Sunday, August 24, 2008
Retreat!
The next 3 days I will be on a retreat with all the other TBI guys. This is the time we build great friendships and encourage one another for the coming year. I am so excited!!! I need all of your prayers because I have so many books to read. They said that we have to read every page and every paper that we write has to show that we have read the book in its entirety. I am not like PJ where I can burn holes in a book with my eyes or cause enough friction between the pages and my hands to start a fire like he can (if you have seen PJ read you know what I am talking about). I am excited for the growth that I will experience over these next few days and over the first semester.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Last Visit
It is 12:53 and I am sitting in the airport at gate 69A in terminal six waiting for my flight. I am exhausted. As soon as I step foot on that plane I am going to knock out. I had such a good time on this trip. I got to see Teddy (puppet) back in action and see some these kids that used to be in my class last year. I miss VBS so much. I have been a part of VBS for the past ten years so you can imagine how hard it was not to be a part of it. I look back and see all these teachers and assistants in this VBS and I am amazed at how many of this staff was in my class at one point.
Xander’s 2nd birthday party was really fun too. It was great seeing everyone there, especially Ruby. Those of us that were there know exactly what I am talking about. Have you ever seen such a competitive spirit expressed in that manner? I haven’t seen it since… Ruby got married (thanks Ben for calming her down). The moon bouncer was fun also. Attacking Mike Pascual is one of my favorite things to do in this world but to do that in the moon bouncer makes it way more exciting. Making him squeal like a little piglet brings much joy to me.
I had a blast hanging out with my Family and friends. Those of you that I did get to hang out with, thank you for making my visit out to California an extremely fun and memorable one. I love you guys and hope to be serving you all soon through fellowship and the word of God.
Xander’s 2nd birthday party was really fun too. It was great seeing everyone there, especially Ruby. Those of us that were there know exactly what I am talking about. Have you ever seen such a competitive spirit expressed in that manner? I haven’t seen it since… Ruby got married (thanks Ben for calming her down). The moon bouncer was fun also. Attacking Mike Pascual is one of my favorite things to do in this world but to do that in the moon bouncer makes it way more exciting. Making him squeal like a little piglet brings much joy to me.
I had a blast hanging out with my Family and friends. Those of you that I did get to hang out with, thank you for making my visit out to California an extremely fun and memorable one. I love you guys and hope to be serving you all soon through fellowship and the word of God.
Monday, July 28, 2008
I'm Famous
Thursday afternoon, I received a text from one of the new TBI guys (Steven) asking for help to move a couch that he found on craigslist.com. I was excited so I called Johnny (another TBI guy) to help move the couch too and we would be able to get to know each other before the semester starts.
We arrived at the dorm room where we are picking up the couch but the student that was selling it was not home. I then suggested that we go out and eat in the local since all of us where from California. We were talking about how we miss In n Out in the car on the way to the restaurant.
We reach the restaurant area in Dinky-Town and we are looking for some kind of restaurant that we could all agree on. On the way to the restaurant, we see some people filming students sitting at coffee tables on the side walk. I didn't know but in God's providence, this is where my career is about to take off (j/k). They had the bright lights, the foil-covered thing to reflect the light, and big professional cameras. It reminded me of walking through Covina while they were filming Roswell. I am leading the pack and I stop in front of the set and turned to Johnny and asked, "do you think we can walk through?" Johnny laughs and doesn't know what's going on so he just walk right through. I start laughing and Steven, Stephanie, and I just follow Johnny right through the set. We turned the the corner away from the set and were still laughing talking about how we might be on TV. We returned to our mission to find a restaurant. Little did we know one of the assistants from the set followed us and stopped us. He asks "How would you guys like to be in a commercial?"
To that I responded "Cool! What do we have to do?"
"It will only take 20 minutes and all you have to do is sit there and act normal." the Assistant said.
"Do you guys want to do it?" Johnny asks.
"Oh yeah, you get $20 if you do it." The assistant added.
I started following the guy and getting ready to be on camera already when Steven and Stephanie agreed to be in the commercial.
We sat down at the tables where they were filming before and they gave us the instructions. The director says, "thanks guys for doing this commercial for Great Clips."(great clips is a haircut spot out here). His instructions to Steven and Stephanie were to talk to each other and run her finger through his hair. Johnny and I were to act natural and have a regular conversation. The director also said when the camera comes by us to interact with the camera.
They came by and did the powdering on Stephanie but not the guys.
So they start rolling for the commercial and they start with Steven and Stephanie's table and she is running her fingers through his hair. They get the approval from the director that they are doing a good job and then the camera moves over to Johnny and me and we start laughing. The director loves it. I pulled out my phone and started reading a text and the director thought it "looked so natural". I looked up from my phone and into the camera and
I winked at it. The director again was happy in the way this commercial was turning out. Then he gets to Johnny and Johnny takes off his beanie and starts shaking his long hair like he is in a Pantene Pro-V commercial. I started laughing again but the director said he loved it.
The commercial was over. The director was excited about the footage that he got and he said that it will be airing in February. We signed the waivers took the $80 and ate dinner. When it was time to pay the bill we all pulled out crispy $20 bills. We all laughed at out 20 seconds of fame that will be on TV. I started to debate in my head if I wanted to continue in TBI or make a career move and jump into acting :)
We arrived at the dorm room where we are picking up the couch but the student that was selling it was not home. I then suggested that we go out and eat in the local since all of us where from California. We were talking about how we miss In n Out in the car on the way to the restaurant.
