round 2

well I am Teaching pioneer clubs again tonight, this time i have put some more effort into my lesson, which most of the time helps things go a little smoother. One problem I have with pioneer clubs so far is that the lessons arent really about Jesus, all of them tell of Gods love for us but they dont really entail Jesus. But now this is going through my head, I usually try to teach Jesus, but theres more to faith than Jesus, there is God the father and the holy spirit. its just hard to think of teaching 3 parts in 1 lesson. maybe ill post after clubs tonight. this is just me spewing out thought in a short time, so none of this is really thought out.

sorry im a bad blogger

I have all these ideas culminating in my head that I want to blog about and all this new stuff in my life that I want to blog about but I never seem to do it. I don't know what it is...

well ive been working for Nutri-lawn for almost 2 weeks now, besides the hours (mon-sat 7- 4/5ish) I enjoy myself for the most part. Ive been doing a bunch of different stuff the first 3 days I was cutting grass, the next day I was aerating(big machine that pokes holes in the ground) then the rest of the time I have been spraying fertilizer . The one thing about those hours i work is that it is impossible to really start to look to find work for the winter.

on Sunday i had a wonderful time in Gimli hanging out with some of my friends from camp, throwing rocks at seagulls was pretty fun haha.

this week I started teaching pioneer clubs at my church(it is a program for children ages 4 to grade 6, dont really know how to explain what it is) I had 9 kids in my class(grades 3-4) lets just say about 3/4 of my kids come from unstable homes, our topic of the day was respect and the kids knew what it meant but certainly did not apply it, it was really rough, I could barely say a word before I was interrupted time and time again. It seems like some of there hearts are already hardened so much that its going to take a lot of work to gain trust and respect from these kids, so I just pray that god will help me work in these hearts.

one thing about working early and long days is that I am absolutely dead tired by 9:30 which is weird for me cause if I have a choice I stay up till at least 12-1 and sleep till 10.

I hope to be blogging some of these deep thoughts I have sometime in this next week

chad

ptl

well about a hour after I posted my last post I got a phone call saying that I could start work on monday. its at a lawn care place so its only temporary(with a possibility of snow clearing in the winter), but its still a job and im happy for it.

in a rut

Well it feels like in almost every aspect my life is in a rut. I still don't have a job, spiritually I feel stagnant, musically I haven't written anything in a while, socially I haven't really been doing much at all, physically I haven't been doing much of anything other than sitting around, and mentally I haven't been thinking deep thoughts.

I am going to say that it is motivation that I lack, because that is what it is. Lack of motivation is killing me, as most of you know I have no future plans, I have no degree that I am in school for, I have little sense of where God is leading me.

This frustrates me immensely.

last weekend I went out to Turtle Mountain Bible Camp for my churches family camp, I took about 120 pictures, so ill share some of them.

you can check out some more pictures at http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/chadR/sept%20long/

at a stand still yet going fast

well it seems like camp was just yesterday but here it is almost 3 weeks later...
what have I done in the last 3 weeks...
well im still unemployed, I sent out a couple resumes but I haven't really been too into it, im going to send a job placement agency my resume so I can get a few more options.
right now my posible options are working at iron mountain( a mobile paper shredding company), working at the brick in the warehouse, or maybe being a landscape labourer for the rest of the season.

Its been a while since ive had a evening where I haven't been doing something so I've been staying pretty busy

Haven't blogged for a long time mainly cause I didn't have anything new or profound to say but another part is that my computer broke down to a point where it wouldn't even start up anymore
, so instead of going and getting that 6 year old computer fixed we went and got a new one

my mom went for laser eye surgery today, so pray that her eyes wont hurt too much so she can sleep and that the proceeder will have full effect and her eyes will be restored

chad

Job Searching

Well I'm still unemployed, after taking a week off to rest from my month at camp. So now im looking for employment! Earlier in the week I was having a hard time finding any jobs that didnt require experience, but now ive found a few.
basically what im looking for is summed up pretty fast
-isnt at a restaurant
-not a half hour drive from me
-pays decent
-doesn't require experience
-full time

most of the jobs ive found are all the way across Winnipeg in the more industrial side

one of the closer jobs that ive found and am considering is working at a turkey hatchery, its one of the only jobs that ive found that is anywhere near me(though i think ill talk to some people who have turkey experience before i send in a resume)

id even consider moving out of town if I could find someone to board me, city life is overrated

so if anyone has connections, I'm in need of a job

chad

pacifism

Last night I was watching the movie Shooter and it provoked my pacifist beliefs. SPOILER ALERT( the rest of this paragraph is going to be about the movie) well the movie starts off with a sniper and his spotter sniping off enemy jeeps in Ethiopia, and then the spotter gets shot. 3 years later the "government" gets ahold of this sniper and tells him that the president is going to be assassinated and that he needs to scope out 3 possible locations, he does and it turns out to be a setup so that they can shoot the archbishop of Ethiopia because there mission 3 years ago was a slaughter of a African village. so basically all these government agents are corrupt. so basically a bunch goes on, the shooter finds out just how corrupt the government is and so a bunch more goes on and then he decides hes going to kill them all and so he does, and thats justice?

so basically he kills to make things right, but they arent ever right

I am a anabaptist so basically my views on this issue is that war isnt what Jesus Christ would support. Jesus is peace, Jesus is love, Jesus is forgiveness.

Luke 6

Love for Enemies

27"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. 30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. 34And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. 35But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

heres one of my favorite quotes about the subject

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.... The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." -Martin Luther King Jr.

these are just some of my opinions, if you want to discuss further feel free
chad