and just shy of two months

i know...i know, i've let you all down. all three or four or you have every right to be very dissappointed in me. alas, i have returned, i can't gaurantee a regular writing. really, i just wanted to give an update into my life and share some recent thoughts.

i have spent my summer working for portland parks and rec. they own these portable rock climbing walls which me and my buddy griffin (aka griffindor, the g-man, griffinator) would tow to a park or community center and set up for kids to climb on. it was a great job, but i am definitely ready to move on to the next step. i spent much of the summer talking with the community center which the rock walls operated out of about working in the fall. earlier in the summer they asked if i would be one of the after school program instructors. so a few weeks ago, as the rock wall gig was closing down that option was spoken about and solidified. then just yesterday i ended up getting offered a job at a gresham middle schools as an english language learner (ell) educational assistant. it is a great job, and i am actually going to attempt to work both at the middle school and the community center. what im saying is that i have been blessed with two great jobs in which i can explore and gain experience in the educational field.

God has blessed me with some awesome people as my family and friends. my girlfriend alyssa is amazing. she's incredibly wise, full of grace, funny (really funny), sincere, and absolutely beautiful(ow-OOW!). then there's someone like merle, continually helping me understand new aspects of the creator i never would discover on my own, or justin, full of zeal and passion to touch the Father's heart. i am blessed. this summer my father went to zambia for a month. he kept a blog and it is chalked full of truth and wisdom on many matters of life which he wrote about while exploring and discovering a new culture. i often found myself in tears reading his words half way across the globe. if you get a chance, you should check it out. http://www.danonamission.wordpress.com/ also you can find merle's blog here http://www.pmerles.blogspot.com/ (he totally ripped my layout off, but i forgive him.)

this seems like a lot for now, i didn't really get to the more recent thoughts part, but hopefully i will get to it soon. i bid you well.