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| What can I say other than I've been away? You'll probably never know the multitude of reasons why I fell off the face of xanga for a while but then again, you probably didn't even notice me gone since my last entry. Hence let me fill you in and please allow myself to reintroduce myself.
Since my last entry I am now on board and serving with the Jr. High Staffers @ church. I've left the Children's Ministry along with the other former Children's Ministry staffers as well. Nowadays I find myself surrounded by junior high adolescents on Sunday watching my EVERY move. The EXACT thing that I DIDN'T want to happen for all of these years. Hence one reason why I decided to fall of the face of the cyberworld (at least xanga).
However, throughout this short amount of time that I've been gone what I can say is that being at church this past Sunday was a privilege. Watching my former Children's Ministry student now a Senior in High School and getting baptized today and publicly proclaiming his Faith in Jesus Christ was a great reminder that despite this long and sometimes treacherous road I've traveled, God has been Greater than I EVER could have imagined. I asked God recently to remind me of how great He is so I could find some joy in doing what is Right. You know with a capital R, Right.
Afterward we went back to the Junior Highers room and the students wrote letters to the child that we are sponsoring in Kenya. Sitting there and observing for this past two months it dawned on me today. Where do these children currently stand with Christ? We can have outings and events, we can have great Bible studies, we can make them do good citizen things like write a letter to a kid on the other side of the world, but where does their heart lie? Do their hearts belong to Christ? Have they given their hearts to Him? All of these events are just that. Events! They don't mean a thing if Christ isn't the center of it all. Do they realize what following Christ TRULY means? Do we as ADULTS even fathom what it means? Are we going to just give them the wealth, health and prosperity Gospel? It broke my heart to see 12-13 year old Asian-American preteens OBLIVIOUS to the living conditions of the girl they were writing to. I won't blame them though. What I can/will do is lead by example and pray.
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| It's literally been a dozen years since I enlisted. I fight thinking about it but can't help deny the fact that I'd be 8 years away from retiring with a pension had I stayed in. Make a decision & live with it. So be it. In His time.
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| At the height of the spike in gasoline prices, I wanted IN with the big five oil companies because they were recording record profits.
After reading these two articles (in which I still need to fact check for myself):
Article One
Article Two
I think I will add onto my list of True American Gangsters to join Eliot Spitzer & Angelo Mozilo:
Goldman Sachs & Henry Paulson. Well, Goldman Sachs actually would fall under a criminal organization thus surpassing just Gangster status. Hell, I want IN on it however.
"I believe in America. America has made my fortune." They're probably laughing this line right about now...
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| Birth- Happy Birthday to An (aka Ti, Kevin, Monkey Boy, Sissy, or whatever the hell your real name is) Nguyen.
Marriage- Happy 2nd Anniversary to Christine & Paul (aka Cau, Cow, Bo whatever your real name is) Uyen.
In Loving Memory- of Emily Dang January 8, 1985-July 15, 2006.
I don't know how to say it other than; Happy Birthday, Congratulations, & Words cannot describe...
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The Date: 13JUL98
Holy shnikes!
I'm only entering this entry because my childhood friend put up his own blog commemorating a milestone in his career. I had serious writers block up until this point. I didn't and still don't feel like entering entries into this blog but I still read my subscriptions nonetheless. See, my friend once told me he was struggling because he had to write a two-page paper. I laughed and told him that 2-pages was a joke, 2 pages was merely an introduction for most papers. He told me, something to the effect of "yeah for you it's easy but for me it's not." I felt like a jerk afterward for laughing. Here I am now, I won't even budge to blog and what do I see? He's got his own blog, no longer reads mine through his wife's sign on, and actually blogs funny stuff! I'm not saying I'm any better by no means. What I'm saying is that I'm really motivated by this guy and he didn't even know it until he probably reads this post.
Enough on shamelessly plugging for Josh's new site. HAHA.
So, this day 11 years ago you all must be wondering by now what the hell happened. Well, this day 11 years ago I shipped off to Naval basic training in Illinois. Had I stayed in, I'd be 8 years away from retirement with a 50% pension for the rest of my life. Am I kicking myself in the ass now? You bet I am. However, I live & die with the motto: "make a decision and live with it" so here I am.
The thing that cannot be measured is how much I've grown leaps & bounds in knowing who God is since that day. I wouldn't have it any other way. As per Rev. Thach's last two rants I've heard on Being vs. Knowing, Doing, & Having. I can straight up say, "I know who I be." Sure I don't KNOW shit, I ain't DOing jack, and I for sure feel like I don't HAVE squat either. But rest assured I know who I BE. I know who I be in Him. Now only if I can accept it & actually like it.
I will not go into the list of what general things I've noticed that has changed since then. But in the spirit of my friends reminiscing the 90's & shit, one thing I've recently noticed was Mike Tyson was removed from the new Punch Out. "Little Mac is Back," their slogan says but no Mike Tyson? I tried playing the game yesterday which I admit was very fun but Mario also wasn't the referee anymore! I could see why Mike Tyson wasn't brought back on the game but no Marios as the Ref?!? Look how awesome it was back then:
Oh well, whatevers clevers.
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