Thank God we don’t have classes on Sunday’s anymore. I think we might have a few more later, but no more for now. But bad thing is that since I stayed up later and watched Lean on Me I’m not as motivated today. But I did data entry for nearly 4 or 5 hours. Data entry is basically typing in all the information that we have for people who have registered for the meetings. It was really good. Thank God that I have a gift in quick data entry. It reminded me of the days where I did data entry for years at Thunderbird Academy – oh the days have changed.

We also had a great lunch it was like from all over South America – El Salvadorian food was the main types of dishes, but it was really good. Afterwards we went back to Data entry and I typed in over 170 (at least) people. Thank God or else we would have been there all day. One thing that has really made me see things better about this evangelistic series is the type of organization that has to take place to make sure that things run smoothly. I really want to talk to Mrs. Finley about using/having the program. It’s simple but it’s a powerful resource. It is all due to this guy named Rob who works for Microsoft in CA. We really connected – its probably that West Coast connection.

Afterwards, worked out, and got dressed for the series. It was much better tonight. I was able to get some good advice on how to have more confidence. The series went much better today, the topic was Signs on the Second Coming. It went much better. It just went a bit long. Some people even walked out.

Till tomorrow…

I arrived for Sabbath School and no one was there to teach, so I was voted to teach SS again. I think it went quite well. A man from Africa was visiting and we befriended each other - he is one of the board members of the Hope Channel. It was good to have him for SS. The sermon was also quite good - probably the best one that I have heard so far from Pastor Carter.

Afterwards I cooked myself some good Udon and ate it with some Seaweed. It was really good. Thank God that Robert took me to the Korean market on Thursday and my mom sent me some food. There is just nothing like eating your native (or at least Asian) food. I am very grateful. For the afternoon time seemed to fly because Lance came over and invited me to do invitations with him. We went around Westbrook; I think it went well.

By the time that we returned we basically had to get ready for the meetings, got to the meetings and it went much better then the first night. I felt bad for the sound guy, please pray for him, he gets to listen to an entire evangelistic series - the Lord must be moving on his heart. And we have had a few times to talk. I think I might ask him if he wants to hang out some time. But the meetings went well, until I realized that I don't think that I recorded them. Something went wrong with the recorder. I'll have to figure that out tomorrow. The only bad thing about these meetings is that we are going to be getting back at around 9:30-10, which is when I'm usually getting to bed.

Have you ever watched the movie Lean on Me? It is probably one of my favorites, and I had a hard time sleeping so I decided to watch the movie - it was very inspiring, but I should get some more rest.

Not So Graceful

We didn’t have class today, because we had the evangelistic series starting tonight. Its exciting, but the only thing is that we had a lot of work to do. Nathan and I came a little late because we got a little something to eat.

But we got there and things were nearly in full sway. We got it recorded on tape, DVD, mp3, CD, VHS and were going to have the first podcasted evangelistic series. How exciting! I wanted to have everything up-to-date with technology because we are working with some of the most high tech equipment that I have ever worked with. I guess I could say that the first night didn’t go as I expected; but it is her first time. There were a lot of disappointed people – for instance my contact didn’t seem too interested in coming back.

Afterwards I drove back, because Nathan took Stacey (who is camping here for the weekend), and now its time for bed.

Are you Chinese? Korean?

Today was really interesting. Since it is my day off I invited Robert, the person that I mentioned in the previous blog to eat out with me. We were to meet at the McDonalds down the street; but before that was to happen, I had some other things to take care of in regards to my schooling – I have to get my transcripts sent to Andrews from Southern and PUC ASAP, that’s the only thing that’s missing from my acceptance process. That took a while, but the faxes were sent, I think/hope.

