Trees with an array of beautiful colors.
Hikes through the woods.
Pumpkin Spice Latte’s.
Hot Chocolate.
Football.
Colder weather.
Run’s on frosty days.
Sleeping with the added quilts on the bed.
Dressing up in fantastic costumes for spectacular parties.
Not wanting to get out of the hot shower.
Faint traces of snow.
Turkey.
Family.
The not-so-distant sound of Christmas music.
This comes from my parents:
" We own a lovely home in Northwest Meridian ID and are a mere fifteen minutes from MAF headquarters in Nampa. Currently the home is available for rental and is a delightful family home - with four bedrooms (each with walk in closet) 2.5 bathrooms – fenced and landscaped backyard with sprinkler system. It even has an above ground pool. It is well maintained in a quiet neighborhood sub division with access to schools. shops, etc in Meridian and Nampa, and Boise is just 15 minutes down the freeway.”
*** So, if you should know of anyone needing to rent here are details:
For Sale - $238,000
For Rent - $900
3290 N Morello Ave. Meridian, ID, 83646 Just NE of Ten Mile / Ustick - located in Hartford estates
Four Bedroom, 2.5 Bathroom
2300 sq. foot
Landscaped yard and sprinkler system
2 - car garage
* You can find it on Craig's List and MLS Listing as well
For more information shoot me a line!
Hello friends. I got motivated recently just to give a quick update on my life and what’s going on.
In May I graduated from Northwest Nazarene University up in Nampa, Idaho, just outside of Boise. Those four years flew by so fast! I made some good friends there and it was sad to say goodbye! I had some awesome experiences there such a mission trip to Guatemala and a mission trip to Mexico. The trip to Guatemala was especially impactful because while we were there in October of 05, Hurricane Stan it. We could have easily lost our lives as we traversed a road where mudslides were falling all around us, and were wiping out whole villages right around us. Somehow God protected our bus as we ventured through that state of emergency. Somewhere around 1000 - 1400 people I believe were killed.
The mission trip to Mexico was awesome because four of us students and a prof planned it and led it. We built two houses while we were down there, and saw God in a completely different culture. Also while at NNU I was able to be an RA and be in the BRICK house. Both of those experiences were great and taught me a lot about myself and others. I made friends through those times that will last a lifetime.
For the past three and a half years I worked at Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene in Meridian, Idaho. It was such a blessing to have such a caring church home, and to be able to work with some of the best teens on the planet. For the three years I was there I worked mainly with the youth, worked with the kids some, and also helped with a Saturday night service. Those teens changed my life! I was given many chances to preach, particularly this past summer as the old youth pastor transitioned out. I definitely feel more prepared to preach and the experience was great. Over the years we had some great bonding experiences on mission trips and camps. I’ll never forget all I learned there. I worked under one amazing youth pastor. He cared greatly that the mission of Jesus be spread into the hearts and lives of those teens. He became one of my best friends as we spent two summers together and also some weekdays during the school year together.
I was also privileged to have a former Nazarene District Superintendent and now associate pastor at Valley Shepherd as my mentor. He taught me so many fantastic things, and the experience I had under him will effect my life and ministry forever. He became a great, great friend and ping pong partner.
At the end of August I moved to Kansas City, MO to attend Nazarene Theological Seminary. I am looking into getting a Masters of Divinity with an emphasis in Inter-Cultural Studies. I just started last week, but have really been enjoying classes and friends so far. Kansas City itself is a great place too. We live in a very non-white area of town, which is nice. Just down the street is the starlight theater. It’s a massive outdoor theater. During the summer Broadway shows come and tour through it. Last week we saw Mama Mia. It was pretty amazing stuff.
Last week I went to my friend Phil DeJong’s wedding. It was surreal to see one of my RVA friends get hitched. But it was also amazing to be with him and other friends who I haven’t seen in a while. I love the friends I made there… Unforgettable people…
That’s basically an update on my life… I’d love to hear how the rest of you are doing too. Drop me a line sometime. Or give me a ring…
9 and 1/2 years ago I started 7th grade in South Africa. My family had just moved back to South Africa after spending 11 years in Omaha, NE. I was born in South Africa, and we had visited twice to see family while we lived in Omaha, but I wasn’t prepared for the culture shock I would face. I left all my friends back in Omaha, and was now in what was at the time more of a foreign country to me. I started 7th grade at the beginning of the South African school year which starts in January at a elementary school called New Germany Primary School. It was the most frightening day of my life. To start it off I had to where shorts that were only half way down my thigh in front of all these girls at school. I also had to wear a Speedo to c0-ed swimming lessons a couple of days a week. And to top it off, my mom walked me to my first day of class, all the way to the classroom door, in front of all of those cute South African girls.
Yet, in the midst of the scariest moment of my life, a kid in my class befriended me. His name was Babayile Shabalala. He was awesome! He bought me snacks at school, introduced me to all of his friends, and just accepted this new white kid to the class. He always told me that he was the grandson of the lead singer of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a Grammy Award winning men’s choral group from a couple of hours away from where we were attending school. I left South Africa and Babayile two years later, but always remembered him, and what he had told me about his family heritage.
The story continues 9 and 1/2 years after I first met Babayile. My grandma and I had seen that Ladysmith Black Mambazo was coming to Nampa, ID, and she asked if I wanted to go as a part of my graduation present. We were able to get close to front row seats. Last night was the night of the concert. It was amazing! I had always admired their beautiful voices dancing through different harmonies and rhythms, but to hear it in life was unforgettable. I was so excited I took out my phone and regular camera and took a bunch of pics and videos of them. At intermission a guy came up and told me how distracting that had been to the people behind me, haha! If only he could have known of the connection I had with the group.
At intermission I also bought some CD’s and a DVD of theirs. After the last song had ended I dashed out with grandma to get it all signed by the group. Three members of the group were signing everyone’s CD’s so I also got in line. When I got up there I double checked to make sure that the group was all related to each other. The guy I talked to said yes, and then I told him I knew Babayile, that guy from all those years ago in New Germany, South Africa. He was just as shocked as I was at the news. He told me to wait a couple of seconds and then I could go back stage to meet his dad and grandpa. My grandma and I followed some of the guys back into the change room and we found all of the guys gathered together. Sure enough, there was his dad and grandpa. I told them of the connection, and we shared in some happiness. I got Babayile’s address and I gave them mine. I went around and shook their hands and gave Joseph Shabalala a hug, while my grandma stood on the side as many of the guys changed their pants and shirts while she looked on, haha! They noticed this however, and tried to come up and talk to her and distract her. It was so great to see some South Africans again and to make a connection with the family of a good friend I had while living in South Africa. After a final picture together we said good-bye, and grandma and I left laughing and smiling about how great the night had been! Truly unforgettable! Go and check em out, they are awesome! They have been apart of soundtracks on movies, as well as sung with some of the world’s great singers!
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So I am here at the end of college… I have been blessed with some nice graduation money as well as I have just done well saving up money for a while. My current computer is literally falling apart, the screen is hanging on by a thread, so it’s not like I am just gong for the upgrade, I actually do need one. So I have some options as to how to spend it…
Option A: The MacBook Pro
Option B: The MacBook plus ipod touch
Option C: HP Pavilion dv5t plus ipod touch
Option D: HP Pavilion + Trip to Australia
Option E: HP Pavilion + Shopping for new clothes
Option F: New Clothes + Trip to Aus
Any thoughts?
smile like you mean it – the killers
this video is less than quality, but it was all i could find on youtube
