Schools out!

Done with A&P, done with Theology. Did really well in A&P training (aircraft maintenance training), top of my class I think. Did decently with Theology I think, though I havent gotten grades for any of my papers, or anything for that matter except for my midterm which I didnt do so well on. I expect I got near perfect grades on my paper but Im just hoping I pass my midterm. I dont do well with tests. They just dont reflect my learning style well. Generaly. There is the professor now and then that has a test that really works with my learning style.

Anyways, Im done with school and all packed up for flying to Houghton, NY, which I do tomorrow morning at 13h35. Gonna be great spending several weeks with the Gallops. Yeah buddy!

12/7

life, music, and FAA form 337s

here I sit at my computer. its been a long time since I really said much on here about whats going on in my life. Ive got one week of school left before Christmas break and I fly over to spend Christmas and New Years with the Gallops in Houghton, NY. Oh, what joy. I would put an exclamation mark there but I am listening to classical music (at high volume with a sub-woofer) and it is 11:41 and I really dont feel like it. Anyway, Ive really enjoyed this quarter. my school life consists of one 4 credit hour theology class at Moody Northwest and another 18 of aircraft maintenance at Spokane Community College, per Moody's program set up. Like I said I really enjoyed it. It being mostly the latter 18 credit hours. Not that I dont like theology, though I do tend to shy away from the nit-picking of some of the more "complex" theology because I think that it tends to be beyond what we were meant to understand, therefore we cannot understand it. its just that the professor, while being good, goes too slowly through the material for my liking and all this in 4 hours straight on Friday afternoons. But its still pretty good. I think I have learned most of the theology that I care to learn though. theology meaning what im going to get taught in the next few years in class. no theology in its true meaning as the study of God. what i dont care for is discussing things like whether man is a dichotomy or a trichotomy. anyway, so I like my mechanics training better. Its more hands on. I learn better that way. And it has to do with airplanes so that adds a lot for me. even the FAA's stuff is not too bad when you begin to understand it. Im beginning to feel that I am beginning to become a real mechanic. I am actually learning something useful and something I am really and deeply interested in. In other news, I may begin to admin the Moody Av website. Should be interesting. I'll be doing it with a group but still. The poor thing could use it too. It could certainly use someone better than me though, especially someone on the creative side.

Firefox Upgrades its Browser

Firefox Upgrades its Browser: The company releases the latest version of the No. 2 browser, second only to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

yeah, second only because many of the folks using Internet Explorer simply dont know better, they are probably not the most computer literate people out there ...either that or its because most of your computer labs at libraries and schools and what not use it. I mean, seriously, it comes default with Windows.

there and back again

Hey guys, I just got back from an MK get-together this weekend. It was at Perry Pust's house, an MAF guy, formerly a pilot in Indonesia, now an MAF recruiter/representative in the Northwest. All of us that were there were connected through having been Indonesia and personaly knowing the Pusts; that is we had all either been in Indonesia, were MKs going to school with an Indonesian MK, or were good friends of or engaged/married to an Indonesian MK. Four of us from Moody here went, including one guy who grew up in Indonesia. We got there Friday night but most folks didnt arrive till Saturday. We ate authentic Indonesian food and hung out and had an awesome time. We played lots of games, watched a movie (we were also going to watch the God's Must Be Crazy never got around to it), discussed all sorts of things from the place of music in church to problems caused by large groups of missionaries living in one place to different types of food, and of course told many many stories and generaly connected as only MKs can! We had an incredible time. All of us knew at least one other person since the general idea was for the Indonesian MKs to come with whatever friends they wanted to bring. For my part, I only knew Perry Pust a little from his visits to Moody here and of course my fellow students that I went with. But of course within a very short time we had all warmed up and were laughing and rough housing (throwing little plastic toy balls at each other) and sharing outrageous stories of moterbikes and gigantic splinters and snake-zappers and all sorts of great experiences. I am always amazed by how quickly and strongly we MKs connect when we get together even when we dont know each other at all. I am so glad I am an MK!

