Jason Castro

So tonight I went to my real first concert, and it was a good one - Jason Castro at Jammin' Java!

He was there with Caitlin Crosby and Matt Hires - both great artists as well!

kinda awful pics... but memorable! haha

we were so close to the stage!!

Such a fun night!!!

Is God Really In Control?

chapter6.

"If you stop and think about it, you will realize that most godly character traits can only be developed through adversity. God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son."

"We are almost insatiable in our quest for the "why" of the adversity that come upon us. But this is a futile as well as an untrusting task. God's ways, being the ways of infinite wisdom, simply cannot be comprehended by our finite minds."

"God's wisdom is fathomless; His decisions are unsearchable; His methods are mysterious and untraceable. No one has ever even understood His mind, let alone advised Him on the proper course of action. How futile and even arrogant for us to seek to determine what God is doing in a particular event or circumstance. We simply cannot search out the reasons behind His decisions or trace out the ways by which He brings those decisions to pass.

If we are to experience peace in our souls in times of adversity, we must come to the place where we truly believe that God's ways are simply beyond us and stop asking Him "why" or even tying to determine it ourselves. This may seem like an intellectual "cop out", a refusal to deal with the really tough issues of life. In fact, it is just the opposite. It is a surrender to the truth about God and our cirumstances as it is revealed to us by God himself in His inspired Word."

Jerry Bridges

a trip to philly with jenn and gerre.

2009 in photos

january

marchforlife

moving in with new roommates

february

first snow day

painting our red wall

my crazy roommates

and our guest housemate, fred.

once again, my crazy roommate.

march

carmen and i traveled to nyc

and saw Edi Gathegi (the guy on the left)

in nyc really late at night

pearl, my parents' new puppy

april

my grandpa passed away

jenn and i went to nyc

jean and i went to liberty u to visit kelly and cynth

in the tunnel that goes under the highway

may

blowing up groundhog holes at kelley's

photoshoot in west virginia

too much high school musical?

june

lena, carmen and i had a photoshoot in damascus and church

jimmy cone

july

reid passed away

june-august::camp

me as mike wazowski

rachel::british epic chest bump friend

hana:: british crazy dancing friend

hana and nicole, camp moms

jordan and i - the best camp moms EVER. (and the hottest)

michelle:my co-counselor. and our feelings about camp at the end.

august

carmen and i in our new apartment

jenn and i in our new room

september

aisle 5 at it's best

october

going trick or treating with a monster/witch/vampire named kelley

november

playing pranks on charity (and consequentially, lena)

december

aisle 5 realizes they're snowed in:

so we make the best of it

aisle 5 in the blizzard

aisle 5 snow reports in the blizzard

blizzard

new years eve at the kovlak's playing with her nice camera