The Wingman

Yet

2008-12-14T17:27:00.000-08:00

Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet like the deer's;
he makes me tread on my high places.

Casimir Pulaski Day

2008-12-02T01:07:00.000-08:00

Today I discovered this song. Today, coincidentally, to the extent that there are coincidences, is the first Monday in December, three months before the first Monday in March.

I keep listening to this over and over. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day.

Sweet Irony

2008-10-29T17:26:00.000-07:00

This article informs us of the following:

Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday - the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922.

The article continues:

Recently the American media has begun to notice the odd incongruity odd incongruity of saturation media coverage here which insists that global warming is both man-made and urgent, and a British public which increasingly doubts either to be true. 60 per cent of the British population now doubt the influence of humans on climate change...

Unfortunately God's gift of snow did not seem to sway the debate taking place indoors.

Conservative Dreams

2008-04-18T22:21:00.000-07:00

There are certain movements within American conservative Christianity. The philosophies of family, relationships, education, government, and business are re-thought. Families homeschool. Daughters perhaps stay home and serve the family. College is questioned. Entrepreneurial attitudes are encouraged and small businesses are started. The family works together. Excellence in all things is encouraged.

But sometimes when reading or viewing material from various groups related to such movements, I am left with an undefined uneasiness. I think I have perhaps finally determined the reason for some of this. There seems to sometimes be a promotion of a sort of modified version of the American Dream in all this. One could perhaps call this the "sanctified" American Dream. I imagine this is mostly unintentional. However, I still see it as being there. There seems to often be undue emphasis on superficial pursuits.

Certainly, something of the American Dream does not necessarily proceed from the ideas and values of these movements -- which movements I generally find to be good, wholesome, and praiseworthy, and which, for the most part, I myself adhere to. Nonetheless, it would seem that the ever prevalent American Dream has crept in, or remained where it was all along.

The Instrument Flight

2008-04-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Like night over the sea, they are very far from the earth, from towns, from trees. The clock ticks on. The dials, the radio lamps, the various hands and needles go though their invisible alchemy. . . . and when the hour is at hand the pilot may glue his forehead to the window with perfect assurance. Out of oblivion the gold has been smelted: there it gleams in the lights of the airport.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939

111 Pseudo-Arbitrary Facts

2008-04-06T22:57:00.000-07:00

Having been nominated by the One Who Thinks About Issues, I have compiled the list below. For those who know the background behind this list, you have no need for further explanation, therefore I will not make the effort to offer you one. For those who do not know the background of the list, I shall leave you to whatever wild theories you may come up with.

I enjoy raising chickens
I get motion sickness easily; I am afraid of heights; I am an aircraft pilot
I love road trips
I use two computer screens with my computer
I love digging holes
There are very very few things that gross me out
I own a 1911 .45 handgun

I leave you now with a question: what if our planet or solar system is part of a "quark" or similar component of particulate "matter" in a larger atomic structure comprised of our galaxy, or other subset of the known universe, which itself is a component of a larger molecular structure, and so forth...?

The Government Spiral

2008-04-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

For anyone with an interest in aviation, or government regulation, or economics, take a look at this article. Heres an excerpt:

Government regulation is like a graveyard spiral: you know something is dreadfully wrong, but unless you understand the signals, there is no way out. Regulation blinds an economy to signals comparable to an airplane's pitch and bank, signals that would let producers and consumers adjust their activities in response to their desires and available resources.

The Government Spiral

encore

2007-11-27T23:38:00.000-08:00

without a doubt the funniest thing Ive seen in a long time

also, I love I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

Pilotage

2007-11-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

extreme busyness has ensued. but 3.5+ months of flight training have culminated in my receipt of my Private Pilots license. God has been very good in providing and His continued blessings and small providences that are often taken for granted. I am thankful for those situations which stretch and sharpen and magnify His perfection and daily provision.

Cessna 206 training has already commenced and continues with the goal of high performance endorsement

Flight Training Starts

2007-07-08T22:36:00.000-07:00

flight training starts tomorrow (July 9th). extreme busyness shall ensue.

however, Josiah and I are almost completely moved in to our new apartment, which I am very thankful for that God allowed that.

