School, Ministry and a Few of My Favorite Things

Hey everyone,

I know that I mentioned in previous blogs that I would keep you updated on school, work and other things. Well here I am about to share with you all the awesome news from the past few months.

School
I am taking 5 classes and the semester is ALMOST DONE! I am getting decent grades in all the classes (I have never been an "A" student) but I do have an A in one class. Here are the classes and what grade I am getting in each one.

Math - Algebra - Yes we all know I am no genius when it comes to math, so this class has been tough on me. The teacher is the Basketball coach, God bless his heart but he has no desire to teach this class. It has basically turned into a math lab and we are teaching ourselves. I just need to pass so I can take stats next semester.
Current Grade: Just Barely a "B"

Contemporary Discipleship - This class is all about discipleship. Jim Crain is the teach and he is pretty awesome. But this stuff is pretty elementary. We have gone over 9 different dimensions of discipleship.
Current Grade: "B"

Organizational Behavior and Management - This class is pretty cool. It can get boring sometimes, but it has increased my knowledge on org. behavior. It has also challenged me. The tests have been pretty intense and I had to do a presentation on an organization of my choice. I like this class and am excited to take more business classes in the future.
Current Grade: "B"

Personal Development - This is, in my opinion the worst class I have. The teacher is not really a teacher at all, she is the career counselor. The class consists of all freshman sports players except for 3 of us. This class reminds of jr.high classes. I feel bad for the teacher because you can tell she doesn't like teaching the class all that much and gets frustrated with the unruly sports players. I however am getting a great grade in the class so it makes me feel better!
Current Grade: "A"

Old Testament - This has been my favorite class of the semester. The teacher is really knowledgeable and teaches the OT with some serious passion and insight. She lived in Jerusalem for a few years, lived with a Jewish family and learned Hebrew while she was there. I have learned so much from this class its not even funny. I have taken what I have learned and used it in small groups and just random dialog with others. Its been a great class.
Current Grade: "B"

As you can see I'm pretty much a "B" student and I'm okay with that. Next semester is gonna be a kick in the butt. I foresee next semester being my hardest semester yet.

Ministry

Ministry has been going well at The Bridge. Of course it has it faults and hiccups but overall things are going good. As of right now, my favorite part of being apart of the high school ministry is small groups. I go to Loomis every Monday night and get to hang with 14 of the coolest guys I know. I look forward to it every single week. I would take this time with the students over Wednesday night program and Sunday morning program in a heart beat. Also, I had the chance to lead/teach out student leaders in our weekly Student Leadership meeting - this was both challenging and exciting. We are still working out some organizational kinks but things are finally getting smoothed out. People are getting into their roles and are doing what the do best.

This month of Decemeber is packed full of fun stuff for students. We are teaming up with Herold Presley (former kings player) and his non-profit organization called "Treat Them Like a King." For this event Harold is renting out "Hardwood Palace" in Rocklin and is bringing over 100 kids and young mothers from the inner city for a few hours of fun - our students are gonna help Harold with basketball and volleyball games, a few of the girls are going to be doing manicures and pedicures for the young mothers and at the end we are giving a Christmas gift to each one of them. It should be an awesome experience for our students.

We also have PJ's, Pancakes and Peanuts. we are gonna be hanging with the students at the Boies' house. Making them pancakes and watching some sweet Christmas movies.

Then there is "Let it Snow" This is an overnight trip to Truckee with the students. We are staying in a church and then the next day going and playing in the snow, snowboarding, tubing and all other kinds of fun snow things. I however will not be able to spend the night. I am house-sitting for my uncle until the 2nd of Jan.

A Few of My Favorite Things
Well I haven't had a ton of free time to do a ton of fun things but I have done some things. I was able to go to see Mute Math at the Filmore in SF a few months ago with my buddy Steven. Went to Disneyland for Halloween with a group of my friends (I surprised them, they thought I wasn't going) Played a grip of golf this semester and just been enjoying some time with friends and family.

Till next time.