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Okay, despite all the weird differences going on right now, this Christmas went off very nicely. It was great. Christmas Eve I got to take a friend of mine (Phillip Jensen), who I call my big brother (hes 10, long story), out to see “Lord of the Rings, Return of the King”. We waited almost a week after it came out to see it, so, needless to say, we were excited. It was great, and it was really good to get to spend some time with him before I leave. I wanted to go swimming with him, but his mom said no, and I didnt want to question his mom right in front of him, so I did the right thing and kept my mouth shut. He’s such an awesome boy, I’m really gonna miss him. He reminds me so much of myself when I was his age. Wow, I’m starting to sound like a grown up.

Christmas day was really nice as well. I ate Christmas dinner and then watched “The Santa Clause 2″ with some of the girls from IBC (Introduction to Biblical Counseling) and some of the guys from SBS (School of Biblical Studies). We then went to the beach out at Mile 88/Kua Bay and camped out there that night. Theres just something about spending time on the beach watching the waves crash (and boy were they crashing) in and singing worship songs on Christmas night that just fills your spirit and brings you peace. That night I about froze my toes off because I, with my great intelligence and loads of common sense, didnt bring a sleeping bag or pants. So after spending the whole night lying as close to the fire as I could, the shower the next morning was so much more than a blessing, not to mention the nap I had afterwards that lasted six hours. The new year is coming fast and that means I’ll be home soon. I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year and I pray that none of you make any resolutions that you know you can’t keep.

Happy New Year and God bless you all.

Ok, so I was bored today and decided to go ahead and implement the new links page. It wasnt too hard to figure out the code for it. This HTML thing is getting easier and easier. Today is Christmas Eve. Im gonna be honest with you all. This Christmas is a little interesting for me. Not only is it not cold, but I’ve got a very interesting family situation that is happening in the midst of everything else in my life. I would be lying if I said it didnt bother me at all. Yes, it does make me a little uncomfortable. Yes, going home is going to be rather odd since I havent been around to experience ANY of the transition period. All things considering, I really think this Christmas is going to be the best ever. Although so much is happening, and I have every reason to be down, I’m not. Im finally content with my life, though constantly searching for more revelation of God. I know where I’m headed for the next year (at least) and that’s a blessing many people 30 or 40 years my senior don’t even have. No, not everything is going perfect in my life, but when is it ever. All I know is that the most important thing to me IS going right in my life, and that thing just happens to be what we are celebrating in two days. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know I don’t often go off on a Jesus tangent, but honestly, I am absolutely nothing without Him. My work would be meaningless and my life mundane. Sometime over the course of the next couple of days, take time out to say a quick prayer, and thank God for His Grace, for becoming flesh, and for dying by our hands, for our sin, so that we may live. Thank Him for the greatest gift anyone could ever recieve. Salvation. Merry Christmas Everyone.

Today starts the first official day of my website being official. Hah. Ok, on a serious note, I finished my SaLT (Staff and Leadership Training) class friday. Five weeks is just not enough time for a class with that kind of content. Of course, just as with anything that we do to learn more about the Nature and Character of God, it is a life long process, and any class that would even remotely begin to do it justice would last a lifetime. I’ve come to one glaring conclusion. With all of the viewpoints on all of the different gray areas of The Word, the answer, is yes. This is true, and that is true, and there are equal and opposite arguments for just about every gray area that exists. To try to come to an exact answer on either side will do nothing but turn me into the legalist I wholeheartedly desire not to be. So I come back to this: I am commanded to love the Lord my God with all my mind, heart, soul, and strength and to love my neighbor as myself. Once I make sure that I get those two covered, on a minute by minute basis mind you, then everything else seems to follow and all those little gray areas begin to seem trivial, at best.

Ok, new updates to the website, looks better, still a little quirky though. Hope to get things running full swing by Christmas. A little holiday treat for all of you.

I’m coming home soon. Too bad its not early enough for Christmas.