Spring Break

I made it through the first couple months of the semester unscathed and it's finally time to take a break. This past week went fairly smoothly with no real issues or major events. I attend a couple birthday parties and said my goodbyes to friends. One story of note occurred this past Friday. I only had one class early in the morning, so a hope for an early start to my four hour trek to Northern Virginia. I went to the gas station to fill up and my gas lid refused to open. It electronically unlocks when the car doors are unlocked. I tried for a good half hour to get it to open, but continuously failed. I called the Infinity maintenance division for advice. A man told me that I could unlock the fuel door from inside the truck for my model. I then proceed to remove the carpeting and siding from the trunk just to find that the man had no clue what he was talking about. Two hours later, I arrived at the Nissan dealer in Christiansburg for help. I told them my problem and walked into the waiting room. Literally five seconds later the attendant came in to tell me that the problem was fixed. The fuel door opened for the mechanic, using the same technique I had used for a half hour with no luck. He asked me if I was a new driver or had just bought the car. I told him I had owned it for eight months. He shook his head. I felt so angry/stupid. But in the end, its not that bad of a day if the worst thing that happend was a bipolar fuel door.

It has been very nice to be home for the weekend. My extended family comemorate my grandfather's 80th birthday on Saturday. Over fifty people attended the party in his celebration.
It was great to catch up with family and friends whom I hadn't seen in a couple months. Today, I overslept for my church service, so I went to Cedar Run Community Church instead. It's a nice community of people, plus the location is only five minutes from my house. I enjoyed the pastor's sermon about prayer out of Matthew 6. After church, I kind of took it easy today and chilled with the family. My dad and I worked on the LandCruiser and prepped it for a trip down to the OBX. I'll be leaving on Tuesday with a couple friends to the beach to enjoy some four-wheeling and fellowship together.

That's all for now. I'll update soon!

Snow!

I am finishing up the weekend in a satisfied state of mind. All winter long, I just wanted one legit snowfall. I was beginning to lose faith after a couple 60 degree days but God has a way of surprising us I guess. There must be 7 inches out there right now! As I look outside, I get a peaceful, tranquil vibe. Pretty literally, I am the only person awake in the neighborhood. Both my roommates are asleep and for those of you who don't know, I live in a community with a lot of families. All the houses are dark save for the glistening porch lights. It's times like these that you just have to thank God for His creation.

Usually, my weekends consist of hanging out with friends, playing basketball, and other relaxing activities. This weekend was a little different. On Saturday, there was a pancake breakfast for everyone interested in leading a Cru Bible study. Knowing it was a three hour ordeal, I was fairly unmotivated to get out of bed after 5 hours of sleep. Jeff Highfield, the director for Cru at Virginia Tech spoke at the breakfast. Despite my near comatose condition, I really got a lot out of it. Jeff is an excellent speaker and a man in a close walk with Christ. The 3 hours whizzed by and I will definitely apply to be a study leader with one of my roommates. On Sunday, I was planning on going to Northstar Church at Blacksburg Middle but I overslept. I felt awful. I havent missed a class this year but I missed church. I'll try again after spring break. Anyway, this afternoon I attended the third session of Authentic Manhood. It's a study to help young men realize what their purpose is and how to live out a Godly lifestyle. I have actually gotten so much out of this course. Today's session in particular was great. Jeff Highfield was our speaker (surprise, surprise). He talked abotut the stages of manhood and the expectations, pressures, failures, and successes that go along with each. I would suggest that any college age guy take a course like this one before graduating.

Well that's it for today. I've got a light week ahead of me and hopefully it will start off with a snow day!

Peace