New page in my life...

Hey guys,

So I'm now in a new chapter of life. God has opened some doors for me to continue to work at Bayside church as a part time staff member. He also opened doors for me to go to William Jessup University. With this new chapter comes changes. Some awesome, some not so awesome. The awesome things include: actually going to school with a purpose, not freaking out about whether or not I will have a job after my one year was up. Also, I have a great resource with Bayside. They give me an incredible scholarship for being in the internship at Bayside. The not so awesome things include: the fact that I will be very very busy with homework and Bayside. If I am about to drop 35,000 bucks in the next three years for school, I am going to make sure I take it seriously, get good grades and be the best student I can along with balancing work, family and friends.

On a personal level. I would like to say something to all my friends and family. I will be busy. I'm sorry if I seem out of touch with you or if it seems as if I don't care. This is NOT TRUE. I am just trying practice what I preach (see above). I will definitely make time for friends and family because I think its an important part of keeping myself healthy(mentally and spiritually) and accountable. So please try not to take it personal if you don't hear from me for a few days/weeks. I will try and keep this blog updated a little bit more this semester while in my hours of study so I can at least let you know whats going on.

P.S. This is how I have plotted my schedule this semester.

Monday
- School: 8am - 2:30pm
- Homework 3pm - 5pm
- Small Group 7 pm - 9pm (Starting October)

Tuesday
- Work 9:30am - 2pm
- Homework 2:15pm - 5pm

Wednesday
- School 8am - 2:30pm
- Homework 3pm - 3:45pm
- Work 4pm - 10pm

Thursdays
- Mantastic 7am - 8:30am (breakfast with the dudes)
- Mentoring 9am - 10am
- Homework 10:30am - 2pm
- Work 3pm - 10:30pm

Friday
- School 8am - 8:50am

Saturday - Off

Sunday
- Work 8:30am - 11:30am
- Homework 2pm - 4pm (make up time if needed)

Hint - Fridays and Saturdays are good days to hang or call to chat.

- Jesse

The Bridge,The Shore and MOTAS

Ok so first off...It has been an awesome week! I have put in alot of hours, but I feel it was totally worth it and can't wait to see what God has next!

We had our Sr.High Kickoff on Wednesday "The Bridge" Started off with a bang! With a crowd of close to 400, the 5 minute countdown was coming to an end, KJ and Clint were handing out the new Bridge shirts and kids were going crazy! The energy was fantastic! The service went off great! There was a few minor glitches here and there plus some pictures falling off the wall, but other then that, the night went smoothly. Danny Macphail lead worship through song and he did a great job. KJ spoke and had some great anologies to go along with a great talk. We had an awesome student video along with a really funny staff video! The night ended and I had alot of students come up to me and the rest of the staff saying they loved it and had a great time! Its nice to hear that from the students! So after we cleaned up and got everything packed in boxes and storage bins, it was time to go home!

Thursday was awesome too. The Sr.high staff got together and had our weekly meeting. We went over alot of stuff that we could do better, but for the most part we had a great time just celebrating!

Gil, Nemo and myself started on our ministry fair t-shirts, They are going to be awesome. We should have the best dressed staff on the campus! Bridge Badminton baby!!!

I then headed over to The Shore. I was a wee bit late but when I walked through the front doors, I was amazed to see that there were almost 500 people there! One of the Chaplin's that helped with 9/11 spoke. She had some great stories about how God totally showed Himself through the tradegady that was 9/11.

After The Shore, Nemo prepared the green room for MOTAS (Movie on Thursday after Shore) We watched "Kindergarten Cop" I will admit the movie selection for the week was not as good as past weeks. I will also admit that I was pretty much falling asleep the whole time. I was just exhausted, not because the movie sucked.

Next up...Ministry Fair!

It has been an awesome week! I have put in alot of hours, but I feel it was totally worth it and can't wait to see what God has next!