"For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, November 7, 2010
To Do List..
1. work on my art skills (more accurately obtain any form of art skills)
- find a place in Juneau that offers classes and take one or two.. thinking of starting with painting
2. run at least 3 times a week to maintain some sort of in shapeness
- sign up for the Juneau marathon next summer and finally check that off my goal list
- maybe even go all out and do the aukeman sprint triathalon.. but then i need to add learn swimming strokes to this list
3. finally make it to the very end of the lemon creek trail
- its been attempting 4 times now but never plan enough time to get to the end.. its going to happen asap
4. look into the Juneau bowling league (or something similar.. scrabble club?)
- not a good bowler but i don't think that completely matters.. its about having fun and learning right
5. learn how to ski/ snowboard
- this is pending on snow fall and when i can recruit local friends to patiently teach me how
6. read at least a book a month
- get a library card.. funny i haven't already done this since my roommate works for the library :)
7. finally get my alaska driver's license
- i mainly blame the dmv hours for why i have yet to do this..
8. cook myself a decent healthy meal at least once a week
- i love to cook but just don't take the time often enough..
9. go back and beat all the mario levels to obtain all 3 star coins in each so we can defeat world 9
- this may take some time..
10. keep improve my knitting skills
- try out different patterns to stretch my abilities
- a few more scarves then move onto hats eventually socks for my dad :)
Monday, October 4, 2010
Summer Summary
So its been a while since I have come on here.. its only appropriate to include a summary of my summer adventures in Juneau Alaska:
1. summitted 5 mountains
2. hiked countless trails mainly with my one main hiking buddy and friend Sara :)
3. king crabbing with Brandi, Carl, Katy, and Evan.. pulled the pot up assembly line style :)
4. salmon slaying
5. shrimping
6. helicopter ride up to walk on the Meade Glacier with Rikkaela Ruby :)
7. bought a road bike and have done some sweet long rides
8. boated out to tracy arm to see the Seward Glacier with Kara and Stephanie, my friend Deborah also was randomly on the same little tour! saw some of the biggest calving, shooters, and swells also saw a huge iceberg flip over! :)
9. went off roading with Rikki in her jeep
10. played sardines at the castle playground all hours of the night with my sweet cycle alaska friends :)
11. countless bonfires under the Alaskan Sky saw some sweet sunsets, stars, a comet, a meteor shower
12. amazing northern lights casting a reflection on mendenhall lake and framing the mountains
13. late night canoe adventures with rafting friends, walked on the biggest iceberg
14. camped on a couple different islands
15. shot clay pigeons
16. toured the coast guard boat thanks to Mitch my coast guard friend
17. Climbed in icecaves multiple times
18. Mountain biking with Bradford.. questionable trails too extra adventurous :)
19. semi illegal night activities with my partner in crime Michael :)
20. mine ruins and sketchy tunnels exploration
21. Kayak adventure with Debbie, Mego, and some of Debbies friends
22. River Rafting (lame river.. but great guides Jess and Kara)
23. Oktober Fest on top of tram with Brandi, Carl, Katy, Nick, and Megan
Such Great Times and This Hardly Does My Amazing Summer Justice :)
1. summitted 5 mountains
2. hiked countless trails mainly with my one main hiking buddy and friend Sara :)
3. king crabbing with Brandi, Carl, Katy, and Evan.. pulled the pot up assembly line style :)
4. salmon slaying
5. shrimping
6. helicopter ride up to walk on the Meade Glacier with Rikkaela Ruby :)
7. bought a road bike and have done some sweet long rides
8. boated out to tracy arm to see the Seward Glacier with Kara and Stephanie, my friend Deborah also was randomly on the same little tour! saw some of the biggest calving, shooters, and swells also saw a huge iceberg flip over! :)
9. went off roading with Rikki in her jeep
10. played sardines at the castle playground all hours of the night with my sweet cycle alaska friends :)
11. countless bonfires under the Alaskan Sky saw some sweet sunsets, stars, a comet, a meteor shower
12. amazing northern lights casting a reflection on mendenhall lake and framing the mountains
13. late night canoe adventures with rafting friends, walked on the biggest iceberg
14. camped on a couple different islands
15. shot clay pigeons
16. toured the coast guard boat thanks to Mitch my coast guard friend
17. Climbed in icecaves multiple times
18. Mountain biking with Bradford.. questionable trails too extra adventurous :)
19. semi illegal night activities with my partner in crime Michael :)
20. mine ruins and sketchy tunnels exploration
21. Kayak adventure with Debbie, Mego, and some of Debbies friends
22. River Rafting (lame river.. but great guides Jess and Kara)
23. Oktober Fest on top of tram with Brandi, Carl, Katy, Nick, and Megan
Such Great Times and This Hardly Does My Amazing Summer Justice :)
Friday, June 25, 2010
Juneau Update #6
Trail #7 Mount Roberts
So this one started as the campus crusade prayer hike which was absolutely amazing. Hiking through the woods surrounded by fellow believers all lifting prayers and praise to our God and Father.. it doesn't get any better then that! We focused on many different aspects of prayer and our Christain walks. On top of that we practiced different styles of prayers sometime praying silently by ourselves, as a group outloud as we hiked, or my personaly favorite Korean style.
