Mood Lifter!

A Great Team

Last Wednesday I got to go to my first staff meeting at Mountain Lake. It is not neat to be an official intern at Mountain Lake and go behind-the-scenes and see how hard-working these guys (and gals) really are. I would have never known the amount of work they put into their job. They are such a team and so real. I was shocked to listen in on how their lives have been over the past week or two and they are honest. Life sometimes sucks or sometimes we question if what we are doing is what we really enjoy. Sometimes we have to go through valleys to get to the other side. It makes me feel great to know that these guys are just as much sinners as I am. 

Anticipation.

This is from Wednesday. I take my last two finals today!

As I try to study for my Economics final on Thursday I can’t help but notice the same (well, I assume the same) caterpillar greets me as he inches his way across the patio. It’s quite funny to see him again. You know, I am so blessed. I can’t believe I am actually sitting on a patio! I was thinking earlier as I kept attempting to study for the exam that my Dad has always dreamed of having a nice patio to relax on, and finally we do here at out new house. I don’t think a day has passed by that we have not been out on the patio. It is just so welcoming as it almost seamlessly runs into the sod grass that is beautiful. It gives us so much more of an excuse to have community and to reflect and relax. How awesome is that?

21

No. Not the movie! I am 21! Wow?! I have had an amazing 21 years so far and all leading up to an awesome past year where I got to go to Kenya and Jamaica! I look forward to an amazing bazillion more years!

He's Meeting My Expectations!

He's doing it! God is blowing me away! I have seen Him working in the lives of others as well as in mine. Today I have my big presentation in Historiography and then there is just one paper between me and Jamaica! WOW! And I am not stressed!

Great Expectations

I can actually say that I have seen God work in my life over the past week. It has stunk (not God) with all the stress I have been under, but:
1) God freed up my schedule for the next week at work
2) Has helped me financially to go on the Jamaica trip.
3) Promised me $600 in May with Bush's tax return!!!!

Okay, so the last one was added due to excitement. But, I still and do expect God to continue to work through my life over the next week, into Jamaica, and through the week after I return. Here is where I need some help:

!)Financially for Jamaica
2)Project and Spanish Exam

I will get though it all because I expect God will get me through it.

NeedtoBreathe's "Washed By The Water"

NeedtoBreahte just poste the new music video they did for their song "Washed By the Water". It's a very old-school sounding sound done right. If you haven't had a chance to see NeedtoBreathe live, you are missing out!

Movie Small Groups

Hey y'all! I am at Movie Group right now with a bunch of high school kiddos. Tonight we are watching "Finding Neverland." There is always relevance with the movies we watch and after each movie we end the night with discussion. We've watched "The Ringer", "Across the Universe", and "I am Legend."

To Doubt or Not to Doubt

John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."

This morning everything is telling me to doubt God. That He won't get me through the next week and a half. I have an economics exam that is impossible to pass this morning. It's hard for me to believe that God can get me through it, yet I do. I'll admit, I have to slap myself into believing sometimes, but I come around eventually knowing that God is in control and I am not. I expect He will get me through this exam and I expect He will get me through today.

Great Expectations

Dad (God) and I talked this afternoon on the way from school to church. I told Him I had Great Expectations and I expected that:

1. Over the next two weeks he will give me rest, peace, strength, and courage to get through two exams, one project, and 2 papers. Oh, and one oral exam.
2. He will give me the rest of the money I need for the Jamaica trip.
3. Will make me hunger more for Him and His word.
4. Allow for me to glorify Him though what He does in my life over the next two weeks and into Jamaica.

The Storm with No Calm Preceding It

So today is my first day back from Spring Break, and boy has the storm hit hard. These next two weeks will be a living nightmare as I have papers, projects, exams, oral presentations, lab recordings, online workbooks and compositions due. It is like Armageddon has been planned for next Friday and everything must happen before Thursday evening. I will be lucky to come out of these next two weeks without mono, that is how intense it is going to be. Ahhh! Updates to follow.

- Trent

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Double Post!

Yeah! Double post! It snowed a little today! I stopped by Subway with Andrew and Jeremiah and on the way to work it started to snow. I was all confused, but soon realized that I live in the state called Georgia. This weather is typical. And I also wanted to say that I am going to terribly miss working at Matt Elementary. There are some students there that have grown on me, and I will miss very much. Let's just say I have many girlfriends. :D

2 weeks!