Brilliant

2007-07-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

what a combination of tech and political humour

from xkcd.com

2007-06-03T22:16:00.000-07:00

I watch the RSS feed of this comic and like a lot of the stuff this guy comes out with. here, here, here, here, here, here, and here are some more good ones. not all of the the ones in the archives are praiseworthy, but these are good, though not all will find them appreciable perhaps.

Irony

2007-04-22T22:35:00.000-07:00

I find it ironic. On Monday, 33 people were murdered in one location by one man in cold blood. The expected outrage and tears and questions followed. On Wednesday the US Supreme court upheld a ban on certain types of other murders. And the same people who were outraged and cried and asked the inevitable questions, on this day were again outraged and asked questions, but this time I doubt many cried.

"they may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they should turn and be forgiven."

God's Grace

2007-03-18T14:38:00.000-07:00

Few things make me weep with joy and gratitude and amazement giving glory to God as does witnessing God's grace to one of His saints when He calls them home.

to
live
Christ
to
die
gain
Hallelujah

Be Thou My Vision

2007-02-22T22:07:00.000-08:00

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;
Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;
Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Yes

All My Tears

2006-12-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

When I go, don't cry for me
In my Father's arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole.
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my Savior knows my name.

It don't matter where you bury me,
I'll be home and I'll be free.
It don't matter where I lay,
All my tears be washed away.

Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store,
Come and drink, and thirst no more

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

So, weep not for me my friends,
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to Him
Who will raise the dead again.

It don't matter where you bury me,
I'll be home and I'll be free.
It don't matter where I lay,
All my tears be washed away.

this is off of the new Jars of Clay album Good Monsters. the song speaks for itself. no more need be said

you know what blows my mind?

2006-11-07T20:36:00.000-08:00

you know what blows my mind? God. I mean, He is the only thing out there aside from a few things He created. that just completely amazes me. I cannot comprehend this. He is, outside time, completely independent from anything at all. my mind simply cannot put that in any sort of framework. it demands a yet higher authority, laws of physics to govern God, dimensions in which to place God and from which to view the location of the universe in the world that only He knows. But it isnt like that. He is. our language doesnt even really have a word to properly express the way He exists independent from the time He created. we come up with terms that can only define this attribute as existing outside of a dimension, a dimension being a restriction. in other words, we define God's eternal infinity reletive to finite terminal things.

such are the thoughts that are triggered by listening to Chris Rice's Questions of Heaven

M C Escher could draw

2006-10-11T22:44:00.000-07:00

Therefore

2006-10-09T23:42:00.000-07:00

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

Error: "stack overflow at line: 54"

2006-10-01T21:59:00.000-07:00

Apparently when viewed in Internet Expolorer (IE) this page here is readable but does not allow the viewer to interact in any way and pops up an error dialog stating "stack overflow atline: 54". at the moment the fix is to view my page in Firefox if you whish to interact. additionaly you may email me with any comments or questions since all of you should have my email address. if I were a professional I would be a little concerned that though I dispise IE the IE users do not have full access to my page. I would thus make a great effort to overcome the problem. however, I am not a proffesional, nor is it greatly important that my page be viewed. I thus say, here is just another reason to get Firefox!

more stuff that is happening

2006-09-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

Ive been in school for over a week now, and its going great. We are learning about wood and fabric aircraft construction methods. Learned to sew (for aircraft). Wearing a respirator/face mask a lot with all the chemicals we are putting on the cloth covering. Summer seems so long ago. I am thankful to be back in school and thankful for all that God has provided. Thank you Father!

I got the job tutoring math at SCC. I am still sort of hoping to get the airport job loading cargo, but well see what God does. There would be drawbacks to working there, but also some good points. If I got the job there Jo would be able to work with me, assuming they have room to hire both of us. But, I would be getting a couple hours less per week most likely, which would be a slight hit to the paycheck. I also hear it gets pretty cold out there on the airport ramp mid-winter with the wind blowing. I guess tutoring is pretty good. I get some chances to study on my own when there is no one in the tutoring center needing help with their math. Today was my first day and none of the areas students needed help with were beyond my level, so hopefully thats the way it continues. I dont think I will like being inside all the time though. Better than being cold of course, but if Im going to be inside I want to be moving around doing something besides sitting down over a book for 4 hrs. But its a very decent job and I am quite happy with it.

