Timz Space

some good news

2006-08-06T20:31:00.000-07:00

I wanna tell you guys about something that happened to me today...so here it is:

today was Eric's b-day party at the Gilbert's house. (the good stuff happened after though...and that's what i'm gonna tell ya about)

so me and jc were getting ready to hop in the car and leave for home when i see three guys...probably about 13-15 years old...they were playing soccer, and you know how much i love soccer (i think). and i wanted to play with them a little, but i had to go home...all of a sudden, i had the thought that God wanted me to talk to these guys and play with them...i told myself that i needed to get home and jc was begging me that he wanted to leave now...so i leaned against the car and prayed. i asked if God wanted me to talk to these kids...and he said yes...i was kinda anxious. i didn't know what to say, how to start off a conversation that could possibly turn into a God-conversation...i was really nervous and didn't want to go (and i did want to go...if that makes any sense)...but as i started to walk over there, i was probably 15...20 ft away and i said, "So...you guys play soccer, eh?" (totally God) so i got to talk with them a little...i brought up the mission trip by saying that there were tons of guys that were really good in panama. they asked what we did there...at this point i got really excited and thanked God for this opportunity... so i told them that we went to help the people and show them God's love and care and His desire for His love to be returned by the people (I didn't say it exactly like that...just getting the point accross) and john (one of the three kids) was like, "so you're a missionary?"...and i was like...uhhh...yeah, pretty much...and then we got to talk about some other stuff that doesn't really matter...

but the whole point of this conversation was practice for when i get back into school...i didn't get to talk to them about Jesus and how he died for us and how much he loves us (except in my explanation of what we did in panamana)...but i don't think that matters too much...i got a little practice out of it...and i got to kinda hint about it...

sooo...my first whole day back was pretty sweet...

see ya'll sometime soon
Tim? out.

YO!!!

2006-06-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

hey guyz...short update(sorry)
first, i went to garden valley, tx to train and get to know my team...they´re amazing.
left for panama on thursday(?)...stayed in the senior pastors house, then left three days later for La Paz...today (saturday, 24th)...freeday in panama city...
met some really cool people in La Paz (means the peace)
sorry for the quickness...gotta go...
i´m having a blast and it´s soooooo cool here...i mean...hot, not cool...but you get the point.gotta go now...keep me in your prayers.
Tim? out.
p.s the keyboards here are really hard to type with
bye now

Panama...Here I Come!

2006-06-11T22:19:00.000-07:00

ok, guys...i know it's been an extremely LONG time since i've updated...sorry about that...
i'm updating now, because i (think i) owe it to you guys...especially because my flight to Dallas, Texas leaves in about 10 hours (my first couple of days are spent in Texas for training)...and that means i won't be able to update (or see you guys at all, for that matter) for the whole summer :(
i just want you all to know that i'll miss you guys immensely...mucho a lotto...
i'll update as much as i can (if possible)...if i can't, just talk to my parents...they should be able to tell you what's going on.
so, right now, i'd like to thank everybody who helped me out...whether with their prayers, donations, or just simple encouraging conversations and advice...i'm not going to list everyone, for fear of leaving someone out on accident...but if you supported me in any of these ways, my thanks...mucho a lotto...and i'm thanking God for giving me this awesome opportunity to serve others and grow in my walk with Him.
...man...i don't really know what to say...i'm gonna miss you guys this summer.
just...have fun...and keep me in your thoughts and prayers...
luv ya'll, and see ya at the end of the summer!
Tim? out.
p.s my flight leaves in 9 and a half hours
...and...if i die in panama, hayden gets all my...
...remains...

Can't think of a title...

2006-05-09T14:01:00.000-07:00

Hey, guys, wutz up?...man, i'm soooo bored...
school today was almost slow...well, it didn't seem to go as fast as it usually does...sorry I haven't updated in a while...
well, as most of you know, i got to preach sunday...not really teach, just tell about my mission trip and some extra stuff...let me tell you just a little about it:
It was NERVERACKING!!! I was sooo nervous! I was sweating so hard! It seemed like my body was on fire!...and after...like, that night...i was trying to think of possible reasons of why I could've been so nervous. 1 idea hit me:...i forgot to pray before-hand...huh...just how nervous I was...I also forgot to pray at the end...oh, man...
the night before, i had practiced it all. The whole thing took about 30 minutes when I practiced it...and i actually had stuff besides what was on the projector...I just forgot it when I needed it. lol
...and before, when Kent Rathjen gave me the really cool rock, I couldn't really think of what to say...so I just stuck with the traditional "thank you", and tried to get a look of deep thought and gratitude on my face...that part wasn't too hard, just kind of awkward.

Ok, so, I hope I can count on all of you to pray for me while I'm on my mission trip...well, you don't have to wait for me to leave for it; you can pray for me any time you want to.

oh, yeah...about that movie... ...Phantom of the Opera... ...I had to remember the name...about that, I'm entitled to my own opinion, and it doesn't have to be the same as yours...and it probably isn't...

Leaving you all with this happy thought...
see ya'll tomorrow at y.g
Tim? out.

omg!

2006-04-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

OH MY GIZOSH!
i am so BOOOORRRRRED!!!!!
6 minutes til the next class starts and i have (had) nothing to do...til now.

ok, so over the last two days...
total chaos at my house.
it...sucks...
well, it's over now, so it doesn't really suck any more...just til sunday when my parents will be reminded that me and jon don't have to go to work...or maybe just me...jon might get his job back. lucky him
well, sorry this post is short...and such a drag...
i guess what i'm trying to get to is:
please pray for me and my family...it's kinda strained...
i gosta go now
thanx
Tim? out.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

2006-04-16T06:40:00.000-07:00

wut up g's?
so yesterday was ali's and my b-day party...it was so fun.
I got lots o' cool stuff - a spanish/english dictionary, money, a giftcard and... ...i don't know if any of you guyz have heard of this movie?? king kong? ring any bells? i don't know. really cool movie.
and it was really kinda wierd...it was Mrs. Roberts' b-day also?! that's a kowinkeydink, idn it? (my southern ebonics fore ya)
well, seein' how it is Easter, i got this story (again from an e-mail)...and i read it.
and now YOU get to read it.
ok, here it is. (by the by, this is kinda long...so...)
reall cool

DO YOU BELIEVE IN EASTER?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas.
She was the patient of doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people.

His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her.

Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved.

Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying, "My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"

Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you believe about Easter?" Beverly said, "Well, it's all about egg hunts, going to church, and dressing up." Edith kept pressing her about the real meaning of Easter, and finally led her to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Dr. Phillips said, "Beverly, don't call Edith into the office quite yet. I believe there is another delivery taking place in the waiting room.

After being called back in the doctor's office, Edith sat down and when she took a look at the doctor she said, "Dr. Will, why are you so sad?
Are you reading your Bible? Are you praying?"

Dr. Phillips said gently, "Edith, I'm the doctor and you're the patient."

With a heavy heart he said, "Your lab report came back and it says you have cancer, and Edith, you're not going to live very long."

Edith said, "Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do you think God makes mistakes? You have just told me I'm going to see my precious Lord Jesus, my husband, and my friends. You have just told me that I am going to celebrate Easter forever, and here you are having
difficulty giving me my ticket!"

Dr. Phillips thought to himself, "What a magnificent woman this Edith Burns is!"

Edith continued coming to Dr. Phillips. Christmas came and the office was closed through January 3rd. On the day the office opened, Edith did not show up. Later that afternoon, Edith called Dr. Phillips and said she would have to be moving her story to the hospital and said, "Will, I'm very near home, so would you make sure that they put women in here next to me in my room who need to know about Easter."

Well, they did just that and women began to come in and share that room with Edith. Many women were saved. Everybody on that floor from staff to patients were so excited about Edith, that they started calling her Edith Easter; that is everyone except Phyllis Cross, the head nurse.

Phyllis made it plain that she wanted nothing to do with Edith because she was a "religious nut". She had been a nurse in an army hospital.
She had seen it all and heard it all. She was the original G.I. Jane. She had been married three times, she was hard, cold, and did everything by the book.

One morning the two nurses who were to attend to Edith were sick. Edith had the flu and Phyllis Cross had to go in and give her a shot. When she walked in, Edith had a big smile on her face and said, "Phyllis, God loves you and I love you, and I have been praying for you."

Phyllis Cross said, "Well, you can quit praying for me, it won't work. I'm not interested." Edith said, "Well, I will pray and I have asked God not to let me go home until you come into the family."

Phyllis Cross said, "Then you will never die because that will never happen," and curtly walked out of the room.

Every day Phyllis Cross would walk into the room and Edith would say, "God loves you Phyllis and I love you, and I'm praying for you." One day Phyllis Cross said she was literally drawn to Edith's room like a magnet would draw iron. She sat down on the bed and Edith said, "I'm so glad you have come, because God told me that today is your special day."

Phyllis Cross said, "Edith, you have asked everybody here the question, 'Do you believe in Easter?' but you have never asked me." Edith said, "Phyllis, I wanted to many times, but God told me to wait until you asked, and now that you have asked..."

Edith Burns took her Bible and shared with Phyllis Cross the Easter Story of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edith said, "Phyllis, do you believe in Easter? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is alive and that He wants to live in your heart?" Phyllis Cross said, "Oh I want to believe that with all of my heart, and I do want Jesus in my life." Right there, Phyllis Cross prayed and invited Jesus Christ into her heart. For the first time Phyllis Cross did not walk out of a hospital room, she was carried out on the wings of angels.

Two days later, Phyllis Cross came in and Edith said, "Do you know what day it is?" Phyllis Cross said, "Why Edith, it's Good Friday." Edith said, "Oh, no, for you every day is Easter. Happy Easter Phyllis!"

Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Phyllis Cross came into work, did some of her duties and then went down to the flower shop and got some Easter lilies because she wanted to go up to see Edith and give her some Easter lilies and wish her a Happy Easter. When she walked into Edith's room, Edith was in bed. That big black Bible was on her lap. Her hands were in that Bible. There was a sweet smile on her face.

When Phyllis Cross went to pick up Edith's hand, she realized Edith was dead. Her left hand was on John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also." Her right hand
was on Revelation 21:4, " And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Phyllis Cross took one look at that dead body, and then lifted her face toward heaven, and with tears streaming down here cheeks, said, "Happy Easter, Edith - Happy Easter!"

Phyllis Cross left Edith's body, walked out of the room, and over to a table where two student nurses were sitting. She said, "My name is Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in Easter?"

my b-day

2006-04-12T10:34:00.000-07:00

ok, so, yesterday was my b-day...
i'll just give a quick update about it...
i stayed home and read and played videogames...need for speed most wanted... ...cool game...got pretty far...pretty cool...
and i went to walmart to get a b-day present for ali...didn't find anything, except a card.
picked up the guys from school and did nothing the rest of the day.
OH! i got out of doing dishes for dinner!
and my palm pilot came in the mail...it works!
i got some money in the mail...$42 in two checks...well, one check and some cash.
gotta go, see ya'll tonight at y.g
luv ya'll,
peace out,
Tim? out.

"He Sits as a Refiner and Purifier of Silver"

2006-04-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

Alright guyz...i'm due for a little updating...postish...thing
Well, i have another story...this one's really cool... !te divertes!

"He Sits as a Refiner and Purifier of Silver."

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered
what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One
of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and
get back to the group at their next Bible Study.

That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to
watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for
her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining
silver.

As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the
fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one
needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames
were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.

The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she
thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and
purifier of silver."

She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in
front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The
man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the
silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it
was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the
flames, it would be destroyed.

The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith,
"How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"

He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my
image in it"

If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has
his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in
you.

This is one of those things that the world would call a "cowinkydink"(i now copyright that spelling)...anyway...a coincidence to the world and a part of God's play to us. i love it when these happen...when you can see them happen anyway...really, really awesome!...gotta luv 'em...

gotta do some other stuff now...see ya'll wed.
and just so ya'll that check the blogs know...ali and i are having our b-day parties at the same time saturday the 15th @ 1:00...i'll make an announcement @ y.g just in case some people miss this...and don't forget the presence!

Tim? out.
p.s...notice: i said presence...not presents (presents are gifts and presence is if yer there or not...get it?!)hehehe
alright, now i'm just being a loony...
luv ya'll, see ya'll lata gata'z

Finally...another update

2006-03-30T13:00:00.001-08:00

ok, lots of stuff has happened...ya'll know of it all though, so no point in retelling.
but i got an awesome e-mail today. it's sooooooo cooooooool.
here it is:

One day a 6 year old was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children. The teacher asked a little boy:
TEACHER: Tommy do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yes.
TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky.
TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I saw the sky.
TEACHER: Did you see God?
TOMMY: No.
TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there. He just doesn't exist.

A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions.

The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the
boy:
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?
TOMMY: Yes
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside?
TOMMY: Yessssss!
LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?
TOMMY: Yessssss!
LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?
TOMMY: Yes.
LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?
TOMMY: No.
LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught today in school, she must not have one!
BURN!
"FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT" 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

get this: those were six-year olds.
this is unbelievable. i think i should give this to the biology teacher here, who somewhat believes in evolution...preposterous he is...supports gays too...that should give ya'll my opinion of him with just those two things: he needs to get saved.
well, i've got absolutely nothing to do right now...just finished practice assessments in english...sooooo boooooorrrriiiing!!!!!
that last word sums up my day fairly nicely...
see ya'll lata.
Tim? out.

...um...uhhh...

