Updates On My Life

So its been a while since I my last post and a lot has gone on since then. my last post was talking about home as I was getting ready for family to arrive. Since then my family has arrived I have been blessed to be put with such caring and hospitable people. their names a re Melissa and Paul and they have a son named Franklin. I am actually getting spoiled with home cooked dinner every night. I'm not going to know what to do with myself when I get back. haha... I do miss the time i had to my self before they came back at times but I can not complain one bit. God has and is providing me with everything I need.

I have now been through a full Sunday and two Wednesday night groups. this last Sunday was good I like how they are doing things. there are three services here at River City so how it works for me is I come in at 7:30 and attend the regular service first thing. then for the other two services there are youth services. which i think is awesome. the youth services begin with a peer/youth led music worship time followed by Arron's (the youth pastor) message and then they break of into small groups led by different leaders. Its such a great set up for Sundays and the program.


Wednesdays are ran differently. we start off with some kind of game or crazy activity and after that they break off into small groups for the message the small group time is then integrated into the message breaking things up a bit. there are both pros and con's but overall I like how it is and goes. this last Wednesday we played a game that required partners saddling up piggy back style. the person on bottom has a blindfold and the one on top has an egg in their mouth and is required to navigate the both of them through an obstacle course. it was a fun game especially after cracking an egg over the head of one of the girls. that then (after Aaron told everyone to get me) turned into a hit Shane with the rest of the eggs. after running and jumping over a few fences and running out of energy i managed to only get hit by a couple. none the less it was an eventful youth group haha... after the message and some meangaling we piled 8 people into the church van and decided to take advantage of the free root beer floats that were being given away at Sonic. after traveling to 5 different Sonics we finally called it a night. just some story telling for you.


I have read a couple books over the past few weeks and am working on another one. the first two have been great books making me think and challenging me in my walk with Christ. One was the "Barbarian Way" this book encourages me so much. one thing that i really want to live out is trusting in God's power and believing fully in his power. In Him we can do all things!