We reach the restaurant area in Dinky-Town and we are looking for some kind of restaurant that we could all agree on. On the way to the restaurant, we see some people filming students sitting at coffee tables on the side walk. I didn't know but in God's providence, this is where my career is about to take off (j/k). They had the bright lights, the foil-covered thing to reflect the light, and big professional cameras. It reminded me of walking through Covina while they were filming Roswell. I am leading the pack and I stop in front of the set and turned to Johnny and asked, "do you think we can walk through?" Johnny laughs and doesn't know what's going on so he just walk right through. I start laughing and Steven, Stephanie, and I just follow Johnny right through the set. We turned the the corner away from the set and were still laughing talking about how we might be on TV. We returned to our mission to find a restaurant. Little did we know one of the assistants from the set followed us and stopped us. He asks "How would you guys like to be in a commercial?"
To that I responded "Cool! What do we have to do?"
"It will only take 20 minutes and all you have to do is sit there and act normal." the Assistant said.
"Do you guys want to do it?" Johnny asks.
"Oh yeah, you get $20 if you do it." The assistant added.
I started following the guy and getting ready to be on camera already when Steven and Stephanie agreed to be in the commercial.
We sat down at the tables where they were filming before and they gave us the instructions. The director says, "thanks guys for doing this commercial for Great Clips."(great clips is a haircut spot out here). His instructions to Steven and Stephanie were to talk to each other and run her finger through his hair. Johnny and I were to act natural and have a regular conversation. The director also said when the camera comes by us to interact with the camera.
They came by and did the powdering on Stephanie but not the guys.
So they start rolling for the commercial and they start with Steven and Stephanie's table and she is running her fingers through his hair. They get the approval from the director that they are doing a good job and then the camera moves over to Johnny and me and we start laughing. The director loves it. I pulled out my phone and started reading a text and the director thought it "looked so natural". I looked up from my phone and into the camera and
I winked at it. The director again was happy in the way this commercial was turning out. Then he gets to Johnny and Johnny takes off his beanie and starts shaking his long hair like he is in a Pantene Pro-V commercial. I started laughing again but the director said he loved it.
The commercial was over. The director was excited about the footage that he got and he said that it will be airing in February. We signed the waivers took the $80 and ate dinner. When it was time to pay the bill we all pulled out crispy $20 bills. We all laughed at out 20 seconds of fame that will be on TV. I started to debate in my head if I wanted to continue in TBI or make a career move and jump into acting :)
Friday, July 11, 2008
Home Away from Home
Today, there was ridiculous storm (a tornado). We had to get everyone away from the windows and get into the stair way. It was crazy!!! It was 1:00pm (11:00am for you guys) and it was pitch black outside like it was midnight only lit by the lightning that flashed every 15 seconds and the headlights of the cars below. The thickest clouds I have ever seen hovered over the Twin-cities Metro area. The wind was so strong the debris was flying up and hitting our windows on the 6th floor making loud noises. After about 30 minutes, the streets were dried up and the clouds past over us. I looked outside and started laughing because it looked like that nothing even happened. The sky was super blue and clear of all rain clouds. I sat in my cubicle and said "This madness would never happen at home!" I miss the weather over there. If you think that you know what a storm is like try visiting me here and see.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
DC Trip
I praise God for my trip to DC. I love the city! I don’t care too much for the sites and tourist attractions but I just like the feel of the city. It’s definitely more Cali-like than Minnesota (It’s still snowing by the way). I had a blast even though Frances thought I was bored the whole time. I was able to rest and hang out with Elijah.
I am only in the airport and I miss him so much. I am getting water-eyed just writing this. We had such a good time together walking in the streets by ourselves, running around his new spider-man punching toy, and laying down together. I don’t think he understood the fact that I was not going to see him for a long time because when I said bye I had to wake him up myself. He was kind of out of it still but I could still hear him say “Lallu” very softly in my ear.
I love that little guy so much! I thank God that I have such an awesome family. I am so excited now to see Xander and Zack very soon. Thank you God!
(I’m full out crying in the airport writing this now)
I am only in the airport and I miss him so much. I am getting water-eyed just writing this. We had such a good time together walking in the streets by ourselves, running around his new spider-man punching toy, and laying down together. I don’t think he understood the fact that I was not going to see him for a long time because when I said bye I had to wake him up myself. He was kind of out of it still but I could still hear him say “Lallu” very softly in my ear.
I love that little guy so much! I thank God that I have such an awesome family. I am so excited now to see Xander and Zack very soon. Thank you God!
(I’m full out crying in the airport writing this now)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Never feels like home
I hung out with my closest friends out here the other day and I realized (again) how different life is here. The friends that I have here are so great and so encouraging but its just not home. I don't know if it's because I live alone but as long as I have lived here I have never felt like this was home. Maybe it's because I think of home a lot and I miss my Family. I haven't even seen Zack Zack but I love him to death already. Anyway, I hate to be redundant but I miss you guys and you guys cannot be duplicated.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Sleep to the Glory of God
How do you sleep to the glory of God? I always feel like sleep is wasting a day and that if you are sleeping you are being unproductive. I sleep horribly during the week. I found that takes a huge toll on your walk with the Lord. The devil is trying to attack your heart because that is what the Lord looks at. Your mind keeps you alert and on guard. It protects your heart. When you are sleepy and your mind is prone to wander then your heart becomes an easy target for the devil. So, having said all that, please pray that I would sleep well to the glory of God by refreshing my mind and body for the battle at hand. How do you sleep to the glory of God? Well.
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