Only 5 of us decided to continue on to summit the mountain: Rikki, John, Robin, Jonny, and myself. I could not have asked for a better group of hiking buddies to continue this experience with. They are all so full of passion for missions in the here and now sense meaning wherever they find themselves around the globe. This spoke volumes into my own life thinking about how God can and does use me where I am at and how essential the power of prayer is. Looking around my daily life I constantly come across people who desperately need to be filled with the hope, joy, and peace our Savior offers.. coworkers, store clerks, gas station workers, tourists, my haircutter lady, basically Juneau population as a whole. I am His hands and feet here specifically in Juneau at the moment and it is endless what God is capable of doing. I want to be in constant prayer for the Spirit of God to be moving in these people's lives, readying them to accept His gospel message as well as for the believers here to be emitting the light of Jesus to all the people around them, for their community and fellowship here, for their desire to be used by God and to grow intamtely closer to God because He desires those things.
Random Life: Cole, Lisa, and I are suppose to hit up Toy Story 3 tomorrow now that I have finally seen the first two movies. Biking is becoming a favorite activity of mine and I have Cylce Alaska to thank for that. I finally bought all the baking supplies so now I am going to be making a batch of snicker doodle cookies for a picnic sunday evening and then some caramel apple cinnamen rolls just because I want some and enjoy baking so much.
So this one started as the campus crusade prayer hike which was absolutely amazing. Hiking through the woods surrounded by fellow believers all lifting prayers and praise to our God and Father.. it doesn't get any better then that! We focused on many different aspects of prayer and our Christain walks. On top of that we practiced different styles of prayers sometime praying silently by ourselves, as a group outloud as we hiked, or my personaly favorite Korean style.
Only 5 of us decided to continue on to summit the mountain: Rikki, John, Robin, Jonny, and myself. I could not have asked for a better group of hiking buddies to continue this experience with. They are all so full of passion for missions in the here and now sense meaning wherever they find themselves around the globe. This spoke volumes into my own life thinking about how God can and does use me where I am at and how essential the power of prayer is. Looking around my daily life I constantly come across people who desperately need to be filled with the hope, joy, and peace our Savior offers.. coworkers, store clerks, gas station workers, tourists, my haircutter lady, basically Juneau population as a whole. I am His hands and feet here specifically in Juneau at the moment and it is endless what God is capable of doing. I want to be in constant prayer for the Spirit of God to be moving in these people's lives, readying them to accept His gospel message as well as for the believers here to be emitting the light of Jesus to all the people around them, for their community and fellowship here, for their desire to be used by God and to grow intamtely closer to God because He desires those things.
Random Life: Cole, Lisa, and I are suppose to hit up Toy Story 3 tomorrow now that I have finally seen the first two movies. Biking is becoming a favorite activity of mine and I have Cylce Alaska to thank for that. I finally bought all the baking supplies so now I am going to be making a batch of snicker doodle cookies for a picnic sunday evening and then some caramel apple cinnamen rolls just because I want some and enjoy baking so much.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Juneau Update #5
Trail #5 Peterson Lake
Roundtrip: 8.6 miles
This trail is pretty amazing, it has the sound of a creek in the distance and goes through thick trees. Very very muddy however and many trees have fallen over the path. Right in the middle there is a little meadow/bog area. I actually hiked this on one of my days off by myself. Talk about wonderful alone time it took almost 4 hours so i had a lot of reflection and prayer time. Blessing from God.
Trail #6 Thunder Mountain
The route we took was probably only 3 miles to the top, it was the steeper option but honestly this hike was very enjoyable. Of course it is up a mountain so I can't say it was completely easy but compared to McGinnis and Juneau i thought this one was easier. We got lucky and it cleared up enough to see part of the view from the top! I hiked it with Morgan, her mom Melissa, my coworker Sara and her twin sister Melissa such a great group of ladies!!
Other recent adventures include Kayaking with Debbie Douglas, Megan, two seasoned sisters and their husbands. We went acrossed Mendenhall lake up to the glacier, around icebergs, pretty much under nugget falls! Sooooooo much fun and afterwards we all hit up bullwinkles pizza for some good conversation
Roundtrip: 8.6 miles
This trail is pretty amazing, it has the sound of a creek in the distance and goes through thick trees. Very very muddy however and many trees have fallen over the path. Right in the middle there is a little meadow/bog area. I actually hiked this on one of my days off by myself. Talk about wonderful alone time it took almost 4 hours so i had a lot of reflection and prayer time. Blessing from God.