2006-03-02T10:30:00.000-08:00

So, what is happenin' among all ya'lls, eh? I have some good news and some bad news. the good news is I'M NOT GROUNDED FROM BLOGGING! and the bad news is...uh...well...I don't really have any bad news...sorry about that. oh well, on to happier things...or just other things...
wow, ya know, I'm havin' a really hard time thinkin' on what to include in my update...I think i'll talk about y.g last night.
went pretty well I think...Phil turned 16. a late HAPPY B-DAY PHIL. you need to start driving...actually, you don't. but, hey.
So the Great Commission: G.C (not grazing cows lol).
Dang it, I gotta go, I'll update when I get home from school in like...3 hours...
See ya'll tomorrow at Phil's b-day party at church.
Tim? out.

my new update!!!

2006-02-27T10:28:00.000-08:00

hey, guys, not much time to update, but I can try.

So, ATF was awesome! The bands were so cool...Pillar was disapointing, but hey...Crossmovement was ok...Superchick was different, but not that bad...Jeremy Camp was definately the BEST, though. I think they turned the volume down on everybody but him, and turned his up, just to accent him...but hey, I'm lovin' it...or I should say, "I was lovin' it." heck yes

surprisingly enough, ever since ATF has been over, I've been hearing about statistics for our generation...all this stuff about the end of the world, global warming, then the bible-bleieving christianity stats...all that stuff and more...
So I think God's tryin' to tell me to hurry and win some people...quick-like...
well, gotta go now.
See ya Wed.
oh, I think you guys can still practice w/out me and cody, we'll just be a little late...hopefully we can still play, though. (if that made any sense)
now I really do gotta go.
Tim? out.

What?! a new post?!

2006-02-21T11:31:00.000-08:00

Hey, what is up all you people out there?...sorry I haven't updated in a long while...busy busy busy...like a bee...hehehe.
yeah...the only reason i can update right now is because I'm stuck at home with a flat tire...I would be at school right now, but David got sick again and I had to take him home...flat tire on the way...stuck at home waiting for dad to bring a jack...I was getting ready to change the tire by my self, but when I got looking for a jack, there was none! Can you believe that? I mean, come on, jon, where's your head at? ...leaving me in a situation like that...I mean, a situation like "this"...thanks a lot...
well...ATF Friday!...can't wait...gonna miss another basketball game (:-)> (good news)
Jon, Jc and my solo are all tomorrow in Highland...I have to get a one so I can play at state with my grandma...Jon and Jc are gonna tear it up the way the Griffith percussionists do...rip, tear, stuff like that...you get the idea.
I don't think we'll be at y.g tomorrow, but hey...ya'll already knew that...new subject... ...?...what to talk (type) about?
who knows?
Well, I'll talk to you all later...definately friday.
Tim? out.
oh, yeah...Ali and Aley, I corrected all of my spelling/ebonics/all that stuff...just for you...well...now I get rights to correct your spelling...so, no complaining, ok?
peace out.

Feliz Dia de San Valentin!

2006-02-14T12:50:00.000-08:00

Since it's Valentine's Day, Mrs. Swabb gave us a lot of v-day stuff in Spanish...and I've noticed that everybody's blog that I've checked has updated on something to do with v-day. I guess I can jump on the band wagon.
here's a bunch of spanish lovy dovy mushy stuff.

Feliz Dia de los enamorados - happy Valentine's Day
Mmi corazon - my heart
Te quiero/Te amo - I love you
Estoy enamorado de ti - I am i love with you
Te adoro - I adore you
Sin ti no puedo vivier - I can't live without you
Eres mi amor - you are my love
Mi corazon llora para ti - My heart cries for you
Besame - Kiss me
Abrazame - Hhug me
Besos y abrazos - kisses and hugs
Estoy encantado de ti - I am in love with you
Wuiero un beso - I want a kiss
No pueso existir sin ti - I can not exist without you
Te deseo - I desire you
Te gusta mucho - i like you a lot
Eres mi vida - you are my life
El amor es... - Love is...
Amar significa no tener que decir nunca 'lo siento' - love means never having to say 'I'm sorry'

(ok, we had a big discussion about this...well...Mrs. Swabb told us something and to never forget it - no matter who it is, if you offend or hurt someone, always say sorry)

Hoy te quiero mas que ayer, pero menos ue manana - today i love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow
Carino, Querido, Amada - Darling, beloved, sweetheart (all more or less interchangeable)
Estamos enamorados - we are in love
Mi novio(a), amante, esposo(a) - boy/girlfriend, lover, spouse
Cupido, Eros es el dieos del amor - Cupid, Eros is the god of love
una cena a la lu de la vela - a candle-lit dinner
Amigos para siempre! - Friends forever.

...that's all of the ones she gave us...
we got to make valentine cards in Spanish today...I made one for my mom...not much, but hey, it'll work...
See ya'll tomorrow at y.g
luv ya
Tim? out.

another update!

2006-02-08T10:24:00.000-08:00

Hey guyz, concert tonight! Whose goin'?
ME! We're goin' right to church after school cuz the bandz gonna be there at 4...we have to help em load and unload (I think) and help dad with the finishing touches on the basement.
...man...I can't wait til I'm ungrounded from this so I can do this at home and have more time to think of stuff to put on here...
yeah...hernandez is playin' this weird game where he's gotta kill a bunch o zombie like things...it's in black and white...except for the blood...it's red...and all over...
well...ya'll should feel honored that I'm updating two days in a row...
by the way, i still feel the same...I think it's just a ginormous amount of frustration and it's almost overwhelming...almost...
yeah, I still need prayer, just that I'll find solutions and answers to these stupid problems of mine...they are stupid too...just the things I'm getting frustrated over would embarass me if ya'll knew...
oh well, just a few til the bell...gotta go...hopefully this'll work the first time 'round...
Tim? out.

poste de mi para hoy

2006-02-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz...I'm supposed to be in Spanish right now, but I finished all the work I had to do.
I finally can find the time to update for ya'll. But there is some good news out of that...I got 14 comments!...that's a record for me...
Alright, brace yourselves for wutz comin' next...cuz youve never ever heard this from me before... and hopefully never will after this...
Man I woke up today feeling great...but over the past few days, I've slowly been sinking into this hole of negetivity...I've been prayin' like crazy to get out of it, but just me prayin' by my self, and only me knowin' about it isn't helpin too much...I need ya'll to pray for me to about this...I don't let this show in public, like when I'm with ya'll, but now I feel like crap.
ha...sorry for all the bad stuff guyz...but this is what the blog is for, especially since it's a really awkward topic for me to talk about...it's kinda easier to put it on here...
on a happier note, there's a concert tomorrow! I still don't know any of Silverline's music, but I've heard them once...their pretty good. Well, I gotta go now, Mrs Swabb's probably wonderin' where I am and wut I'm doin'...actually, she probably forgot all about me. that's just how she is(:-)>
See ya'll at the concert tomorrow!
Tim? out.

Como estan amigos?

2006-02-01T09:31:00.000-08:00

Hey ya'll, wutz up? I finally get to do a real update...I'm at school right now in Chemistry...we're doing absolutely nothing, except watching Robots. i'd rather get on here and do some updating...I think I'll watch it after I finish updating...maybe.
So today in band everyone with a solo or ensemble had to play them in front of the class...Jon and JC did really well with their's...I got kinda nervous and in lots o places, only air came out.
...man, that movie is so distracting...
any way, I did pretty well too, just...not...as well as Jon and JC...it was pretty cool watching them play...Jon's like...playin' like he's the best and he knows it...kinda funny...JC was playin' like he'd rather be somewhere else...that was cool, watching them play...I started out pretty well, then I started to think while playin'...not a good thing to do...I don't even remember what it was I was thinkin' about, but it got me really nervous...that's when I started to mess up...oh well, I get to do it again friday, so I should do better then...hopefully...
History class was pretty boring...didn't do anything out of the norm...just plain boriong...
Spanish was fun...we're doing the News en Espanol...pretty cool, eh?
I made it Channel 1701 News...that's a long number when you say it Spanish...unomil setenciento y uno...ok, it's not that long...oh well...
In advisory, which is like ya'lls seminar, the teacher made us write thank you notes to the teachers that are going to participate in the FBLA contest...
..."by the way, the name's Piper, rhymes with viper...sssss"...the part that just played in Robots...
..."the force is strong with this one"...another part...
ok, so now I'm in Chemistry typin' away...gettin' distracted by the movie...yeah... ...
See ya'll wednesday...
"Why do you call her Aunt Fanny?"
"We couldn't call her Aunt Booty, now could we?"...lol...
Tim? out.

2006-01-31T17:27:00.000-08:00

Yo all!

2006-01-31T10:30:00.000-08:00

hey, guyz...I only have about 6 minutes, so this is goin' ta be short.
I don't really have anything great goin' on in my life right now...
school sucks...as usual...the people are getting really anoying, especially of late. it's F this and F that and all this crap here and there and everywhere...nice...gotta luve it...NOT! that's pretty much just my major problem with school.
oh, well...I'll just have to live with it for now...
Sunday night was a blast...we should do somethin' like that again sometime...
the bellz about to ring and I have a 5o% chance of this actually posting, so I'll have to try a coupla times...
CAN'T WAIT TILL WEDNESDAY!!!
See ya'll there!
Tim? out.

My weekend...

2006-01-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz, it’s Tim? here…
Nothin’ much for today…schoolz such a drag…so boring…
I think I should give ya’ll a quick recap of my weekend…
Friday – we were supposed to leave school at 1:00 to be at K State for auditions at around 3:30. Because of the weather, we were forced to stay at school and…do…school stuff….yeah…sucked mucho a lotto…
Saturday – woke up at 5:00 a.m and got to school by 6:00…that’s what we had arranged: to leave the school by 6:00…GAY!!! We missed the auditions; so we had to deal with not being in the honor band…that also sucked mucho a lotto. We were assigned to our bands and positions…Jon, JC, and I were all assigned to the same band…pretty cool…I played a 2nd trumpet part, which I’m fine with…I was sick the whole weekend and couldn’t play worth crap anyway…so: no biggy. From about 9:00 p.m to around 11:45, we went to our aunt’s house. She lives only a block or two from where we were staying…It was pretty fun…Jon got to play with our cousin Joel’s new guitar and guitar pedal…he had a blast doin’ that...JC and I just pretty much talked to Leah and her two friends…or…that’s what I did…Uncle Scott came home with a rented movie…”the Wedding Crashers”…o.k movie…we only saw about 35 minutes of it cuz it was scratched…We went back to the hotel and I took a shower and went right to bed…
Sunday – woke up at 7:00…my palm pilot told me to feed the dogs…really great, huh? I went back to bed and woke up later around 8:30 and went down to breakfast…had dress rehearsal and then the final concerts…my band was fourth…we played some pretty cool songs…one reminded me of Ali and Aley…it was called “Clowns”…really cool song…reminded me of clowns for some reason, don’t know why…*wink, wink*…So we came home with Mom, who had come to watch us play…got home and went right to bed…couldn’t fall asleep so I called Hayden…talked to him for a while…went down stairs for something…don’t remember what…then went back to bed…for real that time…
Monday (today) – I woke up at 5:00 to do my notecards for English…that were NOT due today (like David and I had thought). Went back to bed till around 8:30…mom said we could all skip 1st hour and sleep in (I just had to do my homework at 5 first)…nice…

If all mankind had been righteous and only one man a sinner, Christ would have come to endure the same cross for this one man. He so loves every individual.

Well, I miss you guyz and can’t wait till Wednesday…
Peace out amigos.
Tim? Out.

...ugh...

2006-01-19T07:18:00.000-08:00

Yo, homiez, wut iz da izzups, eh?
I'm havin' a grand ol' time here at home doin' nothin' but bein' sick. Soundz fun, doesn't it?
...yeah...I get to miss the ASVAB testing today...I'll probably have to do when the VoTech'ers do it, though. It's the test that tells you where you'd be put if you were to go into the military...I kinda wanted to take it, just out of curiosity...oh well.
Now I can get my English done and turn it in tomorrow...score!...
Right below this sentence is an awesome song by Jonah 33...read it... ...please...

I Have Heard about the Days of old
About the men who followed You
And how they saw the Supernatural
And became the chosen few

So I come before You now
Tearing off my earthly crowns
for this one thing I have Found

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want Faith Like That

I'm not Looking for a miracle
Signs and Wonders are things thereof
I caught a glimps of what You want from me
and what I have is not enough

I read the story one more time
of Those who gave to You Their lives
With no fear or compromise

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want the Faith That can move any mountain
and send them to the sea
I want the Faith that can break every stronghold
That keeps you, keeps you from me

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want Faith Like That, a Faith like that

Faith Like That...Jonah 33
(a great prayer...*hint, hint*)
Tim? out.

The Good News (not the Bible)

2006-01-18T10:31:00.000-08:00

Hey guyz, awesome news! I found out that I'll be able to go to y.g today...YES!!!
if I get 16 out of 25 notecards done before I leave...I'll get 'em done...so I can see ya'll tonight...
since I'm promising, I'll see ya'll tonight!
Tim? out.

...nothing to do...

2006-01-17T09:47:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz, wutz up?
I'm in chemistry and just finished the assignment for today. I have about 20 minutes left in here, so I thought I'd update just a little, tell ya'll sum stuff.
Y.G tomorrow...I hope I can go...I still don't know...(that rhymed). If I can't, that would suck a whole lot. Jon, JC and I will be gone for the weekend with the band at school...we're going to the K State Band Clinic...should be fun, but the no-church-on-sunday-with-you-guyz thing will not be cool. Ya never know, I might just call all ya'll and ask about church and stuff...we should have worship practice sunday night cuz we should be back at about 6:30.
Jeff's standing next to me telling me an application of spectromitry...it's wut we did today in chem. actually, not as boring as usual. He said sumthin' about bein' able to find a possible bomb on a plane?. Sumthin' like that.
Jeff just asked to see my blog, to see how much I usually put on here...he said that I already have a lot. I still think I should put a lot on here cuz I'm supposed to be grounded from the computer..."But as for now" (famous audio adrenaline's plant song quote) I think I'll just check to see if anyone's on the chatter line...never mind. The school disabled it.
Oh, well. Not much for carin' about that right now. It'd be kinda cool if it worked though.
Man!, my stomach feels like it's chewing a hole in itself...somehow, I remember Ali saying that saturday night before dinner...but that's how my insides feel right now. I'm so flippin' hungry! Only 6 minutes til lunch
...so...hungry. Can't...wait...to...eat.
...food...
Well, hopefully I'll see ya'll wednesday.
Tim? out.

yo guyzez!!