Well, I met up with him at about 1ish and we ate at what has become one of my favorite Thai Restaurants in the world, it is really good. I got my regular Pad Thai with no fish sauce, and totally forgot to ask for no eggs (because one of the Thai restaurants that I usually eat at doesn’t put eggs if I say “vegetarian”) and I also got some good Sesame Tofu. This place is highly recommended by Malcolm Douglas. I would tell you that it’s on Forest Ave. in Portland, ME; but there are a few others on Forest, I’ll have to get the address and such. Our conversation was good. For a quick summary: Malcolm needs more confidence! Oh, and that they thought that I was Chinese.

Afterwards Robert offered to take somewhere if I needed or wanted to go anywhere and since I don’t have a car I asked him if it would be okay to go to this Korean store in Downtown Portland on Congress. So off we went and after a few missed turns and traffic and construction we eventually got there. And the lady wondered if I was Korean, I get that every now and then. But the lady told me that she was half Korean/half American – a combination that I rarely see.

One of the most amazing things though, on our way there and around town, Robert was just amazed at how providential our meeting was. For instance, he is the only person that I am consistently giving studies too, and oft times we go over things over and over and discuss several Bible texts – interestingly the Lord seems to have placed us at the right moment for such a time as this. He said that he’s going to most likely make it out to the meetings that start tomorrow. Those are the highlights, now we have a pre-run for tomorrow night.

You Go First

Today Mrs. Finley was back for class. It’s good to have her back. But after prayer and lunch we went to our contact’s house for a Bible study and it went just amazingly well. I was so impressed by it.

At nearly 3 Chris had to go to another study, but we weren’t done with the current one; so I told Chris that he should go and I’ll just stay and it worked out really well. We got him pre-registered for the Revelation Seminar’s that are starting this Friday at the University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus at 7 PM in the Abrahamson Center – so if you can you should go too!

But since we were able to spend some time together I really got to talk with him and the conversation went really well. He really opened up to me and told me something that happened to him this week. He said that his landlord told him that if he didn’t cut his grass than he had to move out, so he got a new lawnmower and something went wrong and it started to spurt out oil. And he tried for a while to fix it but it just wasn’t happening so he stopped. Sometime later he prayed, “Lord if you want me to live here then start the lawnmower.” And he went back and it immediately started. He was just amazed that the Lord actually listened to him. He was so excited, it was just a great experience. We really connected. I was very excited for him and he’s been asking himself “why not” give his life to Christ. So please keep him in prayer, he really needs it, he is truly searching. I’m excited because tomorrow were going to eat out – Thai Food.

Well afterwards we went to his works and Chris came to pick me up at the airport – thank God I’ve gotten back into shape. But I came back and spent the rest of the time just relaxing at the house – I finally got to talk with my mom which is good. And then I really wanted to talk to a lot of my friends, but it seemed like it just wasn’t working so I was praying and then I finally thought that I should call my cousin and suddenly he called me.

I was like, “Mike I was just about to call you.” He said, “really? You go first then.” And I said, “No, you go first,” and he responded, “Well, mine is about a girl, so you go first.” Then I said, “So is mine, so you go first.” Haha, LoL. Good times. We worked out the GYC thing so its for sure that he’s going to go. Praise the Lord, its going to be great. And were driving up together, so were going to have a lot of things to talk about.

Graceful Roll

Today was just packed, but not really. Work out was good - I'm actually seeing and feeling results. I think I have a routine down for now.

Nathan did worship, it was good - He read a lot from Early Writings, by Ellen White. It was good. It was hard for me to figure out which he was reading from Early Writings or Last Day Events because they are so similar.

Karen taught for class and then the Pastor taught (really talked) the second class. It was interesting - we need people just as much as they need us. I arrived late for lunch because I saw that someone took out $350 from my checking account - that's a lot of money to just go somewhere. I wondered "Wow, where did that come from?" So I called my bank and they were very helpful, they sent me a copy of the check. I have a cool bank, I went onto my account online and I saw the actual check - but I couldn't make out check - it said Shane H or something like that. And it was written April 4; but when did I write a check for something like that? Shane who? So I wondered in the back of my mind the rest of the day.

