Posts Tagged VOC
Social Butterfly?
I love Sundays. I get to see folks I don’t normally see during my week, and I get to go to church 
For those of you who don’t know, I tape the sermons and put them on DVD and on the internet. I’ve been doing it for almost 3 years solid, maybe sitting in a pew 4 times or so since my first day. Either way it went fine, some audio problems at the start but we got them fixed. It’ll be weird to stop taping things on a Sunday but I am looking forward to it. Being in ministry is tough, because on one hand you have a great responsibility to serve God, on the other hand you find yourself wanting to experience ministry and not run it all the time. Sometimes I wish I could just come on a Sunday and have nothing to do, just greet folks and enjoy the sermon. I think I’ll find that enjoyable in LA wherever that is. Showing up with nothing to do but make friends and listen to the message, woo!
After church I went to the Brickyard with Kevin to eat and chat. It’s a great restaurant, one of my first jobs took place there for almost 2 years and almost ruined me spiritually. Being in a kitchen with a bunch of guys very unlike myself makes things difficult, and being a Christian…makes it worse. That job showed me just how bad an influence people can be on you, no matter how strong you are they start to seep into your being. I’m not sure I’ve been around non-Christian people regularly since, so I’m sorta bracing myself for LA. I’m just glad I’m not stupid and blind and know that it’ll be a challenge. I’m pretty sheltered but the fact that I know it is good. Lots of people just figure “ah I’ll be ok” and fail miserably once they leave the nest. I’ll face the same things, but knowing going in that I’ll be facing them. Should be an experience for sure…as will finding a new church, friends, and starting over.
I’m changing a lot of things about myself this past month and the next. I’ve been more outgoing I think then I’ve ever been, met more new people than I ever have, and just been a lot happier overall socially. I’m also changing my appearance as I had mentioned with new clothes, and a new haircut soon. I also need new glasses since mine are bent so maybe I’ll either get new ones or try contacts. Then I’ll look really different. All that plus the beard I now have going and the out of the ordinary social behavior, I’ll be almost a different person before I leave. I’m looking forward to it. I’ve never been happy with what I wear or how I look. I have very few things I like to wear and I’m happy wearing, same with my hair and such. Days when I feel like crap are mostly days where I don’t like what I look like. I got rid of so many old High School shirts and stuff from when I was much bigger than I am now. All that baggy stuff…yuck. Time for changes there, big time.
I went to VOC tonight, which was great again. I met more new people and hung out with friends. We went to Applebees (yes again) and hung out there as well until closing. It was a fun time.
The Life Giver website is going to be just fine I think, I sent a contract into the folks yesterday and will get it on Tuesday. I’m glad God brought along this job, it’ll be nice to have more dough in the bank when I leave. I’ll feel a lot better. I’ll actually have more in my account than I have in years when I leave…which is funny considering (at the moment at least) I’m broke.
Standing Firm is going well too. We will be shooting again either the end of this week or the next, or both. I’m waiting on one more persons schedule before I can make anything positive. Time is ticking and we probably have 5 days of shooting to do. The ADR will be the bigger challenge I suspect because none of us have done it successfully before. I hope things go well. I’ll also be scrambling to get a rough edit of the entire film together to make sure I have ABSOLUTELY everything I need. Not a single shot missing. I won’t have a lot of time to get it if there is something missing and the time to edit will be a little while. I’ll be cutting it close I suspect if there is any problems. We should be good though, God has brought us this far. Pray for nice weather! We can’t afford to have a day blown because of rain or something annoying. We need as much sunlight as possible to shoot. Cloudy days don’t do us any good.
Till next time…
Happy Resurrection Day!
Today was a fantastic day. A day of celebration, goodbyes, and fun with friends. I went to church this morning in jeans with a belt, black buttoned shirt tucked in with a suit coat. I looked pretty snazzy if I do say so myself. The service was longer than usual as we had a man from Jews for Jesus come and speak. He went over in detail the Jewish ceremony performed during Easter. It was very interesting to watch.
I rushed home since our dinner was very early and we had little time to eat before both my parents had to leave. We had turkey, potatoes, corn and beans, and gravy. I love that kind of meal, just cover my plate in all of it and I’ll eat it mashed together! I loaded up and was stuffed. Afterwards my parents quickly cleared the table, washed some of the dishes, and go out the door. My dad was going back to Georgia for work and my mom headed to Indiana to visit my aunt for the week. That leaves me and the dog at home for a few days, a bachelor pad. Don’t worry I won’t destroy the place, it’ll just be really boring at the house without anyone around.
I went to VOC tonight (Vintage on campus) which is Christian Fellowship, Worship, and speaking at the University of Buffalo North Campus. It was the first time I went and it was excellent. The message was really solid and I got to meet some great new people and engage in some awesome conversation. Many more people know about Standing Firm then I think I realize. Not sure if a single person I met didn’t ask somewhere in there “how’s the movie coming along?” I was happy to answer
Afterwards we went to Applebee’s but it was closed so we all went to Denny’s. It was GOOD, and we all (at my end of the table at least) were sharing our testimonies and stuff. I think some of the people there didn’t like us very much because we had some stuff thrown at us while sitting there. I guess our praying and Christianese cheesed them off a tad? Ah well, it happens I guess.
I was one of the car pooling people and I was blasting lots of good oldies in the car that everyone knew. Really old school stuff like Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, etc. I was in a car with a bunch of girls so that was fun LOL. Guys don’t like to have fun and dance and sing in the car, I do it all the time just alone. Yea you heard me, I sing and dance in the car. We all moved to the groove the whole way to VOC, on the way to eat, and especially on the way home! lol. Fun stuff.
Overall a fantastic day. I think today was a day where I really got what I wanted. I’ve been hoping for a great night with friends where I really had some real fun. Fun that wasn’t wrapped around a sport or something, just good ‘ol hanging with friends. The singing and laughing in the car was definitely the highlight of my day. I’ve honestly never had that kind of fun before, might sound sad but it’s the truth. Thank you Lord for Blessing me with that tonight!
When I got home I went riding around the block two times and walked around once. I think doing that every night could prove handy to my body in the future, even if it’s only 2.4miles or so. Gotta start somewhere. My knees are in really bad shape and I really need to do it.
I hope you all had a fantastic Easter! He has RISEN!