Missions Conference

This evening we are halfway through our missions conference here at Moody Northwest and I am full of excitement I suppose you could say. I cant wait to get out there. My impulse is to just get out there and join JAARS doing anything, computer work or something, and just get on the missions field. I went to several sessions today, including a session on the daily life of a missionary pilot and a dessert time at someone's house with several JAARS guys. The daily life of a missionary pilot session started getting me excited, but what really got me for some reason was the time talking to the JAARS guys over dessert. Now, perhaps irrationaly, I feel very inclined towards JAARS and Southeast Asia or Papua New Guinea. Previously, I wasnt really sure, but figured it made sense to go back to Niger with SIM-Air, but also felt a bit of a pull towards JAARS. Now I feel a very strong pull towards JAARS and I dont know if its God or if its just the effect of some good long talks with the JAARS pilots and mechanic about God's work and their experiences on the field and a few rich brownies. Regardless, I am simultaneously dismayed at the length of time I have before me before I am able to get out there and actually do what Ive been working towards for so long, and also refreshed and motivated for the years of training ahead. I just need to keep in mind that life is now and it wont start when I get off the plane in Djakarta or whatever.

English class at LeTourneau

Mrs. Stuckey was my English Prof. at LeTourneau. Mrs. Stuckey and I did not always get along as well as we might have. Mrs. Stuckey and I certainly did not share the same view of writing. Mrs. Stuckey drove me crazy. Most of the time. She probably would not have liked me putting that fragment there. I would. Fortunately, God had dealt with me enough by that time that I was able to control myself by His grace.

This afternoon I read some of the papers and essays that I wrote in highschool. Not ninth grade. 10th and 11th grade. They are not things to be proud of. I look at what I have written over the last several months at Moody. I look at how I have written. These, while perhaps still not things to be proud of, are things worthy of a good grade. Worthy of a still a little satisfaction of a job well done. When came the change?

I can attribute it only to "English I: Creative Writing." Mrs. Stuckey's class.

I have always mantained quite firmly that at no time did I learn anything from Mrs. Stuckey or in her class.

It now pains me a little to admit, though that is lessened a little from the medium of the internet, that I did in fact learn something from Mrs. Stuckey or in her class. My writing is otherwise inexplicably improved, my articulation smoother.

One of Mrs. Stuckey's assignments was to begin this webpage. I have no idea whether she ever took a look at it, or if she did, if she has or ever will come back. Regardless, I now want to say, thank you Mrs. Stuckey.

Islamic Voice

I found an interesting item here. Apperently what you eat effects your behaviour, eg. eating wild, ferocious animals makes you also viloent.

click here

The Wingman

not much has been going on around here, no?

criminals? or kids being kids?

Waddyall think about this? more of the story as told from the kids perspective here

Switchfoot and Thai food

I have heard a reliable rumor that Switchfoot is going to be comeing out with a new album this fall, September to be exact.

I went to a Thai resturant last Sunday with a bunch of folks from church for the first time and that is some pretty good food let me tell you. I made me some stuff like it tonight and Im still sweating even though I finished eating it about 15 mins ago.

I am a rich poor kid

There are benefits to being "poor," one being that you are able to get pretty decent college grants from the government. In my case, my decent college grant from the government is going to pay for my whole next year of school plus. Yep, thats right! My tuition for next year is going to be around $6700, not counting an extra $1000-3000 for tools. And my financial aid is $7600--no loans either. God is so awesome!! I was a little worried, a rare event for me I think, that I would be getting very little if any aid this year, and that my work this summer wouldnt cover the whole year (which it wont, though it goes a long ways towards that--another one of God's awesome doings) and that I would then have to drop out for a year to work and save up enough. But now my confidence in God is stronger than ever. I suppose that He works things this way--that things dont come together until the last minute--so that we are forced to trust Him completely. I am just so thankful.

this thing

* I N F O *

-Name: jonathan david walters
-Single or Taken: single
-Sex: male
-Birthday: may 2 (I am 19)
-Sign: favorite would be [airport -->]
-Siblings: 5
-Hair color: brown
-Eye color: blue-gray
-Height: 5'10


