Happy Thanksgiving!!! :D

I am so excited about Thanksgiving!

One - I get to see my distant relatives! (I love them so much!)

Two - I get to pig out until I can't anymore! :) Then try to work it all off :(

Three - I get to thank God for all privileges we have here in America and His love for us that God would provide for all our needs! We are so blessed! God deserves all the praise and thanks. That's what Thanksgiving is about. Everyone coming together and thanking God for His grace and love for our country and His people. He deserves our thanks!

Psalm 100:4

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

Psalm 57:9

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

Psalm 86:12

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.

Psalm 97:12

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!

Psalm 106:1

Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Psalm 136:2

Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 136:3

Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

May your life be filled with blessings!

All better!!!

Well, I'm out of my sling!

Story of what happened:

I was playing on the basketball court at church (I was playing football :) and fell on my elbow. I thought it was just going to be a bad, bad, very bad bruise and didn't take any further action. The next day (Thursday) I went to COACH with it and it wasn't getting any better. So after COACH, before my ball game, I went to the Emergency Room and found out that I might have a Growth Plate Fracture (don't ask because I don't know). So I was put in a half cast thing and a sling until that next Monday. This last Monday I went to the doctor and found out that everything was somewhat okay, and I could take it off!!! =) (when I say "somewhat" that means it's still tender)
So anyway, everything is okay and I'm out of my sling!

We've played a couple games since last time I updated. I don't know the scores but our record this year is 4 wins and 2 losses. We are playing a game tonight that we are expected to win so then (if we win) we will be...well do the math!

So, schools going well and life too!

Many blessings!

Well.......

I'm in a sling :(

Basketball games!

Well we had two more basketball games since my last post...

The first game we played Okarche Junior High team. We lost. :( I think the final score was 36 - 53.

The second game we played St. Elizabeth Junior High team. We won! :) I think the final score was 19 - 53!

Anyway, that was just a quick update on basketball!

Many blessings!

First Basketball Game!

Well, I had my first basketball game last night (11-2-09)! We won 38 - 16!!! I got a lot of playing time and it was a blast! I think I'm going to really enjoy playing for the OKC Knights!

I have another game tonight that I'm about to go to and will update soon on if we win (or loose)!

My next game is Thursday:

When: 11-5-09

Opponent: Western Oaks Middle School

Location: 7200 NW 23rd St, Bethany, Oklahoma

Driving Directions From I-40: Exit North on Rockwell Ave. North approximately 2 miles from NW 23rd st. Left (west) to school on the South side of NW 23rd

Driving Directions From I-44: Exit NW 23rd st. and go West approximately 3 miles to Rockwell Ave. Continue West to school on the SW of NW 23 st.


Hope to see you there!

(For all information visit http://www.okcknights.com/)



Many blessings!

My life in a nut shell...

School: Going well? Yeah I think so. School's really hard this year, but I'm learning a lot! I was shocked how hard it would be to go from 8th grade to 9th grade... BIG change! My grades are staying up (praise the Lord!) and my spiritually walk is growing. Schools going well!



Basketball: I'm playing for the OKC Knights this year (http://www.okcknights.com/) and it's going really well! I'm learning a lot about basketball and learning how to be a good servant. My first game is this Monday (11-2-09) playing a decent team (so I hear). It will be a lot of fun! I'm not starting this game, but I'm really happy for Luke that he is!!! Basketball is going well and I'm having a blast!


Mission Day: Mission day (if you don't already know) is a community outreach that we're doing at our church (Western Hills Church). Character Focus Ministries, Novo Ministries, and Character First, are all teaming up with Western Hills Church. Every Monday we go into two schools, Lee Elementary and Santa Fe South. In the morning we teach Character (with Character First) during school hours. In the afternoons we go into these same schools to do after school Bible Clubs. Since the kids volunteer to come, we can share Christ with each one of them. It's going really well and many have already come to know Christ as their personal savior! Praise the Lord!


After all that, starting a 6:00pm to 8:30pm we have YOUGROW (Yielding Ourselves Unashamed as God's Ready Open Workers) which is a bible study that Brandon Werner put together (men and women ages 14 and up). We're doing the "The Truth Project" that was put out by Focus On the Family and that's going great! Mission day is a big part of my life now and I am learning so much through it. I'm praying that God will use me to further His Kingdom more and more each time I go into the schools.


YOUGROW: God has been speaking to me during YOUGROW each week in different ways, but He spoke to me specifically this week. To make a long story short, I had unconfessed immorality that God showed me I needed to confess. I had the opportunity to confess my sins to my dad and God. I coveted to God that I would follow Him and serve Him in my actions, thoughts, devotions, etc. God has helped me see that I can't be moral on my own, but need Him to guide me and help me. God has been working in my life in many awesome, amazing ways!


Well, that that's all folks!

Many blessings!

What is a Christian

"I don’t know what you think a Christian is? I know so many people that think a Christian is going to church a lot. You may have heard this before but going to church a lot doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald’s and them making you a hamburger. And saying a prayer doesn’t make you a Christian, people in every religion pray. Even praying to Jesus doesn’t make you a Christian; He says many shall come in that day and say Lord, Lord! He says depart from me, I never knew you. Having the gifts of the Sprit or looking like you’ve got them doesn’t make you a Christian. Jesus says many shall come in that day and say Lord! Did we not cast our demons, and heal the sick, and raise the dead and all kinds of stuff? And He’ll say the same thing, depart from me I never knew you. You know what a Christian is? Someone who’s banana’s for Jesus! Someone who loves the Lord thy God with all his heart, all his soul, all his mind, and all his strength. Don’t forget the second part… He loves everybody else, as much as He loves Himself.
And Paul goes even further; He prefers that others get served before him.
An unquenchable, undeniable love that God puts in our heart. And that love does not just stay within the boarder of the United States, or within the boarder of our own denomination, or in the boarders of our own church; but it’s so large, and it’s so explosive, it explodes everything that gets in its way. With gentleness and power from the Holy Ghost."

~Keith Green


(Many Blessings!)