more pics for your enjoyment

my friend paul here^^
greg strock over there with some africans.
me and luke in a field. and me and heather at church.

baseball.. bad to worse

So laitly if you havn't been talking with me you don't know about this but this year i chose to be a 3 sport man. at first it went decently, i played football and did well in football even though all the players and parents thaught i should have gotten more playing time (more than pitty at the end of a game) but i still had a great time playing on JV and totally dominated. the season ended with a heartbreaking loss at sections where the only touchdowns were off interceptions and a blocked punt. Soon there after i had was inspired to start wrestling, i knew it would be a lot of work but i was willing to try and knew it would pay off. i ended up loosing 20 pounds that i didn't know i had and becoming one of the favorites on JV to watch (going 3-0 my 2nd through 4th match). then i got a skin desease on my face that took me out for a good month and by the and of that the season was almost over. But when i finally got to wrestle i couldnt because i had in F in school. that was pretty lame but i had to deal with it. I really wish i would have started a lot earlier because i think with my work ethic i could have been a state champion.. maybe thats a little off but who knows. then came baseball, as of now our team is done and we still have a banquet coming up. we took a trip to arizona as a team for spring training and it was fun, i did very poorly hitting because i hadnt seen a curve ball in over a year and thats mainly what i was missing. all in all i wish that i would have never gone and used that money somewere els. the season went ok but ever since the first few games there was buzz with the parents about playing time. I was one of the major people that was getting the raw end of this. i never got to play and now that the season is over i got to bat 6 time (3 on senior day where i got two walks and a base hit) but it was really pathedic how it was never a situation where i could prove myself and get a spot the next day. then came the subsection playoffs. probubly the most depressing part of the season, the day befor playoffs the coach calls me over the day before the game and tells me that i cant dress because we could only dress 18 players and i was 19. Despite i was the undoubtedly hardest worker on the team and was the only one still cheering when no one els would, they still chose me. im really interested in seeing what they say about me at the banquet.

thanks for listenining to me vent :D

English camp!

So over the past couple days i have been keeping up with some friends from Czech, this years team is great and right now we have 4 members that are there right now and recruiting students for the english camp, we made a video that explained some of the things we did and how last years camp went so well and i herd great things from marketa, a friend there that the gang came and recruited at her school. I really hope that they got a bunch of kids to come this year and also new members to the youth group(Letovice).

mmmm stuck in blueberry patch

i really dont make sence when i talk...somrtimes

so today i was out with zak doing who knows what and i caught myself about 5 times starting to talk and it seemed i knew exactly what was going on but then suddenly i drew blank and i really had no idea where i was going with whatever i was talking about and it didnt make any sence to me and zak sure enough didn't know where i was going with what i was saying.

moral of the story, think before i speak... finnish thaughts.

We have A LOT to catch up on..

So It would be difficult to explain to you my whole life from birth thus far.
Mainly because i don't remember it for the most part.

I believe In a God and I believe Jesus was the the son of God and he died to justify my sin so that i may go to heaven someday.

Growing up I had a lot of Christian influences from both of my parents and both of my brothers. My whole life I have always had it impressed upon me that God was always there and he answers prayers and you can talk to him whenever you want and also that he made everything.
When I started to grow older I made the connection that God is just in church and I can just live my life and be fine if I don’t get into too much trouble. For a long time did just that and set aside God as a part of my life like a sport or an activity. Around 7th and 8^th grade I greatly deepened my faith by being more than just a good kid. I actually know why I had all these rules and that I really wasn’t about what you cant do at all.
God showed me through reading the Bible and prayer that I need to be a shining light and spread Gods love and become a witness to others. Since then and before then life has most defiantly had struggles and tough times with temptations that would draw me away from God. With certain things that might have pulled me away from closeness with him the temptation was taken away and I wasn’t even faced with the decision. I am continuing daily growing closer with God and removing myself from situations where I might be tempted to do things where I would not be glorifying God.
I cant stress enough how important it has been in learning that if i needed help in anything that God would be there to comfort me and that if I wanted help i had to ask him for it.All the things in my life that I tend to cling to will fail me sooner or later, all these things the world will go away but the one thing that will always be constant is Jesus.

Some major events that have happened recently...

• I am finishing up on my last year of high school and plan on attending Crown collage next year.
• In July planning on making a return trip to the Czech Republic to teach an English camp and develop relationships with students there. Also to help a youth group there in a town called letovice(sounds like 'little pizza')
• I am working on learning some of the Czech language so i can better communicate with them. Very difficult by the way but i am trying my best.

I have two dogs and two Brothers along with a cat.
Parents: Got great ones.
Color: orange
Time of year: Snowy
bible verse: Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not you own doing: it is a gift of God"


Pictures of me and my adventures:

It is well with my soul

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!