Church Found

Hooray that new people have visited my stellar blog. Welcome Tacy and of course you're welcome to bookmark me...I think the entire world should have this page bookmared. But that's just me. And Hagies, just so you know, I watched the Office on my own and it was GREAT. So, it turns out my iPod works just fine. To avoid humiliation, no questions as to what happened there please. Let's just say I didn't explore all my troubleshooting options at first. In other news, I have been blessed to find a great church and I've been welcomed warmly there. It's Resurrection Lutheran Church and from what I have researched so far, the Lutheran church is very doctrinely sound and is a very structured and liturgical church which is appealling to me, so I'm happy about that. I've also been attending mass at the catholic church on Saturday nights, not necessarily for the doctrinal teaching, but it's just such a reverant and beautiful worship the catholics have that I've really enjoyed going there as well. The Lutheran church, however, is where I'll be joining. They also have a Wednesday morning bible study that includes breakfast, and here in Seward, breakfast apparently means king crab omletts and halibut. Until next time, cheerio.

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Greetings, everyone. It's been a few days since my last post so I figured I'd give the fans an update. Unfortunately, it's more of a rant than an update really. It's been one of those days where you can't wait for tomorrow to come. Aside from minor annoyances like being nauseated most of the afternoon and being soaked from blowing snow, there are also more burdensome things that have happened, including my brand new iPod being suddenly completely fried and unusable, my truck still apparently floating in the Pacific somewhere after 5 days with no ETA, and the windshield wipers on my rental car suddenly not working, which not only means that driving in the 15 inches of snow that is falling will be difficult, but also that I'll be liable for that when I return the car. Also, the Hagies canceled their Office party. Yep, it's been one of those days. But to end on a bright note, I'm now at a month and a half and counting since I was a DBS. So despite my day today...God be praised.

Polar Bear Jump

Good to hear from DT Vicious. Well of course it's good to hear from everyone, but I hear from Vicious (Allen) less frequently. I am a lot closer to you in China now. In fact I'm much closer to Russia than the lower 48. Anyway, German is pretty tough. I'm still just trying to nail the pronunciation part. They make sounds that are quite...foreign. This past weekend was the big Polar Bear jump. It was a perfect cold and snowy day and people in tighty whities, Spongebob costumes, and swimsuits were jumping into seawater that is barely not ice. The whole town turned out to see it. It was about as many people as the number of students in my high school. Hope things are going well in China and Tennessee...I'll write again soon. And yes. I read books.

Life in Seward

An update on the happenings here in Seward...due to my more-than-wanted downtime, I've decided to be productive by reading and studying a lot. I'm reading a book called "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas a Kempis, a recent groomsmen gift I received. It's a great devotional book full of wisdom that I've gotten a lot out of. I'm also getting close to the end of "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, which has turned out to be one of the best books I've ever read. Other than my reading, the "big" Polar Bear Jump (to benefit cancer research) is at noon-thirty tomorrow at Resurrection Bay here in Seward. This event is apparently as big as Riverbend is in Chattanooga...the whole town is abuzz and there are tons of festivities all weekend long, including a seafood picknic I plan to indulge in Saturday afternoon. It has snowed a few inches, though, so my rented Chevy Cobalt might be stuck for a few days. I can't wait to get my truck, which is currently in Seattle awaiting a spot on the ferry. Thanks for the comments to my last post. And to Stephen...yes, I do have a fro, and I'll tell you why; it seems the only barber here in town is often drunk, so I've been advised to wait until my next trip to Anchorage (when I pick up my truck) to get a haircut. And one last note...I'm also using my time to learn a new language - German. So, wiedersehen, gut aussehend.

Falling In Line

Like the successful storming of the Bastille to begin the French Revolution, so my once-strong resistance to blogging has come crashing down in defeat at the hands of my friends and their peer pressure. However, being that much of my resistance was more an amusing defiance than a sincere disdain for becoming a blogger, I'm excited that I now have a blog and can keep everyone informed about what is going on here in the Last Frontier. I am, by the grace of the Lord, writing (blogging I guess you crazy kids call it) from my apartment in Seward, Alaska, having recently been freed from the bondage of the formerly-named UnumProvident. However, thankful as I am to be here, I do miss everyone a lot and hope you can visit to see Alaska some time. Until then, we're in the mercy of blogger.com to stay in touch. Thanks for welcoming me to the elite world of blogging.