Trail #6 Thunder Mountain
The route we took was probably only 3 miles to the top, it was the steeper option but honestly this hike was very enjoyable. Of course it is up a mountain so I can't say it was completely easy but compared to McGinnis and Juneau i thought this one was easier. We got lucky and it cleared up enough to see part of the view from the top! I hiked it with Morgan, her mom Melissa, my coworker Sara and her twin sister Melissa such a great group of ladies!!
Other recent adventures include Kayaking with Debbie Douglas, Megan, two seasoned sisters and their husbands. We went acrossed Mendenhall lake up to the glacier, around icebergs, pretty much under nugget falls! Sooooooo much fun and afterwards we all hit up bullwinkles pizza for some good conversation
Friday, June 11, 2010
Juneau Update #4
Trail #4: Granite Creek
Roundtrip 7 miles
This trails starts with the first half of Perseverance trail then branches off, following along Granite Creek to its basin. It is my new favorite, extremely gorgeous, just the right feel to it. Part of it is through woods, you always get to hear the sound of the creek, mountains are right there surrounding you, the trail is well kept yet still rugged, there is a waterfall towards the end. I did the full trail with Morgan Fisher and Alison joined us just for the first half.
I feel right at home in Juneau, it's rather amazing. I feel as if I have lived here my whole life somehow. It really is my perfect spot on this earth.. perfect weather for me, plently of trails to hike, fish to catch, breath-taking scenery, people to hang with.. I could easily see myself living here for a good chunk of my life.
Thursday night women's Bible study at waffle co. is a highlight of my week. We discussed Romans ch 2 this week. Talk about a convicting chapter in a good sense though. Read it so you can know what i mean :)
Roundtrip 7 miles
This trails starts with the first half of Perseverance trail then branches off, following along Granite Creek to its basin. It is my new favorite, extremely gorgeous, just the right feel to it. Part of it is through woods, you always get to hear the sound of the creek, mountains are right there surrounding you, the trail is well kept yet still rugged, there is a waterfall towards the end. I did the full trail with Morgan Fisher and Alison joined us just for the first half.
I feel right at home in Juneau, it's rather amazing. I feel as if I have lived here my whole life somehow. It really is my perfect spot on this earth.. perfect weather for me, plently of trails to hike, fish to catch, breath-taking scenery, people to hang with.. I could easily see myself living here for a good chunk of my life.
Thursday night women's Bible study at waffle co. is a highlight of my week. We discussed Romans ch 2 this week. Talk about a convicting chapter in a good sense though. Read it so you can know what i mean :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Juneau Update #3
Trail #3: West Glacier
Roundtrip: 6.8 miles
This is a fun, quick trail out to the Mendenhall. Brenna and I went out there, hung out for a good hour exploring ice caves. Sadly, the ice caves are not nearly as sweet as they were two years ago.. best part of the trail is scaling a rock cliff, we took a more dangerous route up
Work story of the week: during my Wed morning bike tour, we saw a black bear!!! he walked across the street towards us and then went into the woods
Life Update: thanks to Cole and Lisa, I have officially seen the movie Toy Story.. in the near future I will finally see Toy Story 2. My life is getting closer to complete. Also I am now first aid and CPR certified.
Prayer: Thanks to God for all the amazing people who live up here, for my great coworkers and job, for being surrounded by mountains!! for Crossroads church group and reaching downtown Juneau, for Project Golf and all the work God will do through them, for our Thursday night women's bible study and the book of Romans.. that i would constantly be watching and waiting for the return of my Lord and that my life would reflect Him.
Roundtrip: 6.8 miles
This is a fun, quick trail out to the Mendenhall. Brenna and I went out there, hung out for a good hour exploring ice caves. Sadly, the ice caves are not nearly as sweet as they were two years ago.. best part of the trail is scaling a rock cliff, we took a more dangerous route up
Work story of the week: during my Wed morning bike tour, we saw a black bear!!! he walked across the street towards us and then went into the woods
Life Update: thanks to Cole and Lisa, I have officially seen the movie Toy Story.. in the near future I will finally see Toy Story 2. My life is getting closer to complete. Also I am now first aid and CPR certified.
Prayer: Thanks to God for all the amazing people who live up here, for my great coworkers and job, for being surrounded by mountains!! for Crossroads church group and reaching downtown Juneau, for Project Golf and all the work God will do through them, for our Thursday night women's bible study and the book of Romans.. that i would constantly be watching and waiting for the return of my Lord and that my life would reflect Him.
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