Endings and Beginnings

Today marked the end of a season in my life. It was the last day of school at TAS. We went on an all-day beach field trip, where we (the teachers, some parents and our kids) got to just have fun in the ocean.
It was one of the funnest times i have had in a long time. Such a good end to a long, rich, fruitful year.

The emotions and thoughts that were going through me as i left that campus were many, and overwhelming. My year there has been so much for me-- learning, challenge, truth, failure, insecurity, joy, vision, affirmation, confirmation.....I have a deep love and gratitude for that place and what it represents for South Central LA.

I pray that God would look down and have mercy
I pray that TAS students would be the leaders who turn LA upside down.
I pray for repentance and that teachers' and families' lives would move toward the kingdom.

I thank God for many reasons, but one of the major ones is that in a very real way, when i walked into my first day back at the beginning of October, God had prepared TAS as a place where I would be prepared to lead the NWN summer program. i am absolutely sure that if i had not worked at TAS, i would not be ready to take on this task in the next season of my life.

So, the summer begins for me. A new job, a new place to be each day, new relationships, new study (gifts, and Acts) and new need to trust God (for the fall and beyond, job-wise)

thank you friends for walking along side me.

I guess you guys found me out.
I just want to say that I am really grateful to Tyra for seeing in me what I knew was there all along. Thanks, Tyra, for being so understanding and letting me have some time off to pursure my dream of urban youth work!

I guess there is more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking

check out this website

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

i will be going to Toronto, Canada for the next week. I am excited to see my family but a little nervous about how it will be with them. whenever i go home, things get hard spiritually.

volver

havent been posting much recently. A combination of business, and just a lot of processing stuff on my own.

I got an 80 GB external USB hard drive on Ebay a couble days ago. it should come any day now. I will be able to have all my music in one location. ooooo

Spiritually, this has been a season of new wine coming into old wineskins. Daily following God and recieving all the teaching and experiences coming my way has been like waking up out of a deep sleep every day. Like dying a little bit, then a little bit more.
I'm in it for the long haul.

In a week i will drive to Las Vegas to meet my family, and then fly from there to Toronto Canada. It will be my first time in Canada.

here are some pictures from our recent field trip to El Campeon farms in Thousand Oaks.

the whole crew 

Maria: "Whatchyoutalkinbout, Willis?" 

Arlene and Tra'myah, best friends  

Ilver and Neftaly. "America no sirve!"