2006-01-14T17:57:00.000-08:00

Hey, wutz happenin' guyz and galz?
I['m at the Roberts' house right now waiting for Jon to pick JC and me up.
quick recap of today...
...I had woken up at 7:30 and just lain there reading the Bible on my palm pilot...finished the last couple of chapters in Acts and the first one in Romans...I'm gonna put somethin' in here that I thought was pretty cool...
"God had already promised this Good News through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. This Good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In his human nature he was a descendant of David. In his spiritual, holy nature he was decleared the Son of God..."in my words...that tells both of the sides of Jesus that we talked about at y.g.)..."his was shown in a powerful way wen he came back to life. Through him we have received God's kindness and the privilege of being apostles who bring people from every nation to the obedience that is associated with faith. This is for the honor of his name. You are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ." Romans 1:1-6. I thought that this was really cool...especially the part I bolded. This is definately encouragement. I thought this was awesome! I liked it a lot! I can probably say that I like it in a lot more ways, but I think you guyz and galz get the point...right? that I liked it a lot? alright...ok. I hope ya'll liked it too.
well, I'm sittin' here waitn' for Jon still...I hope he didn't forget about JC and me...oh well...
wut else can I put on here? oh yeah...I can continue with my update...he he...
so after I did that, I went down stairs and talked to my awesome mom for a bit, had a cup o' java, and wondered when Mrs. Roberts was gonna call and tell us wut was goin' on with the trip to Lawrence.
So we left at about 10:15 and got to the Roberts' house at around 10:30 (that's wut time we were supposed to be there...we were actually late by some ammount of unknown time). We went to Lawrence and did some shopping in thrift stores. then went to lunch at Rudy's Pizza. I overstuffed by eating just three pieces of pizza...yeah, my motabolism must be slowin' down or sumthin'...I don't know...oh well...
we did some more shopping at random stores along the road, then to get icecream at Coldstone's. Smelled good, but combined with my full stomach, I started to feel that i was goin' to vomit all over...not cool.
When we were done shopping, we sort of toured part of the K.U campus in the van. then Jonz amazing sense of direction and Mrs. Roberts' skilled driving, we got home in one piece (alive, too). Jon left the Roberts' house at about 5:30 to go to work at the pool. JC and I stayed here and played Cranium with Mrs. Roberts, Hayden, and Emma. Hayden and JC won...really surprising cuz Mrs. Roberts and I were winning the whole time...weird, huh?
Oh, before that, we watched Superstar...of which I totally regret. it was so stupid...funny, but stupid...If you haven't seen it, you shouldn't waste your time to watch it (in my opinion).
well, besides that, I've done nothing except update (for you all). and that's what i'm doing right now.
that's also what I'm just ending: my update...
Tim? out.
p.s If that last part sounded kinda mean, it wasn't supposed to, that's just how it came out...

hola amigos y amigas.

2006-01-12T10:28:00.000-08:00

wutz up G's? Homies?
I have about ten minutes til the bell and nothing to type...
I should probably be doing homework right now, but...j/k.
I get to go to work today right after school and have a great time playing with boiling grease! Doesn't that just sound like a blast?!
...or...NOT...
but I do have to go to work.
I have off tomorrow and saturday, then sunday I lifeguard...then go to the Roberts' house! gonna be mucho funno, ya know...o?
Gotta go now, slow typer (that's me)
Have fun for the rest of the day...in school...if that's possible.
alright, bye guyz.
Tim? out.

2006-01-09T16:59:00.000-08:00

No un Poste Verdadero

2006-01-07T12:45:00.000-08:00

hey ya'll...
I just got done reading the comments on my previous post...
3 COMMENTS!!!
None from any of you (except Hayden)(thanx, Hayden)
Thanx a lot guyz...after ya'll had been tellin' me to update, I get three comments (none from the people who told me to update, by the way)
I luv ya'll too.
and...I don't know whether to feel special or shunned. (probably the latter)
oh well, me and Jon are gonna snowboard tonight at Snow Creek and get our season passes.
READ MY PREVIOUS POST (if you want to read a real update)
Tim? out.

afolhiwefoin ... uhhh ... ummm

2006-01-05T18:04:00.001-08:00

Ok, I know it's been a while since I've updated...sorry guyz and girlzez...
to start off this momentus updatus, I'd like to show ya'll the calendar of the weekendus(rhymes with momentus and updatus)...

Friday - b.ball at the community center with Mike Dumbrowski @ 4...you have to pay $1.50 to get in.
b.ball game @ PR (if ya wanna come, you have ta pay ($) and be there at 7)

Saturday - football @ St. Mary's...1 o'clock (it's free)

Sunday - church, workin' at the pool (for jon, codizzle and I)(if ya wanna swim, come to the pool door/ we might let ya in for free!), then there's worship practice...always fun...

That's wut I've got planned so far. If I've missed something, put it in a comment, please.
Now, for wut we've all been waiting for...dun dun duh (dramatic feelings passing through your body right now)...my real update...
(ok, I know I sound like a pompous freak this post, but it's always fun...well...sometimes...)
School...wut to say...
I'm on the ball this semester. No late or incompletes...yet...(it's only the third...second...day back) I found out today in band that our permission slips for the K State Band Clinic...(a thing where a bunch o' band geeks get together in big (compared to PR) bands and play really cool songs)...are due tomorrow...we're going...February 20-22...gonna be so much fun!...
did absolutely nothing in history...Spanish was boring (Mrs. Swabb wasn't there)...Chemistry is actually catching my interest this semester...I'm gonna do much, much better...I tried to go to the library to update during lunch, but it was closed...p.e was a blast. Me and this other kid finally beat these other kids. We never win. We always get either really close to tying them (like yesterday) or they dominate us (which is wierd, cuz I really am better than both of my opponents). I nailed 6 threes (more than half of our points, thank you very much) and a bunch of twos. Awesome game...Algebra 2 was extremely easy today, no homework, pure awesomeness...we did absolutely SOMETHING in English. We listened to about 10 alumni from our high school tell us about college...I hope I remember at least some of what they said...
That was my day at school today...very boring...except the p.e part.
I came home and don't remember what I did...ate dinner, got booted off the computer cuz I had to take David to drivers' ed., came home and watched my dad try to find some games for my palm pilot (didn't find any that would work for my model), waited for a while to get back on, and here I am. Updating like a faithful companion...well, not really...anything...like that...but still...
If you guyz don't mind a long post, I can put a story on here...I think I shall...
alright, here 'tis.

Gladys Staines had every reason to be bitter and angry. No one would have blamed her for leaving India. But when fanatical Hindus in the Indian tow of Manoharpur murdered her husband and two sons, Gladys and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Esther, decided to stay. She would continue her work with the lepers in the area.
Her husban, Graham, and their two young sons, Philip and Timothy, were killed while they were sleeping in their jeep outside of a church. They were there to minister to the vongregation. However, before the sun came up that dreadful morning, a band of approximately one hundred Hindus poured gasoline on their vehincle and set it on fire. The Hindus, armed with bows and arrow, then surrounded the vehicle prevention their escape.
Gladys said that Graham had never set out to evangelize among the Hundus. He was simply there demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ.
At the memorial service for Graham, Philip, and Timothy, Gladys and Esther sang:
Because he lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because he lives, all fear is gone,
Because I know he holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because he lives.

Extreme dedication is never daunted by danger. It isn't weakened by worries. It isn't even concerned about consequences. Dedication only knows one thing - the task at hand. For many poeple, losing their family fo hostile foreigners would be a rational excuse for abndoning their mission. Not so for those driven by extreme dedication. Although they may be devastated by the trial, their determination to move forward is undeterred. God alone can give us the spiritual strength necessary to resume our mission in spite of misery. Do you dind ourself trying to dtermine whether or not to go on in God's work? Has something happened to take you off course? Ask God for daily dedication to stick to the task.

But those who live in accordance ith the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Romans 8:5

...What do ya think?...
Tim? out.

pic o' JC

2006-01-01T21:54:00.000-08:00

I've no longer the urge to show
a nudy person on my blog, therefore
I have removed JC's pic. Is dat ok with you???
Ok.

...Uhhh...

2006-01-01T19:23:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz...wut is da ups with yizzall?
I don't really have anything to say...
But I read another story that I'd like to share with ya'll...
It goes something like this...actually, just like this...

"Son, you can't believe this Jesus is real," said Chyrsanthes' father.
"I know it's true, Father," replied Chhyrsanthes. "I believe that Jesus came into the world to save sinners like you and me. He is the light of the world. There is no hope in the idols you adore."
As punishment, his father locked Chyrsanthes into a dark cellar for days, but could still hear his son singing praise to God. To turn Chrysanthes from the faith, his father also tried surrounding him with worldly delights and girls, but Chyrsanthes held strong. Then his father brought Daria, an idolatrous woman of uncommon beauty, into his home to make him forget Christ. Instead, Chyrsanthes brought her to salvation, and she was baptized.
Later, Chyrsanthes and Daria maried and enjoyed a wonderful and miraculous ministry bringing others to Christ. When Roman guards tried to bind them for witnessing, the ropes fell off their hands. The governor ordered soldiers to tie Chyrsanthes to a pillar and beat him with rods, but the blows left no trace on his body. As a result, the soldiers and the governor fell at his feet confessing to God's power.
In a land that worshiped idols, Chyrsanthes stood out because he trusted in the living God, not in stones or woodcarvings. Because of his endurance, scores of pagans came to faith.

The gospel of Christ is nothing new. It has been changing lives for centuries and will continue to do so until Christ returns. The stories of old are the stories of today. The Christian martyr in hand-sewn robes and sandals shares the same heart with the modern, blue-jean-clad believer who e-mails his testimony. No generation gap separates those who left a legacy of faith and those who carry on their legacy today. Where do you fit in the story line? Are you willing to align your testimony with the saints of old? Live fully for Christ today and leave a legacy for tomorrow. You can help transform a home, a workploace, a community, or even an entire country for Christ.

But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
Psalm 102:12

Pretty cool, eh?
yes yes yes, it was...
See ya'll wed
Tim? out.

2005-12-31T23:52:00.000-08:00

Good night...
Good morning...
And Happy New Year!
Tim? out.

A NEW YEAR!!! WHOOHAA!!

2005-12-31T22:02:00.000-08:00

uhhh...it's January?...
2006...uhhh...yeah.
night ya'll...or morning.
Tim? out.
wait.
This is like my fourth update today...third in like...10 minutes...loloti...hehehe
now Tim? out.

New Year's

2005-12-31T21:59:00.000-08:00

It's exactly 12:00 right now!
WOOHOO!
Anybody else on?
Tim? out.

wanna see sumthin'?...or lots o sumthin'z?

2005-12-31T07:29:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz, just wanna show ya some pics of our Christmas break...

The first pic is my kitty playin' with Mollyz lampshade.
The second is us opening presents...or...messin' with what we opened.

the third is another pic of my kitty messin' with Molly.

the fourth is just another pic of my kitty cat...just cuz I luv her so much.

the polar bears are just random...I took that pic at the Omaha Zoo when we went to Nebraska for the weekend a couple of weeks ago.

<-This is another pic of my kitty...isn't she just soooo cuuuuute? Heck frickin' yes she is!! Gosh!

the next pic is of the Christmas Dinner with the chizzurch...pretty tree...ehem...
<-This is JCz lovely left arm after Ali and Aley busted out their artist skillz dat killz on him.

These last two are from the Omaha Zoo (again). A flock of flamingos (did I spell that right?) and a turtle. Not a tortoise, a turtle...there's a difference...if you didn't know.

Well, I don't think I'm allowed any more time on here...seein' how the pics are takin' so long to upload...I've been on for about an hour and 10 minutes already just tryin' to figure this out + uploading pics took about 30 minutes altogether...
See ya'll tomorrow at da chizzurch.
(I'M SEEIN' KING KING TONIGHT!! WOOHOO!)

Tim? out.

Killer Mom?

2005-12-30T09:55:00.000-08:00

Yo dawgz and Dawgesses...Howz it been for ya, eh?
yeah...
my mom went on a chainsaw rampage for about half an hour...It was kinda funny to watch...I had to keep telling her not to cut there, or the blad'll get stuck...don't tell her I said that...especially cuz it's not like she can read this if she wanted to...well...
I had to help her get started again with the whole blogging thing, so...Sheesh...I'v finally done wut you've been waiting for. she left a big long comment on her thing talkin' about who...
little break (sorry, sheesh)
...great news...I just found out that JEREMY CAMP is gonna be at Acquire the Fire in February...(and we're most likely going to it)
Isn't that just plain awesome?!
...ok back again...about who-knows-what...I sure don't. oh, and I dont know if I've told you, but I'm goin' on a mission trip in the summer to Panama. It's gonna be flippin' awesome!
Well now...
David had this dinner thing with all the foreign exchange students in the area that came with a.s.s.e (the group that david came with).
All of us are going. It should be fun. David's makin' a thing o' poe-tay-toes (lol) for it, too.
and I might be able to go to the community center and play some b-ball with luke, finally.
well, I gotta go do my laundry now, so...
see ya'll sumtime soon...
Tim? out.

Today?...

