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"My name is John Daker"

His expressions are priceless... I wanna see him live badly!!!

{ Eyes Fixed }

This boy along with his family was sitting next to me in the terminal as we were waiting for our flight from San Diego to Sacramento. It took a little while for our plane to show up. Whenever a plane would land this kids eyes would light up and he would start pointing at the plane that landed and yelling, "It's here! Our plane is here!" It looked as if each plane was ours, but they would just continue to roll by our terminal. After each one that rolled by us he would just wait patiently for the next one to land. It took about 10 or 11 planes before ours even showed up, for this kid it was the same situation each time, and it was just cool to see his enthusiasm for each plane that landed...he never gave up...and eventually our plane landed and came to our terminal! He was so patient and excited at the same time! The heart and mind of a child is amazing...

So many "Adults" loose this when they grow up. They are so involved in their work and themselves that they forget about the beauty and the joy that is around them: Family, Firends, Watching airplanes land for the first time (new experiences). They loose their excitement in life! As I grow up and pursue life the way God intended me to, I pray that I will stop and enjoy the beauty of the things around me and be excited and captivated by what an amazing creator we have!

MARK 10:15
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

Been thinking and meditating on this verse recently, as I am around youngsters a lot being a Campus Life director at a middle school and a Youth Leader at my church. I just love being around middle schoolers and seeing how they act and go about life. They teach me more then I probably teach them and I am thankful for each and every kid that comes through Campus Life and our youth group. Each one is such a blessing and an amazing creation

Concerning the kingdom of God, we need to receive it like a child! Does this mean that we have to become childish?? No...we need to become childlike. What is an obvious characteristic that children have... trust. Example: If you have kids, do they constantly ask you if there will be food in the refrigerator next week? Most likely not, they trust that when they sit down for dinner, there will be able to eat food. They trust you.
Obviously, children cannot explain a whole lot. One thing is for sure though, they sure enjoy a whole lot!!!! Think of that kid above that I met in the San Diego airport... classic example of a kid enjoying instead of trying to explain. Adults try sooooo hard to explain EVERYTHING!!! Yet enjoy sooooo little if anything at all.

The kingdom of God is not to be fully explained. The way of the kingdom is enjoying!!! Trusting that God our Father will always provide and never ever give up on us. He will see us through on everything. Trust and enjoy God and His kingdom!!!! We are dependent on Him for EVERYTHING!!! What is love without trust?

Trust&Enjoy like you once did...

g-r-a-n-t

Off To San Diego....

So tomorrow I leave for San Diego for Midwinter. Midwinter is Youth For Christ's Annual National Staff Conference. I can't wait, it is always soooooo much fun and just a great time to meet new people, see old friends, learn, and grow deeper in love with God. Our President, Dan Wolgemuth, Is such a good speaker and I can't wait to hear him bring the word! It is always so encouraging and uplifting, but he definitely doesn't beat around the bush or hold back....can't wait! One thing I am bummed about though is that it's supposed to rain while were in San Diego! Nooooo...I know it's an ocean town, I just wish there was gonna be sunny blue skies...we'll see, I sure hope so! We'll i'll be sure to post some pictures on here when I get back. Have a great week!!!

Never get caught doing this...part 2

Well, another video for you guys...I found this on my friend Skylers myspace page. When I watched it I just lost it and was rolling on the ground laughing...because this is exactly what i got caught doing the other night(read the post from feb 2nd)...well to an extent...i can't sing nearly as well as him and cannot nail the Jasmine part as well as he did. So enjoy...it's hilarious! Well done Nick, well done...

The fastest clapper in the WORLD!!!!!

This is rediculous...serious props! hahahaha...

Embarrassment I can't explain...

Let me tell what...never get cought doing this:

Last night my sister and I went over to our friend Andy's house which is up the street. His roomate Jeff was there also and later our friend Angel showed up. This is all besides the point...anyways....so we decided to go on a late night coffee run down to the 24 hour starbucks on 82nd. Before we took off I had to run over to my can to throw somehting in there. So as i'm walking over to the car (fyi: it was like 10:00 PM), for some reason, I started singing the song from Aladdin "A whole new world/I could show you the world ." You know that song? Do not ask me why I started singing it! I just did!!!! I was singing at a fairly high volume...not to loud and then all the sudden right as I got to the climax of the song (the chorus which starts with "A whole new world!") I look to my left and there's this guy standing about 5 feet away from me and looking right at me!!!!!!!! So you know what I did...I ran in the opposite direction!!!! YEP!!!!!! I have no clue why...i just did!!!! I can't explain it...it was soooo lame and soooo hilarious all at the same time! Well, thats my story. I hope you got a kick out of it...cuz i'm still laughing! I can't explain it...it all happened so fast!!! haha. Well i'm gonna go read now...i hope all is well with you all! Drop me line sometime and let me know how your doing!