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Archive for November, 2008

Christmas List

So I feel a little selfish posting a Christmas wish list. I’m understand Christmas is more than just receiving presents; it’s more than just giving presents. Christmas is about redemption, it is a celebration of Jesus birth, who came to redeem humanity from sin.

However since an aspect of how we celebrate Christmas is exchanging gifts, and since some people have been asking what I would like; I feel that this is the easiest way to let others know what I would like.

1. Journal
2. Dress Shirts
3. T-shirts
4. iTunes Cards
5. Books by John Piper
6. Pocket Knife
7. BluRay DVD Player

I’m not really sure what else I should but on the list so this will be it for now.

If you comment on this post put something that you want for Christmas too; so I don’t feel like the only one doing this.

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Thankful for Safety

So I realized once again today how thankful I am for God’s protection and safety. Earlier in my day my status was that I was tired of traffic. I was.

Renae and I were on our way to Chino Hills to get her allergy shots (usually a 25 minute drive). We hadn’t been on the free all that long today before we came across the the first accident we saw, a truck was flipped upside down on the other side of the freeway. Our side of the freeway was crawling at 5 mph as we approached the accident, and once we passed it it increase to between 10-20 mph. We continued at that pass for another 25 or so minutes before we were passed most of the traffic and were going almost to the speed limit. (Oh and that whole time we were in the carpool lane). Once we made it up to the place to get her shots we decided we didn’t want to jump back on the freeway to sit in the opposite traffic (which was worse), so we went and walked around Target. After that we left and got back on the freeway hoping the traffic was gone. We’ll the flipped over truck was, but there were two other accidents – a downed motorcycle in the carpool lane and another accident off to the shoulder. That is when I thought to myself how thankful I am for God’s protection.

I have as of this month had my lisence for 5 years. I worked for Enterprise Rent-a-Car for over 2 years where my main responsiblity was transporting cars, I have had my share of close calls, but thankful to not have a single accident. That was until 11 months ago yesterday when I got cut off and a van scraped my front fender and then took off. The hit and run incident was not my fault so it doesn’t count for anything. So in five years I have not had a single ticket or at fault accident, so I think it is worth my time to thank God right now for his safety and protection.

Hold Nothing Back

34 days

It is 37 days ’till Christmas. 36 until I get to see my niece Melissa, oh yeah and John and Mary. In 34 days Renae and I will travel up to San Francisco to spend Christmas with my parents. I will be the first time in a while that we will spend Christmas together, and the first time since the wedding that we will all be together. My parents are excited, This last weekend my mom sent each of us a survey to fill out asking about favorite beverages, meal, christmas movies, songs, decorations, things to do, etc. In fact, Melissa was supposed to fill one out too, and she is only 1, I guess my sister taught her to read and write early. They are really looking forward to having everyone over; and all of the kids are looking forward to being with them. I know I am.

wanting to write…

i’ve been wanting to write a blog post for several days now, but i’ve been swamped doing all kinds of other stuff. i’ve been doing a lot of minor tweaking of things on my site some of which you might be able to notice other i’m sure you won’t, the main purpose of what i was doing was trying to make my website more visible to search engines and therefore to people to find me and to read what i have to say.

teaching is going good. there are 7 days of school until parent teacher conferences and then it’s thanksgiving. i’m looking forward to thanksgiving, renae and i are going to her parents, ruth (my sister) might be there as well. in 36ish days i’ll be in san francisco, to spend christmas with my family.

oh, and be in prayer for my grandmother. my mom’s mom recently found out she has lung cancer, she is starting chemo at 12:00 tomorrow. i know she would appriciate your prayer.

hold nothing back