A Life Without Keys
Thursday evening I went to Bottom Dollar off of Universal road in Penn Hills, Pa. Matt and I were cooking dinner that evening and I had a couple groceries I had to pick up. In case you want your mouth to water, we had grilled chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn,...
Israel/Paris 2012 Day 8- שלום ישראל, Bonjour Paris
Well, this day was not the day I wanted to experience. Even though last night was a drag, I still didn’t want to leave. However, Josh and I were able to do some shopping and I got to see my Muslim friend Napil who owns a shop in the market area. He got me some great...
Israel 2012- Day 7 Part 1: The Passion
As we embarked on our last day all together, we started out at the Mt. of Olives for the Palm Sunday path (John 7:6-7). It’s a perfect place to get a picture over the city of Jerusalem and that is exactly what we did. From there, we made the steep path down the Kidron...
Israel 2012- Day 7 Part 2: Leaving the Group
After Josh and I had separated from the group, things went south quickly. Dr. Davis’ group had a midnight flight at the airport, while Josh and I didn’t have a flight until 5pm the next day. After we separated, we got a taxi outside of my old learning center. I gave...
Israel 2010- Day 7 (Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity, Herodian)
Bethlehem. The place where Jesus was born. This is where I walked today. As our bus toured the city, we were in awe of the view that we were looking at. First, we ate at this amazing tent restaurant and while I am a picky eater, I tried some of the different foods and...
Israel 2010 Day 6- Silence of God
Today was kind of a different day. I woke up and enjoyed the beautiful Jerusalem boker (morning). The sun was up, no clouds in sight so I sat out on my balcony and just took in the peaceful Shabat. After enjoying an hour talking with my Pastors and my dad, I got ready...
Israel 2010 Day 5- First Shabbat
Today we woke up super early for breakfast at "The Bean." Then, Dr. Davis decided to get us lost on our way to our lecture and walked for about 45 minutes to the place we had to go. Once the great philosopher made some phone calls, we made our way to a beautiful...
Israel Day 4- Epic Free Day!
Wow! Today was pretty amazing! We had a free day today and toured the city with our incredible picture taking skills and directional abilities. We went to shop at a lot of different places and had a lot of laughs. My favorite part of the day was building...
Israel Day 3- Rockefeller Museum, Knesset, and the Shook
Today was a very drawn out, "information overload," type of day. It was another early morning for me--that is, 7 am. For some reason I keep waking up at that time, but it lets me get the most out of my time here. The first thing we did was go to The Coffee Bean (aka...
The Beauty of Creator God
Moving Decisions
8:30am came quickly as I woke up and couldn’t remember what day it was. I was so confused that I actually looked at my phones calendar to see what day it was. Needless to say, I hit the snooze button a couple more times and finally began my morning routine. This...
Israel 2010- Day 2 (David’s Tower, Western Wall)
I don't even know where to start. Today was absolutely incredible. There are many words that can try to describe this city, but none of them can come close to the brilliance and magnificence of this Holy Land. Today we woke up and toured our area (downtown Jerusalem)...
Pompeii- June 15, 2012
To see the video, click the picture or click here. We woke up early to board our first legitimate European train to Pompei via Naples, and we were more than excited to get out of the city for the day. We got to the Roma Termini, boarded our train, and left the station...
The Vatican- June 14, 2012
After a couple failed attempts the day before and some extensive planning, Josh and I finally had to come to terms with the complicated fact of walking to the Vatican city, which was about an hour from our hotel. Our tour was at 7:45am, which meant we had to be there...
The Return Home- June 16-17, 2012
Day 1- Caeserea Maritima, Mt Carmel, Megiddo- Sunday June 17, 2012 For the video click here Dr. Davis told us to be ready by 8:00am sharp to leave for our first day tour. If you can remember my last trip, our flight got delayed, and some people had to leave several...
Colosseum Tour- June 13, 2012
Colosseum Tour: June 13, 2012 Being jet-lagged has its advantages when you can’t fall asleep after waking up at 4am and then realize you can get a good sunrise shot of the Colosseum. That’s the first thing I did Wednesday morning and it was breathtaking. I was...
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day
It has been said that Rome wasn’t built in a day. That may be true, but they certainly didn’t put the time or effort into making the glorious city an easy walk. Josh and I arrived at Fiumicino Airport around 9:40 am (3:40am EST) and had about a 9 hour flight. Boarding...
The Marriage of Reality and Dreams
Portrayed by the endless sight of lonely images, a thought crosses the mind of eternal being. Was this the life I chose? Is this the life I chose? Plagued by a disaster of unwanted memories, of unwanted feelings, the divorce of reality and dreams cry brokenness....
The Valley Forever – Part 3
Perspective is all that can be left. A change of mind. A change of heart. A change of love. Unconditional is not just that of One but of Its creation. Forgiveness. Acceptance. Freedom. When all is lost, Freedom remains. Jubilation is a word overstated. Responsibility...
December Death – Part 2
The winter solstice begins tomorrow; it’s cold, rainy, and cloudy. In a way, this could describe the last 15 months of my life. My last post described Mt. Moriah. Unfortunately, this post concerns the cross. This post concerns death. The path leading up to the cross...
Season of Moriah – Part 1
Mt. Moriah. That dreaded place of uncertainty. That place of no return where death cringes up the spine. Nothing good can come from it. The Lord tells me to kill that very thing that I hold dear. That very child that He gave me! What kind of God is this? What kind of...
Woken Dreams (February 2009)
I found this the other day. I wrote it during a dark time of my life in the spring semester of 2009. My dreams woke up with wounds that heal, but these scars, they remain the same. My life brewed with meaning, with purpose. Memories and time can’t be changed, but the...
hey guys... wow its been a while since ive rote in here.. haha , well im sure most of you know that alot has changed in my life... but ive found som new songs now that i love to death and which potray my life so much... like underoath and almost all their songs.......
well i wasnt goin to type.... but since my wonderful gf made me com in here ill type ne way, haha Well td i was so unbelievable tired and idk y.... and td was just prety much boring as can be....... thats they call it the boring tuesday.. then i came home and...
sorry i havnt wrote to u guys in a cuple days ive been tired wen i get home at night and havnt really felt like typing. Well sat was fun. Went bowling then just kinda didnt do ne thing til Sam and Matts party. Well me and my dad met cait at wendys... and they were...
Last period of the day woo hoo and its a friday.... WOOT WOOT.....ms. cordisco let us have a good 20 min to just mess around tday which was ery cool of her .....haha....today has been boring as heck.... altho we had a fire drill last period... nice day out.... and...
Whats up guys... Hope every1 is doing well... im just kinda sitting hear lisenin to som AWSOME EMERY.... its walls live...ugh... so GOOD.....if u ever get the chance check out emery they r the best besides 7-10 split and underoath/ and relient k, haha Today......
well right now im talkin to kt and caitlin.... which by the way r hyper as heck and laffing constantly... o well... and least im talkin to both of my best frends haha... Went in to dairy queen today to pick up my final paycheck and it wasnt much but o well ... got to...
well im back in mals class..... i finally got a new lap top that has a working space bar.... woo hoo...... im supposed to be lookin up things and doing bib cards but ya kno... i really dont feel like doing that... id rather be talking to u guys haha... Last night was...
wow its been almost 4months since i rote in her last.... Well there has been alot of stuff that happend....I have my permit now....I have an awsome girl friend..(surprising i kno, thats y i love her)other then that skoolis gay as usual along with *most* of the ppl at...
