Dec 26

i think this has been one of my favorite christmas's in a long time. the whole family got together on christmas eve and we opened our presents then. it was nice and low key. just a fun time to hang out. then for christmas mom invited some other people over to eat and fellowship for the day. thats what christmas is about, helping others. so ya, it was nice
i have been trying to catch up on my sleep. i set my alarm for 9:30 this morning but i just couldent get up until after 10:30. i hadent realized how much sleep i lost on this tour. i am very thankful that we have a break where i dont have any responsibilities and can take the time to do what i need to do.
but i am looking foward to getting to work. we have a lot ahead of us to do. but that can wait, until then its break time :)

dec 22

i cant tell you how happy i am to be done with tour. it was long and hard, and we did a whole lot of traveling. i must admit that even though there were some hard times all and all the tour was a tramindis blessing. not everything worked out according to the plan, and there are some things that we need to look at and change for next time. but thats alright. for the most part the students were very positive and had a great time. and i know many people that came recived a wonderful blessing. even thought the music is great i can go a few weeks without listening to it :)
GYC was awsome! i wish i hadent been so tired, i could have gotten more out of it. it was wonderful to see old friends. i saw some people i hadent seen since '04. the speackers were great. it was a wonderful spiritual experiance. i really like how they dont want GYC to just be a one time experiance, but more of a life style change.
the weather up north has been nasty, so the bus left early sunday morning. they were going at 15 mph at times! they got in at 3 am. even though a lot of flights got canceled every one was able to get a flight today. i hope the weather clears up by january :) i had three students spend the night here last night. two were able to travel today and one leaves tomarrow morning. i thought i was going to get a break, but not yet. the job of a dean never ends :)
hope you all have a great break too. God bless.

Dec 16

wow. tour is almost over! let me give you a quick summery:

left tue. night. slept in belingham.

wed. morning traveled to beaverton. practiced with Blaylock and performed a concert. 

left thur. for shasta. had a concert there. 

fri. night had a concert in clovis. 

two concerts on Sabbath, templeton hills and Milpitas. 

on sun day we went to montery aquariam then headed over to madesto. in the morning we headed to yosemity. about an hour and a half out we found out there was to much show there. so we turned around and went to san fancisco. we toured some old boats, but it was raining. it was a little boring. then right before sundown we went to the golden gate bridge. we all got out of the busses and walked across. pretty fun. we spent the night at puc, and now every one is practicing. we are going to go to elms haven this afternoon then head down to napa for our last concert before GYC. 

all and all its been very busy. averaged about 5 hours of sleep a night. but God is good. things have been going quite smoothly. there have been a few hick ups, but really not that bad. 

hope your holiday season has been going well. have a great week. 

Dec 7

it has been a super long weekend. we left at 5 am for a tour in the lower mainland. we did three concerts and then went shopping. we made it back around 9. then we had another concert today, but i stayed back and decorated the cafe for open house which was this evening. i made this really cool arbor through the doors to the cafe. i covered it with pine bows. it looked really cool. they put pine bows and candles on the tables and i strung lights all round the room. it was nice. the we all went over to the girls dorm. i must say their rooms we super nice! just incredible. the guys had nothing on them. i was impressed. the girls didn't leave the guys dorm until late, then i had to talk to a student, so i am tired and ready for bead. here are some pics of my room.

Dec 4

and another day is ended :) we leave for the california tour next wednesday morning at 4:30 !!! but i am excited because i am going home :)
i have been sick since last wednesday, but i have been fighting it for all i am worth and by to tomorrow i think i will be all better. praise the Lord!
yesterday Elaine and i went up fountain valley road to get decorations for the cafe for sunday. on our way back a very large black bear ran across the road. he should be in bed by now. its way past his lights out. its been a big problem this year because there isn't enough food for them.
well, have a great weekend and God bless. i hope all is giong well for you andrew. i havent talked with you latly but you are in my prayers.

Dec 2

as Biz put it, to day was the shortest day of the week (my day off). i have been fighting sickness for the last week. right now all it is is a sore throat. i am hoping to be done with it soon. i basically cant talk, which is a little rough since i have to teach tomorrow. but i have a video they can watch, so i am saved.
i went and got christmas trees for the guys this afternoon. it was pretty fun. i didnt know i was such a picking christmas tree hunter. i figure there are enough out there that i dont have to take the first one i see. there are plenty of goods ones to be found, it just takes a little time. for supper i went to Robert and Vanessa's. we watched some of the set to screen pod casts for the movie Australia. pretty impressive.
well, i need to go to bed so i can get better. merry christmas!