* R E L A T I O N S H I P S *

-Who are some of your guy friends? parlane, tom, ben, ben, tokar, derek, toews, joseph, noah, daniel, ed, tom, john, jinmin, victor, benjie, caleb, david, andrew, taylor, grant, dan, gabe, marcus, matt, aaron ...and on, and on
-Who are some of your girl friends? julie, leslie, hannah, miriam, esther, abigail, tabitha, sarah, kalipay ...and on, and on
-Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? no
-Do you have a crush? not precisely
-More than one? no


*I N S I D E Y O U *

-What are your top three goals in life? be Godly, do what He has planned for me, and die taking as many souls with me as possible
-What would you change about yourself? hm... being a few inches shorter would have its benifits but also its drawbacks, but if I could be scaled down so that I was 50 lbs lighter and not look like a starving idiot then that would be cool cause I could throw in that much more payload... but as God has made me I am quite content
-What do you look for in a guy or girl? someone who is very very passionate about God, someone who is going to the mission field and passionate about that, someone who shares my values, someone who I think is beautiful
-What is the perfect date? ah lots of good possibilities I guess, maybe playing games with friends, going flying, or just taking a walk together
-What is the one place that you’d rather be than any other place? with God where he wants me to be
-What is your greatest fear? getting maimed


* F I N I S H T H E S E N T E N C E *

-In the morning: I get up too early and go to work
-All you need is: God
-Love is: a commitment


*A R E Y O U *

-Understanding: quite
-Open-minded: only very slightly
-Insecure: no
-Random: occasionaly
-Hungry: no
-Smart: quite
-Moody: definently ...missions aviation technology
-Hard working: quite
-Healthy: quite
-Shy: no
-Difficult: quite
-Attractive: to someone out there, I believe so
-Bored easily: yes and no
-Responsible: quite
-Angry: no
-Sad: seldom
-Happy: usually
-Hyper: seldom
-Trusting: quite


*F A S H I O N *

-Jewelry: no
-Tattoos: no
-Piercings: no
-Glasses: sunglasses, aviator or neo


*F A V O R I T E S*

-Color: Blue
-Food: the edible kind
-Store: walmart
-Restaurant: no
-Animal: dog
-Drink: water
-Sport: vollyball and raquetball
-Place: any airport (haha, I live at one)
-Person: all three
-Memory: those made with one of my best friends
-State: TX
-Song: at the moment, God Will Lift Up Your Head
-Band: Jars of Clay
-Movie: hm... maybe The Rookie or Chariots of Fire, really like almost anything with harrison ford
-Musical: probably Les Miserables though i have never seen it


* H A V E Y O U E V E R *

-Bungee jumped? no and i wouldnt be able to handle it
-Skydived? no but i would love to
-Made yourself throw up? no
-Skinny dipped? no
-Been in love? been infatuated, yes, but truly in love, i dont really think so
-Kissed a member of the opposite sex unrelated? no
-How many?
-Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? no
-Cried when someone died? yes
-Lied? yes
-Been rejected? no
-Rejected someone? no
-Done something you regret? most certainly


* L A S T P E R S O N *

-You touched: adam
-Hugged: leah
-You IMed: sara white
-You yelled at: answer unknown
-You kissed: my mom
-You said I love you to: my dad
-That made you smile: tylor
-That made you laugh: taylor
-That took your breathe away: josh, when he caught me in that choke hold


* W H I C H I S B E T T E R *

-Coke or Pepsi: coke
-Flowers or Candy: candy
-Tall or Short: short
-Milk Chocolate or White Chocolate: milk is better than white, but dark is best
-Pants or Shorts: shorts are pants so pants since they encompass a wider range
-Shoes or Sandals: flipflops
-Socks or Barefoot: stupid question
-Boxers or Briefs: God made us the way we are for a reason
-Phone or IM: depends on with whom
-Post Office or Email: gmail
-Car or Truck: landcruiser unless im paying for the gas
-Two Door or Four Door: two
-DVD or Theater: theater cause of the huge screen and surround sound only
-Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: no
-Making Out or Dancing: no
-TV or Radio: radio
-Lights On or Lights Off: depends if its light or dark out and if im typing or taking a nap or flying flight sim or cooking or watching a movie or talking with friends

Ima CTR member

I am now officially a member of Christ the Redeemer Church here. Ive been going there ever since I came up here to Spokane, and last Sunday they did the official final confirmation of membership.

