update..hmm updating is always hard, so many things happened from last time. well last week was YCLT..wow what can i say, it was incredible at the very least. its this church leadership training conference for a week in temecula. it was just Ed and me from corpus, but after the 2nd day it didnt even matter, i felt like i knew everyone for like years. the best part on the whole week was prob the adoration. it was a first time in a while that i REALLY connected with God. i guess it was like a rewind in my head of everything that has happened in my life in the past two years since the first retreat that i experienced. I had made so many promises to myself and to God that i would fullfill during those 3 days at my first retreat..and i realized that they all have been empty and unfullfilled promises. i started out strong but then the spirit faded and i was back to where i started, far away from God's grace. my choices and actions were all purely selfish and it only ended up hurting myself and everyone closest to me. so that was the first time in two years that i truly felt God's power and presence in me. im hoping that that wakeup call is going to keep my thoughts focused and resist the things that would stray me from God's path.

besides YCLT, surprisingly enough summer is still going really well. havent had a dull moment yet, but hadnt much sleep either =/. with any spare time i get, its been either fixing up the music room(the garage), practicing the acoustic, practicing on my ttables, expanding my music vocubulary, djing, helping with anything at church, gaining weight(hehe, eating, my favorite), and just trying to spend as much time with my friends since a few are leaving soon =(.  yeh so like my wiseass friend tony once said," freedom is boredom" summer hasnt been very boring =).  yehh..hmm i been reminiscing a lot lately too..back to the ,you know, the 'good ole days'( 04 i miss you guys). in about less than a month, senior year is going to start for me and high school will be over before i know it. im not too sad or happy either but it makes you think..time flies by so fast. i need to slow down and enjoy this year as much as possible but i got get ready to face college, 'the real world' pretty soon. i already got an career in mind, but college choice and living area is still undecided. yeh its been pretty confusing lately, remembering the good times but preparing myself so i wont be left behind when its time.  yeh this ones a long entry, ill try to update this when i have time, but before i leave i want to make a shoutout to someone whose been so significant to me in the past few months that i have known her. Thao if youre reading this, i just want to thankyou from the bottom of my heart, you been so understanding, caring, and one of my closest friend through the time we had together. you put up with all my crap and stuck out till the end, and i know i been just a big dissapointment but i hope our friendship will never end. THANKYOU. God Bless

wow its half way through summer..i havent update in a looonnnnnggg time, sheesh..well what has been going on so far? LOTS of things whew, summer been great so far, i barely ever been bored, too many things to do to be bored so thats a good thing...uhhh made myself a few summer goals, and im working on like half of them right now, other half i still need to get started, like learning to SWIM for example. but i will conquer my fear of water before summer is over so i can go surfing. money prob been ok, i got two gigs djing so far so not too worried about money right now, but if anyone needs a dj CALL ME!(329-2405) more money is always good. hmmm heres picture from camp i went to..it was fun, i love little kids

my little sister, looks fun until you carry them 24/3

me and my g/f =) LOVE YOU

at some night concert thing, not too sure what it was