Things about me:
1. I have been married for 8 years
2. I love my Wife
3. Have one child
4. Makenzie is three
5. I love Makenzie
6. She takes after me in a lot of ways...Help us all
7. She Is very adventurous
8. I am very adventurous
9. I worked at Wal-Mart for 10 ½ years
10. Quit Wal-Mart in April 2008 to become a full time missionary
11. My life is packed away in storage in Springdale
12. I live in Honduras
13. I love working with Hondurans
14. I love learning from Hondurans
15. I love working with my hands and building things
16. I love problem solving
17. I believe that there are no problems in the world, problems are only opportunities waiting to be solved
18. When I hear the name Roxanne, I think of the song Roxanne and have to sing it
19. I cant sing a tune to save my life
20. I love singing
21. When I sing I change the lyrics
22. Changing the lyrics drives my wife crazy
23. I am an Eagle Scout
24. I have held over 25 jobs
25. My first job where I owed FICA was Subway
26. I didn’t like owing FICA
27. When I was in High School My best friend and my Girlfriend and her best friend worked at the same Subway
28. I enjoy Hiking
29. I enjoy Camping
30. I was 12 when I got my first Motorcycle
31. I do not have one now but wish I did
32. I love fishing…But never go, I don’t like fishing from the shore
33. I wish I had a boat
34. I enjoy meeting new people
35. I use to travel around the country presenting in front of audiences
36. I am shy
37. I enjoy traveling
38. I plan to visit over 30 countries in the next 5 years
39. I enjoy writing
40. I get frustrated when I write because I struggle to spell
41. I am learning Spanish
42. I took German in High School, a lot of good it is doing me in Honduras
43. Last summer I traveled to Belize via bus and water taxi, without any organized plans on how to get there or what to do when we got there.
44. I want to go skydiving
45. I enjoy watching all types of movies including chic flicks
46. One of my all time favorite chic flicks is Ever After
47. I have eaten Snake and liked it
48. I have eaten Ants from Ecuador and liked it…tasted like peanut butter flavored popcorn
49. I ran in a Half Marathon in 2007 and would like to run in another one someday
50. I enjoy snow skiing and water skiing
51. I really enjoy road trip type movies
52. I like reading, but fall asleep easily I am currently reading “No Small Snakes” and working my way through the new testament…currently I am on “Romans”.
53. I love coffee…speaking of I need to go roast some
54. I enjoy blues music…especially when it is live
55. I have been to several concerts most recent was Natalie Grant…Most memorable was skipping school in 12th grade to go to see Guns N Roses with Metallica in Kansas City and my Wife taking me to see Eric Clapton
56. Even though I have seen Jimmy Buffet in concert, I would like to see him again
57. My favorite adult beverage would be a Margarita
58. I am thankful for all of the great people I have met over the years, and hope to meet thousands more.
59. I do not remember a lot of things from my past, but what I do remember I am thankful for, I think God for saving my life and removing me from a path of destruction.
60. I apologize for anyone who actually read this entire list. The scary thing is I could write pages upon pages about random things about me.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Mountains how they humble the soul
Recently returned to the Highlands of Honduras, I have found myself to be overweight and out of shape. Though, I thought that three months in the states couldn’t really affect me that much. Uh yea right. So the other day I went to the mountains, the long tedious journey to get to Agua Caliente, this of course is where my passion lays, the remote villages of Honduras is where you can find some of the best coffee. The first night on the coffee buying trip, we stayed in Mounte Verde. That night when I was reading my bible the following verse came to me.” John 12:25 The one who loves his life 50 destroys 51 it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards 52 it for eternal life. 12:26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow 53 me, and where I am, my servant will be too. 54 If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.” Needless to say the verse came at the right time, I was feeling a bit anxious about the following days hike. The verse reminded me that I have to get out of my comfort zone, the farmers will not come to me but I too them.
Energized the following days hike was comical at times but none the less energizing. I felt great and focused on the task at hand and how I was following Gods heart to reach the nations. Well the day went great, accomplished all that needed to be accomplished and had a great evening of relaxation listening to the water fall and the rain. How peaceful, and what a great way to take in God’s beauty.
The next day however was not a good day. When we woke in the morning it was still raining, how is this, this is supposed to be the dry season. I started to focus on poor me and my conditions around me and not on the true worship, praise and thanksgiving that God gave me another day. Anyway long story short, hiking out of the mountains was the hardest hike I have ever done. God has a great way of humbling us. I felt like I was king of the earth and nothing could stop me. The previous two days were great, everything was going my way, yup I was super missionary. Until Tuesday morning, the great hike out of the mountains. It rained all night, so the already muddy road was like a road full of sink holes or quick sand. Every step I took I felt like I was going to sink in to my knees. At one point one of my shoes came off, this was within the first mile of the hike out of the mountains. Oh-No I thought, I am going to get a blister for sure. Well thankfully I had sweat wicking wool socks on and Gore tex shoes I never formed a blister. However, further up the mountain, I started to get overheated and dizzy, to the point I felt I was going to pass out. I have never gotten to this point before and I hope that I will never get there again. I had to sit down for about 15 minutes to cool down, at least three different occasions while hiking out of the mountains. On that day I took my eyes off of God and learned a very important lesson. Never get so comfortable with the situation that you forget to keep God in your plans. And slow down and enjoy every minute you have, never stop worshiping the great I Am. My Body is God’s temple and I shall not neglect it, if I neglect it how then shall I go to the ends of the earth to do the Kingdoms Business?
Energized the following days hike was comical at times but none the less energizing. I felt great and focused on the task at hand and how I was following Gods heart to reach the nations. Well the day went great, accomplished all that needed to be accomplished and had a great evening of relaxation listening to the water fall and the rain. How peaceful, and what a great way to take in God’s beauty.
The next day however was not a good day. When we woke in the morning it was still raining, how is this, this is supposed to be the dry season. I started to focus on poor me and my conditions around me and not on the true worship, praise and thanksgiving that God gave me another day. Anyway long story short, hiking out of the mountains was the hardest hike I have ever done. God has a great way of humbling us. I felt like I was king of the earth and nothing could stop me. The previous two days were great, everything was going my way, yup I was super missionary. Until Tuesday morning, the great hike out of the mountains. It rained all night, so the already muddy road was like a road full of sink holes or quick sand. Every step I took I felt like I was going to sink in to my knees. At one point one of my shoes came off, this was within the first mile of the hike out of the mountains. Oh-No I thought, I am going to get a blister for sure. Well thankfully I had sweat wicking wool socks on and Gore tex shoes I never formed a blister. However, further up the mountain, I started to get overheated and dizzy, to the point I felt I was going to pass out. I have never gotten to this point before and I hope that I will never get there again. I had to sit down for about 15 minutes to cool down, at least three different occasions while hiking out of the mountains. On that day I took my eyes off of God and learned a very important lesson. Never get so comfortable with the situation that you forget to keep God in your plans. And slow down and enjoy every minute you have, never stop worshiping the great I Am. My Body is God’s temple and I shall not neglect it, if I neglect it how then shall I go to the ends of the earth to do the Kingdoms Business?
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