Work

Ive been working for three weeks now. Just got my first pay-check today. I am on a crew that does sprinkler installation. We have been working in new developments and we come in after the house is built and we put in the sprinkler system and then another crew comes and smoothes out he dirt and takes out the rocks and lays down mulch in the beds and later another sub-contractor comes through and hydro-seeds the lawns. We usually get 1-3 houses done a day. That depends a lot on how big the yards are and whether we are putting sprinklers in the whole yard or just the front. Our crew works really fast and we often are slowed down by running out of supplies. As the new guy I mostly just dig holes and trenches and then fill then back in. I also do a lot of the other grunt work like pounding pipe under sidewalks with a sledgehammer and things like sweeping off sidewalks and picking up pipe scraps. In the last week or so Ive also started hooking up sprinkler heads and doing a lot of the plumbing stuff. Ive also learned how to do most of the other jobs from observing for instance I know how to hook up the electrical components of the sprinkler system but I dont get to do that since they need someone to dig their holes for them. But I tell you, I can dig fine holes. The best. They say so. The foreman likes my work too so I am glad about that. He likes that I'm always doing something instead of just standing around and also likes it that I dont complain.

The work is pretty rough sometimes, especially when it rains all day, but the men I work with are pretty rough too in many ways. On my crew, everyone except one guy who is a Christian, cusses up a storm all the time. One guy is a neo-nazi, another used to be a bouncer at a strip-club in LasVegas (he is consider going back because he loves Vegas and he doesnt like using a shovel and Im sure there are other reasons too). They are very interesting people and except for my brother in Christ, so lost. They have no hope. Life is work, eat, sleep, get drunk, get girls, do drugs... so empty. They are very open with talking to me about God and what I believe. They are also intent on causeing my moral downfall. I have such an opertunity to impact them and plant seeds. I know they are impressed with things about me and intruiged and they respect me. I just hope that they are able to see God in me and not just a nice kid living a good contended life. This is my life and will be. After working here I start A&P training with a group of guys that will include all the guys from the community college and from what I hear the situation will be very similar. This is what I am made to do.

II Corinthians 4:1-7 "Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart... by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God... for we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."

My Job

Well I start work on Monday at 7:15 am. The owner finally called me today after repeated calls on my part. Thank you everyone who prayed about that. Im really glad to finally have something to do.

School is out!

Today was my last day. I had one final this morning for The Church and its Doctrines. Class started at 7:45. I woke up at 8:20. I was in my car driving to school at 8:23. I hd set my alarm clock for 6:15 tonight. I had hoped to do a little studying before class since I hadnt done any studying yesterday. I ended up getting a 94 anyway, which isnt too bad. The class is really not anything new. I think my dad must have done a really good job of teaching us kids the basics of theology because Ive heard pretty much everything in this class.

Ive been expecting to start work this Monday but I havent heard anything from the company so Im not sure whats going on. Hopefully I will find out soon. I hate haveing nothing to do. I guess I could finish making myself a new design for this webpage.

I went flying again on Sunday. That was a lot of fun. Went with Aaron again in the Super Cub. He *made* me fly the plane through a bunch of landing patterns and only took over as we touched down. That was great fun. I was a little rusty and I think I kept flying slightly uncoordinated but he couldnt feel anything being in the front seat. We also did a few dutch rolls. I totaly have not got the hang of those. I kept coming pretty close to putting us into a snap roll trying to do those. Lots of fun. Im really enjoying the warmer weather.

Things you hear in Bible school

Things you hear in Bible school...

"So you are going to be here next year, right?"
"I dont know. Who knows? All such planning is evil."
"Ah, yes. James."
(laughter)

Time to Update

Well, I guess its time for some sort of update, eh? Well, lets see, I'm almost done with the semester. Next week is finals and all the rest of the big projects are due. It actually looks like I will be able to get everything done with time to spare. Thats really encouraging. Ive almost finished with my lesson plan, the final project for my Educational Foundations class.

