Fire and Rescue

I love working for Campus Safety, I put in 8 hours last night, got off at 4 am and have to be back at 12 noon!!! It's ok, I got some sleep... until Chase's alarm went off! We had such a crazy night last night. There was a big party off campus and a kid got beat up pretty bad, so we had to call CPFR to come and take him to the hospital. That took a good 2 hours or so, because we had to write the report and clean up the bloody stuff and all that other good stuff... I got there and kinda took over the scene from everyone else because I have been doing that kind of stuff since I was 16.

As the paramedic's and firefighters got there, it made me realize that I do actually love the whole EMS world. It is crappy sometimes (every once in a while literally), but it is so amazing. I started remembering things and how to do stuff, aaaahhhhh!!!!!! I got to give a short report, I have always been told that I give good shorts and I loved it! Maybe once I graduate, I will start volunteering for CPFR! I love God, more than anything, so is there room in my life for the Church and Fire & Rescue? I have always wanted to go on Medical Missions to poorer nations, but I need medical training to do that...

I enjoy the whole knowing how to help someone in their time of real need. I guess that is only physical however, and I do know how to help someone in their spiritual time of need. How do you combine the two? I didn't feel led to pray for the kid right there and see him healed ( I did pray for him, by myself) I think he was too "altered" to understand what prayer was anyways.

All in all, I hope he turns out okay, but I have discovered that maybe God put the passion for EMS in me for a reason... Maybe the only reason I got involved in the Fire Dept. wasn't trying to overachieve and prove to everyone I was a success. I know that with Jesus, I will always be a success in the eyes that matter most, but it is so much fun for me to be in that environment.

The Art of Faithfulness

I am discovering that God is not something I should try and explain. I have been in a time where I feel like I am not really growing and I don't like that. Maybe there is something that is going on under the surface of me that not even my usually very introspective self can see, but I don't know.

I do know a couple of things...

GOD IS GOOD!!!

I need to read the word more (5-6 chapters a day is not near enough)

If I am not involved in some activity where I need God to show up, I feel like I am stagnating.

Worship was great on Wednesday night at youth. Mark told me I was leading the day before and I said ok... I didn't stop to check my time with the Lord meter (it was not where I wanted it to be) and I didn't try and be qualified either. I just picked some songs (thanks Anne for the help) and we went for it. I really enjoyed it, because there was about 30 kids there that night and that really helped out worship. I let Jonathon Kvamme sing with me and he did a good job. I really enjoy mentoring him into worship leading, he will be a good one! (so will a couple other guys as well)

Last night, Puyallup Foursquare came out to campus and put on an event with Ignite. They really didn't come across as needing our help with anything, but I was there to put out little fires along with Emily Hockert (you did fantastic last night by the way!) and to help the event run. I got to talk to Marc Wymore for a couple minutes after the event, which was good. We agreed to meet this next week to talk and hang out a bit, but before I confirmed it with Marc, I ran it through Dan. Dan said that he would like to be there as well and that I should hold off on meeting him for a bit. I don't know what to think. Do I not even have that much freedom to meet with someone from another ministry? Oh, well... I guess it would be better to meet with Dan and Marc together.

Last thought... I am graduating in December. I only have one more semester left of College!!! Then what???

Sunday afternoons

I love hanging out and being outside... After church today we went to the beach at Pt. Defiance (along with every resident in the Tacoma area as well). It was fun, but we all had to bring some homework along to make the day productive. I found this hillside that had a steep trail up it so I climbed it and then ran down it, which was lots of fun!!!

Church was great today, I am always so blessed when I go to church. I don't stop to think about it often enough, but I am blessed to be a part of the body at PSCC, let alone in any form of leadership there. This summer will be fun because I want to be on the worship team, but I am not in a hurry to get up there yet, due to all the other things I have going on right now.

I have some work to get done for my immunology class tomorrow, but it is not too complicated. I have a formal paper that we are doing this semester for this class. I am excited about it, not about writing it, but about my topic. I chose childhood exposure to antigen and the amount of times that the person gets sick in later life. I have a pet theory that kids who play in the dirt and in general hang out outside are less likely to having nagging colds and sicknesses later in life. I want to use this idea as my capstone as well so I don't have to do as much research next semester. We will see if this idea works!!!

Football

I am pretty beat up right now and it is because we have spring football practice. We don't wear any pads during spring ball so the offensive and defensive lines get more bruises than actual work done. Because we don't wear pads, the technique is really important. It is easy for the receivers, quarterbacks, defensive backs and safetys to work on fundamentals without getting hit, but for us lineman, we need pads to hit people with. It is the only way to get better at the techniques. All that said, it is fun to be out playing football, remembering our very complicated offense and in general being an athelete. This is the last time I will get to play spring football... (unless I go pro...) so it is starting to sink in a little bit.