2005-12-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

ok, so...
We (Jon, me, David, JC, and Ryan) just got back from the church. We had to help move the carpet into the basement. Needless to say, David and I did all the work. And he'll agree with me. very much so.
everything before that was extremely boring. I just found out that I get to go to work today...more hours, yay! Sumthin' to take my mind of the boringness. tomorrow should be good though. We're goin' ta se King Kong. Can't wait.
ok, since I haven't done one in a while, and I just read this awesome one...

The pastor, his wife, and their six small children had just read Psalm 23 while eating breakfast. Suddenly, the police burst into his home to search the house and arrest him.
The police asked him, "Don't you have anything to say? Have you no sorrow or regret?" the pastor said carefully, "You are the answer to what we prayed today. We just read in Psalm 23 that God prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies. We had a table but no enemies. Now you have come. If you would like anything that is on the table, I would like to share it with you. You were sent by God."
"How could you say such stupid things? We will take you to prison, and you will die there. You will never see your children again." With continued ease, the pastor continues, "We also read about that today: 'Though I pass through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear.' "
The officer shouted, "Everyone fears death. I know because I have seen it on their faces."
"A shadow of a dog can't bite you, and a shadow of death can't kill you. You can kill us or put us in prison, but nothing bad can happen to us. We're in Christ, and if we die, he will take us to his world."

Peace. It's becoming as valuable as blue-chip stock in today's economy of unrest and violence. Fortunately, all believers are shareholders in God's gift through Jesus Christ. But many people lack this peace. Some take prescriptions and worry to no end, trying to receive peace apart from God. Whatever good feeling they may find is only temporary at best. Then it's back to worry and unrest. In contrast, God's peace enables us to succeed with serenity in our sufferings. No trial can unnerve your trust in him. Like the gentle pastor in this story, though calamity may strike without warning, you will be prepared with God's perfect peace.

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3

Halo?...Yes!

2005-12-28T13:52:00.000-08:00

Ok, so...
last night was a blast. We had another halo party. Sadly, Hayden wasn't there to whoop up with me and Phil.
I MISS YOU HAYDEN!!=(
we need to have another halo thing when you get back...
yeah...
sorry, digressing just a little...
Well...
It was a blast.
I don't really know what to put on here.
We're goin' ta see King Kong the day after tomorrow. I think it's gonna be tight!
Well...well...well...
Uuuuuuhhhhhh...
My mom wants t leave now, and I'm goin' with her. Goin' to get new glasses.
See ya'llz lataz.
Tim? out.

nata

2005-12-27T14:44:00.000-08:00

Yo... ... ...
...speechless...
howz it goin'?
Luke just got here, and that means it's time to go.
So...
Bye
Tim? out.

sup guyz?

2005-12-27T10:36:00.000-08:00

so...I just got an audio blogger account. It's pretty tight.
Just thought I'd let ya'll know.
Tim? out.

2005-12-27T10:29:00.000-08:00

Day afta CHRISTmas...

2005-12-26T19:01:00.000-08:00

December 26...the best day to go shopping for anything.
Not the best line to open my update with, and I'm not gay.
But we did see someone at the mall today whom we all thought was a homo(sexual).
Well, not much to post today. We went shopping at the Great Mall with Aley today.
Yeah...
I woke up around 7:30 and helped my dad with the stage at church. We didn't finish it, but at least we worked on it. Right? That's all that matters.
We met Aley at 7-11 at around 1 and carpooled. It was pretty fun. I got a hat for twenty bucks and a 70-dollar shirt for 16 bucks. Flippin' awesome shirt too. It's a...claborne...yeah. really cool. Got it at Marshall's. Sweet store. I luv it.
Then we left and dropped Aley back off at 7-11 so she could get her car and we could go to our g'ma's house.
Our cousins were there (and we only see these cousins...like...once every other year). Leah played her violin for us. She's really really good at it. She gets to play at Carnagie Hall down in New York. I don't know when, but...She's the middle cousin. I think she's 13 or 14.
Hannah just talked...and tried to play Leah's violin. She was better at it than my dad, but...still not as good as Leah. Hannah's the oldest. She's like...right in between Jon and I in age. She's really really good at soccer.
And then there's Joel. Well, kind of...he's never really there. He's the quietest kid I've ever met. Except for Leah. She's pretty shy/quiet, too. He didn't do anything really cool while we were there. But he did play with the toilet seat my dad and uncle had just switch'd from my g'parents bathroom. It was hilarious. and...he's about Ryan's age...a little older...no. He's like 12 or 13. I'm not sure.
Then we left after talking with them for a while. We came home and did pretty much...nothing. So I got on the computer and started to update. oh, and I went to walmart and got milk and cereal.
I don't have a story for ya'll today, but I have an awesome song that I want ya'll to hear...read actually.
Well, here it is...

A Faith Like That

I Have Heard about the Days of old
About the men who followed You
And how they saw the Supernatural
And became the chosen few

So I come before You now
Tearing off my earthly crowns
for this one thing I have Found

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want Faith Like That

I'm not Looking for a miracle
Signs and Wonders are things thereof
I caught a glimps of what You want from me
and what I have is not enough

I read the story one more time
of Those who gave to You Their lives
With no fear or compromise

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want the Faith That can move any mountain
and send them to the sea
I want the Faith that can break every stronghold
That keeps you, keeps you from me

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That

I want Faith Like That
To see the dead rise
or to see You pass by
Oh I, I want Faith Like That
Whatever the cost
I'll suffer the loss, Oh I
I want Faith Like That, a Faith like that

...back to me...I pray for this A LOT! and ya'll should too.
Ta ta
Tim? out.

wutz up w/ dat?

2005-12-25T18:20:00.000-08:00

dis iz just a cool pic o' when we went 2 da zoo in Nebraska.
Now for the big reason of my update.
Ok...nobody has commented on my latest post. and it's been at least a day.
almost two.
And for those of you who are real bloggerz, ya'll know that this is a really long time not to update.
I've decided not to put a real update until someone comments on my last one. (that's not me being mean...it's me saving you guyz the trouble of reading more than one update at a time)

just a little announcement

p.s - this means either update or comment so that I know your on.

Tim? out.

Christmas Eve!!

2005-12-24T19:48:00.000-08:00

Yo ya'llzez, wut is da goinz on wit yuz?
So, today is Christmas Eve! Tomorrowz Christmas! YAHOO!
Well, not yahoo...we all opened our presents today, so...yeah
Tomorrow, church is going to be really short. Just ten songs and NO LESSON. mixed feelings on that for me. you can think wut ya like. Me and dad (or, dad and I) are going to play our trumpets in a coupla duets tomorrow during some of the songs.
Excitement.
I finally got my mini computer. Actually, it's a palm pilot kinda thing, but it has so much more on it. It's flippin' awesome. I'll show ya'll at church. Well, not all ya'll(ALI, HAYDEN).
Well, as exciting as today was, I'm not going to post anymore today...except for a little story...and then maybe some more stuff. We'll see.

"...seven, eight, nine - you! Step out!" The Nazi guard yelled at the woman. The commandant had ordered every tenth prisoner executed as punishment for two women's escape the previous night.
"Pleas have mercy on me! I have a child," the tenth woman pleaded.
Mary Skotsobaugh stood next in lin. In her heart Mary heard, "Step forward and say your wish to die in her place." She replied to the inner voice, "Why? She is not a Christian. She is a Jewish Communist. When the Nazis are overthrown and the Communists come to power, they will be as bad as the Nazis."
Then Mary remembered that it was Good Friday. The voice said, "On this day I died not for the good ones but for the bad ones, for sinners."
Mary then stepped forward. "I wish to die."
The officer laughed. "If you are stupid enough to die in her place, all right, you come forward. Her turn will come soon enough."
As mary went to be executed and burned in the ovens, she told them, "When God took his people out of slavery in Egypt, it is written in our Bibe that he walked before them in a column of fire. I pray when my body burns it would be a column of fire that will show you the way to God."

One step forward can make all the difference. Christians often live theri lives prcariously balanced on the ledge between safety and the unknown. Those who have taken the small step forward into the unknown have always found the faithfulness of God. Noah. Moses. Abraham. Deborah. Ruth. Mary. Paul. The list of biblical examples goes on and on, not to mentiona host of history's hall of fame. One step of faith changed theire lives from ordinary to extraordinary. Is God calling you to step forward in faith today? Do you hear his voice in your heart? Listen up. Prepare to move. Your small step of obedience could show others the way to God.

A man's steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand his own way?
Poverbs 20:24

Well, now...I don't really have anything to add to that.
Tim? out.

Yo homies/ Extreme Willingness

2005-12-23T22:37:00.000-08:00

Hey guyz wutz up? I just got home from the Roberts' house about 45 minutes ago. It feels like forever since I've posted.
Yeah
Uhhhh...not a whole lot to say...I really want to go to bed now so...I'll type really really fast.

"My dress," the young girl murmured, her words slurred through swollen lips. "Please give me my dress. I want to hold it."
The Christians surrounding the girl's bed were sad. Because of her extensive internal injuries, doctors could do nothing for her. Weeks ago, the believers had bought her a white dress to celebrate her new life and pure heart in Christ Jesus.Her father had not been pleasd with his daughter's decision to follow Christ. One night, in a drunken rage, he attacked his daughter, beating and kicking her. He left her lying in the muddy street to die.
When she did not show up for church, her Christian friends went looking for her. They found the girl unconscious, lying in a heap, her formerly snow white dress now covered in blood and mud. She was brought to a doctor, but her injuries were severe.
Now she was asking for her dress.
"The dress si ruined," her friends told her. They tried to talk her out of it, thinking that seeing the ruined dress would bread down the girl's spirit.
With the simple faith of a ten-year-old, she whispered, "Please, I want to show the dress to Jesus. He was willing to bleed for me. I just want Jesus know that i was willing to bleed for him."
Shortly afterwards, the toung girl died.

God is not interested in our ability. We may be talented. Resourceful. Wealthy. Professional, popular, and punctual. Offering our various abilities in God's service, however, is nothing like offering our availability. Our abilityies are about ourselves - we can see ourselves doing this or that for God. In contrast, our availability is about God alone - we can only imagine how to obey no matter what the cost. God wants our willingness to serve him regardless of our specific abilities. How do we become so willing That, too, is God's gift. He gives us the "want to" - the will or desire to be available to him.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
Philippians 2:13

It's about 1 in the morning...Good night (or, morning, or sleep time). Rambling.
Tim? out.

My Day/ Romania: Barto

2005-12-21T10:36:00.000-08:00

Lets see...
Today was ok. I had my two hardest finals today. Chemistry (actually chemistry - it doesn't deserve a capital letter) and English. Yeah...I had to go back to the chemistry room after school to finish my final. My brain shuts down when it comes to chemistry, so I was working really slow. When I got lookin' at my test, the teacher had already graded the stuff I had done. I did really good compared to how I thought I was doing. Hopefully, the rest of my test will be like that too.
English was fairly easy. I'm expecting a low B or a C on the final. Yeah...
Okay, so the y.g Christmas (not happy holiday) party is tonight. I got sum pretty cool stuff for whoever gets mine. Its a ... and a ... and a ...
WHAT!? You actually thought I'd tell ya'll wut I got? loloti
ok, herez da story...

Barto was on the brink of starvation. Once a Communist Party official and prosecuting attorney, he was now considered expendable by the same pary. He was sentenced to labor in a Romanian prison camp. His stomach, once full, was now wasting away. He wondered how much longer he could go on.
Seeing Barto's frail stature, a fellow prisoner came up to him and offered to shar his rations of food. "Thank you, my friend," he said to the other prisoner. "How long must you be here?" Baro asked as he wolfed down the food.
"Twenty years," replied the prisoner. His eyes seemed to question Barto.
"What crime did you commit?"
"I was tried and sentenced for giving food to a fugitive pastor who was being chased by the police," the man said calmly. Barto noticed his voice didn't carry bitterness like Barto had heard from so many others.
"Who gave you such a harsh punishent for doing a good deed?" demanded Barto.
The prisoner replied humbly, "Sir, you were the state prosecutor at my trial. You don't recognize me now, but I remember you."
The man went on. "I am a Christian. hrist tahght us to reward evil with good. I wished then for you to realize that it is right and good to give food to a hungry man - even your enemy. Now, I can show you." Barto began that day to understand that his own spiritual needs far outweighed his physical ones.

Kindness is the way to our enemies' hearts. And it may do something for their souls. God uses kindness as his strategy of choice when dealing with us. Instead of giving us exactly what we deserve for our offenses against him, he deals with us kinkly. His kindness is an example of how we should fashion our own approach to those who offend us. Kindness arrests their attention. It is as unexpected as it is underserved. Like Barto, our kindness toward an enemy may awaken a spiritual hunger for the source of our compassion. However, regardless fo their response, we must follow the example of our Lord when dealing with our enemies. Who needs your kindness?

Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toard repentance?
Romans 2:4

Tim? out.

Extreme Warmth

2005-12-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Read this story...(please)...

Nadejda Sloboda could hardly contain her enthusiasm. She had just learned about Christ from a shortwave radio program broadcast from Europe. As the first Christian in her Russian village, she desperately qanted to tell all her friends about the GHod who had miraculously changed her heart. But she knew the local authorities strictly prohibited any talk of God or Christianity.
However, Nadejda was unable to contain her zeal, and soon a church was born. When the police were unable to squelch the church's growth even with road blockades, the arrested Nadejda and sentenced her to four years in prison. Her five children were taken by force to an atheistic boarding school, which tormented Nadejda. But she felt nearer to God then ever before and persisted in sharing Christ even with her fellow prisoners.
Because of her fefusal to stop talking about Christ, officials put her in a solitary, unheated cell for two months. It was in the middle of winter and Nadejda was not aloud any bedding whatsoever. She was forced to sleep on the cold concrete floor. After she was returned to the common cell, her fellow prisoners asked her how she was able to sstand the treatment. She replied, "I fell asleep on the cold concrete floor trusting in God, and it became warm around me. I rested in the arms of God."