Tonight I go to junior-high youth group as I have started being one of the leaders. Should be fun. I need to get to know the kids.

Right now I am headed off for a bike ride to circumnavigate the airport for a little exercise. Im telling you, with my single speed bike and the wind we get out here it can be downright tireing to ride that bike.

The Filibuster

I wrote this comment responding to this post on Liberal Youth. I just thought Id post it here for your edification and commentation.

Chris, Im going to tell you straight up, you got it totaly messed up. Democracy is supposed to work differently than this. The filibuster does not allow democracy but impedes it. If the majority is going to rule it is going to do so because a majority of the voting population voted them into that ruling postion. Filibustering makes it so that nothing can get done. Not so that the minority can have a voice in doing something contructive. Filibustering simply makes it so that the minority can impede the voting on an issue. The majority vote wings. Voting is done by the congressmen (there are women too but I am politicly incorrect). The congressmen are elected by vote and it is the majority vote that puts them in office to represent those who voted for them. Therefore, it is indirectly the voting populace who vote for a bill. This is democracy at work. Democracy is made so that the majority rules. Filibustring throws a spanner in the cogs of democracy.

Low pressure and the smell of wet earth

I have my two bedroom windows open and I had to put paper weights on my desk to keep my notes from blowing across the room because there is a stiff breeze blowing through. We are currently experiencing our first thunderstorm of the year. I love the thunder and lightning, the show of brute power. I love the low pressure with hightened sound and smell. I love the smell of wet dirt.

Im listening to Blessed be Your Name on the Newsboys' Devotion CD. I loved that song the first time I heard it. I want it played at my wedding and my funeral. It brings tears to my eyes.

You give and take away - You give and take away - my heart will choose to say - blessed be Your name

My bug

I discovered last night when eating my can of chopped spinach that when I had bought it on the way home from church that I had got a special bonus with it. I had an almost whole bug (a true bug) with only its head missing right in with the rest of the stuff. The poor thing looked dead and was sitting upside down at the top of my bowl. I think maybe it had drowned. Altogether it was about exactly a centimeter long. I wondered whether, if I took it to Safeway, they would give me a free can of spinach since my bug was incomplete and was missing its head. Then I realized that I was special just to get the bug in the first place and I really didnt pay for it since it was a bonus deal so I descided not to complain. This sort of thing really gives you a new perspective of the food industry. And of your spinach as you sit there eating it while admiring your bug sitting on the side of your bowl.

Driving Miss Daisy

I saw Driving Miss Daisy last night. The best movie I have seen in a long time. Very very good. Its about a very set-in-her-ways southern woman and the black man, Hoke, her son hires to be the chauffer for the aging woman. The movie portrays the conflict as the woman comes to accept Hoke as part of her life and comes to depend on him for his services, but more importantly, his frienship.

I went flying

Well the other post I did about this was eaten. But anyways.

So I did get to go flying. The weather was ok but not totaly clear. We were going to go back into the back country up in the mountains but the visibility was too low up there. So we ended up just tooling around south of Spokane checking out all sorts of small grass strips. The air was pretty rough but not intolerable. I took a ton of pictures but unfortunately a lot came out poorly cause of the rough air I think.

Cessna 185

I might be going flying with Aaron and another guy, Jay Pemberton, this afternoon in Jay's 185. That will be really really cool if it comes off. You can be sure I'll be taking a ton of pics so be prepared. ;)

Im Famous

Man people keep coming to my site after searching for Quest Kodiak on Google. It turns out if you search for Quest Kodiak on Google, two of the first ten pages are mine. Weird. I guess theres just not much out there about the Kodiak yet.

