Hello faithful reader(s). Just a little update, I have created* a new photography website here. I will be using that site exclusively for pictures and this one for my updates while I'm overseas as well as periodic updates on my life.

Thanks!



*I feel the word created is a little misleading here, I actually created very little on the website :)

Old picture from Thailand that I found. This little girl is in traditional hill-tribe clothes on the stairs leading to a temple.

Took this while playing golf this past weekend with my brother. We hadn't played in a long time and it was an absolute blast. I lost.

Ever since I worked at the kitchen this summer I've had a passion for food. Much to the chagrin of Mical and lots of others around me, I can't get enough of the food network, cooking, and pretty much anything to do with the eatables. Last Sunday I tried branching out and cooking something different, a Spanish dish called Paella. It's basically just rice mixed with seafood, chicken, or beef and spanish vegetables with a few spices. Sounds simple enough right? That's what I thought until I absolutely BUTCHERED the rice. Twice. I tried cooking it in a sauce pan just like the directions said. The first time, I burned the bejeezes out of it, the second time it looked like it was gonna be alright until I served it and half of it was mush while the other half was still raw! The chicken and vegetables turned out great but unfortunately the dish was ruined. Whatever you do don't tell my former boss! I think that for now I'll just point my finger at the antique stovetops for my shortcoming. Those things should be in the Smithsonian, not a working kitchen. Granted, I'm not a great cook but that was the first time that I had COMPLETELY failed at a dish. Still feeling the masculine need to provide food for my woman, we ended up going to In n Out. Not a bad night after all :).

On another note, after I graduate I'm going to miss the caf. You get to eat so many different things in one meal from so many different types of cuisine! Today I had an Asian Chicken Salad Wrap, Taquitos, a Greek Salad, an Oreo and Chocolate Mousse Dessert, and a glass of iced tea. All on one tray! How can you beat that!?

Mical left this morning. We had SO much fun the last 6 days. We got to eat a LOT of food (my favorite) and spent some good time in the city as well as just relaxing and hanging out around my house. It's so fun to be able to show somebody around my hometown and introduce them to the places and things that make home HOME to me. I already cannot wait until she gets to visit again and hope she had as much of a blast as I did!

Things we did:
Eat
Billy Graham Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Eat
Blue Man Group
Millenium Park
Magnificent Mile
Eat
Relax
Eat

Here are a few photos from our time here

It snowed last night. We had a blast building snowmen and making snow angels.

4 Days. Wednesday afternoon Mical and I will be heading to Chicago. I'm SUPER excited

Two weeks from today I get to take Mical to my kinda town, Chicago. I cannot wait for the opportunity to show her my house and where I grew up. It's so exciting after getting shown around and hosted over and over and over out here at school, to be able to be on the hosting end of someone, especially someone I care so much about. I'm looking forward to showing her where I went to high school, my house, my car, meet some of my friends, take her to my church, and most importantly eat at my favorite restaurants :). This is the second time I've had this opportunity and if you want to see how excited I was to take my roommates home, you can look here or even here. I'll keep you posted!!!

Happy Holidays! This is an old picture I took when I was visiting home last year.

This boy's name is Dim, he lives in an orphanage in Thailand where the Gospel is shared and showed to him on a daily basis by two amazing women. He and I knew no words in each others language but had a lot of fun together regardless. I do miss him.




If you're reading this please pray that God would continue to place in him a thirst for the Word and Godly men in his life to replace his missing father. Pray that these men will show him the way to become a Godly man himself and do great things for the Kingdom.