After lunch I went to University of Southern Maine, Portland and worked at the booth that we have there. I'll fully admit that this is not my gift, but the Lord blessed otherwise because we got the first person every pre-registered for the Evangelistic series that starts this Friday. So it was good. It was kind of funny because I was like man I'm really not good at this; but then all of a sudden someone came up and I got some guts and next thing you know it they are pre-registering. It was our first pre-registration, so the Lord truly blessed. It was also really cool, I bought a copy of yesterday's paper and found this...







































We stayed there for about 3 hours and then I came back and to tell you the truth I just wanted to relax so as I was waiting for Nathan to come back I just chilled. When he came back we talked about future hopes and aspirations. Then we watched the movie Glory. It is probably one of the best movies that I had ever seen. It was powerful. Nathan was relating how Tim, Sherod, Miguel, and himself watched this movie at Southwestern and they felt like the blacks who followed this general to battle during the Civil War - they were not only fighting for the right, but for lives. The allegory is just amazing.

It was then that I was praying and all of a sudden it hit me, I know what I wrote that check for - it was ShareHim.

Nathan shared this quote with me earlier, I thought I would add it here:
"There can be no true conversion without the giving up of sin"
-Manuscript 36, 1870

Letter Recieved

Nathan and I decided that we were going to really get into the motion of working out. So he woke me up at 6 and we worked out for only an hour. It was good though. I needed it. When we got back I had good devotions, ate, read some more and just seemed to accomplish a lot.

Worship was done by Eric and Hanif; it has been suggested that at least two people be in charge of worship from morning to morning. Afterwards we went to class and Dr. Derose taught us about Diabetes. I seriously felt like I was back in Nutrition.

We prayed and then had a great lunch. Dr. Derose sat by me, and we were able to talk. I asked him about AMEN (Adventist Medical Evangelism Network); because I figured that he would definitely be involved with that. But he was impressed that I knew about the organization; but then I told him that I really wanted to be a doctor. I don't think that he will have me to be that kind of doctor. I spent quite a bit of time thinking over what I am going to be doing next year. Looking over different programs that I should probably start to apply for. I am still very sure that things will work out.

Nathan and I went to the Gorham USM Campus. It is pretty nice. To tell you the truth I felt like I was back at PUC or something. But Nathan and I had a good conversation about my future. When we arrived though, the person who we had to meet with was not there; but no waste, now we know where the campus is at. I guess I am supposed to go back there on Thursday, but then I remembered later that I was supposed to go out to eat with one of my contacts. I hope that he can pick me up, haha.

When we got back then I really started to read. It was a good read. I was able to think through some things that were written in Evangelism, and though I have read the book a few times this year, it is still quite convicting and moving.

Oh, I also started to write articles for when I attend Andrews. I was asked by the editor of the Religious section to write articles. So I want to write them now and have them polished and ready by the time that they are needed. Maybe I will post the articles here or something. I wrote the first one, and I think that the Lord really gave me that article to write. They are going to be a series of articles entitled, "Why Not?"

I guess a lot of things happened today. Dr. Hasel told me that my application has been submitted, I will definitely pray about that. Thank you once again.

I'm having a hard time sleeping again, but I've decided that I'm going to read, so I should go. Going to work out earlier tomorrow.

Its always odd for me to have class on a Sunday morning, but that was this morning. It was a great class though. Dr. Finley is a good teacher. We went over things to do to make a Bible study successful and answering objections - the secret rapture.

After class we prayed, ate, then the Finley's quickly ate and left. We are seriously so blessed to have such good food. Nathan and I debated doing Bible work, but then we both fell asleep while reading. I think he probably read more, its just hard for me to read while I'm really tired. We decided to take the day off and read and do some errands.

We decided to get some food, so we went to BJ's, got a membership, and got a lot of food. After spending the whole afternoon getting food, we decided to get a smoothie, but they were closed again. So we went to the Vietnamese restaurant again to get a smoothie, but in order to use credit card you have to spend more then $10, so we decided to just eat there. Aww, good food, I really like Pho (vegetarian of course).