Im a real photographer now

Wow, Im a real photographer now! Stephen Priestley, the editor of CASR, an academic webite at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia on Canadian military affairs, came accross my Webshots album of the Quest Kodiak and wants to use them in a review they are going to do on available bush aircraft. He said they are great stuff and far better than the pictures on the Quest Website. It might help that the pictures I took are of a painted airplane while the pictures on the Quest website are mostly of an unpainted aircraft. :D

Terri Schiavo

I got so mad today when I found out that she was dead, and then for the first time saw the videos that showed her reacting to people and things. Seeing those just really brought home to me what really was going on, what really happened. I wanted to deck someone. Someone who was responsible, preferably Mr. Schiavo or that one so called judge.

Then I thought about how angry I was and why. I dont get angry easily but this really worked me up. I know its good to be outraged against such injustice. But I almost wanted to kill someone. Really! A lot of good that would have done.

Then I thought about what Christ did and what they did to Him. What I did to Him.

None of us are that different. We are all horrible people. Were pretty screwed up. Its only by the grace of God that I am where I am. But if I rellied on His grace more I could be so much more like Christ. What a horrible person I am really. That judge and others are responsible for the death of a woman, a creation of God. I am responsible for the death of the Son of God, God Himself.

That cools me off a good deal. How can I be mad at someone for causing an unjust death when I myself am responsible for a much much more henious crime?

Sexual assaults in the military

The answer to this problem is to not allow women in the military. What do you expect to happen in those sort of situations and conditions?

Fun Tester - Weird Quotient - How weird are you?

Apparently I am very normal. But maybe thats not a good test because it included several questions about things like knowing binary and knowing order of opperation. By the way, that quotient means that only of other peoplw who took the test 1% are more normal than I, 2% are as normal, and 97% are wierder. Wierd...

sweeeeeeeeet!!!!

This is a picture I found that is pretty cool. My birthday is coming up... lol

The Union Street Militia

The Union Street Militia had a jam session this afternoon. It was lotsa fun. We played a bunch of Coldplay. Especially The Scientist and Clocks. Tom is back from the Dominican Republic and he brought his keyborad down to the basement with the rest of the instruments and that really added a lot. Especially to The Scientist and Clocks. I played acoustic guitar and Dan played drums. Sort of. Hes just learning. Like the rest of us. But hes good still. And a lot of those songs are easy to play drums to. Especially Clocks. Next we gotta learn Beautifull Day by U2. Ive already got the basic chords, but I need to figure out the whole song.

After the jam session, Dan and Aaron and I went to Aarons place and flew Flight Sim. We are such a bunch of airplane nuts. Its great

only a few weeks left!

Wow! Classes get out May 6th. That is so soon. I cant belive this semester went so quickly.

The Quest Kodiak

I saw the Kodiak last Saturday when it flew into Felts here. It is one awesome plane. Huge. Beautiful too. The pilot said he was getting 190 Kts in cruise. Flying that thing will be so great. There were a lot of guys from all over the airport that came around to gawk at it. The word is getting around. People want this thing. Guys are wanting to get rid of their Caravans and get one of these. I imagine there is going to be a huge list of buyers after the Alaskan Trade fair when Quest will officially "unveil" this thing.

Ive tried to post pictures but it doesnt like to for some reason, so if you click here you can look at them in my webshots photo album.

please dont do this

a note to all you out there that are female...

If you are going to wear a shorter than knee-length skirt to church (please dont to that either), by all means dont walk or sit in the balcony.

Cool!

I just discovered that Google runs Blogger. That is way cool! Im loving Google more and more. I just recently found their map service thing too. You can check it out here. Its got to be one of the best out there especialy condidering the graphics quality.

I love Google.

High Tech Psalm

(someone posted this to a forum that im part of)

The Lord is my programmer. I shall not crash.
He installed His software on the hard disk of my heart;
All of His commands are user-friendly;
His directory guides me to the right choices for His name's sake.
Even though I scroll through the problems of life,
I will fear no bugs, for He is my backup;
His password protects me;
He prepares a menu before me in the presence of my enemies;
His help is onle a stroke away.
Surely goodness and mercy will follw me all of the days of my life,
And my file will be merged with His and saved forever.

Job 19:25-27

"25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes-I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!"