Well, Im already up way too late. better hit the sack.

"A man with little sympathy for other faiths"

2006-09-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

Apparently its true...the Pope is 'a man with little sympathy for other faiths'. http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope

Oh, and another thing, did you know that 'Turk workers urge Pope's arrest'? right here: http://edition.cnn.com/pope.turks.reut

something is seriously wrong with this whole thing

Free book: Dont Waste Your Life - by John Piper

2006-09-11T17:55:00.000-07:00

read all about it here. go and get your free copy! its worth it!

here to help you

2006-09-11T17:05:00.000-07:00

click on the image for full size

a quote

2006-08-06T01:54:00.000-07:00

"You can have a terrible day and come home to a houseful of little one's and a wife that love you and it makes everything right again."

"Your Christian Traditions"

2006-07-17T17:38:00.000-07:00

Your results for "Christian Traditions Selector"

take it yourself

Percent

Rank

Item

(100%) 1: Presbyterian/Reformed

(97%) 2: Congregational/United Church of Christ

(95%) 3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)

(73%) 4: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist

(62%) 5: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England

(56%) 6: Eastern Orthodox

(56%) 7: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene

(50%) 8: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)

(50%) 9: Seventh-Day Adventist

(47%) 10: Lutheran

(43%) 11: Church of Christ/Campbellite

(41%) 12: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God

(29%) 13: Roman Catholic

she works!

2006-07-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

replaced my car's water pump today and took her out and she runs, apparently better than before. :D Thank you Father!

stuff that is happening

2006-07-04T17:29:00.000-07:00

so I am on the last day of my 4-day weekend, about to head out the door to go over to Coeur D Alene to hang out with a bunch of the guys and watch fireworks. Just got back from camping up north of town in the mountains. Car overheated badly on the way back, had to get it towed back to our house. Insurance covered that. After about pulling my hair out finaly discovered the source of the problems was a leak around the water pump. Hopefully stay home from work tomorrow and replace that. Well, gotta run.

hm, thats interesting

2006-06-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

So, what better way to get people to come to church than an airshow? But seriously, this is pretty sad. Is this where the church has gotten to in our "enlightenment". Theres definently a lot wrong with this whole thing.

why do they always want a title?

2006-06-12T22:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I think that I come across too...judgemental and harshly on people. I mean, I have my views, and for the most part I have pretty strong reasons to think they are the correct views, but where do you draw the line when it comes to truth and love? Or must a line be drawn? I know that Christ is offensive to the non-elect, and He is offensive to the flesh, but God is love, and we are to show his love... at some point we must be sure we are more than just clanging cymbals. People say that I am young, with not much life experience, and that in time I will see that things are not so clear, that issues are not so important. Some even say that I will eventually question what I believe and find "other" truth. Them I dont believe, but is there truth in what the first lot say? There is usually at least an element of truth in any statement. I dont know. I can see right now that issues are usually very complicated, more complicated than meets the eye, yet it is usually possible to reduce them to a core point, that if it doesnt elucidate the matter entirely, at least allows much light to be shed. Then again, we are beset all around by a humanistic reletivistic world that lies and tells us that we cannot know what is truth, that there is no truth, that we are arrogant for claiming there is such a thing and that we know it. We must be sure we do not overeact to such a worldview in our own worldview (a lesson of history), but also, arent we called to be "not of this world"?

thing

2006-05-23T22:21:00.000-07:00

Your Linguistic Profile::

45% General American English

30% Dixie

20% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Shooting the beatles

2006-05-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

I am 20 now. It is actually rather wierd to think I am no longer a teenager. Birthdays dont usually seem like much, but this is even stranger than when I "became an adult" at 18. We had a little party at the Wilsons (my Spokane family) with a few other folks. That was fun.

Last Friday, Jo, Milligan and I went shooting out north-west of town. Good times that. We took Dan's 22 rifle and his jeep, and some food to grill. We shot up a good number of cans and junk, and grilled some potatoes and steak. Then we shot the grill coals into oblivion. Im sure Smokey the Bear would be most pleased with that. The most fun though, was shooting a couple of beatles that came across the path in front of us. Inexplicably hilarious. Standing a couple of yards off, pulling the trigger, hearing the wizz of the bullet, and seeing the small crater where the beatle once was...I tell ya, its funny.

