So I was all excited about a trip to Pismo Beach this weekend with some friends. It was gonna be my tuck and 3 others going and it was gonna be a blasty blast! I forgot one minor detail. I am Pastor on call this weekend... So bummed! This was going to be my trucks first time out in the dunes and I was looking forward to having some fun and getting out of the heat while sleeping under the stars. Oh well, at least next weekend I will be in Central Camp where I will get to hit some trails (Billy's first trip with the newly rebuilt Whitie!!!) shoot some guns and go mountain biking. That is a great way to spend the 4th of July weekend.
(none of these are my truck ...its never seen the dunes)

Its a beautiful thing

Tonight when I get home my house will be a cool 75 degrees. Thank God for air conditioning that works. One good thing about this is that the tech informed my landlord that the ac unit is also a heating unit but its not hooked up for that right now... The reason this is a good thing is that this will be a whole lot more efficient than the wall heater that is what I use now. So it will work better and be cheaper to operate! Oh and the AC should run more efficiently too now that its been serviced. Which is a bummer because I am sure PG & E could use my money more than me.

jump ropes are evil

I just got done taking a shower (COLD) and i noticed this welts that were left from my attempts at jump roping today while working out. Jump rope = embarrassment for Jimmy = entertainment for all

whattheheck its HOT, but that why I have AC...

So today was a great day, a long day but a great day. I went to work (very quiet and productive) then attend the MMA class that Marshall leads at my church. So I got in a good workout, then I went to River's Edge (my old MMA gym) and trained some more. So at this point its been a great day, but a long day. So on my way home I make more more stop (more on that in a later post...) and finally I get home. Looking forward to rest and relaxation, go to turn on the AC because its 85 degrees in here. It doesn't turn on. No problem, I will just flip the breaker. The breaker isn't tripped. So I call my neighbor/landlord. No answer. SO now I am sitting in an 85 degree house, running all of the fans I have to pull in the 80 degree air from outside. If you know me at all and you have been to my house in the summer you know that I RUN my AC. I am not sure how I am going to sleep tonight. I gotta go take a cold shower. I'm done.

I'm Back

I just finished a shower at my own house that lasted at least 25 minutes! It was great!

In His arms

So I should be in bed right now. I have to be to church in a little over seven hours, and that will be the beginning of a long week at camp as I am sure you gathered from the lost post. I can't sleep, I am in one of those spots where you are relaxed but restless; if that makes any sense. I am excited to see what it is that God has in store, both in the lives of my students and my own life. It is as if I am on the top of the wave ready for it to crash underneath me just waiting for that break so that I can ride the wave. Its exciting to be in a spot of anticipation and nervousness because you can not tell what is up head, only that you can trust the One who holds all that is ahead. I know that God has a Sovereign will, and that it involves me, this is not to say that I have any worth or merit outside of that which He has given me, I am just resting in Him. It brings to mind a memory of my childhood. As you have probably read I enjoy riding motorcycles, well a lot of this came from growing up riding. My earliest memory (may merely be that I remember its retelling) is of my dad riding with me on his 3-wheeler, I remember that I loved it, he told me once that he felt so bad because I rode with him so much in one day that I got blisters all over my hands, but it didn't stop me (after that my parents got me riding gloves, which I still have) I remember long rides in the desert where the sand seemed to never end and the heat was ever present. I can still hear the calming lull of the motor as we would ride on longer rides. Its strange to me that something so exciting could be taking place and yet I would still manage to fall asleep as I began to tire. It brings to mind the amount of trust that I must have had in my Dad as a small boy. That no matter what he would protect me and get me back to camp, so much so that I could fall asleep without any worry or fear for my safety. I guess what I am trying to say is that I kinda feel like that now. I am excited and I love the path that God has me on, and I am trusting in Him. Its late, I'm tired and I don't claim that this is completely sound theologically but this are the ramblings in my head at the moment. I guess its somewhat fitting since it is a story about my Dad and its a minute until Father's Day.

Next Week, Hume Lake

Tomorrow I leave for Hume for our summer camp. Hume is amazing, everything they do is legit, hence the price tag we have to charge (although I was able to offer it $80 cheaper than other groups). Our week at Hume Lake Meadow Ranch (Jr. High Camp) while this is a very tiring week its all worth it as it helps us to kindle new relationships with our newly ingested 7th graders. Even more than this is the fact that it provides a solid week without the distractions that students face day in and day out like cell phones and ipods, and creates opportunities for them to connect with God. Last year we had some pretty awesome times where the students were real with their leaders, each other and more importantly with God. Please pray that this year is no different in that respect. I will be up there starting tomorrow and this will explain why there will be no new posting for at least a week.