Sumen

He is the Guy on the Left, in case you were wondering.

I would like you to meet someone

Everyone I would like to introduce you to a great friend of mine. His name Sumen and he is really amazing. You see the funny thing is that Sumen is not from here, not even close, more like 6,000 miles away. Sumen is 25 and works for a cell phone operator and loves his soccer. I had the opportunity to meet and befriend Sumen over a two month period this summer in Central Asia. The weird thing is that in two months you should not be able to be as close to someone as we got. I really didn't realize the impact that we had on each others lives until the last few days. You see in M-Town the men are very tough, most of the guys are fighters and a whole lot of them are trained fighters. Sumen is not one of these guys but he does carry there mentality. They don't talk about there feeling, you hardly ever see their feeling and the one thing they never do is cry. A close friend of mine sent me an email about Sumen and his reaction to our departure. "I don't exactly know what you all and Sumen talked about the night before, but I couldn't believe that I saw a M-Town man tearing up. And not to forget the group of girls there doing the same thing. You all were there barely 8 weeks, and people's hearts were broken at your departure. I haven't talked to the girls about it, so I'll have to just share what I learned from Sumen. As you all were going through security, I put my arm on his shoulder and said, "Some pretty good guys, huh?" He agreed, and said that there aren't many like you all around here. Riding back to town together, he showed me your texts from the night before. I was shocked to see that he compared his friendship with you guys with 2 friends that he's had for years here in M-Town, that share his language, his culture, and his late nights out. But those years of friendship were done with him in the month you shared with him here, crossing cultures and language barriers, but somehow still touching him deeply." I don't know how to explain it but I have developed a love for Sumen that normally takes me years to produce. I now have a face for the nations because of Sumen. On our last night there we had the opportunity to pray with Sumen, he actually he couldn't deny us wanting to pray for him. And that was the last that I thought we were going to see him, he said he wasn't going to go the airport with us. Well Sumen is a liar because he showed up at our door early the next morning with gifts and the funny thing is that he didn’t even tell his boss, he was risking his job by see us off. He gave me one of the most precious things that he owned His soccer jersey. I cherish this jersey so much and am so thankful for it. Then the most amazing thing happened I was able to give him my Bible. At first he didn't want to take it but then he took it and said that he would read it. That meant the world for me, simply because he knows me and the guys I spent the summer with that he saw something in our lives that we would read the Bible. I love this man and I hope that if you ever have the opportunity to go over seas I promise that you will not come back the same, and if you do come back the same then something is wrong with you. Sumen I miss ya man and I rep. the jersey all the time brother. I miss you and you are often in my prayer and hopefully I will see you again friend.

Dan and Amy Hay(well sort of)

Wow what a night, tonight is the last night of Amy Van Dyck tomorrow she will be Amy Hay. I know that all of you know Amy Van Dyck and Dan Hay. I decided to blog about them and they probably won't like this but that is ok. Dan and Amy and myself all went to Glorieta to at a summer training project this is where I met then even though Amy does't remember me. It is kind of like Project Impact well a really early project. So fast forward to last spring. Mock and myself were wondering what we were going to do for the summer and they were still looking for some leaders for Chicago, so we talked to each other and decided to go. The problem was that I was going to be in my best friends Gary Payne wedding. The wedding was at the same time of leaders week, and if you were going to be a leader you had to go to leaders week, makes sense. I had some real pride in my heart and I thought that I had better things to do if I was not going to be a leader. I decided to go and am so thankful for that. I was able to meet with Dan that whole summer and that was amazing. Dan has taught me so many things, what a real man looks like. How to be the leader in his relationship with Amy, what discipleship looks like, and how hard it is to minister where you are the only one. I have been so thankful for Dan because he has been the reason that I have a ministry right now. He has taught me practically what it takes, how hard it is to get into people's lives and how messy and emotionally draining it is. I am also very thankful for Amy and how she allows Dan to be the leader in their relationship. She is so amazing and has allowed me to talk to her and get some great advice and for that I am very thankful. Amy is so loving and the ministry that she and Dan are going to have is going to be a great example of what a married couple is suppose to look like. I look forward to seeing their ministry here and in Seminole grow and who knows I might even be able to minister with you guys in Cali someday. I wish you the best for the future and hope that you have a great time on you cruise. Best of wishes and I love you guys. See you lata GO SUNS

Part of me is gone

So I come home the other night, eat some dinner and check on some friends to see how their studying was going nothing normal. I was lying in bed and catching up on the days sports when a good friend tells me that I am missing some really important things to me. I immediately knew what they were because that night it felt like part of me was missing. I have not figured out what everyone feels the need to steal my things. I don’t even really have all that cool of stuff, but sooner or later something comes up missing. This time though the line was crossed. This time my loves were stolen. This thief could of stole Coco Lopez, or my TV, or my bed. They choose instead to steal my motorcycles and that IS NOT COOL. The process of stealing everything that you love has begun.

I have been wrong

Ok so the more that I have thought about this whole look-alike thing, the more I am beginning to agree with it. I found this prom picture from my crazy highschool days and lets just be honest we look a lot alike. Same height, skin color, eyes, smile, and our faces are even turned the same way. Don't even get me started about our personalities they are identical, but never the less things just didn't work out. Her busy work schedule sent her all over the world, and with me beginning school things were just to crazy. So I give you this picture in proof, I am sorry girls for of the headache that I have caused you , you win, point for the girls. Score Junk One Million, Ladies One. Well Done, Ladies well done you earned this one.

Yea, it true

I was on Beck's page and saw his post about what car you should drive. I did the test and it was right on, what can I say I LOVE Mustangs, Gone In 60 Seconds RULES!!!
BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!

You Should Drive a Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra

You have an extreme need for speed, even when you're not in a hurry. And while your flying by, you don't want to look like every other car on the road!

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In the car

So I was sitting in the car with Jenny and Beck while we were on our way to pick up Erin Rex, when the certain topic came up again. The girls in the Bsu for some reason think that if you are married that you look alike. This is so ridiculous, and is the farthest thing form the truth. What I find so funny is that every time we get into the argument the guys are always able to bring up couples that don’t fit this mold. Every time that the ladies bring up a couple the guys never agree. The only reason that I am posting all of this is because I told Jenny I would, also I would like to say that is also a lot more uncomfortable to wear a suit and tie than a dress. And for all the ladies who say you don’t know what it feels like to wear a dress, I don’t want to type it but I am sure that you can figure it out.

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