There are so many things I want to commit to fully this summer... Football, Campus Safety, Church stuff etc... I am also thining about taking a class this summer to lighten my load in the fall and I would love to travel a bit as well. The thing I want to do more than anything though is to spend 3 hours a day or more with Jesus. Play my guitar, write worship music, read the Word, receive from Him... I think that needs to be the main priority. I know that if I devote the time I won't be dissapointed.

Yeah for a short post today!

I wonder... Do you know HIM!

My bible says my king is a seven way king:

He's the king of the Jews, that's a racial king. He's the king of Israel, that's a national king.

He's the king of righteousness. He's the king of the ages.
He's the king of heaven. He's the king of glory.
He's the king of kings, and He's the Lord of Lords - that's my king!

Well - I wonder - do you know Him?

My king is a sovereign king; no means of measure can define His limitless love.
No farseeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supplies.
No barrier can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.
He's enduringly strong. He's entirely sincere.
He's eternally steadfast. He's immortally grace­ful.
He's imperially powerful. He's impartially merciful.

Do you know Him?

He's the greatest phenome­non that has ever crossed the horizon of this world.
He is God's Son.

He's the sinner's Saviour.
He's the centerpiece of civilization.
He's august and He's unique. He's un­paralleled and He's unprecedented.
He's the loftiest idea in literature. He is the highest personality in philosophy.
He is the supreme problem in higher criticism.

He is the fundamental doctrine of true theo­logy.

He is the core and necessity for spiritual religion.

He is the miracle of the ages.

He is... He is...

He is the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him.
He is the only One qualified to be an all-sufficient Saviour.

I wonder if you know Him today.

He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried.
He sympathizes and He saves. He strengthens and sustains.
He guards and He guides.

He heals the sick, He cleanses the lepers.
He forgives sinners. He discharges debtors.
He delivers the captives. He defends the feble.
He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate.
He regards the aged. He rewards the diligent and He beautifies the meek.

I wonder if you know Him.

Well, this is my king.

He is the key to knowledge. He is the wellspring of wisdom.

He is the doorway of deliverance. He is the pathway of peace.

He is the roadway of righteousness. He is the highway of holiness.

He is the gateway of glory.

Do you know Him?

Well, His office is manifold. His promise is sure.
His life is matchless. His goodness is limitless.
His mercy is everlasting. His love never changes.
His word is enough. His grace is sufficient.
His reign is righteous, His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

I wish I could describe Him to you!
But He is in­describable... He is indescribable!
But He is your God. Yes He is indescribable...

He is incomprehensible. He is invincible. He is irresistible.
Well, you can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off your hand.
You can't outlive Him, and you can't live without Him.
Well, the Pha­risees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him.
Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him. Herod couldn't kill Him.
Death couldn't handle Him and the grave couldn't hold Him.

THAT'S MY KING! That's my king!

I wonder... Do you know Him!

My Weekend!

As frequent readers know, I went to Canada for my Dad's wedding this weekend. My friend Jonathon Frieheit and my brother Joseph drove up there with me. I realized that we had no directions as to where we were going once we got across the border, so the next time my Dad called (about every 30-45 minutes to check up on us) Joseph got some directions to the hotel he was staying at. I think that we drove around for a total of 2 hours total being lost in the Vancouver area!!! Going back was easier, but I still managed to go the wrong way on one of the freeways and had to turn around.

The wedding was held at Karen's church in Port Coquitlam, BC. The church (Hope Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) was cool and the pastor was an amazing speaker. He presented the story of Ruth and Naomi to the congregation as an example of what love is supposed to be like. The wedding was short and the wedding party was small so it was a really nice atmosphere. After the wedding, Jonathon and I went into the upstairs of the church and just worshipped Jesus, I really needed that at the moment and it allowed me to have grace with my family the rest of the day.

After the reception, the families went to a nice restaurant and the waiters just kept bringing out this delicious food! I think there were like 5 courses to the meal and I ate a bit from each course! It was really good and it was nice to talk to some of the people in Karen's family and talk with my grandmother and uncle as well. Karen's family is very Latvian and they are very sweet. I got to chat with her mother and aunt for a while and I was really blessed by them. They are Lutherans that understand Jesus and love Him.

I was really glad to have Jonathon along because we got to chat for the 3 hour ride back to his house in Federal Way. I love him so much because we can not talk or see each other for a month or more and then hang out and really deal with each others hearts. We were able to encourage each other and I was able to suggest that he find a real mentorship type person in his life.

This morning is Easter Sunday and I was really happy today! We celebrate the resurecction of our Lord, Jesus. The grave could not hold on to Him, He was stronger than even death and the final enemy of eternal life with Him, death, was conquered. I got to church early to join the prayer team in pre-service prayer and I was really blessed. The two verses that I meditated on were Luke 24:5-6 where it talks about the scene at the grave on the 3rd day after Jesus rose and Phillipians 4:4-5 because it describes what our response should be to the great victory Jesus accomplished for us!