Life goes on and God is good

2006-04-23T22:19:00.000-07:00

So my dad left this afternoon, heading back to Niger. That was hard. Its not a fear of being 'alone', its not even necessarily so much that I know I will not see him for a while, I think its really just that I love him so much and it comes out so strongly when he has to leave. The feeling is hard to express. My dad is awesome.

My God is even more awesome. Yesterday I was worrying (which was aggrivated by the fact that I knew I was going to have to say goodbye today) about our housing situation here for Jo and I. Id been looking around for a while for a place to move into because the place I am in right now is first of all really too small for Jo to be here too for a while, and second, because the owners are trying to sell and probably none of us guys are sticking around past June. So nothing turned up really great, but we did have a few possibilities that would have been do-able. Then today I happen to mention in passing to one of the guys at church that Jo and I are looking for a place to move into. And he says, well I just think I might be able to help you out there, and maybe be an answer to prayer. Turns out he has this place upstairs of his little financial advising business office of his, and hes been trying to rent it out forever. Hes still fixing it up a bit, as in, getting a shower in the bathroom, and putting stove and fridge in. But all around it looks great. Jo and I went to see it tonight. Its three bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom, and not really any livingroom area to speak of. The bedrooms are good size; there are closets. He said he didnt really know the going price of appartments these days, but I told him the prices of some of the 1-2 bdrm places I had checked out and he gave us a figure that was very reasonable. It looks like it should work out great for us. He thinks it should be ready to move into in about 2 wks. That will be less than ideal but very workable, and only as soon as anything else we could find. He loves having the Moody Av guys around, and is totaly behind what we are doing and wants to help us out. We could easily fit in there with Kars and Milligan (two classmates) and I think at least Kars will be delighted to move in. I talk to him tomorrow. Having 3 of us in there would be very reasonable for rent, and 4 would be excellent. God is awesome. I worry, but every time I have had something big like this going on, the last couple times I have had to find a place to move into, He has come through (often it seems at the last minute) with something better than I could imagine.

Ginny Owens

2006-04-17T21:57:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a Ginny Owens concert with my dad and brother. Good times. If you dont know who Ginny Owens is, Google her or something. I had only heard her songs a few times on the radio, but liked them well, enough to say I liked her music. I liked it tonight as well. She is blind btw, and plays piano, and also guitar a bit, which she claims she does poorly, which then puts me in a poor light. Its been great to spend time with my dad and brother. It will be hard to have my dad leave in a few days, and weird to have my brother staying. I interact with my dad more obviously on a peer-to-peer level. Strange how things change with time. He is now more of a well known, well respected older friend.

brakes

2006-04-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

So my bro, dad, and I worked on the rear brakes on my brothers car because they had allegedly been acting up. We replaced the brake shoes on the left brakes, with some minor complications, but were a little disapointed because we didnt find any discrepencies that would cause the alleged problems, and we had suspected that it was that brake assembly that was causing the trouble. But, then we began to disassemble the right brake assembly, and quickly decided that there was our problem. One part of the assembly had broken in two and much of it had simply dissentegrated. half of it was jammed inside of one of the springs in the assembly, and the other half of what was left was rattling around in the bottom. The brake shoes were severly worn, with one set nearly worn through, and the other set breaking apart in chunks. It was all rather educational. Essentially, the back right brakes hadnt been working for a few days presumably, and thus when Jo took his drivers test on Friday, he took it with only partial brakes. This also accounted for the left turning tendency while braking. Unfortunately, the parts stores had closed by the time we discovered the need for the part, so we must wait till Monday to get the car back on the road. But, Id say this was a Saturday well spent, what with, those interesting brakes, getting greasy repacking bearings, hanging out with my long lost dad and brother, and having a good time all around

got me a phone... and other news

2006-04-14T22:16:00.000-07:00

another step towards being "american"... I got me a cell phone thing, one of them things where you get a cheap phone from Walmart and then you buy minutes as you need them and in theory its cheaper than a regular cell phone, if you dont use it too much which we hope to not do-my brother and I both got us the same thing.

Ive been enjoying having my brother and father here. It is rather a strange experience. They dont seem to belong here, yet it hardly seems that I actually hadnt seen them for a year and a half. God is good.

