"Where does time go, we gain but lose, love but hate, say hello, but goodbye... We wanna achieve but dont, wanna help, but make things worse.... Time can go by without us really living life at all We go through the motions just getting by, we wanna live passionately, effectly, whole-heartly, everyday like its our last, but we dont.... What will become of this world if it loses its soul, good people, its hope... Has it already? Are you makin a difference? Am I? Do we forgive, do we forget others, the ones we love, do we pass the ones who need our help? Do we forget to tell the ones there how much we care? We let people down naturally....but is there anything we can do to pick them up? I wanna gain, wanna love, and say nothing but hellos before I have no more time."

so the trip to new orleans was awesome..God's glory is being reflected there and I pray his hand will stay on that city...I tried to see past the devistation that is unfathomable from the what u only saw on tv, to see what I can do that God has permitted...but thankfully not only me, but the response of the entire body of Christ...what a blessing this trip was...

Please pray for me that my heart for missions and service will continue to grow and that all distractions will lay themselves down so that I do not lose focus on my goal...God continues to put oppurtunities in my path for me and I am thankful for that. I am always considering my heart and where it is at...I want it to keep humility and it to grow in purity...

Yesterday I found out I am going to Bejing China in July! This week I am so overwhelmed by what is on my plate. In may I am going to Peru...I am thankful for the oppurtunity but still need God's delieverance thru faith in the entire process...by trusting him to make all the financial and spiritual needs possible to go...The New Orleans trip has sparked my heart to continue to live in not only in great works for the Lord, but in faith....Last night I went to bed so minial and useless inMY sight hoping God would accept my humilty: not me thinking of myself less, but thinking of God greater...and this morning he woke me up with the promise of a new day, His day with HIS PRESENCE...look into despair, turmoil, and hardships,and look the devil right into his eyes, and tell him the Lord is with me, his hand is on me..I am doin his work, not yours...

Spiritual highs come and go from ourlives because our feelings and emotions are high, but God knows our hearts and our desires, humanly and heavenly...and will dwell in us when we dwell in Him..here are some pictures from last week

Aaron

So it's been a while to write...But happy spring break everyone!!! Pretty soon it'll be summer...Won't bore you with how my semesters been, but I'll some it up as a battle:Almost from every angle...relationally, education, spiritually...It's been fun: with Intermural football, my birthday, makin new friends, DBU baseball...It's been sucken: not havin a church home and not having the drive to get up sunday morning.Hurting my ankle pretty hardcore.The biggest thing for me now is trusting that God will provide:I am going to Peru and signed up not having any means of getting there...Pray I'll let go and let God do His work.

Well I'm going to New Orleans with DBU to help out there spring break so say a prayer for us if ya can! Look forward to coming back and seeing everyone!Have a good week. O and here are some recent pics of mine: enjoy!

God bless and BLESS GOD

Aaron

So the things I get myself into...You will want to read all of this! Some pics along the way to get ya thru..Photography is one of my passions if yall didt kno

This weekend, me, my friend Joe, his brother Michael, and his friend Beto all went to a lake house. The house was a log cabin and was really nice. We spent time in the hot tub, watchn football on tv and playing pool....but we did venture out into the lake...dun dun dun...where I soon found my destruction...

So Mich and Beto went out on the lake in the kyaks, leaving me and Joe with the canoe...since there were only three oars, each water craft had one, which was a mistake cuz one oar can't direct one canoe..im sry, it just cant...after I took my shoes off to push the canoe into the lake, I noticed right away how nail bitting cold the lake was....twenty seconds later, i was cussing under my breath at Joe just because the lake brought a wretched pain to my feet...

Our main conquest was to reach a random island apx a mile into the lake...as we got more and more into the lake, so picked up the wind and the waves....I said to Joe "Hey Joe, we need to turn around"...."Nah, we're ok" he replies...but we werent ok...I started to turn and squeem like a little girl....as Joe is tryin to paddle us into the current and waves, a wave hits us just right to tip us over...The worst part was the initial sting of the cold water as we fell in!  The first fifteen seconds of the escapade was the longest fifteen seconds of my life. We come out the water shell shock not knowing where we are at...we attempt to tip the canoe back over to find it was filled with water...so all hopes of getting back in and drifting back to shore is gone...we must swim back! We were about FIVE HUNDRED yards from shore, and we spent about 25 minutes swimming back. Fortunately we were in life jackets or it would have been worse...and also an elderly couple saw us swiming back and rescued us and invited us into the house....it felt good to get out of the water but I was still freeing cold....After failing to worm up, they offered a hot shower for me to take as they called an AMBULANCE to come out to there house!

The shower did not help, but the paramedics, police, and fire department was there by the time I got out....About 15 guys were in these peoples house for me and my friend who were just cold...But it was so scary because I shivered for an hour after wards and stung all over...But we pulled thru and fought to live and with the help of two old people, we survived and got to come back with a story to tell....BTW, the water is usually twenty degrees less than the temperature outside whichs puts the water temp at about 45-50....just feel your pool water or some really cold water to get a feel of how cold it was....WOW, I sometimes just dont know...

But I'm back to life at DBU...I love all my friends here, my new room and roommate Maj, who is from Japan, my new classes, and my oppurtunity to learn and grow and do big things for God! I got a new cell, same number 817 673 9336, incase u didnt have it, but it works all the time now, and not just once a week...cuz i havent had a consistant cell phone in three months! But that is about it for me..I hope you got all the way thru this, if so, I hope you laughed and are blessed!

God Bless and Bless God!

Aaron