January 2012 e-newsletter
Published January 13, 2012 | January 2012 e-newsletter
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Blessings
2011 was the Year of the Lord’s Favor; it’s not been the best year in my book of life but out of all the crazy chapters that have been added to my book of life I can’t complain all that much. I’m so thankful to each and every one of you who has been reading my blog , flowing me on twitter and adding me on Facebook – if it where possible to mail each of you homemade cookies I’ddo it. Yes! I’m that thankful to each of you; a small handful of you this past year went above and beyond and send me a love offering via my website which helped me in some cases to buy groceries , teaching supplies such as paper , pens , a notebook , and some much needed office equipment. In addition some of these monies where used to cover the cost of a number of English classes that I offered throughout the year for little or no cost to 6 adults who live near or in my neighborhood here in Mexico: so thank you again and again without your ongoing support I won’t have been able to offer these adults access to learning English so on behalf of them I thank you once again. In addition I’ve had the opportunity to meet some awesome people this past year yet one young women sticks out in my mind although her name is just not coming to mind right now (sorry about that) she works at the Laundry shop near my apartment: one day I was dropping of a bag of clothing to be washed and as she was filling out the paper work there on the table was a book that many won’t think much about but, for me it was an opportunity to ask some questions. Within a moment the young women told me that she had been reading the bible on and off and was interested in learning more about Jesus and his dad God but, was scared that her family would rejected her for putting her trust in God ; are conversation got interrupted but, it’s my pray that God will revel himself to her someday maybe it will be this year maybe it will be years from now I have no way of knowing for now all I can do is pray for her and I’d ask that you join me in doing so. It’s been a while from my last blog post and if you’ve been waiting for one for a while I’m so sorry there has been so little to post about that it’s not been wroth my time to post anything. This year will be a bit different so please bear with me while I get used to the land of academia once again. Say what? Yea, I said the land of academia… This year I’ll be working on my master’s degree in religion with a focus on Intercultural Studies. The program is through Liberty Theological Seminary in cooperation with a number of other seminaries through the USA finding this 95% online degree program was a blessing in itself and I’m excited for what I’m going to learn about God , others , and myself over the next 12 to 18 months.
This year (Dreams and pray request ) – I’m not into the new year resolution BS
Nothing magical happened on the first of the year and there was no magical transformation that took place after I walked across the stage with the rest of the undergrad class of 2009. Yet, there are events and times in are life where even if it’s just for a few short moments that life seems so wonderful and maybe even magical. I’ve never understood new year’s resolutions ; why would I want to set a number of un-measurable goals for myself that within a few short weeks if not days I’m very likely to forget about ?? New Year’s resolutions have been crafted in such a way to set us up to fail from the start. You’ve heard them
“I’m going to save money”
“I’m going to eat good”
“I’m going to exercise every day”
And the list goes on and on : each of these is an un –measurable goal with no way to determine if the goal has or has not been meat. In the first example “I’m going to save money” Ok, wonderful : How are you going to do that ?, how much money do you want to save ? Do you want to save so you can go on a trip or buy something big like a new car ? and the questions could go on and on it’s a good place to start but, I could say I saved 5.00 bucks on my internet by switching plains so I meet my goal. I think there is a better way to set goals for our lives. Here’s an idea but, it’s not mine its one I got from a story I heard on the radio about a man who asked his girlfriend’s five or six year old son if he had anything he wanted to do by the end of the year. His replay might shock you …… he said “I’d like to finish the pizza and then that movie we started early tonight.” Yep, he was interested more about the next hour then he did about what to get done this year. So here an idea let’s not focus on what we wanted to do this year rather what do you want to do today, what do you want to do in the next six hours, in the next hour and maybe just you might be shocked at the end of the year when you look at yourself and see a different you. Don’t get me wrong this doesn’t mean you can’t dream it just means that maybe for a change you set goals you can meat and that even if they are small and you think they have no meaning they really do at up at the end of the year : try it. I’m sitting here at 4:20 am and its heard to keep the tears from running down my face not because, I’m sad. No, I’m excited for a new year – I’m excited to learn more about myself, about God, and most of all its my pray request that I’ll be able to find the things I’ve been looking for over 20 years. The answers I seek aren’t in just any book but, I know they lie in the holy text. Please join me in pray, and in conversation over the next twelve months for it won’t be as much fun without you.
The Super-Secret Project
Did you think I was going to tell you what I’m working on? Ha it won’t be the super-secret project if I told you anything about it now would it? Ok , Ok, it’s a book. You happy ? No, Aw I’m sorry I know you won’t be happy till its published well that makes two of us. Here the thing its been over 2 years from when I started this and I don’t have all that much yet but, its my hope that over the next few days that will start to change and maybe at some point I’ll have something worth putting out into the world.
Other random stuff that didn’t fit anywhere else (I’m so sorry 
Um, funny at 6:00 am I can’t rely recall what I wanted to put here so just for the fun of it I’m just going to type and publish – yep no thinking. Oh, did I tell you that starting on the 16 of January I’m starting an 12 – 18 month master’s program only through Liberty university’s seminary. So if you where wondering there you go. Its going to be a crazy year but, I know God has a lot in store for me and I can’t wait to get started.
Blessings
Chris