Most Christians can recall a time in their spiritual jouney when it seemed like they could never get enough of God and his Word. Spiritual zeal was second nature. Fervor was a constant friend. Yet, somehow our faith grew cold along the way. Perhaps it was persecution that squelched our enthusiasm. Perhaps it was personal tragedy. Or perhaps it was nothing in particular - just ordinary activities that dampened our spirits and reclaimed our priorities. Are the flames of spiritual fervor now merely smoldering ashes? Has your zeal grown dormant? It is possible to ignite a new relatoinship with God and fuel the fire within. Ask him to help y;ou warm up to the idea.

don't know about ya'llzez, but I like the end o' dis one. 'tis real nice...

Hey, Aley and Ali. Don't forget about the handing-food-out thing we're supposed to do after school today.

Tim? out

wunna see?

2005-12-19T18:06:00.000-08:00

Hey guyz, these are the pictures I was trying to put on earlier. I got the really cool, expensive-looking motorcycle pic off yahoo.
The picture of the beautiful car is my Astin Marton. I'm gonna get it when I'm 35 years old, have a good job, and all that other stuff. Ya know, da wrks, G.

I'll see ya'llzez sometime soon.
Tim? out

2005-12-19T10:30:00.000-08:00

gotta type fast. 10 minutes till the bell rings.

They were singing choruses when the two soldiers entered with rifles. The service came toa hat as the Russian soldiers stared at the believers with wild eyes.
"What are you doing here?" they shouted. "Worshiping your imaginary God?" The church members cowered in the pews, wondering if there were more soldiers and more guns outside.
"All those who are faithful to God, move to the right side of the church," said one of the soldiers, his face a mask of hatred. "You will be shot for your faith. You who wish to go home and keep your life, stand on the left side. You must decide to live or die. Those who are faithful to this 'God' will die. Thosse who deny him can live freely."
Ten minutes earlier, everyone had sung prases equally. Now it was a question of life or death. Some stood to the left, looking sadly or waving apologetically to those on the right. Some stood on the right, their eyes closed in last-minute prayers.
"You on the left are free to go," one of the soldiers said moments later. Those peaple filed out, taking on last look at those who would soon be dead.
When only those on the right remaned, the soldiers put down their weapons. "We, too, are Christians," they said, "but we wish to worship without hupocrites."

Defining moment come to us when they are least expected, and we cannot prepare for them. We must experience them "as is" and learn from the consequences. A defining moment is any situation involving a question of character. It may be as complex as a church service interupted by perpetrators who demand our allegiance to one faith or another. Or it may be as simple as deciding whether or not to walk out of an offensive movie. Our response is questionable. Ready or not, we meet our reall character face-to-face the moment we decide to take sides.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather wiht me scatters.
Matthew 12:30

I love this story. It's really cool...

Tim? out
Bye

2005-12-19T09:59:00.000-08:00

Hey wutz up guyz?
I just took my history final and it was a p.o.c (piece o' cake, not piece o' crap).
I didn't study at all (don't tell my mom that) and I'm pretty sure I got an A on it. So flippin' e.z. gotta luv those kinda finalz.
I'll give ya'll another martyr story after lunch today, and if I don't get to it then, I'll put it on when I get home. (that means I'm not going to do it right now)
Ya'll are probably busy taking finalz and tests and stuff like that. My phone started buzzing during my history (so-called) final. I had a message that I hadn't read yet (turned out to be Aley saying that she called Ali for me saying they both know that we're not having worship practice)(we know how that whole thing turned out) and there was a stupid message that said sumthin' about free textmessaging from now on. *dats tight*(Kip voice)
It's probably gonna be forever till ya'llz read this cuz o' finalz and studyin and all. It'll be nice if I get a comment or two before schoolz over, but I doubt it. If I don't, I'll just comment on my own, sayin, sumthin' really dumb. Ya know? Fa sho! G? Homie? Dizzog. My wizzle wizzog. Ya know? Fa sho! G?
Like my rap? I made it up (by my self).
Thank you, thank you. I'd like to thank my mom...loloti (laugh out loud on the inside)(just in case ya'll haven't picked it up yet)
I think I'll put a tight picture on here if I can find one. So if therez is one...
therez not gonna be. I tried uploading a pic, but it wouldn't work. It was a picture of a three-wheeled motorcycle with the body of a burger. hilarious. funny. hilariously funny. Ya know?
Well, I think I'll stop now, see if ya'll did anything to yourz and then eat lunch.

Tim? out G'z
ybe bye ya'llzez (yes, it's supposed to be ybe bye)

2005-12-17T06:48:00.000-08:00

Alright, (seems I've recently started using "alright" as the first word of my updates) I went to bed about four hours ago at around 4:40. I woke up about an hour ago at around 7:30. Hayden woke up about ten minutes ago and David w/ him (actually, I think David's being smartby going back to bed (floor)) Jon, JC, Cody, Ali, John John, and Emma and Mr. Roberts are still asleep (being smart), but Hayden and I are wide awake and don't feel like going back to bed.
By the way, it's Hayden's b-day party we're at (at his house). Just in case none o' da cool people filled ya in.j/k
Hayden is now playing a computer game on one of the other computers in this room. I'm updating just for ya'll.
Well, since it's early for a weekend, and everybody else is asleep, I'll put another story on. ok?
I read this story for devotions w/mi familia two nights ago. I like it a lot.
(Ilikeit,Iloveit,Iwantsomemoreofit!)loloti(laugh out loud on the inside)

Watchman Nee, the Chinese church leader, had only six hours. He must lead the guard in fromt of his prison cell to Christ so that his letter of encouragement to Christians outside the prison could be delivered.
Chairman Mao's government was infuriated by the spread of Christianity in China. In order to stop the spread of this "foreign cult," they had forced out or killed all foreign missionaries and had sent thousands of Chinese church leaders to prison or to "re-education through labor" camps. But the church still grew.
When the police discovered that Nee's beautiful, powerful letters of encouragement were making their way out of theprison and into the hands of Christians, they doubled the number of guards and never allowed a guard to stand outside Nee's cell more than once. They shortened shifts to six hours, hoping Nee would not have time to convert the guard.
Nee told the guard about the Father's love and willingness to gibve up his own flesh and blood so the guard could live forever in heaven. "Communism cannot get you to heaven," he said. "Only the blood of Jesus Christ can do that."
Five hours into the sermon, with ears streaming from his eyes, the guard accepted Christ. Yet another soul was won for the kingdom, and yet another of Watchman Nee's letters would be safely delivered.

If Christian martyrs teach us anything, it is that we must use creative energy in order to promote the gospel. Their ingenuity, courage, and even craftiness ought to awaken our own spirit for spreading the Good News. While not everyone has the opportunity to smuggle Scriptures into restricted areas, we can still be willing servantsfor the kingdom. IT might mean having a cookout in the driveway for neighbors. It may mean signing up for golf lessons or another community class in order to meet nonchurched people. A new method of witness always risks consequences. But we should always be willing to take the risk instead of settling for mediocrity. Which describes your evangelistic life today? Mundane and mediocre? Or creatively energetic for Christ?

To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.
Colossians 1:29

I don't know if these stories get better every time...they're all great. They all spark an interest on the inside. They make you want to do something out of the ordinary, like, go find a random person walking on the sidewalk and convert him/her. It almost makes you want to be persecuted harshly, just so God can do something amazing through you.
This is how I feel...ya'll might not, but I won't hold it against ya.
Cya'll Sunday.
Bye, now!

2005-12-16T10:30:00.000-08:00

Alright guyz, herez da story fo today.

It was almost midnight as the women prisoners heard the Communist guards arrive. They quickyly gathered around the comdemned, a yougn woman of twenty who had been sentenced to die for her faith in Christ. They whispered hurried good-byes. There were no tears from the young Romanian woman, no screams for mercy.
Earlier that evening, the prisoners had listened to the young woman, her face glowing with love. "For me, this grave is the doorway to a heavenly city," she had told them. "Who can tell the beauty of that city? There, sadness is not known. There is only joy and song. Everyone is dressed in the white of purity. We can see God face-to-face. There are such joys that juman language cannot express. Why should I weep? Why should I be sad?"
She was engaged to be married, but this night, she told them, instead of being with her earthly fiance, she would meet herheavenly bridegroom.
The pitiless guards entered the cell, and the woman stepped toward them, ready to go. As she left the cel, surrounded by guards, she began to recite the Apostles' Creed. Minutes later, with tears streaming down their faces, the remaining prisoners heard shots. The executioners thought they had ended the young woman's life, but they had only sent her to live forever in a much better palce.

Courage is the bridge that carries us from a nominal existence of earth to an inexplicable longing for a heavenly future. Those who fully understand the certainty of heaven's existence find it easier to exchange their comparably paltry lives on earth for eternal citizenship in heaven. Courage helps us to let go of all we cling to on earth - all the things that make us long to stay here. It takes courage to believe in a life after death. After all, life on earth is all we really know untill the moment we die.

Bye guyz.
da bell rang!

2005-12-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

Hey guyz, not much to say for today. We're not doing anything in Spanish class, so I came to the library to update and comment and all that jazz.
I think I have enogh time to put in a story, too, so here goes.

"What is it?" Soviet captain Marco snarled at the young boy. "What do you want?"
The boy, only twelve, swallowed his fear as he stood before the Communist officer. "Captain, you are the man who put my parents in prison. Today is my mother's birthday, and I always buy her a flower for her birthday."
"Since my mother taught me to love my enemies and to reward evil with good, I have brought the flower instead for the mother of your children. Please take it home to your wife tonight, and tell her about my love and the love of Christ."
Captain Marco, who had watched unmoved as Christias had been unmercifully beaten and tortured, was stunned at the act of love of this boy. His tears fell as he slowly walked around the desk and grabbed the boy in a fatherly embrace. Marco's heart was changed by the gift of Christ's love. He could no longer arrest and torture Christians, and soon he himself was arrested.
Only months after the boy's visit to his office, Marco slumped in a filthy prison cell surrounded by some of the same Christians he had previously arrested and tortured. He tearfully told his cell mates of the young boy and the simple gift of a flower. He considered it an honor to share a cell with those he had previously hunted and attacked.

Generosity is second nature to the believer. Jesus taught that others would recognize real believers by their demonstration of love. And not just for those who love us in return. Oftentimes, generosity toward strangers and even enemies is the best application of Jesus' teachings. Witnesses to our acts, if not the recipients themselves, are befuddled at the sight. Imagine a wounded Christian worder who prays for the boss who unjustly fired him or her. Picture the impact of griebing parents who give the gift of forgiveness to a drunk driver. The world doesn't understand generosity. However, it is affected by it all the same. We find we are never more like God himself as when we give generously to other. God gave his only Son to demonstrate his love for the world and purchase our salvation. What could you give today that might open someone's heart to God's kingdom?

But love your enemies, do good to them.
Luke 6:35

As usual, these stories leave me in a kind of stupor. This one...just a flower...

2005-12-14T10:22:00.000-08:00

here's my story for the day, ya'll

Just as Pastor Li Dexian Began his sermon, the doors of the house church burst open. Armed officers of the Chinese Public Security Bureau poured into the room, threatening everyone present and grabbing Li to arrest him.
"Wait, please allow me to grab my bag." As always, the pastor's tone with the officers was polite yet firm.
The officers were surprised at the request. "What's in there?" they demanded, grabbing the black zippered bag Li held and ripping it open. The bag contained a blanket and a spare change of clothes, Li told them, because he had been expecting to be arrested that day.
Pastor Li had been arrested many times. Twice, police had beaten him to the point that he vomited blood, and on time Li's face was beaten with his own Bible. Li was warned that police were watching the village where he held his Tuesday meetings. He knew if he showed up to preach, he would be imprisoned. Today, Chinese citizens can be sent to labor campls for up to three years without a formal trial.
The risks were great, but Li's bag was packed. More than having a bag packed, though, he had his mind and heart prepared. He was willing to pay any cost to preach the gospel. He was convinced God would care for him - even in prison.

Readiness is a sign of commitment. Commitment that is unprepared to sacrifice is merely compromise in disguise. For example. consider the marriage commitment. It costs on's selfishness and deals a heavy blow to onw's sense of independence. However, the result is a stronger marriage. Relationships that are not ready to sacrifice for the sake of comitment do not last. Compromise takes a steady toll and weakens our desire and ability to be committed. In the same way, the believer's commitment to Christ must exact a price in order to maintain its value. We must prepare for the test of our commitment by daily affirmig that Christianity is worh it. It's worth spending our time in daily prayer. It's worth gathering for worship at church. It's worth enduring hardship and trial, abuse, and even arrest for the privilege of maintaning our commitment without compromise.

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 4:12

back to me...
I think that this one is another great story. They all are, but this one...

2005-12-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

Yo, ya'llzez.
wut iz up w/da cool peeps, eh?
Ok...
I've had some comments about my ebonics.
WUT IZ UP W/DAT???
Should I stop? I will if ya'll want me to. I'll never misspell anything ever again or use ebonics. I promise.
That's only if ya'll want me to, though.
good news.
I just learned that we get to practice more songs tonight at 7!
We should actually try and play tonight, though.
(get all homework done before you leave so we can stay and "fellowship", ok?)
aaaahhhh
bye ya'll

tgriff izout

2005-12-13T10:23:00.000-08:00

Alright, here's my post for today.