For some reason, I am not able to sleep. I think its because I took a nap and have a horrible bed. But I need to try again. I think I'm thinking too much again. So I'm going to talk to the Shepard.

It was a busy Sabbath.
I actually went to the prayer time that we have from 8:30-9:30; but I didn't arrive until 8:50 or so. At 9:30 I did Sabbath School; it was over Hosea and Gomer. I felt really odd talking to all these married couples about relationships - haha, I'm single and have been for a while.
Dr. Finley spoke for the divine service. It was really good, "Now is the Time," was the title. He really appealed to the church to be active while we can in North America. There are many other countries where we cannot worship like we worship in the NAD (North American Division).
During the service, Stacey came in to visit Nathan. We had a good meal.
Afterwards I went for a walk and ended up talking with Tim for quite some time. I am quite excited about going to Andrews in a few weeks here. I think probably more because I haven't been anywhere in a while. But just a week and a half and I'll be there.
Tonight was our last night for the Archeology lecture. We probably had the least amount of people, but we still had another 20-25 people sign up for the Revelation seminar. It was good though and I was able to take a few more pictures. We sold 70 of the 100 DVD's that I made and it was just overall a good night.
Mrs. Finley found out that I had take some pictures of the lectures and throughout my time here and requested that I take some for her and during her meetings. What do you think, did the pictures turn out okay?

Happy Birthday Lance! (And Dr. Hasel)

Today Dr. Hasel taught class - mainly dealing with Military warfare and the time of Isaiah's ministry. It was a good class. Dr. Finley talked with us about church growth principles in relation to John 2-6. Meeting the different needs of people - social, spiritual, mental, and physical. It was a very powerful study. I will truly treasure those notes.

After class we had a good prayer session and then had some great food. But before we ate, we sang "Happy Birthday..." to Lance and Dr. Hasel. Thank God for good food.



























I was supposed to meet with one of the local pastor's in the area to work on the e-handbill, basically the online preregistration. But we never got together, so I ended up organizing all the literature material.

Afterwards it was basically time to go for the meeting, but I spent a little time trying to cut my hair. It still needs some work, maybe I'll fix it on Sunday or something. Then we went to the meeting early because we had to usher people into a different auditorium. I think we probably lost some people because of that. It was interesting though, because we still have about 159 people preregistered for the Revelation meetings. The meeting went really well, it was entitled In the Footsteps of Jesus.

But now its getting late and I'm doing Sabbath School tomorrow.

Goodbye Good Cooking

Though Thursday is supposed to be our day off, I probably spent the most time working this day. Since 9:30 or so I have been working on DVD's for the Archeology program. I was able to accomplish a lot though: I sent a letter off, finally ate at the Thai restaurant that everyone has recommended to me on Forest Ave., finished making the 100 DVD's, called Andrews and am in the process of making a trip out to Michigan (how exciting, MI and FL are the only states in the US I have not been to). Basically I spent most of my time getting the Andrews thing figured out, it was a bit frustrating, so I'm just going to fly there - especially since I finally got permission from Mrs. Finley to miss a few days of class.

That afternoon I spent a great deal of my time helping set up for the last day of the cooking class. I was also able to spend some time talking with Dr. Finley working out some kinks with regard to my course work here. I was also able to talk with Dr. Hasel and he admitted to me that my request for Independent study has not yet been turned in. This is not good, but I am assured that things will work out.

I decided to watch the last cooking class in the main sanctuary, the food was really great. When I move to MI I will have to seriously cook for myself. The samples were large enough to be a meal; but it was so good.














It's time for sleep now though.

