Summer

This summer is more relaxed than the last couple. Instead of delivering mail 50+ hours a week with barely any free time, I am taking a couple of classes at Harper and working at the Wave pool concessions stand about 15 hours a week.



Needless to say, I have a lot of free time. I have been reading a lot and enjoying the nice weather when I can. I also have garage saled a little and put some of those findings on eBay.



A couple of the books I have read so far are:

• Mistaken Identity (the story about the Taylor van accident mixup) The things I like best about this book is how you can see God's faithfulness in the terrible situation, how God used this story to bring people to him, and how strong the two families faiths were through it all and what a testimony they were.


• Success God's Way - I started this back around Christmas and was too busy thoughout the semester to finish it. Charles Stanley shares some great stories and tips about how to succeed in this life God has placed us in and how seeking God will help us meet the true definition of "Success".


• Boy Meets Girl - Yeah I know it sounds cheesy but it has some good stuff to say about dating and relationships from a Christian perspective and has cleared up some wrong ways of thinking that I have had in the past.

Some other books I plan on reading this summer: Against All Odds: the Chuck Norris story, Renovation of the Heart, and The World is Flat.

The classes I'm taking are History of Latin America and a Spanish Literature class (that is online). I enjoy learning about L.A. because of my time in Ecuador.

I have been thinking about what I want to do after I graduate Taylor in January and have been looking online a little for companies or opportunities I might like to work for or do. I found a really interesting internship opportunity in the Dominican Republic through a Christian organization.

The good news is that I would be in a Spanish speaking country for about nine months and also that I would get some more experience in the business world (which I would really like) that companies would value.

That is something that excites me but I know that it could just be me putting my hope in something worthless (Isaiah 40:31), so we'll see where this idea goes.

Lastly I would like to close with the funniest picture I have ever seen. Every single part of this picture is hilarious.

Since the Word of God is "living and active, sharper than a double-edged sword" (Hebrews 4:12), I shall close with this verse:

Proverbs 16:3, "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."

International Economics

This past semester I took a class called International Economics at TU. The teacher I shall call "Dr. E" (since i don't want to bad talk someone) is less than captivating in his teaching style. In fact I know someone who said a big reason he transfered is because he would have to take another one of his classes.

It was kind of hard for me to respect this teacher because he was so incredibly dry and I could not find motivation to pay attention or study a lot for that class.

Flash forward top the last month of class, I found myself with a high C, desiring to pull it up to a B-. I studied hard for the each of the last quizzes and wound up getting that B+.

But the whole reason I told that story that you probably don't care about is because of this. One day before a different class, I walk into the Reade Center bathroom to do my daily post-chapel pee before class. I walked in and saw none other than Dr. E doing his business, but when I passed him, he let out a fart that sounded like a big "toot".

Needless to say, that brought a smile to my face.

This Blog

I never know what to call this blog. I think the current name is kind of stupid sounding because most people's blogs have some clever title.

I thought to myself "What should I call my blog?" and then I thought that I would name it something refering to what it is about. I almost called it "Random ramblings" but when I hear something described as a 'rambling,' I think of something I don't want to read.

Then I thought that all I really blog about is what I have been learning and thoughts I have been having. So thus I kept the dumb title because as dumb as it may seem it serves its purpose in describing what this is.