Church

Kristen and I became a member of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection yesterday. It is a good feeling to be a member of a church again. I never really gave it any weight before but since I have been going to this church I have wanted to be a member. There are no extra benefits by being a member. There are actually more responsibilities. They ask all members to attend worship every weekend they are in town, do one volunteer job inside and one outside the church, give in proportion to my income and join some type of small group to further your learning of the bible.

Kristen and I already have started attending a sunday school class. I really enjoy it. It is a good feeling to be learning about the bible again and fellowshipping with other members of the church.

We began tithing (10% of our income) to the church this spring. It is a tough thing to do. But since we have been doing it I feel much better about myself and about money. It helps me put things into perspective.

Our sunday school class does things together to volunteer and help inside and outside of the church. This will be a good way to get to know them better too.

We are getting baptized in a few weeks too! I am excited about that. I have been wanting to do it for so long but haven't had a church where I feel comfortable doing it.

I want to go into my life with Kristen being a good Christian and putting God above all else. If we both do that then we will be a good couple. If we try to put each other first then I see problems in our future. Its crazy that I am saying we shouldn't put each other first but I honestly believe that if we put God first then he will take care of everything else.

Scott

Why a rib?

Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved.

-Matthew Henry

V-Tech Shootings

I have to do it. I have to join the millions of other people blogging about the Virginia Tech shootings. I read something this morning that really sparked my curiosity.

From the BusinessDay website this article talks about the South Korean President offering is condolences on the shootings because it was a South Korean student that did them. This paragraph was found in that article..

Other South Koreans expressed shock, sadness and fear of a racially-motivated backlash against their compatriots living in the US.

I never once had a thought that all South Koreans need to be punished for this one persons disturbed actions. I don't know about other people in this country. I am really curious to find out whether or not people think that it was his culture/background/ethnicity that played any role at all into this tragedy.

I am keeping all the families and all the injured people in my prayers and hope that this uproar will be handled by everyone with the respect and courtesy it deserves. There is no reason we should retaliate against anybody for the actions of this one student, especially just because of their ethnicity.

I was cute once...

 

So, it is true that at one point in time I was cute! Kristen and I got some baby pictures from mom for the slideshow at the wedding. She gave us some pretty good pictures. This was one of them that I am glad she pulled out of the collection. The reason I was happy to see this picture is because of my finger. My left index finger still has a scar from the end of it being stitched back on. I still have small memories of the incident but never had any proof and couldn't remember how old I was when it happened. Now I know that it was during my cute phase. :)

Don't expect to see any posts of me during my 'not so cute' phase. It is painful every time I see pictures of me after about 10 years old until I graduated from highschool.

Scott

Interview

I have another interview today at a company called CRL. I am nervous about this one. I am not sure why. Maybe it is because I know that I am going to be meeting with developers and it will be a technical interview. I am not good at technical interviews. I just don't know how to express things very well. The best I can do is pray about it and let God do what he does best. I will try my hardest and leave it up to Him.

Other than that there isn't much going on. Kristen and I are going paintballing this weekend with Liz and the Dobbins'. Liz is having a bunch of her classmates there. Should be a good time.

A Whole Month!

It has been over a month since my last post. I have done quite a bit since Kristen and I went to Sherlock Holmes. At work we had a guy start on Monday (3/5) and not show up to work on Tuesday! He was sitting next to me. I probably wouldn't show up the next day either if I had to sit next to me. :)

Kristen and I gave blood and then went and saw a play called A Dog's Life. It was funny and quite accurate. It showed a dog's life from the point of view of the dog. It was sad when the dog died at the end though. :(

Kristen and I started our premarital classes this month. It is a small class with only 4 other couples. Everybody seems to be very nice and we are learning a lot about ourselves. It is nice to be able to have somebody else talk about the troubles that they have gone through and be in a class with people that are at the same stage in life (marriage life anyway) as we are.

I went with Chris, Lucas, Jared, Patty and a couple of their friends to Stephen Lynch last week. He is hilarious. He did a lot of his older stuff which was even funnier than listening to it on my ipod. We went out to Aces and Eights after that and Lucas Chris and I joined a dart tournament on a whim. Chris and I ended up getting paired together in a draw-your-partner doubles games. We came out in third place and won back our money from the entry fee. It was a fun night and a long day the next day.

I was able to go to the church and meet the Audio Engineer about volunteering to help out with some of the audio stuff sometimes at the church. He was very antsy and on the go. He showed me all around the church and it is very interesting. I hope I have enough time to get involved and do more with the church, especially in that area.

Well, I better get back to work.

Scott