seriously whoa.

i havent gotten around to updating at all lately. i started Old Tyme Portraits today. it's a pretty
chill job. church was great over the weekend and i can't wait to have Alex playing with us next week.
a lot of changes were made with Hundredth over the weekend. this week will be dedicated to working, rehearsing,
and writing lyrics and vocal patterns for some of our newer songs we have written.

updater

i am eating cinnamon rolls and it's tuesday at noon. i've been relaxing quite a bit since i've been home. but i've also been pretty on-the-go between The Hundy and Youth.

home is fabulous. and it's a bit different. in a good way. the environment of Youth is amazing. and the students are really getting it. it was a great Sunday back and i'm really stoked on whats going to be happening with that.

Hundo has been very productive and have vocals done for 2 songs. and lyrics for about 3 others. Hopefully we will be recording some demos and getting them out pretty soon. i'm stoked on the new material. we have been drenched with ideas and it's awesome.

it's seriously just so good to be home. i'm going out to see family later tonight and that will be fabulous.

i'm about to go lay out by the pool with Savvy Fresh and Michaelicious. peaccceeee!

on the move

been on the move since I got home. it's been phenomenal.

seasons end

my bags are packed and i'm sitting on the couch.

i'm constantly smelling and trying to embed this scent into my memory, because scents take me back like no other. the things that remind me most of life over here is the smell of toast and this horrible cheap orange flavored dishwashing liquid someone decided was a bargain last term. less of a bargain and more of the nastiest smelling thing to wash plates with ever created. i used a lot of paper plates on the orange flavored dishwashing liquid phase.

it's been just a little over one year that i made the trek over here. and i leave tomorrow at 2:40PM. looking back, there's a lot i've realized and a lot of lessons i have learned but if i'm honest, i also believe i am more mixed up about what i believe than when i came. however, i am firm in the knowledge that Jesus is my center and spiritual disciplines have been set forth. when i talk about being mixed up about what i believe, i am not referring to whether Jesus is the risen Savior, because he is, i am more referring to the actual meanings of Jesus' teachings about frugal living, and loving the least of these and putting them before yourself. i believe this "mix-up" i am in is exactly where God wants me. i came here completely comfortable about my walk, and i'm leaving completely uncomfortable, but strong in the Grace. i'm very glad i'm uncomfortable, because it is growing me and it is challenging me to search for truth and to seek after the face of Grace.

listening to preachers preach prosperity from the platform at Hillsong Church and reading books outlining the controversy of the Sermon on the Mount at the same time is bound for some kind of mix-up. this is not confusion, it is a matter of discovery. and i have begin to taste Jesus in an unbelievable way. the ability to look from outside of America at industrialized, and overproduced Christianity has expanded my view. i've seen devotion from all around the world and i am no longer a bigoted American teenager who thinks "God Bless America" but a cultured-almostnotteengageranymore has turned that in to... "God have Mercy on America's ways" and "God Bless the least of the these, and if possible use me to do it." in the past year, i have begin to learn to denounce the sword, and pick up a plowshare. and begin harvesting God's love across this lost and broken world.

this journey has done numbers in me. i've met life-long friends and made everlasting memories, both of which i am grateful. these past two weeks with Savannah have been phenomenal as well. we have had a blast and it's been a great end to this season of my life. next season, here i come.



i came here thinking Christianity was easy.
i'm leaving knowing it's twice as hard as i thought.

i came here thinking Jesus was a feel-good guy.
i'm leaving knowing that he turned the entire world upside down.

i came here thinking God was in a book, and ideal, and movement.
i'm leaving knowing that he is in everything i touch. smell. hear. taste. see.

i came here thinking worship was just an emotional experience.
i'm leaving knowing that worship without production is a devotional discipline.

i came here sad about the least of these.
i'm leaving with something to do about it.

i came here with dreams and visions.
i'm leaving to do something about them.


australia, goodbye.
home, i'll see you soon.

conference

conference is over.
my throat is killing me.
need summer fast.

its been a bit..

Its been a little while since I posted, mainly because Savannah has been keeping me busy, busy, busy!

We hit all the stops on the city trip and were so exhausted by the end of it. Did quite a bit of perusing and wandering around downtown. Plan on hitting all the things we missed on Sunday I believe.

Anyways! I've been serving at Hillsong Conference over the past two days. I'm doing what's called 'back dock.' Its a fairly simple job. Most of my day consists of parking cars, driving golf carts, and making sure the head speakers at the conference get their legit parking spaces. Its been pretty chilly everyday. In fact, my lips are numb as I'm typing this. And my thumbs aren't too far behind. I've been able to go to one of the two night services every night so far.

Savannah has been catching a bus over here for the night services as well. Its been pretty good and she is enjoying it. Its been so awesome to hang with her over here. I absolutely love it. She's already grown since she's been here. I mean, at 16, she's somehow getting onto volunteer buses, traveling alone and doing whatever she can to get here, just to get fed. I'm loving seeing her grow and I love that she's brought home to me 2 weeks early.

This is kinda just a small little update. But its still fresh so I wanted to write.

today

savvy fresh and i are about to head into the city to do some perusing.
should be a pretty long day, with dinner at Zushi.

tentative objects of interest:
-oxford st. shops
-operahouse/bridge
-newtown markets/vintage shops
-madmex?



not too sure what's going onnnnn really.
happy july 4. :)
happy birthday koontzie.

yeahhhh

soooo Savannah is here.
got her from the airport at about 7am yesterday.

we came back here, ran to get some groceries. cooked a bit. napped. watched a movie, unpacked her stuff. and got all situated. then we watched another movie. then hit the bed.

today we woke up and went to lunch at this place called Euro Lounge. then just walked around Towers and did some shopping. Tonight we will go to United Night. and tomorrow will be a LONG day in the city. so we will prob hit the beds early tonight to rest up for that.


things are good. lovin' it.

STOKED.

Savvy is in the air on the way to Sydney.
SOOOOOOO STOKED.
BEYOND STOKED.


mom probably cried.