"Tell him, Timothy, please!" shouted Maura, pleading with her husband. "Tell the gobernor where the Scriptures are hidden and be free! I cannot bear to watch any more of this." Timothy and Maura, residents of the Roman province of Mauritania, had been married only a few short weeks before their arrest.
Maura had watched in horror as soldiers put out her husband's eyes with hit iron, trying to break his will. Now, hanging upside down with a weight around his neck on he orders of Roman governor Arrianus, Tiothy waited for his gag to be removed. The fear he initially felt at his arrest had been replaced with a sense of divine calm.
Instead of renouncing his faith and disclosing the location of his churchs copies of the Scriptures, as the soldiers expected, Timothy scolded his young wife. "Do not let your love for me come before your love for Christ," he urged Maura, affirming his willingness and determination to die for his Savior. Seeing her husband's courage, Maura's own resolve was strengthened.
Arrianus, already in a rage at Timothy's refusal, set out to break Maura's newfound courage. He sentenced her to the harshest tortures of the Roman world. Yet she would not break. She refused to deny Christ.
After each had endured unspeakable suffering, Timothy and Maura wre crucified, side by side.

Jesus did not entrust his ministry to independent believers - he established a spiritual family. He used words like "brother" and "sister" to convey the idea that he dind not expect his disciples to be in this alone. Paul continued Christ's mission by instructing new believers to gather in churches for fellowship and corporate worship. Christians need each other - especially in times of trial. When on believer falters, fellow believers rally in support and encouragement. This is why the New Testament regards the duty of living by example as a necessity in the Chrstian faith. One person's example of faith and courage can inspire and unit others to follow suit. Conversely, when one believer cracks under the pressure of persecution, it is easier for other to give in as well. History holds hight eh camaraderie of Christian community - especially during persecution.

My purpose is that htey may be encouraged in heart and united in love.
Colossians 2:2

back to me...
Take this as encouragement. We all have each other as our "family". We (should) look to each other for support in times of trial.
Gotta go now.

Peace out ya'llz

2005-12-12T14:56:00.000-08:00

All right guyz.
I just burned a sweet mix cd. (all Christian rock/worship)(only a couple o' worship ones, but dey tight)(ya know?)(fa sho!)
(G!)
Yeah i'm listenin' to it right now, it's tizzight.
well, enough o' dat...
My mom said we're gonna have spaghetti for dinner tonight (yummy!)(ya know?) I don't really know what to put on here tonight, so I'm just ramblin'.
We found out in band that we're gonna play (on one song)(or...two) only the beginning and jump to the next song (wich she gave us just today)(but it's extremely easy) and play the whole thing o' dat one. We can't play the whole of the first one cuz our flute player sucks (and the clarinet player, too)(trumpets have to play their parts). Speekin' o' band, we have a concert the 15th if ya'll wanna come and hear us suck. (but hear us none the less) I wouldn't waste your money though.
oooooohhhh. I just tot o' dis. I'm gonna copy ya'll w/dis, but...

When I think of all I’ve seen
Nothing compares to what you give
And to drink of what you bring you quench
The thirst for me to live
I am satisfied by what tenderness you’ve shown to me
and I empty all that I am
And you fill my life you’re everything to me
There’s nothing else I need anymore
And I know you are everything to me and
There’s nothing else I need anymore
I have tasted and I know this fire birthed
Inside will only grow and I’ve sought all that
This world tried to offer me and it lead me
To your feet and I empty all that I am
And you fill my life you’re everything to me
There’s nothing else I need anymore
And I know you are everything to me and
There’s nothing else I need anymore
I will lay down all my needs and you will
Come and make them new
To make you my only desire my desire
And you fill my life you’re everything to me
And you fill my life you’re everything to me
There’s nothing else I need anymore
And I know you are everything to me and
There’s nothing else I need anymore
There’s nothing else I need...

This is by Jeremy Camp, called Nothing Else I Need, on Restored (awesome song). I think we should learn this and play it for y.g some time.
Weel, naow, lads and lassies, I'm off to do sumpin' aelse, alrigh?
Bye now.

2005-12-12T10:26:00.000-08:00

Wutz hapennin' w/ ya'llzez, eh?
I can finally update, now that i'm not grounded, so...
I don't have much time, I'll just type this really fast.

The evangelist, Andrew, stared into to the gun, wondering why the man didn't fire. The assassin grew frustrated, then frightened, and finally he fled from the room.
The phone rang, and Andrew found himself talking to the man who had come to kill him minutes earlier.
"The Muslim leaders offered me a big rewardto kill you," the would-be-assassin explained. "I rode across Bangladesh to come to your office. The reward was mine. I was ready to shoot, but I couldn't move my arm. I couldn't pull the trigger." The evangelist praised the Lord for protection.
Andrew found in somewhat comical. "So what can I do four you now?" he asked.
Sir, I still can't move my arm, and it's because of you! Can you help me?"
Right on the phone, Andrew prayed, and instantly the man regained the full use of his arm. Astounded by the miracle, he returned to the evangelist's office and began to ask questions about this "Jesus" of whom the Muslim leaders seemed to be afraid.
The evangelist pariently explained the good news of Jesus' love, even offering tea to the man who'd come to kill him. After forty-five minutes, the man prayed to receive Jusus into his own heart. The former hit man's ministry now is to destroy the works of the devil. To this day, he is a fellow missionary i Bangladesh.

The assassin's would-be murder attempt was a comedy in errors. If it were a movie, the audience would have cheered aloud when the protagonist, Andrew came onto the scene. Like any good movie hero, Andrew did not just defeat his enemy's plans. He confounded them, even to the point of habing tea with the hit-man-turned-convert. This was not going according to plan. The devil constantly has to go back to the drawing board to rethink his plans for our destruction. Andrew was not a victim of his circumstances, and neither are you. If he had been shot, his death also would have been a witness, and so will you. Unlike the devil's schemes, God's plans for your life cannot be thwarted.

I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.
Job 42:2

Bye guyz

2005-12-09T10:32:00.000-08:00

yo, guyz, not much for today. I'm grounded from the computer at home, so I'm at school doing this.

Pastor Florescu couldn't bear to watch his son being beaten by the Communist officer. He had already been beaten himself, and he had not slept for two weeks for fear of being attacked by the starving rats the Communists had forced into his prison cell. The Romanian police wanted Florescu to give up other members of his underground church so that they, too, could be captured.
Seeing that the beatings and torture weren't working, the Communists brought in Florescu's son Alexander, only fourteen years olk, and began to beat the boy. While Florescu watched, they hammered his son's body unmercifully, telling the pastor hthat they would beat his son to death unless he told them the locations of other believers.
Finally, half mad, Florescu screamed for them to stop.
"Alexander, I must say what they want!"he called out to his son. "I can't bear your beatings anymore."
His body bruised blood running form his nose and mouth, Alexander looked his father in the eye. "Father, dont do me the injustice of having a traitor as a parent. Stand strong! If they kill me, I will die with the word 'Jesus' on my lips."
The boy's courage enraged the Communist guards, and they beat him to death and his father watched. Not only did he hold onto his faith, he helped his father do the same.

Is there no justice in this world? When we read of th horrible atrocities committed against the innocent, we cant help but wonder. We may falter in our faith when we hear about cruel suffering at the hands of evildoers. We may become discouraged when we long for the salve of mercy that seems to tarry. Is there no justice in this world? In answer to our cry, the Bible teaches the principle of "yes and not yet." Yes, some evildoers meet with swift justice here and now. However, God's mighty hand of infinite justice has yet to fall on this earth. That is saved for the end of time. We grow weary waiting, but he is undeterred.

He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth.
Isaiah 42:4

2005-12-07T17:33:00.000-08:00

ok, so I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Luke and his tech. skillz definately are not "skillz dat killz". (no offense Luke)
I wasted half an hour just commenting, waiting for Luke to get his thing goin', and I'm not sure yet if it's funny or annoying. I think it's kinda both. It might just be me.
Well, while I'm waiting, I guess I can update a little (or a lot)(wut ever)
I wanna give ya'll another little story from the book o' martyrs i'm readin'.

After they all had been tried, found guilty, and sentenced to die, twenty-six Christians were marched to the place where crudely made crosses stood. Almost three months earlier, they had been arrested in Kyoto, Japan, and charged with following Christ. One of the convicts was named Ibaragi Kun.
Seeing how young Kun was, and official took himaside and urged him to recant his faith to save his life. Looking the official in the eye, Kun said confidently,"Sir, it would be far better if you yourself became a Christian. Then you could go to heaven with me."
The officer stared, startled by the young man's faith. Finally, Ibaragi asked,"Sir, which cross is mine?"
The bewildered official pointed to the smallest of the twenty-six crosses. Young Kun ran to the cross, knelt before it, and embraced it. When the soldiers began to nail his hands and feet to the cross, he did not cry out in pain. He courageously accepted the path God had laid out for him.
The crucifixion of the twenty-six Christians on November 23, 1596, was the beginning of a period of intense persecution of Christians in Japan. Over the next seventy years, as many as one million Japanese Christians would be killed for their faith. Many would embrace their own crosses to follow the example of Ibaragi Kun, a very mature twelve-year-old boy.

Spiritual maturity is not measured by a birth certificate. Chronological age has little to do with conviction. Rather, spiritual maturity is measured one day at a time. We measure our maturity by how well we daily apply our faith. Contrary to popular belief, spiritual mturity is not how much we know about the Bible. Many people are very familiar with the Bible, yet they remain strangers to spiritual maturity. Obedience to the Bible's commands is the mark of maturity. One question will help us know how well we are growing spiritually. We must ask ourselves each day, "How much more do we look like Jesus today that we did yesterday?" Our answer is a true reflection of our growth.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Timothy 4:12

p.s. I hope these things help you as much as they help me.
see ya'll sunday, some before.

2005-12-06T14:55:00.000-08:00

Wutz up dizzogs?

Today went pretty fast (until I got home). Now I'm looking for stuff to do. I'll probably end up going outside in the bitter cold and running around. (my version of working out)(sounds fun, dudn it?) but as for now, I guess I can settle for updating and telling you about my day.
By the way, the car in the picture is an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. (my favorite car)
This morning, I was late for school cuz mom called me and said that the truck (her vehicle today) wouldn't start. I had to go home and jump it for her. Wut sucks is that my first hour class is band (and that's as easy as pie--lemme tell ya). I wish it was chemistry that I was missing. (hate that class) Oh, yeah. I was thinkin' of bein' on the track team this year cuz the chemistry teacherz the coach...it's said that she favors track people when it comes to grading papers. *yawn*
Well, as the Aliey's know, I procrastinated in giving the band director a note getting Jon, JC, and me out of the game the 16th and letting us go to the worship night. I finally handed it in...she didn't look upset or anything. (much surprise)
Before I leave off (in a while), I want ya'll to read some stuff I got out of Extreme Devotion (a book about martyrs).

It was getting late, and the Soviet officer had beaten and tortured Paulus for many hours. "We are not going to torture you anymore," he said, smiling brutally when the Christian lookes up. "We will send you instead to Siberia, where the snow never melts. It is a place of great suffering. You and your family will fit in well."
Paulus, instead of being depressed, smiled. "The whole earth belongs to my Father, Captain. Wherever you send me I will be on my Father's earth."
The captain looked at him sharply. "We will take away all you own."
"You will need a high ladder, Captain, for my treasures are stored up in heaven." Paulus wore a beautiful smile.
"We will put a bullet between your eyes", shouted the captain, now angry.
"If you take away my life in this world, my real life of joy and beauty will begin," answered Paulus. "I am not afraid of being killed."
The captain grabbed Paulus by his tattered prison shirt and screamed into his face, "We will not kill you! We will keep you locked alone in a cell and allow no one to come see you!"
"You cannot do that, Captain," said Paulus, still smiling. "I have a friend who can pass through locked doors and iron bars. No one can separate me from the love of Christ."

Despite an uncertain future, we can be sure of one thing: Christ will face it with us. Whether we are going through a private trial or a public grieving, we are never going alone. In contrast, every human companion will fail us at some point. There will be places in life's journey where they cannot walk with us - the water will be too dee and their understanding would be murky at best. Only Jesus has the ability to pass through the "iron bars" on our suffering hearts and share these difficult times. Although, in his wisdom, he may not choose to deliver us from our circumstances, his sure presence will see us through them. Smile, knowing you have a Friend from whom ou can never be separated.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans 8:35

2005-12-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

Yo, nuthin' to do, the bellz about to ring. So I just thought I'd say Hi.

Bye!

2005-12-05T10:23:00.000-08:00

Yo, dudes. Wut iz da ups w/ ya'll?!
I just finished eatin' lunch in our "cute" cafeteria, in our "cute little school".
So, I had to do my homework in advisory today. Mom said she'd be p.o'd and ground me from everything (including y.g) if I didn't get it done before class...sssssooooo.
I'm glad I can finally update. I've been grounded from the computer all weekend. (I'm at school doing this, so - computer-at-home-groundation)
the dayz goin by quick-like, so I should be home any time now.(the school dayz about halfway thru)
The weekend was tizzite. Friday the Alieyz came to da b-ball game w/us and then came to our house and watched L.O.T.R 3. (I know Ali posted about this...da heck w/it) JC wasn't really with us towardz da end o' da movie. he was almost asleep, saying stupid, random stuff that would just come out o' da blue. Pretty Funny.
Saturday, we played f.b and froze our rastefarian neenies off. It was still fun. After that, David, Jon, the Aliey's and me went to Zona Rosa. (we were talkin' about that in Spanish class, and it means "pink area")(it's not just for girls though) Everything was really expensive. We pretty much just hung out in foreign territory.
Sunday was the usual, except w.p was extremely short. Weird, I know.
I already said about today...
The bellz about to ring, so, bye bye ya'll.
pizzeace izzout jizzees!

