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On the Extacy of Turtle Brownies and other such things
Turtle brownies are amazing. I ate one last night for the first time in...entirely too long to remember. The combination of caramel, and walnuts, along with this wonderful chocolate cake-like substance...it brings tears to my eyes. Well, not quite. But it at least makes my mouth water. Alot. Turtle brownies make me happy.
onto other matters! has it really been that long since I've written a blog? almost two months? yikes, I should change that. I will attempt to write one every two weeks...let's just hope i can follow through.
This summer has been quite eventful. As soon as I left Covenant with my brother, christopher, we went to north carolina to pick up some stuff from my mom's house, or our house in Fletcher, NC that used to house our family until some junk happened. But while we were there we packed up our stuff and put everything we needed in my brothers car and drove from north carolina to sunny florida. We started driving after lunch with my mom for mother's day, which was about 12:30. We got into gorgeous warm florida around 1am or maybe 1:30? maybe later? it's hard for me to remember because it was so long ago. but we arrived at jonathan weirich's place safe and sound. from there we relaxed for a few days. I spent monday there and on tuesday [which happened to be my birthday just in case you were wondering] I moved my belongings and being to the johns's residence in cape coral, which will remain my residence for the remainder of the summer if all goes well. it should. there are only about 5 or 6 weeks left to it. i have been looking for a job ever since I landed my feet on the ground here in florida in the cape of coral. but unfortunately i have not found anything as of yet. the economy is rough, but that hasn't daunted me in my job hunt.
i am also helping out with my youth group here in cape coral. i am one of the youth leaders for the youth group. we are sort of appointed by our summer intern anne moore, who is pretty awesome by the way. she grew up in the church down here so she already knows everyone. so she asked a few of the college aged guys to be youth leaders and sort of help her out with activities and things like that. we help out with the youth stuff and help plan stuff to do. it's entirely too much fun. i'm totally loving it. church in general has been awesome. aside from all the drama from trying to determine who the next pastor will be. the lessons in the youth group, even though they are directed to the kids, i find so pertinent to my life. it's funny how God works, even through simple lessons directed toward the younger ages. i guess it just goes to show no matter how old you get there are always things you can improve on. also the fact that the people here in florida are consistent. not that other people aren't consistent, by no means! it is just good to see others living the same on sunday as they do every other day of the week. it is also a fantastic reminder that we serve a God who never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, praise God! we serve a God that never changes. how comforting to know that He is reliable when all around us is falling to pieces. having one consistent thing to put your trust in is truly a comforting thing. i am so relieved that i have Someone to rest all of my hopes and fears in, Someone that will not change. Someone that i can immerse myself in, and in Him alone i find true happiness and satisfaction. even in looking back over the summer i have changed a great deal. i feel like a different person than i did the beginning of the year. so many changes have happened. changes in how i think, and what i think about. really my whole process of thinking has been totally revamped. God has done a mighty work in my life these past few months, and aided by His hand i can "keep marchin' on" as that song by onerepublic says. His hand will guide me through the tough times, and shield me through the trials, and when i need a little push He sends someone into my path to nudge me onto the right track. praise God for His children! His children are the biggest blessing, aside from salvation and all that entails, that He has given to us. they are there for encouragement, and they speak in actions, which are louder than words, and they scream the goodness and grace of God the Father Almighty with how they live, and sometimes without even making a sound. praise God from Whom ALL blessings flow. i am blessed by His children. and i can only hope that His children are blessed by me.
anyways, my rest of the summer looks relatively uneventful compared to how the first half of it has went. however, i am still looking forward to it with gusto. [did you see how seamlessly i wove the word 'gusto' into that sentence?] well, i must go do something productive now. but expect to see new additions to my blah(g) about every two weeks, that is, if i'm not too terribly busy.
Turtle brownies are amazing. I ate one last night for the first time in...entirely too long to remember. The combination of caramel, and walnuts, along with this wonderful chocolate cake-like substance...it brings tears to my eyes. Well, not quite. But it at least makes my mouth water. Alot. Turtle brownies make me happy.
onto other matters! has it really been that long since I've written a blog? almost two months? yikes, I should change that. I will attempt to write one every two weeks...let's just hope i can follow through.
This summer has been quite eventful. As soon as I left Covenant with my brother, christopher, we went to north carolina to pick up some stuff from my mom's house, or our house in Fletcher, NC that used to house our family until some junk happened. But while we were there we packed up our stuff and put everything we needed in my brothers car and drove from north carolina to sunny florida. We started driving after lunch with my mom for mother's day, which was about 12:30. We got into gorgeous warm florida around 1am or maybe 1:30? maybe later? it's hard for me to remember because it was so long ago. but we arrived at jonathan weirich's place safe and sound. from there we relaxed for a few days. I spent monday there and on tuesday [which happened to be my birthday just in case you were wondering] I moved my belongings and being to the johns's residence in cape coral, which will remain my residence for the remainder of the summer if all goes well. it should. there are only about 5 or 6 weeks left to it. i have been looking for a job ever since I landed my feet on the ground here in florida in the cape of coral. but unfortunately i have not found anything as of yet. the economy is rough, but that hasn't daunted me in my job hunt.
i am also helping out with my youth group here in cape coral. i am one of the youth leaders for the youth group. we are sort of appointed by our summer intern anne moore, who is pretty awesome by the way. she grew up in the church down here so she already knows everyone. so she asked a few of the college aged guys to be youth leaders and sort of help her out with activities and things like that. we help out with the youth stuff and help plan stuff to do. it's entirely too much fun. i'm totally loving it. church in general has been awesome. aside from all the drama from trying to determine who the next pastor will be. the lessons in the youth group, even though they are directed to the kids, i find so pertinent to my life. it's funny how God works, even through simple lessons directed toward the younger ages. i guess it just goes to show no matter how old you get there are always things you can improve on. also the fact that the people here in florida are consistent. not that other people aren't consistent, by no means! it is just good to see others living the same on sunday as they do every other day of the week. it is also a fantastic reminder that we serve a God who never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, praise God! we serve a God that never changes. how comforting to know that He is reliable when all around us is falling to pieces. having one consistent thing to put your trust in is truly a comforting thing. i am so relieved that i have Someone to rest all of my hopes and fears in, Someone that will not change. Someone that i can immerse myself in, and in Him alone i find true happiness and satisfaction. even in looking back over the summer i have changed a great deal. i feel like a different person than i did the beginning of the year. so many changes have happened. changes in how i think, and what i think about. really my whole process of thinking has been totally revamped. God has done a mighty work in my life these past few months, and aided by His hand i can "keep marchin' on" as that song by onerepublic says. His hand will guide me through the tough times, and shield me through the trials, and when i need a little push He sends someone into my path to nudge me onto the right track. praise God for His children! His children are the biggest blessing, aside from salvation and all that entails, that He has given to us. they are there for encouragement, and they speak in actions, which are louder than words, and they scream the goodness and grace of God the Father Almighty with how they live, and sometimes without even making a sound. praise God from Whom ALL blessings flow. i am blessed by His children. and i can only hope that His children are blessed by me.
anyways, my rest of the summer looks relatively uneventful compared to how the first half of it has went. however, i am still looking forward to it with gusto. [did you see how seamlessly i wove the word 'gusto' into that sentence?] well, i must go do something productive now. but expect to see new additions to my blah(g) about every two weeks, that is, if i'm not too terribly busy.
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