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Name: Grego
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Plano
Birthday: 2/7/1985
Gender: Male
Interests: God, Texas football, Delta Chi club brothers and Chi Kappa Rho club sisters, a good Philly cheesesteak, Ferris Bueller's Day off, Dodge trucks, cute girls, inductive sermons, new running shoes, Star Wars, Sunday afternoon naps, falling asleep to thunderstorms, Sonic peach iced tea, reading the Greek New Testament, and writing music for the piano
Expertise: I work hard at preaching and youth ministry, but I'm certainly no expert
Occupation: Student
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  ParksRanger
Member Since:
10/26/2004
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| New Job, New BlogHello friends. As many of you know, I recently began my first full-time ministry job at the Eastridge church of Christ in Rockwall, TX. Although I see many current trends as silly and irrelevant, I've decided to "keep up with trends" in the case of minister's blogs. Thus, I will no longer be posting on this xanga site, and this journal will be shutdown in about a week or so. Please check out my new 2 blogs @ the following:
Minister's Corner -- a place where I can post my thoughts and impressions on doing ministry; updated almost every day and always open for your comments and impressions.
Walking Commentary -- my (hopefully) daily Bible commentary primarily for my own purposes, but aways open for your comments and thoughts as well.
**Remember, the advantage of a Blog is that you, the reader, do not need to have an account with them to post your thoughts on my posts. Feel free to comment anytime.
Thanks, loyal readers, for all your comments and thoughts over these past years at Harding, whether here on xanga or on my old livejournal site. It's been a blast, I hope you'll join me in the new world of Blogs. 
Signing off,
superinternguy
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| O Canada...again!Wow, finally, an update. Here I am, back in Canada again! Here's a summary of our mega road trip, from Dallas, TX to Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada in 5 days.
Day 1: Plano, TX to Hays, KS
Distance: 542 miles
Drive Time: approx. 9 hours
Highlights:
-Stopped in Moundridge, KS for a gasoline stop; it was a Mennonite community, and both people filling up their cars next to us were obviously Mennonites. I didn't even know they drove!
-Tried to go and see the World's Largest Prairie Dog, but it was closed. We think it escaped and ate everyone. Hence, it was closed.
-Gella's Brewhouse and Restaurant for dinner in Hays; they brew their own root beer and creme soda there- fantastic.
-We rented "The Good Shepherd" and watched it that night. Excellent movie.
Day 2: Hays, KS to Parachute, CO
Distance: 535 miles
Drive Time: approx. 9.5 hours (due to winding mountain roads)
Highlights:
-beautiful mountain scenery...nuff said
-driving through Eisenhower Tunnel, the longest mountain tunnel in the US
-stopping and finding great deals at Sports Authority in Silverthorn, CO (such as a North Face jacket for $60)
-excellent handmade pizza in Eagle, CO at Pazzo's Pizza
-hiking for an hour at a pull-off in Colorado...beautiful views
Day 3: Parachute, CO to Idaho Falls, ID
Distance: 538 miles
Drive Time: approx. 8.5 hours
Highlights:
-Visiting Battlement Mesa retirement community, near Parachute...it was freaky and full of old people
-more beautiful mountain scenery
-stopping in Salt Lake City, Utah (we drove clear through Utah today) and visiting the Mormon Temple Square, HQ for the Mormon Church...it was very beautiful and everyone was very nice
-our nice hotel room in Idaho Falls, right next to the falls and jogging trails, and with an outdoor heated pool
-Brownstone Brewhouse and Restaurant, for more excellent food
-watching Lost, next to last episode!
Day 4: Idaho Falls, ID to Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Distance: 536 miles
Drive Time: about 8 hours
Highlights:
-driving through beautiful Idaho/Montana territory, complete with snow-capped mountains in the distance and rolling green valleys in the foreground
-crossing the border into Canada and acting innocent :)
-getting "All Dressed" Ruffles chips (not available in America) right after crossing the border
-driving through the smallest town any of us had ever been in and trying to get gas, right before crossing the border...a US Border Patrol truck was driving around inside it
Day 5: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
Distance: 540 km (about 324 miles)
Drive time: about 6 hours
Highlights:
-stopping in Vulcan, Alberta and visiting the Star Trek visitors' center, complete with Enterprise bridge mockup
-visiting the Royal Tyrell Museum and their amazing dinosaur exhibits, #8 in the world, complete with 2 complete Tyrannosaurus skeletons
-making it to Brian's house!!
Total Distance driven: approx 2,475 miles
Total Drive time: approx 42 hours
States Driven Through: 7 (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Montana)
Countries Driven Through: 2
All in all, a fantastic trip! All for now, time for bed...
See pics from the trip here:
Canada Road Trip pictures on Facebook
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| Time Keeps on Slippin, Slippin, Slippin...8:50 Wake Up to alarm clock sounding for the 6th time
8:51 Roll out of bed
9:00 Chapel
10:00 Study for classes @ the front desk
11:00 Shower
11:30 Visit a guy on my hall currently in the hospital
12:30 Dairy Queen
1:00 Class
2:00 Class
3:00 Mentor Group
4:00 Various errands around campus
4:30 Meet @ the guys' apartment
4:45 Leave for Little Rock
5:45 Get fitted for wedding tuxes in Little Rock
6:45 Dinner @ Shorty Small's
8:00 Head back to Searcy
9:00 LOST
10:00 Front Desk work
11:15 Head out for a run
11:59 Arrive back @ the dorm
12:05 Check mine and Brian's halls
12:30 Shower
12:53 Update xanga
1:15 Some reading?
1:45 sleep
8:50 Wake up and start the whole thing over again
See, now I know why I'm so tired. I always wondered where my time went...
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| New Queens: Spring 07
 
We, the men of Delta Chi Delta, are so honored to have Becca Wiebe (top) and Bethany Yarbrough (bottom) as our newest queens! We know they will bless all of us with their Christlike attitudes, encouragement, and amazing personalities.
And in other news...
British Hospital Rolls Over on Hot-Cross Bun Ban
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