I made it down to Jacksonville safely yesterday night after two days of driving for about 12 hours each. Needless to say, it wore me out, but I’m glad it’s done now. Spent today getting settled into my room (we actually have two per team and there’s four of us on the team, but we all sleep in the same room), looking around a bit for a job, and we also had Nav Nite (Jax Edition) tonight.

Anyway, I gotta finish up quick, but I’ll try to post more when I can. I’ve got a few pictures and more stuff to say.

Categories: Life
Tags: Jacksonville FL, Navigators, summer

I’ll be on my way down to Florida tomorrow (Saturday, June 5). I’ll stop in Tennessee on Saturday and stay with J Webb. After that, I’ll probably head down the rest of the way, supposedly a 12 hour drive, on Sunday. I may take some naps at rest areas to break up the monotony of the drive, but if all goes well I’ll make it to Florida sometime really late on Sunday or maybe Monday morning. Please pray that I’ll have a safe drive and God will begin preparing my heart to learn lots of cool stuff this summer. Also, pray that I’ll be able to catch up with what’s going on fast and be able to find a job quickly once I get there.

Thanks! Gotta finish studying now for my last test in college EVER! Woot!

Categories: Life
Tags: Jacksonville FL, Navigators, summer

Ok, I’m not prancing like Jake ’cause I’ve still got my major. Err… well, I guess he still has one of them, but all the same.

So far the semester hasn’t pounded me into the ground. Then again, it’s been a while since I’ve gotten seven hours of sleep. Last Friday night, actually. Oh well… I suppose a busy schedules necessitates certain compromises between lack of sleep or lack of preparation for classes. Unfortunately, it’s a negative relationship and putting more time into one (at least thus far) seems to mean getting less of the other. I need to work it out so I can study earlier in the day. This may mean studying on Saturday. Listens for a GASP

Things are going fairly well right now. I’m not _too_ behind in classes, I’m staying busy with various Navigators activities, and I’ve had some time recently to spend with God and that’s been good. Another encouraging thing is seeing the guys in our (Ray and I’s) Bible study this semester. We’ve got some guys that seem eager to learn and grow closer in relationship to God.

I’m thinking about going to Florida this summer. This year, Navs has started a new STP in Jacksonville, Florida. The idea is you get a 40 hour/week job and then you spend the nights and weekends receiving spiritual training and doing evangelism. It’s an eight week program in July and August. For me, this program would be a nice balance between getting an internship and learning a bit more about what kind of career my major could have and spiritual training that would further prepare me for taking the gospel of Christ wherever I go whether it’s the workplace or Asia or some bizarre combination of the two.

Categories: Life
Tags: Jacksonville FL, Jake, Navigators