Beneath the Fro

4 Months...What!!!!

2006-05-25T21:25:00.000-04:00

FOUR MONTHS have past and 15 days. It's been a while since me last post, eh? Well, only the bold-hearted dreamers with such imaginations that allow idealistic mumbojumbo to occur within the brain will believe where I've been and what I've done. I hardly believe the dream myself. It all started January 10th as I met 24 other College students at JFK to depart for Cairo, Egypt. Thus began a great adventure...
Now I'm back plus 15 days and trying to wrap my mind around what I have just been doing. What happened between the the ... and now is becoming my greatest burden and greatest memory. In many ways, it changed me. In many ways, my world is fallen and in pieces. There are so many, I hardly know where to begin piecing it all back together. I guess I'll start with the corners and edges (as a puzzle)...(i.e. WHAT DO I KNOW AS DEFINATIVE TRUTH, WHAT DO I LOVE ABOUT LIFE, AND WHAT MAKES ME WHO I AM?) These might be somewhat easier to handle when compared to the ones taking over my mind: Why am I a Christian? What does being a Christian really mean (practically and in my heart)? How is it (Atonement...) the world is saved? Where do I go from here?...there are countless more. It is good to step back away from self and life itself to dream and reflect...but what about when you don't know how to get back into yourself or back into life? That's where I'm at.
In the mean time...life goes on and most of my fuss is done in my mind...sometimes bringing tears, but just the fact that it does go on makes me realize life isn't all about questions and pain. I still laught (quite a bit actually and mostly at myself). I'm quite funny! I'm out of words so another time..

1st Impressions

2006-01-12T09:19:00.000-05:00

It seems "Goodbye" cannot be said enough when you leave on an anventure such as this. Monday was a hard day of countless goodbyes...seeing people I could talk to for hours and finding only minutes or seconds. Somewhere along the way on the trip over, God changed my saddend heart to an expectant one. Now, it seems i am bubbling with eager excitement. This is certainly nothing like I have ever experienced before. Yes, I got off the plane and knew I was in a different place from the unique, stuffy smell, the guards with the guns, the people around speaking in a guttural language, and looks on people's faces when they saw me. All bags camme and we were off to adventure. It is a dangerous business stepping out of ones door...you never know where the road might take you, said Bilbo Baggins. It is so good to be in God's care. Our devotional today overviewed why we're here...yes, to study, to learn, to discover, and to impact, but more to humble self and let God change. We spoke and unity and purpose and my mind was brought to Matt. 18. Since we are in such tight quarters and so close for 4 months, the "secret" as Dr. Holt called it, survival and success here is a commentment to love and care for eachother. And, this will be the best time of our lives because of it. These are exciting times in the Middle East and for the tiny soul of a young man named Tim.

So touched by the Spirit

2006-01-08T15:53:00.000-05:00

Wow! I feel tired, but it's a good tired. This morning, the spirit of God moved in such a way that I can't describe at our church. I was so overwhelmed with His presence that it wore me out. What a moment! What a time! Why, I do believe God is doing something beyond all our abilities to dream. It's so exciting to be a part of the movement.

Newby

2005-12-27T23:12:00.000-05:00

This is all new to me. "Under the Fro" means inside my mind and thus represents my thoughts and reflections on life, which are many, but do not always find their way to paper (or in this case, the computer). As I encounter various life circumstances, my hope is that what can be learned and appreciated from each one will find its way here, or at least to a piece of paper somewhere. This is an exciting new age, and it seems that some parts of this technology revolution are of the good nature. God truly rules today. It just takes an inquisative mind to see beyond the daily hustle bustle. May my heart always search in desparation of something more than ordinary, and find in Christ the abundant life He promises all His children.