::gasps for air:: ::smiles::
Has it seriously been over a month since I updated?
Time flies when you're drowning in high-speed blessings.
I cannot begin to explain just about how busy I've been, and it is by no means over yet. Lists are cool, and much more readable, so I'll try one of those. I'll try to keep it reasonably brief.
-School-
Oh dearie me. Amoung differential equasions, Beowulf, Scrooge's Political Ideology, and circular motion, I feel a whole lot like butter... spead over too much bread. With so many things vying for my time, homework has been coming up short as of late, and rather consistently. This does not help grades. But there is time yet to improve.
-Band-
Wonderful. Downside is that 2 competitions got rained out a couple of weeks ago: one completely cancelled, the other we just played the music standing on the track. Bummer. The show is close to real goodness. Final home game (ever) is on Friday. States is Saturday. Then one more competition the next week and my high school marching band experience is more or less done. I really don't know how to feel about that.
-Cross Country-
Incredible. I'm finally, finally making a break through from the times I ran my freshman year. About time, eh? Did very poorly at "Mudfest" due to the conditions, and had a bit of a scare the following Monday (a week ago today) with my legs and lungs kinda locking up at practice. But that turned out super well, as I went on to run a PR by 30 seconds with an 18:02 on Saturday at the AHS meet, and, get this, with ONE SHOE. Somebody stepped on it at about the half mile mark, and I couldn't get it back on, so I just kicked it off and finished with one shoe. Then threw up 5 times after the race and felt GREAT. Ah, the joys of cross country.
-The North Charlottesville church of Christ-
Saved the best for last. I can't believe I haven't mentioned this earlier, but Mark Larson, our second full-time preacher, has been with us for a few weeks now with his wife and 2 very young daughters (2 and 1, I think). Mark and his family have already been an awesome asset to the work here, and hopefully the contacts will be able to really pick up as the Lord provides us with opportunities. Unfortunately, we're losing Steve and Dixie Cozad soon, as they're moving back to their home state of Texas in order to be closer to work and family. They will be sorely missed. However, there is also great rejoicing as Steve's brother, Mike Cozad, and his wife have recently identified with us. It continues to amaze me how the Lord provides for us and has allowed us to grow in number and in faith. I mean, in our group of about 20, we have 7 able song leaders, and 8 leaders of prayer and the Lord's table. The comforts He affords are neither few nor small!
I'll tell ya, Romans 8:28 means more to me every day.
Time flies when you're drowning in high-speed blessings.
I cannot begin to explain just about how busy I've been, and it is by no means over yet. Lists are cool, and much more readable, so I'll try one of those. I'll try to keep it reasonably brief.
-School-
Oh dearie me. Amoung differential equasions, Beowulf, Scrooge's Political Ideology, and circular motion, I feel a whole lot like butter... spead over too much bread. With so many things vying for my time, homework has been coming up short as of late, and rather consistently. This does not help grades. But there is time yet to improve.
-Band-
Wonderful. Downside is that 2 competitions got rained out a couple of weeks ago: one completely cancelled, the other we just played the music standing on the track. Bummer. The show is close to real goodness. Final home game (ever) is on Friday. States is Saturday. Then one more competition the next week and my high school marching band experience is more or less done. I really don't know how to feel about that.
-Cross Country-
Incredible. I'm finally, finally making a break through from the times I ran my freshman year. About time, eh? Did very poorly at "Mudfest" due to the conditions, and had a bit of a scare the following Monday (a week ago today) with my legs and lungs kinda locking up at practice. But that turned out super well, as I went on to run a PR by 30 seconds with an 18:02 on Saturday at the AHS meet, and, get this, with ONE SHOE. Somebody stepped on it at about the half mile mark, and I couldn't get it back on, so I just kicked it off and finished with one shoe. Then threw up 5 times after the race and felt GREAT. Ah, the joys of cross country.
-The North Charlottesville church of Christ-
Saved the best for last. I can't believe I haven't mentioned this earlier, but Mark Larson, our second full-time preacher, has been with us for a few weeks now with his wife and 2 very young daughters (2 and 1, I think). Mark and his family have already been an awesome asset to the work here, and hopefully the contacts will be able to really pick up as the Lord provides us with opportunities. Unfortunately, we're losing Steve and Dixie Cozad soon, as they're moving back to their home state of Texas in order to be closer to work and family. They will be sorely missed. However, there is also great rejoicing as Steve's brother, Mike Cozad, and his wife have recently identified with us. It continues to amaze me how the Lord provides for us and has allowed us to grow in number and in faith. I mean, in our group of about 20, we have 7 able song leaders, and 8 leaders of prayer and the Lord's table. The comforts He affords are neither few nor small!
I'll tell ya, Romans 8:28 means more to me every day.