2005-12-02T10:28:00.000-08:00

ok, i've got some good news and some bad news.
the good news is that Jon, JC, and I can go to Haydenz party. The bad news is that we can't go to the worship session and we might (probably will) be late for Haydenz thing.
We have another basketball game on the 16th. It sucks so bad.
I've been having a rough day today.
band was pretty cool until I found out that we're gonna be late for Haydenz b-day party (and the rest). History was boring: we just watched a movie. (I was reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) Spanish was ok, but still kinda dull. Chemistry sucked worst of all. I'm so horrible at it. Somehow I manage to get a decent grade, though.
Well, the bellz about to ring...I hope to see ya'll at the game tonight.

Peace izzout G's!

2005-12-01T18:55:00.000-08:00

Yo ya'll G's and H's,
not much with the goings on 4 me dudes. Jon, me, and JC have a basketball game to play in tomorrow. (that's pepband play, not basketball play) But if you guyz want to come and hang out with us, it'd be neat. (you might have to pay a small entry fee though)(If you want to come, we'll be there at about 7:00p.m) That's my HONK. Ok, Ali? I can't think of anything to do before and/or after football on saturday...any ideas? Jon, Cody, and I have to work sunday between church and worship practice, so sundayz out o' da question. but leave some ideas please.
My dayz at school seem to be speeding up a bit. The only slow time today was when I finished eating lunch. David and I just sit there looking at the clock and waiting for the bell to ring. Usually I go into the library and update or leave comments or something, but today and yesterday, the p.e classes have been doing finals reports in there...so, not much for me to do.

2005-11-30T13:00:00.000-08:00

In addithin to my earlier potht...
Thchool only hath about 20-25 minitth left.
When thkoolz over, we're gonna go home and thoot da gunth w/ dad and thteve. Then we get to leave earlier than uthual for y.g cuth i goth ta go to da bank and work and do thum thtuff.
Momth gonna order my iPod today. itth inthurinth for the coming of Chrithmith.
y.g ith gonna be tho flippin othum.
jutht in cathe you havent notitht, i'm typing w/ a lithp.
Peath out ya'll.

2005-11-30T09:11:00.000-08:00

Wutz up Dawgz?
I have 4 minutes to update, so i'm typing kinda fast (4 me).
Todayz goin' pretty fast. I read my comments and some blogs. Ali told me to stay busy to keep time moving forward, and so far it's workin'.
I can't wait 'til y.g. tonight. I'm so exciterated.
See ya'll lata.

2005-11-29T13:58:00.000-08:00

yo wutz up homiez?!
It seems that I'm waiting in vain for y.g to come. Time is passing so flippin' slowly.
I don' have that much homework tonight: just math. School is getting so boring lately. I'm getting so impatient.
Yough Group and church aren't coming fast enough. I guess hanging out with you guyz so much over the break got me into expecting to see ya'll every day. too bad I don't.
Well, I guess I do see about half the y.g: Cody, David, Erica, and The rest of the Griffith Clan. It seems like forever since I'v seen Luke even though I just saw him 3 dayz ago.
I guess I just miss the Thanksgiving break.
But there's y.g tomorrow, so I'II just have to find ways to make the day go by fast.
On to happier matters...
Mom said that I could stay home on my birthday if I have good grades! And I'll have good grades. So happy!
Well, don't got much to write today, so I think I'll just stop typing (See ya'll Wed.) now.

2005-11-28T15:20:00.000-08:00

Well, howdy doo, ya'll?!
Hahahahahaha! Just now, a bug popped out o' nowhere right in front o' JC. he's like "AH!" (high-pitched like a little girl)(without the high-pitched, little girl part) "Mom, a bug just popped up out o' nowhere right in front o' me, will you come pick it up?" "It's a small bug right?" says mom. "yeah." "pick it up yourself." It was hilarious. JC got a paper towel and folded it, then chickened out o' pickin' it up. I grabbed the towel from him, picked up the bug, and threw it in the toilet. It took it a cople a flushes to go down, but it did go down. AND IT WILL STAY DOWN!! another movie quote.
Well, school went by pretty quickly for me. My dad called two times, then a third time right when school ended. He said that he was on the way home from hunting w/steve (the guest speaker at church). He told me that he was driving on the highway and felt a tire loosen. he pulled over and stopped...the wheel didn't. it was his back...left, i think. but the truck tipped and landed on the nubby thing of where the wheel gets hooked up to. He's ok though.
Ali put a pretty neat song on the bottom of her blog...I think we should do it for y.g. It's flippin' awesome! Go to her thingy to read part o' da song.
My mom keeps harassing me, and after that lovely post of mine yesterday, I think I should let her get on the computer now, so...
See ya'll Wednesday! Can't wait!

2005-11-27T19:40:00.000-08:00

yo, its tim.
I got home from w.p and went right to the computer. i read everybodyz blogs and commented (on those that were updated, andyway).
so this morning i read a lot out of the book of job. i think i'm on chapter 8 or 9, not sure. Yeah Luke, it's more than five chapters. Can you believe it?!
Well, it talks bout how great his life is, that he's just about the richest person in the land, has really big birthday parties for his children, tells how many animals, servants, etc that he has. and he's blameless in God's eyes.
In one of the gospels, it says something about it being easier to fit a camel through the eye of a needle than get a rich person into heaven. i think that thats pretty cool for job.
but not only was he rich and in God's favor, he didn't do anything bad towards God when he lost his whole family (except his wife)(then she turned around and cursed God), his entire property, servants, the works. he even got boils all over his body after satan couldn't get him to curse God by taking all his stuff away. weird sentence, but if you've read the book or heard the story, then you should know what i'm talkin' aboot (Canadian for about).
Great story. What makes it even greater, is that it actually happened.
i mean, if you lost all your stuff, all your family, everything you ever thought as valuable, got boils all over your body, would you still have the strength to call on God? Would you curse his name? I hope i wouldn't...but it's hard to tell (seeing it hasn't happened)(and i hope that that big of a test doesn't come my way).
That's why we have to pray, pray, pray! Get to know God. Get to know that he loves you and that everything works for good and the glory of God.
Read the ible as often as you can. if you have questions, don't come to me.
go to your parents, Luke, my dad, you know...
That kinda brings us back to Thanksgiving again.
I'm really thankful for my dad. I've always got someone i can count on to be there, to answer my questions about anything.
And Luke...well, he's a great person to be around, not one to drag me down (though he still finds ways to humble us all), I can trust him like I can trust my brothers. In fact, he's like my fourth brother (coming over all the time, raiding our fridge).
Those are the guys that i would go to if i had any questions about...anything.
But, my brothers (David and Cody included)(and Luke)...I don't even know what to say besides I don't know what I'd do without 'em.
The youth group. My second family. I don't know what I'd do without you guyz either. Kim, Kathlene, Phil (Shawn), Justin, Keira, Cody, Luke, Bob, Hayden, Ali, Aley (had to put the two Ali's(Aley's?)together cuz o' da namez), Sammy, Jube, Brandon.
I'm pretty sure i didn't leave anyone out. You guyz and girlz are so cool. You're the people I look forward to seeing. I love the time we spend together, the stuff we do together, some of it perty durn stoopid. But fun all the same.
and last, but if you called her least...my mom. I haven't got a clue as to what i'd do without the one who brought me into this world. I think it's easier to put this on the computer than in words, but...
I've noticed that i take my mom for granted, asking for money all the time, her cooking fantabulous meals everynight o' da week for dinner...the list continues.
I love you all.

post script: I don't know why I didn't put all this into a "Thanksgiving Blog" (probably cuz o' da food coma)(and procrastination), but I mean it all the same.

Tim.

2005-11-25T12:18:00.000-08:00

How is your being, yo?
Thanksgiving was yesterday (probably why no one updated)(except ali)(obsession).
P-A-R-T. Y? Cuz I gotta! Tonight at my house at 5 o'clock. Not really a party, just a get together, hang out thingy.
Mom says that if you guyz want food, you'll have to help. Bring a bottle o' soda or a bag o' chips or sumthin'. I should have organized this better, but hey. I'll probably go to little caesar's and get two or three pizzas.
Speakin' o' food, My Thanksgiving was flippin awesome. both sets of grandparents came, my uncle, and Luke were all there. We had turkey, ham, green bean casserole (yuk)(luke ate a lot), potatoes, cramberry jello-like stuff, stuffing, all that good stuff.
Everybody came around 11:30 and left around 3:00. Except for Luke: he practically lived with us for, like, three days.
Mom just asked me to post this: Ali, Hayden, please see if your little brother John (Jon?) can come so Ryan has someone to play with. It's ok if he can't, but... Mom also said that we're going to put up the Christmas tree this weekend. But that has nothing to do with bringing John.
Well, earlier today, Ryan and I tried to go to the Community center to play basketball, but Jon's car wouldn't start. It was kinda cold too, but it's starting to warm up. should be good weather for four-wheeler tag. (i forgot to mention that the real point of the game is to see how many people you can run over and the last one standing, gets to ride next)(That's just a joke! I didn't mean that! I'ts a safe, fun, NICE game to play)
I guess I'll catch ya'll gaduz laduz. I'm out to play catch w/ Ryan since we could go to the comm. cen.

Byyyyeee Yyyaaaall!

2005-11-22T22:26:00.001-08:00

oh yeah. all those languages in my next-to-last post...
therez a translator on this computer...
I don't really know all those languages...sorry Ali.
but alimente means "food". in like four (i don't really know) languages.

2005-11-22T00:06:00.000-08:00

yo, wutz up my peeps?!
I just got done w/ reading and commenting on everyonez blogz. therez some stuff ya'll should check out on some o' dem.
i know that jc put that luke and bob (brenton) are at our house, but...hey. wut can i say. we had a blast today. school went by really fast for me these past two dayz. REALLY fast. strange, huh? i think the weeks gonna go by slow though. (unless we keep having frinds come over) (like we should)i read lukes blog yesterday or sometime and i saw a :) (smilie face?) i said in a comment on his blog that would... :( ... be a frownie face? now i've got something new.
):(
overhanging-forehead-man with frownie face. either that or a unibrow...something like that.
well, tonight (or, last night, i should say) we played four-wheeler tag and had a blast! flippin fun deude!
it's 12:15 a.m (15 minutes after midnight) and i feel like i just drank a cup o' java. well, almost. my eyes are starting to hurt from looking at tv screens and computer screens and wutnot. Usually i can't even stay up till 11.
can't wait till tonight at youth group. i'm so excited!
well, the coffee feeling is going away and i'm starting to get tired. so i'll leave off w/ this short post for today (or yesterday).

I'm goooooo...*(snore)* exhale *(snore)* exhale...
...startled wake-up..

good night (morning) guyz

2005-11-21T14:53:00.000-08:00

How art thou, G?
I like food.
Me gusta alimente. That's Spanish
Hey, Ali, your namez in Alimente.
Eu gosto del alimento. Portugese
gradisco de alimento. Italian
J'aime la nourriture. French
Ik houd van voedsel. Dutch
Wanna know how I know all these languages?
good luck
Now, to be down to earth...maybe.
Today went really fast for me. I remember waking up this morning like it just happend yesterday. Good memory? doubt it. Good similes? yeah right. I'm in a really good mood today, for some reason. Maybe that's why todayz goin' so fast.
Oh, yeah. If ya'll haven't read Lukey boyz blog yet, do it right after reading this one. It's got a really ironic, but funny thing that happened. and it just happened to futher the Kingdom. cool eh? (this is not an advertisement for ehort blogs)(cuz minez the best one anyway, right guyz?...Right?...Ri...ah, forget it)
Well, i'm listening to Seventh Day Slumber's (great band) "once upon a shattered life" cd.(great cd) it's flippin' awesome.
Well, i read the comments on my blog and Ali said that I'm shunned for not liking green bean caserole. she says i'm shunned, yet she's commenting on my blog. huh. curious. very curious. Well I truly dislike grean beans along with my whole family, except dad, luke and cody. but luke and cody aren't really in my family so it doesn't count for them to like 'em. I think they're gross. Narsty tangs, dem. Right Aley?
so now i'm officially shunned by the junior girl named ali roberts.
oh well.
I got nothin' to do tonight, so my day sssshhooooould ssstaaart tooooo slooooowww dooowwwnnn sssssoooommmme.
I'm actually starting to get kinda tired.
I like food. just not green beans.
well jc'z starting to get impatient, cuz i've been on the computer a while now. mostly because i messed up and had to start retyping when i got halfway thru my update. Yeah, it sucked.
See yuz latuz gatuz.