Speak about waking up early, I got up at 4:30 this morning and ran to the gym. When I got there I was determined to work out for at least an hour. I ran back, took a shower, and had one of the most amazing devotions I have had. I finished reading the book of Ester, the only book in the Bible that never mentions God. I then read a good chapter from The Great Controversy entitled The Holy of Holies. It was powerful, explaining the investigative judgment. Are you ready my friend? Am I?
I decided after that that it would be good to have a good hearty breakfast and then I read some from Dr. Hasel’s book, Military Practice and Polemic. Its really good. I think I’m going to enjoy it.
Class was taught by Dr. Derose. Prayer was amazing and the food was great, especially the dessert. We quickly went to the study and I’m just going to quote what I wrote someone today: “today, we met with a man who is battling giving his life to the Lord. He is seriously struggling and could use all the prayers that one could provide. Please pray for him…” The study lasted two hours and I came back late for my work here at the conference office.
I am currently copying all the discs for the Discoveries of a Lifetime: A Fascinating Journey Through the Lands of the Bible, by Mark Finley, D.Min. and Michael G. Hasel, Ph.D. This is going to be the first release. I am making a hundred DVD’s at a time. It’s exciting. I want to get some for friends too. It’s seriously really good. I think you should be able to order it on the Hope Channel website. Check it out.

Situational Bible Study

This morning I woke up and wanted to work out, but I was like, "5 more minutes." That turned into an hour. I woke up at 7, prayed a good time. It was a good prayer time. I took a shower and finished reading the book James White:Innovator and Overcomer. As I read the last chapter I cried. There was just something about reading those last words from the life of a man who truly changed a whole denomination. His life was remarkable. Maybe later I will place some words from the book online.

I then went for a walk in the woods and decided that I should review some scriptures. It was a good time alone. I then went to class and helped to set up a little and discovered to my amazement some new things on Facebook.

Class was interesting. We had a situational Bible study. For some reason I really thought that this would be good to record, so I got some clips on my camera. It was just funny. I think you will enjoy them too.









Now I'm at the mall, because we have free internet here. They finally got the video's at the kiosk. It looks a bit better, but they seriously need to get rid of the flowers and put up a bigger poster.

Ring Ring

Today was just tiring. I was just so tired, and we figured it out. We haven’t had a break in over a week and a half. No days off, especially the Sabbath. It’s just been tiring. So no matter what, we are going to take Thursday off, because it is our day off.

Dr. Derose taught the class, he sounds so much like Dr. Mills. I don’t know, it was just probably because I was tired and his voice just became a soothing voice; but I didn’t fall asleep. I just wasn’t all there. After class though we prayed, and I had some good food.
Afterwards we had to set up a lot of the things for the cooking class. I ended up staying at the church nearly the whole afternoon setting up for the meeting tonight and finishing some things for a survey that we planned on having, but since I didn’t get all the information until the last minute I wasn’t able to complete it. But were going to have it on Thursday, so it wasn’t all a waste of time.

I was ready to go to sleep at 8:30; but the samples from the cooking school looked so good that I wanted to stay and eat some. So I ended up staying. Then when we got to the house, I really wanted to sleep, but I was determined to finish reading a book in which I only had a few pages, but then Nathan and I got into a deep conversation. Then I got a call from my cousin, TJ; and then I started to read again, and then I got a call from a friend. It seemed so random; but then I came back and was just ready to sleep. But then Nathan and I stayed up talking about good spiritual things. It was like a rededication of my life to God. It was very good. We went over the beatitudes together, and it was really convicting. Thank you Lord.

Oh, how I wanted to work out this morning, but since we didn’t have class on Thursday – instead we had meetings – we had class this morning. I need to start working out again. I don’t want to go more then four days without working out. But class was great. Dr. Finley taught class, and it was just amazing. I seriously think that I will post my notes someday. Probably when they are more complete. But we had a great lunch. I even decided to take pictures this time. Maybe I’ll post them later.

