of life, unsure of which way to go or what to do...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

To My:

Jovial
Astounding
Sassy
Optimal
Noble

Brother

Home
What is home?
Where is home?
Who is home?

As I headed "home" to Reno my mind flooded with the thoughts that this place is not my home anymore than any other place I have or will live. Yes, they were a temporary place I lived and called "home", but that is just it they are temporary. I long for a place I can call home a place of finality and rest. My true home is with God, dwelling in his presence for all eternity...for it will not pass away as all that is here on earth. I shall not be at rest until that day when God calls me home...Oh how I long for that day!

Isaiah 55:8-9

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts."

During the last weekend God redirected my life...I thought I would be home for about half a year or so, now I will be there for about six weeks to I raise support. By the end of September or early October I will be moving to Oregon to be an intern with Campus Crusade for Christ at OSU. It is amazing to see God working especially when He reminds me that his ways are not my ways. With God life is an adventure and so unpredictable. I know His Plans always outweigh any of mine...Praise be to God for he is the all knowing, sovereign and great I AM; who was and is and is to come. All things are in his hands my past, present and future. To Him alone be all the praise, GLORY and honor as I follow his footsteps and his guiding light through out this life.

Pictures of the National Park in Croatia

I want to write a blog entry, but I don't know what to write about...I just got back from Zadar: it was fun and exhausting: what more can I say...JoAnna is coming tomorrow!!! That is exciting...Thus I cleaned the apt today and did laundry (much needed I might add)... Yesterday I thought about starting to pack things, but didn't get beyond thinking about it...Oh the weather has cooled down and there have been some thunderstorms, although the humidity is high so I sweat just as much as if it were 200 degrees...Anyway I will try to be more exciting or thought provoking in my next blog entry...