2005-11-19T18:27:00.000-08:00

Yo, guyz, wutz happenin'?
I didn't get to post yesterday for some reason my limited brain capacity won't let me remember. But today was a blast. and yesterday.
Oh! now I remember. We had Justin, Cody, and Hayden stay the night and I was busy trying to play host (not-just my excuse).
anyway, we played four-wheeler flashlight tag, where everybody runs around like a chicken w/ it's head cut off hoping he/she doesn't get seen by the person driving the four-wheeler. it was a blast. Everybody ran around the chicken shed and through the barn (until mu mom asked us to stop going thru her horses' home). I hide in one place (where nobody'z likely to find me, but where I'm still in the game) and see how close the guy on the four-wheeler comez to me. JC came within like 3 or 4 feet of me without seeing me. It was pretty cool. Then I gave that up cuz it got boring fast.
So i decided to run a round around (a round around-get it?) the the chicken coop with the other idiots...I mean...other people. Hope i don't offend.
too much.
we stopped playing for some reason that's not coming to me right now. then we wanted to go back out, but mom said we couldn't, so we stayed in, played video games, like HALO!
LIKE halo, not halo.
not. we played halo. we couldn't find a connector cable, though. so we had to play two differend games on two different t.v's.
and my dad recorded a movie when we wanted to play ahol (that's halo), so we had to wait to play. then about twenty minutes later, mom came down and told us to go to bed. NAOOOWWW!!
We got three people to sleep on my bed that night. Hayden, Justin, and me. Yeah, worst night of my life.
not cuz o' da people, cuz o' da kitty cat. I can sleep (sometimes) in small 2 by 6 areas, but the cat jumped on the bed at 3:30 in the morning, waking Hayden and me.
After pouncing on my nose and mouth a couple o' times, the kitty roved over to Hayden (THANK GOD THE CAT GOT OFF ME!) She came back what seems like a million times. Hayden and I were up tons, and it wasn't cool.
Now for today.
We woke up (Justin, Hayden, and me) for the last time that night, and went downstairs to find my mom making bacon, eggs, pancakes, and cinnomon rolls. (one of the best breakfasts i've ever had)
THANX MOM!
after everybody was done w/ breakfast, we watch Justin play this really dumb (in my opinion, and Haydenz) game on the computer. It's called Dragon...somethin'. I can't remember again. oh well. we played more video games, waiting for mom to call us out to cut firewood (she did all the cutting, we moved all the logs to the back of Codyz truck). I don't nkow about anybody else, but it was the most boring morning (apart from the breakfast part) that i've ever lived. I was so excited about the football game we were goin to play. yeah, you all know how that works: anticipation slowz time, fun quickenz it.
well, while we were out cutting (or transporting) firewood, me and cody got a little distacted and started play-sword fighting with sticks. that sped time up.
till mom called us back to help.
we finished soon enough, and everyone was bugging verone else to get in the car to leave for the football game, and we were all still just staring at the t.v. Luke, I'm sorry, but this is why we were late to the field.
But we started to play, then Luke said this little (and i mean really little) kid was going to play tackle football with us. the kid was in third grade!
Well, I'm done. Bye!
just joking.
But later in the game, another person guy came, wanting to play. needless to say, we let him play (that rhymes: say-play!). and still later, this really muscular guy came and played too. he was really scary. we called him "the monster". Chris said that he's on steroids...they played basketball together two months ago and the guy was scrawny as could be. he was still scary though.
I got to play qb most of the game, trading once in a while with JC, Chris, or Eric. The game was really fun.
sometime during the game though, i heard yells and screams coming from the hill. i had no idea who it was until Hayden yelled,"SHUT UP ALI!" I started laughing so flippin' hard (on the inside. just a little chuckle on the outside). yeah, that was funny.
I'm thinkin' we're goin' to play this saturday at 1 agian. If you're the only one to get this, tell it to everyone. WE WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY, THE 26th!!
Well...my eyes hurt from looking at the computer screen, my fingers are typing really slow cuz they're cramping up, my brain hurts having to type all this stuff for ya'llz benefits. Fa Rizzle. I think I'll stop typing now ((((or...after my closure(s)))).
so, see yuz all tumaroo @ chizurch. and worship practice at 6. G!

I'm goooooooooone!
Bye Bye!
ps forgive the typos, lease (that's please).

2005-11-17T14:18:00.000-08:00

Hey, guyz it's Tim. yesterday, I had to take a history test. today i found out that i got a B on it. an 85. That's fairly decent for me.
and i just burned my thumb getting popcorn out of the microwave. it flippin hurts. bad
can you bring me my chapstick? But my lips hurt real bad! Im not gona use herz: that's gross!
Gosh. Freakin idiot!
But really. my thumb does hurt.
Ok, so i'm on the computer, listening to demon hunter, eating popcorn, and updating. is that multitasking or what?
I'm not really writing about anything important because nothing big happened in my day today.
There was a pretty fun basketball game in p.e, though. i'm not sure who won, but i made some pretty cool-lookin lay-ups and even a hookshot or two. I really suck at hookshots, so it was pure luck when it went in.
If you've gotten this far into my blog, you can probably stop reading; i'm just going to keep rambling about my day, boring as it was.
in first hour (band) we didn't do anything cuz the teacher was gone with the choir on a field trip to k-state. I just sat in MY chair (it's the only padded one, thus the emphasis on "my") and read my book. pretty good book too. I'm almost done w/ it. in second hour, i found out about my test score, and read some more cuz people who were gone (and that's about half the class) the day we took the test had to take it. third hour was the busiest Spanish class i've ever had to endure. I love that class though. Mrs Swabb is sooo funny. In advisory, i did my math homework, and then read. Boring day so far. yeah i know.
fourth hour... thinking... was chemistry. Really easy stuff today. don't remember what it was, just remember that it was easy. fifith hour was p.e and the basketball game that i previously mentioned. sixth hour was algebra 2. again, really easy. Last hour English was easy too. We just had to go to the library and type some stuff our teacher gave us. It counted for extra credit too.
My boring day at school.
I got home, made popcorn (burned it, and my thumb), got on the computer and started blogging.
Now, i'm listening to Kutlass (flippin awesome band) and eating the rest of my new, unburned popcorn.
and now i have to go. Today was extremely boring for me.
when you comment on this (if you comment on this) please tell me about your hopefully more exciting day.

I'm goooooooooone!
Bye Bye!

2005-11-16T22:00:00.000-08:00

It's 10:00, I'm really tired, don't know why I'm posting; I won't do much.
Man, it's been a long day for me. I had to serve a detention that I got because of tardies (get 3 tardies then a detention). I was late to class 3 times. I just worked on my math homework, though. It was really e.z.
I liked y.g. today, but I noticed that we don't show enough respect towards Bob or Jube. I think we need to work on that. That's the only bad thing. I wish Justin didn't have to leave right after we finished; I wanted to wrestle with him again. Hayden chickened out, so I was left with nobody to wrestle. *Dang it!* Oh well.
It's 10:09 and I'm off to bed. Nighty night, and don't let the bed bugs bite.
See ya'll sat. at the football thing.

Bye.

2005-11-15T15:06:00.000-08:00

Ok, so, not much to post today. My mindz been blank for the most part, as usual. We (Jon, David, me, JC, and Ryan) got out of school at noon today to get flu shots. Yeah, I'm the only one that felt the needle go in. They all called me a wus and laughed.
THEN I KILLED 'EM ALL!! Just joking.
I laughed with them. I told them I felt it go in and expected to get laughed and call me at least a wus or a sissy or something like that. I wasn't offended (too badly). I just wept silently in a corner when we got home! Not!
Man, I had you guyz (and girlz) goin' for a sec! Hah!
But I do have a ginormous hole in my left shoulder. I think the painz gonna kill me.
Oh, yeah. On the topic of needles (or getting stabbed anyway) this girl bent over in her desk to pick up a mechanical pencil and the led went right into her middle finger! It was pretty funny, but it had to hurt like the Dickens.When she pulled it out, her skin stuck to it like it was grabbed with tweezers, not stabbed. That part was nasty. It started to bleed a little while later. I kinda felt bad for her. Then she started flippin' people off with her stabbed finger (middle on her left hand). Then I turned away and thought to myself,"I'm not to judge other people". I still thought of her as a sinner, though. Like: man she needs Jesus, or something in that area.
Well, I don't have much more to write, other than I miss you all over the weeks and I'm so happy when Wednesdays and Sundays come around.
Now that I'm done with my sentimentals, I can say bye.
So here it goes.
And here I go.

Bye!

2005-11-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

Gosh, guyz, hurry up and post, it's drivin' me crazy! I'm tryin' to find out what you guyz and galz are up to, but there's only stuff from yesterday or the day before. Not even gonna mention Haydenz blog.
Now that that's out o' the way, today went pretty well for me. Found out I'm passin' chemistry with a low C. That's really good for me, since I don't really understand it. I'm passin' all my other classes with pretty good grades (higher than my chemistry, anyway).
Oh. In English, we had to write a poem that was due today. 15 lines, 3 stanzas, and it had to be romantic. Yeah, yeah. the girls are thinkin' that I can't write a romantic poem and the guyz are callin' me gay when they read this. But it's not that kind of romantic. "Romantic" in our English class means nature-wise, loving nature, let time flow the way it's supposed to (not getting in a hurry), you know-hippie stuff. How bad cities are, how great the wilderness is, that kind o' thing.
I don't want to brag or anything, but I thought my poem was pretty good. It was just about the creation of earth: Genesis style. I think the class was pretty amazed that I'd base my poem off the Bible, but it made me feel good. Felt like I was showing people who I really am. Even though it was just Genesis. It was like subtly telling them what I believe in. They're all Catholic (kinda like wanna-be Christians, except not). They say they're Christians, but they do all sorts of stuff that would make God so flippin sad (or MAKES God so flippin sad).
I think that's where we're supposed to come in. We tell them that they're doin' some bad stuff, need Jesus, blah, blah. You've heard it a million and one times.
And that's where Luke comes in. Bein' the youth pastor, he tells us how to show the way to Jesus (and other stuff mainly, but you get the idea). He teaches us, my dad teaches us at church, your parents teach you (if your parents are Christians) how to act, what to believe (not necessarily what to believe), and it helps us in our maturity levels (but only with the help of the Bible and prayer). And this is what people see in school.
Big change in subject. From: UPDATE YOUR FLIPPIN BLOGS!, to me tryin' to be deep-like, sayin' how we're supposed to help Christianize our schoolz.
I'll stop preachin'. I'm really bad at it, I know. Don't make fun o' me cuz of it. Even though ya prabably will.
It's not nice to hurt Timz feelings by making fun of him. You might make him go cry in...
GET OFF JC!!
Man! People these days tellin' lies left and right. Decievin' ain't from God.
It's pretty fun to do sometimes though.
GO AWAY JC!
sorry about that,

I'm gooooooooooone,
bye bye.

oh yeah, tomorrowz my momz b-day. She's turning A OUCH! GET OFF ME WOMAN!
I'm turning 32, thank you very much.
Back to decievin' again. WOMEN!

Now I'm gone,
See ya Wed.

2005-11-14T19:52:00.000-08:00

The post above is officially my longest entry yet.

Bye!

2005-11-13T18:52:00.000-08:00

Ok, so we went to Nebraska over the weekend and stayed in a really cool hotel. I slept on the floor because I remembered sharing tiny beds from the weekend before at Oasis. The hotel had a pool, a hot tub, gym, and a sauna (I have no idea if I spelled that right). It's just a big steam room that was flippin' awesome.
When we got there, we took a walk around the grounds and then went to the gym (pretty small gym, too). We ran on the treadmills (they only went up to 10 miles an hour, which was only like a six-and-a-half minute mile), tried to lift weights, and then we went to the pool. It was cool (that rhymes!). Then me and dad (FATHER Dave-literally) got into the hot tub. It was really hot. Well, at least compared to the pool (duh). My skin started to melt (you know-the water) so we went into the sauna (I still think I'm spelling that wrong) and my skin fell all the way off! Not. They made me go fetch water to put on the hot-rocks though. (meanies) Then we went to sleep. I almost wish that I slept on a bed because of the hard ground. Almost.
We went to a really good breakfast and had really good food. Then we went to do whatever we wanted for an hour. We left to go to the zoo, had to stop to pick up JC from a sweet skate park about a minute away, and had the next-to-the-most boring two-hour drive in my life. The zoo was worth it, though. I've got some pretty cool pics of some animals. I don't have them with me though, cuz I'm at church, they're at home on the computer, you get the idea. They're not with me at the time. I'll post them later, like, when I get home.
I don't have anything more to write.

Peace out, Yo.

2005-11-10T15:00:00.000-08:00

I can finally find some time to update now that it's a weekend. Yes!
Well, anyway, I read most of your blogs and they were... nevermind. Just kidding; they were great. My day at school today was pretty good. I didn't really do much, but I was just in a good mood or something like that. Ever since last night, when Luke prayed for me, I've been feeling great.
The first day after Oasis, I felt that I was being attacked by the Devil, but last night at y.g Luke prayed for me and all my bad feelings went away just like that...like that...like... well, anyway, I can't make anything really cool happen on the computer when you read this. *Dang it!* But it went away right when he started praying for me. It was really cool.
Back to the blog. This morning was pretty uneventful (except that I wasn't the last one ready for school today! *Yes!* don't laugh: I'm usually the last one in the car. *Fo Rizzle*) I was in such a hurry not to be last that I didn't find time to read my bible...until I got in the car. I read John ch.6 and James ch.2.
James 2 has some stuff that applies to (well, sums up) our lesson @ y.g last night. The very first verse says not to discriminate (which is the calling people wierd, and "I don't like you" stuff, but treating everyone else just dandy-like). It elaborates, saying,"...suppose somone comes into your meeting ressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in shabby clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the reich person, but you say to the poor on, "You can stand over there, or else set on the floor"-well, doesn't this discrimination show that you are guided by wrong motives?
Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn't God chosen the ppor in this world to be rich in faith?
I'll let you get er-not er, I slapped a fly on my hand-out of it what you will.
I gotta go: momz buggin' me to get off, that she wants the computer. See ya sunday.

2005-11-08T17:42:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, it's me, Tim. I'm so glad that we're back from the youth conference, yet I wish we were still there to further our walk with God. I'm at home thinkin' how great my own bed feels over the hotel beds, but instead of sleeping here I could be talking to (or about) my friends, God, whateverz on the t.v, or ust whateverz on our mindz.
It's so great having friends that you don't have to worry about what's gonna slip out o' their mouths. At school, it's "F-this" and "F-that"; I hate it! When you've got good Christian friends, like our y.g, that don't cuss or talk about anything dirty, well, I don't really know what to say besides I have something to look forward to during my week: church and youth group.
This reminds me of what my mom told me when I told her I don't like to hang around the people at school:"You should look forward to going to school just so you can witness to people." You know, I can't help but say that she's right. Jesus didn't hang out with the people who didn't need him; he hung out with the people on the bottom of the food-chain.
I don't really know where I'm going with this, but I find that I do so many things the wrong way, and without my parents, I'd be doin' them a whole lot worse. I'm really rambling now. I think I'll quit before I reveal my deepest, darkest secrets to everyone.
Catch ya later!