To Colorado And Back

A new post is finally here, I had meant to write another blog before set out on my adventure in Colorado, but alas it didn't work. I would say City Reach 08 was a success, while there I believe a total of 50 people came to know Jesus as their lord and savior. I also believe that most of the impact that was done on the city of Colorado will not be evident till latter. A lot of people saw what we were doing for their city and community. They may not have made the decision while we were there but what we did may lead them to begin saved in the future. I think a lot of people within the City Reach group were impacted by the preaching of Brother Chad Graves. He did a great job of delivering some very powerful messages that were said in a way that was easy to understand, but heart piercing enough to be long lasting in the eyes of those who were listening.

The theme of this blog is all about perspective and how it effects how you live your life. I came away from city reach with some new perspectives on some things in life and realized a few things about myself, others, and maybe people in general.

One thing I feel that I learned a lot about or experienced was communicating with others and how delicate of a process it can be or in some cases isn't. You have to make sure that you really know the person that you communicate with, so you know how far to take a joke or how much they may be joking with you. I am usually pretty good with this, knowing when someone is joking with me and understanding how far I can go with a joke. It is however a lot harder with some people than it is with others. Things may be an obvious joke to you but others don't see it that way or vice versa. What is really frustrating is when this happens to someone who you used to be able to read and they could read you pretty well also. I believe that this is a sign of both people not knowing what to expect from the other, that is how the confusion starts kicking in. I believe that something like this can be caused by tension or strain.

I am happy to say that I think my sister is finally back to normal, which is a huge relief for me. For you who don't know I missed my sister dearly while at City Reach even though she was in Colorado with me. She is one of my best friends and it was hard for me to see her but not be able to be her friend while in Colorado. This is can be said for others at times. Now that we are back in Maryland we have started laughing and talking a lot like old times. That was one of the few things that I didn't like about Colorado.

Summer is finally here, I just have some make-up exams to take on June 27th and my 11th grade year of high school will be over. I am almost ready for summer, there are still a few that I would like to do before I can be in that fun loving summer attitude. I have some high expectations for this summer, I can drive, I will have some income, and have made some new friends over the year that I hope to be able to hang with. There are also some friendships that I hope can be strengthened over the summer. Last summer was at times the best ever, I hope put an entirely good summer together or at least as improve upon last year.

That is all I have for now, I thought for sure that I had more to write but right now none comes to mind. Fear not I plan to write again soon.