I have two weeks until I leave for Jamaica. I have not gotten all my money in yet, but I know that I will. I believe God can and will bring everything together. He's done it before and he can do it again.

- Trent

Happy Aliveness Jesus

It's Easter! Thank goodness we had only two services of Shift. I know that next year we will have at least 3 services, I hope four. Of course we will need more volunteers, and they will come. I expect they will come. And that leads to the title of the new series "Great Expectations." It's all about how we should expect great things from an extraordinary God. We have a super sweet bumper too ("This is Your Life" by Switchfoot).

:)

Mountain Lake Internship

Yo. So it has been a few days since I posted. I put my two weeks notice in yesterday at Matt Elementary. I've been feeling God tell me that my season was up there. Of course, I battled it out for a day or two, but I think I am beginning to understand that He knows what He is doing, and I really have no clue. I trust Him more and more, and even when things don't make sense (like leaving a totally awesome job at Matt), I know He has BIGGER things in store. So I just ACT on it (Kudos to the last series at Mountain Lake Church). So starting in about a week I will be spending a few hours Mon/Wed/Fri at Mountain Lake starting my internship and then as my college semester ends I plan on devoting a TON of time here as well as sticking around at Nike for the long run. Nike is a very beneficial job for me and it is #82 on Fortune's list of the best companies to work for. I wonder where Mountain Lake is on the list.... HA!

- Trent

March Madness

I am so ready for Jamaica. I have been so consumed with everything that this is one of the few times I have for myself. I am busy, and I will stay busy for awhile. But I am okay about it. I have made time to read Ecclesiates and 1 Samuel, as well as begin to dive into Acts. I have not been able to go to main service in awhile, but soon I should have time to go. I have not been to Starbucks in 3 weeks, but soon I will be able to go. I just need to be patient. And I am. It is not fun nor easy, but that's the way things are. I do have little breaks, and they are called small groups, Jamaica meetings, and LOST. So there is some time for my brain to shut off, but I'd rather have more. I mean, wouldn't we all?

- Trent

I'm Here

I'm Here still! I just don't have much to post or much time to do it. Our house sold and we are moving in 2 weeks! Life is crazy, but I am starting to get things together and hopefully make everything less crazy. I am going to Jamaica in about a month! I am so excited. I have also been doing an in depth study of Ecclesiastes. I've taken a break for now and have started looking into 1 Samuel, but I will go back to Ecclesiastes again after I am done. I really want to work on some curriculum to make into a series for some use one day.

Come on House! Sell!

We had someone place an offer on our house on Friday. We made a counter offer yesterday and expect them to make a counter offer to our counter offer and then we make a counter offer to that offer. And then we had someone come and look at the house yesterday and they called our realtor and said they were interested in our house. So hopefully we will be in our new home by April.

Cancer is Crap

I hate cancer. I hate hate hate it. Today the vet told us that Jase has cancer and there is nothing we can really do. Why? Why does this happen? Why has cancer affected my life so much so. I lost a worship leader. I lost my aunt. And now I will lose my dog, my best friend. Where do I go from here? How do I distance? Do I distance? How do I let go?

How do I say goodbye?


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Passing the Time

So I am in the Spanish lab, watching a movie in Spanish called "Life's a *****". Yeah, great name, huh? It's pretty intense, and violent, and bloody. The first part is dealing with Dog fighting, so I am sure Michael Vick loves this movie. This is the worst part of the week, these 31/2 hours between clases. I was miserable last Thursday. Pretty much as miserable can get. But today, I am así,así. I am worrying a little about Jamaica. I want to go, I am just worried money-wise. How can I raise it? I mean, I raised $3,600 for Kenya, so $1250 should be no problem. The thing is that I am asking for money again. But I don't want to be a begger, but someone that people can get behind and see the bigger picture. I was made for this. I was made to change the world. I was made to show community and love. There is a way.

NeedToBreathe

I was here! Crystal Corn, Andrew Smith, CDubs was here to. This is a rare and awesome video of NeedtoBreathe. Awesomeness.



If you have ever seen NeedtoBreathe then you know how awesome they are. The whole concert was awesome. It was an awesome night. I heart NeedtoBreahte.