busy busy

Update. Oneworders. Weekend. Nutshell. Friday. Rain. Stormage. Blackouts. WET. Cfu. Partay. Saturday. Sharon. Breakfast. Anchorman. Practice. Suckage. Wendys. O's. Rapage. LCCF. BBQ. Laura's. Burnage. Frosh. Karaoke. Poker. Fun. Shave. Sunday. Mui. Breakfast. Talkage. Church. Sushi. O's. Meh. Wigmore. Game. FUNNAGE. Coach. Water. Jet's. Pizza. FCage. Home.

The past brings us to our present, and without it our present wouldn't be the same. So we take the good, the bad and the ugly, and we make the most of where we are at right now. That's called living the moment.

time..

You ever look back and really wish you'd done things differently? treated people differently? I wish I could go back and tell a younger me so many things about life, about not taking people or things for granted. But this is life, we're constantly living it, and that time has passed.

This totally sums up what i'm feeling..

Time, where did you go?
Why did you leave me here alone?
Wait, don’t go so fast
I’m missing the moments as they pass
Now I’ve looked in the mirror and the worlds getting clearer
So wait for me this time

shiloh

man its been a good couple of weeks lately. very good. i told myself that it wouldn't be so busy, that i'd have some time to rest and relax, but it's been busier than anticipated. it's been good though, spent some time with good friends doing random things, which is really what summer is all about when it comes down to it, right?

I mean in high school or earlier you tend to waste days away playing video games, watching tv, waking up at 2 or 3 in the afternoon. heck i know plenty of university kids who do that still! but these days, it's work until the afternoon, then spend time hanging out with different people. i even saw high school friends twice in two days. thats got to be some sort of record. andy and i even counted out that we saw each other for 8 days this summer, which is far more than it's ever been for any summer. on top of that, its been great hanging out with mui these days.

Softball is coming to an end as well, and yeah, we've been blessed with such an awesome team. way exceeded my expectations for the summer. even coaching little league was different than what i had anticipated, but its been a good learning experience.

Also met some frosh coming to wlu next year, and i'm quite pleased to say we've got ourselves a good group it seems. doing a bbq this weekend where hopefully more will come out. on tuesday, went with shar to see blue man group, which i'll hopefully post more about later on, but that was a stinkin awesome show.

anyways, to the title of this post. the word shiloh means place of peace, and I've been thinking that i needed that this summer, just a chance to relax and get back to my home, where i can be who i am.

i mean, we're getting older, soon we wont be playing so much softball, or hanging out watching sportscenter, or going to suprise parties. we're in this weird middle stage between longing for a childhood that's fleeting and having to work to pay the bills. so isnt this what being young, in a sense, is really about? But really, what more can u ask for in a summer? spending time with your girl, your friends and family, enjoying the summer days? this is my shiloh.

summer conference 05

well, this year's was a bit different from previous ones, for a number of reasons.
- it was at......... laurier!
- lots of free time.
- because it was at laurier, and because we had lots of free time, it really exposed waterloo for the stinktown that it is - theres like nothing to do there.
- i was sick and feeling gross so i slept for a lot of it.
- ken's our pastor up in loo. a bit of recycling, and he's definitely been better.

but yknow, even with all that and more, i enjoyed my time (as much as i could, anyways hehe). ken was very straightforward and clear, said some things that really stuck, like the one about ponder god's word, perform god's will, prosper god's way. i thought that was a solid message, even though it was so simple. also, it was fun playing football for a bit on the saturday before passing out lol. whenever you can get that many ppl to play barefoot its good times. another highlight? going on recon missions around wch, shooting imelda like 4 times, and ultimately killing our main target, albert. then the running from dlee. GEEGEES.

but when it comes down to it, it's about the people. its about guys staying up late to share burdens. its about knowing your girlfriend cares about you when she comes to hang out with you while you're sick. its about friends who are writing exams taking 'time' (read: procrastinating) to hang out with you. its about staying up later than you should, possibly getting sicker, just cuz you dont want to miss anything.

yeah, you experience God, but not only as individuals - rather, together, you learn the real meaning of community.