DONE!... ish

So, the seemingly large obstacle of graduating from Bible School is now behind me. I have graduated, now I am looking forward to the next step, but there's really no obstacles to overcome, things are a little less defined now, it's going to be a day by day challenge to utilize the knowledge I've so diligently acquired these past two years. I was never content to just get by, I pursued the teachers, I asked more questions than might have been appropriate in the classroom, and I trusted the Holy Spirit to satisfy my hunger for understanding. Right now my effort has be maintaining that same longing for learning, to trust that I have not arrived at some destination, even though the external things I've done would try to persuade me that I've accomplished something. If I've accomplished anything, it is to broaden my understanding of the journey ahead of me.

Already I have been faced with difficulty and failure in being a good steward with the knowledge I have, it's going to be hard, but I need my friends and family to help me in this. patience please, I am fragile in my walk right now. Though I am firm in conviction and in what God's Word plainly says, I am weak in communicating these in love, and more importantly, in knowing my place with that. If I am asked a question by somebody, I will be faithful to give insight to what God has to say about it, but I think outside that I will be a little more quiet, and I know I'll overstep that, but it's a goal anyway.

A quick video from my trip to PA

I just got back yesterday from an amazing senior retreat in Pennsylvania, Which was a in itself a relief to get out of Michigan. The deal was a week long planned out thing, with four hours of class time in the morning, starting at 8am, and other events or planned class events throughout the day. The classes were not bad at all, in fact, I'm glad we got to sit through them because their content was incredible, opening all of our eyes a little more to the need for, the processes of, and the basis for, reaching the unreached. The staff at the retreat we went to were all former missionaries throughout the world with New Tribes, some from Venezuela, and a few from Papua New Guinea. The week was full of good things to do in order to hang out with people I usually don't get a chance to, as well as contemplate the task ahead of me in pursuing missions full time, not an easy task. There was campfires, and singing, exploring in the dark around the woods and mountains, Hiking beautiful trails with all kinds of waterfalls, and sports all in between. Speaking of Sports, my friend Jon Laflamme and I set up a very difficult Frisbee Golf course on the property, and played every chance we got, other people jumped on that too, but we were the mainstay of the players. Also a highlight was the adventure I went on with a couple other friends trekking through the woods and a very cold creek/river and exploring cliffs and fording the river at different spots, lots f fun , but we didn't see any wildlife, unless you count one small minnow as wildlife. Now I'm back at school and ready to finish up these final two weeks till graduation, I'm excited.