After lunch, I found out that my friend is doing better. That’s good, can’t miss class. But Nathan and I went to the Freeport Outlets, Malcolm needs a good jacket. So I got a 3-in-1 jacket from L.L. Bean. Thank God. I heard that L.L. Bean is like the best store to get a jacket from, since they have a lifetime warranty. Isn’t that cool? That's the jacket that I got down below, but I think I think it looks darker in person. It was one of the only one's in small. What can I say, I'm Asian. But I’m really trying to keep my spending to a minimum, which isn’t too hard without a car to drive around. Basically we spent the whole day getting things done, just tasks that needed to be done around the house.




















So we went to Wal-Mart, even though I’m a Target person, and got some cleaning supplies, and Nathan and I cleaned the bathroom; did laundry, I got to talk with the owners (they’re Vietnamese, but the guy lived in the Philippines for a little bit); and then we got some Boba. After that we came back and read. Then Nathan did devotions, it was good. That’s the simple sum.

When the Spirit Falls

Thank you who prayed. I spoke at the Saco Seventh-day Adventist Church at 10 something this morning. Initially I felt like the sermon went really bad, and I mean really bad, but I just kept saying that it was alright. But only later would I learn that it was effective.

After I spoke I got to meet a Filipino family at the church. They were kind of excited. We exchanged information and hopefully will be in touch. Why does the question of being married, or in a relationship always come up? I’m single, LoL.

But we were able to get back to hear Dr. Finley speak at the Portland Church. It was good. The title was “When the Spirit Falls.” It was truly probably one of the best sermons that I have heard from Dr. Finley. I hope to get a copy of the message.














For lunch, Nathan and I came back to the house and tried to make some Phad Thai. We didn’t have all the ingredients, and I’m convicted not to make it unless I have nearly all the ingredients. But it was alright. At about 3 we went door-to-door, and it went really well. We were given 20 pamphlets to hand out, and we got 16 of them out. Probably the most for the amount that we had. And we only went down one street. The people on the street that we went were really nice. And I mean they were courteous and would say no thank you or whatever; but they wouldn’t just slam the door and be mean to us.

We came back to the church, but no one was really here. I guess we finished early, so we came back to the house and just relaxed for a little bit. We had a little bit for dinner, just a small snack more like it, but then we went to the archeology program. It was also really good. This is also where I found out that the sermon this morning was very effective, because I saw a good number and at least half of the Saco Church at the meeting. It was really good. Thank God, all glory be given to Him.

I also wanted to tell Dr. Hasel to tell everyone else I say, “hello” to the other Hasel’s. But everyone else seemed to want to talk to him. He famous, haha.

But now its time for sleep. If anything, the last few days I have truly been able to reflect a lot on this past year. I thank God so much. He has truly been leading, and in other instances I can see where I took things on myself. Lord forgive me.

Oh, pray for my friend, she's sick - again.

You know what the church needs?

Class was great today. Dr. Hasel taught the first section, and to be honest I learned a lot; probably more then I have learned prior to this point here in Portland. Not to discredit what I have learned from others, but nearly everything that I have had in the other lectures, I have already had in greater detail this past summer in my evangelism courses. But class was great! I’m thinking of actually posting my notes online. We’ll see how I feel about that idea later on in the next few months.

For the second section, Dr. Finley was supposed to teach the course, but we had some things to get done before the opening of the Archeology series tonight. It was good though, I got to catch up with Dr. Hasel, and then I got things worked out for my MA courses at Southern. Probably one of the most remarkable things that happened was that I finally figured out the things that I need to do to get my credits for the Southern program. Thank you Dr. Hasel and Dr. Finley.

Independent Study Course Title: Urban Ministry & Evangelism
The content and method of the study undertaken will be: (The following is in the actual handwriting of Dr. Finley) A synopsis of the Church Growth Principles in the Book of Acts in the light of first century culture with application to the Post-modern Mind. Malcolm is immersed in all facets of the Discoveries Series in Portland, Maine – evangelistic outreach.
Instructor: Mark Finley – Adjunct Professor of Evangelism for Graduate Studies.