Service was great, Justin Isenhart put a great speach by S.M. Lockridge to a video and it was very powerful. They went straight into worship right after that and it slayed me!!! I love how Tad Gaulke went straight into "You Are Good" from the video. The rest of worship was fantastic and then Pastor Tom gave a message about the resurection power of Jesus and asked for people to respond to the Lord. I got to go and pray with a guy who the Lord has been messing up lately, he is a guy that is really down on his luck. I went and layed my hand on him and we worshipped for a bit. I just broke! I started bawling in front of the Lord because He was so beautiful! I felt such a release of the Holy Spirit and I loved it. We didn't even get to pray for anything specifically, God just touched him...

For the offering song, they did a tune by Chris Rice called "Sometimes Love" off of his Deep Enough to Dream album. Justin again outdid himself by putting up soem cool images of Jesus on the cross and stuff like that. I hope that we can continue this trend of doing cool things in worship next week, because I really loved it!

New Posts...

Emily Hockert if you don't post a new blog soon I am going to delete the link to your blog from my page!!!

Pray for me this weekend...

My dad is getting married on Saturday in Canada to a lady named Karen (I think, shows how well I know her!!!) My dad met her on eHarmony.com and I am happy that he found someone to put up with him, but I am not too happy about them getting married altogether. I wish that I knew this would work out well and have a very happy ending later on in their life, but I can't say that.

Ever since my parents got first seperated and then divorced my Sophomore year in high school, my dad has blamed my mom and they have never quite gotten along. At the same time, my dad has been desperate for female companionship, someone to clean house, do laundry and cook. He has had a new girlfriend about every month or so since he got on eHarmony and this is his second fiancee since the divorce (obviously the first one didn't work out).

So they are getting married and I will go up to Karen's Lutheran church in Port Coquitlam, BC and smile and affirm them in their marriage.

Lord, I ask you to bless the marriage of my dad and Karen. Jesus I pray that you would be the absolute center of their marriage and that you would sustain them in the years to come. God I ask that this would be a time of unification in my family among my brothers, sisters and I. Jesus I need you to be there for me this weekend and to allow me grace to show my family, God I pray for healing in Karen's family and in my family. I know that the only way it will happen is through Your Holy Spirit! Jesus come with me please...

I wish that I could be back in LA!!! If I could live my life with a mohawk, leading worship and in general playing my guitar and making music unto the Lord... I would be so happy! I don't even care about all the details that go along with leading worship or making music, just to be in the secret place with Jesus and singing Him the songs that He gives me to write!

Don't take this wrong...

I love being at PSCC, I went to both services this weekend and got really blessed at both of them. On Saturday night, Kaj preached about being prepared to handle affliction and victory. He talked about being ready in three areas, so if your life gets changed radically either through affliction or victory, you will be prepared. The three areas were intimacy with Jesus, a dependance on the Word and a posture of praise and worship. After service, I got to meet with Pastor Tom and we talked about a lot of things and had a really good conversation in general.

This morning at Church, Pastor Tom talked about a release of worship, using Luke 19 and the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. It was great, I was really blessed by worship and just meeting with God.

So if I have been really blessed this weekend, why am I hurting right now? Oh, yeah I remember... I feel like I pour out so much of myself into relationships, on campus and in other assorted areas but I don't get much back. Oh well, Mark told me that there is a little bit of lonliness in being a leader and I know that I can't lead anyone I am not affraid of losing, so that is some comfort... But not much.

Leadership...

Why am I called to be a leader? I don't know, but I know that is hard and I wish that I could forget about it sometimes. Pastor Tom had a real difficult message for me to accept on Sunday. It was about David and how he submitted to Saul while Saul was still alive. He talked about how David had opportunity to destroy Saul and take his rightful kingdom, but was unwiling to harm God's annoitned. I am really good at this leadership thing, I have a strong personality and I am good at getting people to do things (telling them what to do!) but I am even better at leading out of my own strength and not relying on the Lord. I told Pastor Tom that I was really challenged by his message and we got to chat for a bit after church and we are going out to dinner on Saturday after service, so I am excited about that.

I feel really confidant in the pastoral call on my life, but how to go about it is all up to God... I don't know, Pastor Tom said to go where the door is open and right now the door is open at the Youth group at PSCC and really keeps closing for me here at PLU. I wish that I could pour out more into the youth, but football starts today so I need to be here on campus during youth service times. All I can do is continue to serve in prayer and on the worship team here at PLU, because that seems to be all I am given right now...

I also got my full position with Campus Safety, so I get a room stipend that pays for my room and more hours per week as well. Hopefully I can get the stipend in cash so I can pay some bills!!!