The Rebelution

2006-04-07T18:13:00.000-07:00

Yeah, read this

Bloggerell

2006-04-01T20:56:00.000-08:00

"Bloggerell- 3/23/06-for Jon"

A knitting circle,
A crocheting bee-
Eating McDonalds
As you fly across seas.

Whittling away-
Sprinkler technician so grand
Look- a completed sock
I see in your hand!

Everything works together for good
For them who so love the Lord,
Who seek Him, and His kingdom first-
And will find provision- says the Word.

Blessed is the man who endures
For he shall receive a crown,
From the Father of lights-
From whom every blessing comes down.

Go and make disciples!
Teaching them to obey-
The things he hath commanded you
Jon, may you never stray!

Be happy to live
Merely on rice, and beans
Showing to them heaven
Teaching them what that means.

~J.L.P.

that folks is a poem for me by a friend

Time for another survey... Four Things:

2006-03-19T22:14:00.000-08:00

Four relatively unknown facts about me:
1. I am "afraid" of hights
2. I have a poor sense of smell
3. I know how to crochet
4. I love woodworking

Four "jobs" I have had in my life:
1. McDonalds cashier
2. Zips drive through
3. Sprinkler instalation technician (seriously thats what they call it)/landscaper/hole digger
4. Groundskeeper

Four books I would (and do) read over and over:
1. Out of the Silent Planet - CSLewis
2. Peralandra - CSLewis
3. That Hideous Strength - CSLewis
4. Roughing It - Mark Twain

Four places I have lived:
1. Longview, Texas, USA
2. Brussels, Belgium
3. Niamey/Nguigmi, Niger, West Africa
4. Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA

Four websites I visit (almost) daily:
1. MKplanet.com
2. Weather.com
3. friends blogs
4. Google.com

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Rice
2. Beans
3. Bread
4. Peanut Butter

Four places I would rather be right now [or how about, four places Id like to be just as well, eh?]:
1. Nowhere else
2. 3000 ft AGL
3. At school
4. Visiting friends/family

Four pets I've had:
1. Patches, family dog
2. n/a
3. n/a
4. n/a

Four Scriptures that have impacted me most:
1. Romans 8:28-39
2. Matthew 6:33
3. Matthew 28:16-20
4. James 1:16-21

Four of my favorite songs [yeah, just four of the many]:
1. Crazy Times - Jars of Clay
2. The Scientist - Coldplay
3. Good Life - Audio Adrenaline
4. Canon - Pachelbel

News

2006-03-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

-My brother is moving out here shortly, and my dad travels with him. Dont know how long dad is staying, but perhaps about a week.

-Spring break begins this week and continues for a week and a half. General is complete, and we move into Airframe. We finish with Electrical now, and next quarter begin assembly and rigging.

-Ivy triming continues at SCC main campus, especially focusing on the area around the library.

-I am now officially a Wilson unsibling: the girls painted my nails. It was very disturbing.

"Jars of Clay"

2006-02-24T23:25:00.000-08:00

Well moving is complete. Has been for some weeks I think. Anyway, the new place is very much nicer than old place, eg good housemates. Yeah...

I went to the Jars of Clay concert last Sunday. Incredible. I absolutely loved it. They could have played more songs. They could also have let everyone in for free. But it was well worth the price. It was my first real real concert. And JofC is my favorite band, no question. Went with Derek and Wan and his girlfriend. Good times.

Moving

2006-02-07T20:14:00.000-08:00

Well I am moving to a new house right now. A new guy took over the lease of the place my roomate and I and a few others, unsavory characters, have been living at, and my roomate and I basicly got kicked out with one weeks notice. Its actually a huge answer to prayer. Its a long story. But the place we are moving into is a good house with good christian guys and cheap rent. Want to know more, just email me.

.-.. .. ..-. . .. ... --. .-. .- -. -..

2006-01-28T20:55:00.000-08:00

well I had a great time at the Gallops. Ive been back in school now for several weeks. Ive been studying electricity in all of its aviation applications. Turns out Im good at DC elecricity but AC is a bit harder for me to get. I think I understand it well now but Im still not a wiz at it. Not much has been going on here besides school, work, and church stuff. Youth group has been going well and Ive been getting to know the kids a lot better. I give a talk there in a few weeks. so... yeah. thats my life. other subjects of interest: I am working on putting up a new template for this thing.

