Portland 5k with MU friends

Stay'n Alive: PDX

Well I made it to another weekend by the grace of God. I am so very thankful to attend Multnomah University, but I have been busy busy busy. Yes, my classes are a blessing, I am learning about philosophies of history, about early American fathers, about the Bible and what God communicates to us through it. My prof's are rad dudes, intellectual geniuses that explain the existence of the universe in layman's terms, and for this I am truly thankful!
Being a RA (resident assistant) has been fun, challenging, and an experience I am glad to have. Fun because I just get to hang with guys that are becoming friends. Challenging because I run small group meetings, events, and have to enforce rules. And I look on it with gratitude because I am building friendships and learning to be a leader. By God's providence I will do a good job leading the 13 guys I've been given responsibility over.
                          Love and Miss You All- Josh

Fun With Jim & Julie

"A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die."

Mya was asked to be a flower girl in Rachel and Fred's private wedding ceremony

Andrew "crowned" homecoming prince...too cute!

Fun night on the football field

Proud night for mom and dad

Getten "duded" up with Fernando

With his date Kayla the homecoming princess

Chicago, I think I can handle this...

Enjoyed the day at the free zoo, didn't take any pictures there but saw some real cool animals. The city has been treating me great. After that, went to Millennium Park and enjoyed the nice weather.

I usually don't take pictures because I'm not a tourist anymore, but I finally pulled out my camera and took a few.

                                     I have no idea what these are but I guess they are cool????

My friend Mari from Pine Valley, who is attending Northwestern University, paid me a visit, so we enjoyed the day around the city.

   School has been going great, I am learning so much, and getting to know some awesome people. There are so many things to be involved with  here. I have been going to a youth group at a church in the suburbs and I am going to start a small band with the teens of the youth group on Wednesday nights and share with them the joys of playing music for Jesus. I work at the Latin School of Chicago, which is a really classy school for the up and coming Harvard students. It is an after-school program, and all I do is play games, legos, and make paper airplanes with 5 and 6 year olds. There is a group called Student Mission Fellowship, last week a Chinese student shared her story of coming to know Christ, and yesterday we went to China town and ate some authentic food and prayed for the nation of China and prayed for missionaries that are being persecuted there. Been doing a lot of other things too, but don't have time to tell you all everything.

EVA "All Dressed Up"

Rich's strike team up in Kern County this week

Some Thumper Thoughts On 9/11

No he didn't land on his belly!

"Can't Get Him Off Of It" .... Aaron