Ezekiel 33:1-11

1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, speak to your countrymen and say to them: 'When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, 3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, 4 then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not take warning and the sword comes and takes his life, his blood will be on his own head. 5 Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had taken warning, he would have saved himself. 6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.'

7 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 9 But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.

10 "Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: "Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?" ' 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD , I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'

We read this passage in church last week. Amazing implications for our responsibility to evangelize and make desciples.

politics

You scored as Republican. Republican 100% Socialist 67% Anarchism 67% Communism 33% Fascism 33% Nazi 25% Green 17% Democrat 0% What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?

God and space and time

Is God outside of time? Someone recently told me that they believe that God is not outside of time but rather in an infinite number of dimensions of time. But I have a prblem with that. It seems that to place God in any sort of dimension at all would be to constrain Him. To be in any number of space dimensions would be constraining. To be in any number of time dimensions would be constraining. Infinite is still a number. To deal with dimensions is to deal with movement. Does God move through time even if in an infinite number of directions and dimensions? Something tells me no. Dimensions were created and the Creator cannot be a part of them. Or were they created?

The problem with having an intuative mind instead of an analytical one is that things like this are difficult for me to analyze. My brain tells me that I am right but its difficult to tell why. Maybe someone with a diferent way of thinking could give this a little critical thought as well and tell me what they think. Everyone tell me what you think.

Hebrews 11:8

"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."

1000 hits part two

ok so Im well over a thousand now. My bro, Tahar (a.k.a. Josiah) was no. 1000. Anyway, as i have not recieved any suggestions, save from Gin, I shall not do anything.

1000 hits

i shall soon have recorded one thousand hits to this site. Maybe I'll have to do something about that. give me some ideas. prizes to the person who does the deed? dunno. I'll know who does it so that will work. but what for the prize? maybe I'll should post a picture of the person with writing to the effect of giving due recognition. any ideas? comments? suggestions?

life

life continues. homework piles up. work is done. paychecks are recieved. goot times are had. Yeah been doing quite a bit of the socializing lately. Just got back from playing laser tag in our church building with a bunch of other Moody guys. Last night I went to a MNW students house for dinner and games with a bunch of other students. That was fun. Not much else is happening. Homework is getting to be more of a challenge time wise. And I have been working fewer hours this week too. though I did work nine hours today. I want to be working exactly twenty hours a week and I think I will start being able to get the hours I want at work. Im on all the manager's good side. =) I even come into work on time.

A post

This is for all the people who have been checking in here and finding no new posts.

How Deep the Fathers Love for Us

How deep the Father’s love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon the cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying Breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

Stuart Townend

Third Day

It doesn't take much
For me to shed a tear
And you have done so many things
To make me cry
Whenever I think
Of all that I've done wrong
And everything that you have done
To make it right

It doesn't take much
For my heart to break
And you have done it
For what's seems the millionth time


from You Are Mine
by Third Day

Flying Pics

Me in the back seat.



Aaron on the front seat scanning for traffic.



Lining up with Rnwy 3L.



Having fun (I'm flying in this picture).



On short final for Rnwy 3L. My house is the one in the foreground between the two trees and off by itself.



On base for another touch and go. You can see my house in the far right (though you probably can't tell if you don't know its there).



A pretty good view of Felts Field. We are just about to turn downwind for our last circuit.



On final for a full stop.

Places I've Been

Thought this might be cool. Just shows the diferent places I've been.



create your own visited country map



create your own personalized map of the USA

Pics are up

Well Ive got pics of my house here...



...the view from the back porch...



...the kitchen...



...the livingroom...



...and my room.(the aproach area of runway 3L is right outside that window and across the railroad tracks!)

(I'm still waiting for the pics of when I went flying and will get those up when I can.)

Super Cubs are awesome

Well I'm getting pretty settled into my new routine here in Washington.

I went flying this afternoon with one of the other guys. We went up in a Super Cub something like this...

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Yeah, so I had tons of fun. That plane is so nice. I did quite a bit of flying including a landing executed almost by myself. A nice one too. I was told that I was a smooth pilot. =)

Man that was so much fun. The weather was beautiful too. I'll try to
post pictures ASAP.