Schools out!

2005-12-09T23:17:00.000-08:00

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

2005-12-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

life, music, and FAA form 337s

2005-12-02T23:56:00.000-08:00

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

2005-11-29T20:29:00.000-08:00

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

2005-11-14T14:35:00.000-08:00

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

2005-11-05T00:13:00.000-08:00

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

2005-10-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

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

2005-09-24T11:44:00.000-07:00

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

2005-09-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

not much has been going on around here, no?

criminals? or kids being kids?

2005-08-09T18:31:00.000-07:00

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

Switchfoot and Thai food

2005-08-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

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

2005-07-25T17:37:00.000-07:00

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

2005-07-09T18:15:00.000-07:00

* 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

2005-06-11T10:23:00.000-07:00

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

2005-06-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

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

2005-05-13T16:59:00.000-07:00

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!

2005-05-06T14:52:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-28T18:10:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-12T17:27:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-08T18:43:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-07T10:07:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

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

2005-04-02T13:41:00.000-08:00

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

2005-03-31T19:59:00.000-08:00

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

2005-03-28T16:55:00.000-08:00

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?

2005-03-27T01:25:00.000-08:00

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!!!!

2005-03-20T18:26:00.000-08:00

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

The Union Street Militia

2005-03-19T19:53:00.000-08:00

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!

2005-03-19T19:48:00.000-08:00

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

The Quest Kodiak

2005-03-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

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

2005-03-14T14:15:00.000-08:00

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!

2005-03-12T20:45:00.000-08:00

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

2005-03-05T23:35:00.000-08:00

(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

2005-02-28T10:31:00.000-08:00

"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

2005-02-28T10:12:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

You scored as Republican.

Republican

100%

Socialist

67%

Anarchism

67%

Communism

33%

Fascism

33%

Nazi

25%

Green

17%

Democrat

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?

God and space and time

2005-02-24T23:57:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-24T23:45:00.000-08:00

"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

2005-02-24T23:44:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-19T22:45:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-19T22:40:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

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

How Deep the Fathers Love for Us

2005-02-07T11:09:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-07T09:13:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-01T21:09:00.000-08:00

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

2005-02-01T20:56:00.001-08:00

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

2005-01-25T13:27:00.000-08:00

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

2005-01-23T20:52:00.000-08:00

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.

My Car

2004-12-28T12:44:00.000-08:00

As some have asked me about my car, I now proceed to show you a picture of it....

...there it is. It is a Nissan 240SX. I got it for $100... a real provision of God. God is so good. I love my car... I guess. I like it anyway. It's nice to drive. And I guess it looks pretty cool too ... I just don't have an eye for cars in general.
Now airplanes, they are really cool...

a quote

2004-12-24T14:15:00.000-08:00

Those who hear not the music, think the dancers mad.
-- unknown

If you can see this, it works

2004-12-24T13:30:00.000-08:00

I am trying a new way of posting to this blog by email. Obviously, if you can see this, it works. This is jsut another really cool feature of blogger. I'm not sure how to post titles. Again, if you can see the title, it worked. Hey, let me know if you can see the snow. I'm trying to figure out why it wont show up for me and I think it might be that I use a netscape brower. If ya'll can tell me whether or not you can see the snow then I may be able to fix the problem. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you can't see the snow. Just let me know.

Wisdom Teeth

2004-12-22T14:38:00.000-08:00

I got my wisdom teeth out this morning. I tried to post about this last night but for some reason it didnt show up. I had to go to Dallas to get it done so we drove two hours there and two hours back for a twenty minute operation. I didn't want to be put under so the surgon just did a local anesthetic. It didn't hurt much at all but he did an awful lot of pushing and pulling to get my teeth out. He said that I had unusually strong teeth and that I should take it especially easy because of it. Now I am just sitting at my computer resting. Will be for a couple of days now too.

Done

2004-12-15T14:37:00.000-08:00

Ah, I am finally done with the semester. Did pretty well too I think. Now I just have to work and get everything ready to move.
=(
lol
But it shouldn't be to bad. I just don't want to leave my comfortable place with friends and family and church.