How exciting does that sound?
Dr. Finley was like, “Malcolm, you know what the church needs? You know what I need? I need someone to figure out how the church in the book of Acts was able to grow; because the first century Christians faced the same things we are facing today. They were post-modern. That’s what the church needs.” So that is going to be my research paper for the time that I am here in Portland. My Bible work will be minimized to 8 hours a week, but I will still be very busy. I think I may use this paper as a pre-work to a Master’s thesis paper.

We had a good prayer session after class, and then we had a good lunch; but I forgot that I was supposed to meet with this Filipino lady. She wanted to take me around Portland for a little bit. It was nice. I had some good Pancit (a Filipino noodle dish). We went to some park, but I don’t remember what it was called, but I got some pictures.



























Afterwards I quickly got dressed for tonight’s Archeology program. The program was great! I think it went very well, and I actually learned quite a bit. I hope that I can podcast it later. We’ll see. I also got some good shots of that took.








































Thank God for the Sabbath! Oh, I’m preaching in the morning, pray for me!

Free Wireless Internet

Today was pretty busy, but not so much.

Hanif and I were at the kiosk at the Maine Mall for quite a few hours. One good thing is that Hanif is really good at working at the kiosk. He could get things into people’s hands easily. But it was funny, he would say, “Do you know where USM is?” And they would say, “Yeah;” thinking that he was asking for directions, but then he would say, “I just wanted to invite you to an event that’s coming up…” It was funny. We seriously need to get the video up, but one cool thing that I found out at the end of our time there, there is free wireless internet in the Maine Mall. Remember that people. FREE WIRELESS INTERNET! That’s important to a person who doesn’t have internet where they live now.

But afterwards Hanif and I went to the gym. Man, my abs really hurt. But I can tell that I’m loosing weight around my stomach, but I’ve gained weight somewhere else, because I checked my weight when I first got here and I’ve already got a few more pounds.

Then we went to the Cooking class. It was pretty good, good breakfasts. Dr. Hasel was there, so we got to do some catching up. Ah, good times…

Signs of the Second Coming

Class got out and Chris and I had to really rush to get to the Bible study. We went over the signs of the second coming, and it went really well. He was actually really excited about the study. It went really well, until we got to the destruction of Jerusalem and the questions over Matthew 24:1,2. We eventually got past that, and had totaled our Bible study to over an hour. It was good. Maybe eventually I will post the studies online. They are done by Mark Finley, and are really well done.

Afterwards Chris and I did some visitations. We were inviting those who had media interests to go out to the archeology series that starts soon.

Then we picked up Don and came to the church. And went to the Daniel seminar. Well we stopped to a get some good Boba at the Thanh Thanh place on Forest Ave. Things are good.

E-mail

Today was pretty packed. Devotions have been quite good. Class was interesting. Lunch was good, as always. But I guess the big things that happened today were that we went to the Abramson Community Center, that is the location for the upcoming meetings. The location is really cool. It is very up-to-date. It seats about 500, and now I have been assigned to be in charge of the audio-visual equipment during the meetings. The first one is going to be this Friday night at 7:30 PM. "Amazing Discoveries in Archeology." I will have to put pictures up later. Dr. Hasel and Dr. Finley will be the presenters, how exciting.

Afterwards, we went to the Maine Mall, and set up our kiosk. It's pretty cool. Nathan and I were there for a few hours. It was actually pretty tiring, and pretty disappointing. But the set up had to be in the rain. Well, we had to bring everything in through the rain. It was just really poring down today. But the kiosk looked pretty good. Were going to get some flat screen on the sides play archeology and health DVD's.

When we finally got really tired, Nathan and I went to Lens Crafters so that I could get my glasses fixed. I think I'm going to have to get a new pair of prescriptions and contacts or glasses pretty soon. Maybe I'm reading too much?

Then Nathan and I went to the gym, came back. Had devotions, and then got too tired for anything else.














A little note: one of my friends drove me around today, and I guess it just wasn't his day. I'll leave it at that.