CTK, class, and praises.

First order of business is to tell everyone that I am going to the tool crib but the praises to God is higher than last post. With AWANA on Sundays now, I will not have to worry about not getting enough sleep for work. My speech class is unbelievible time consuming. Reading tons for that class and also reading alot for my Human Resoruce Managment class. I will post more later about these classes.

I also want to note that I might change plans about want I am going to do after I leave the AF. Again more to come.

~mike

Moving, paperwork, and a new job.

So in two weeks, I will be moving into a new house/ old barn and I also might be doing a new job starting Sept. 1st. Among all this is a massive amount of paper work that has to get done.

So about the new job. I will be working in are support area. So I will be making sure that all tools that are used on the flightline are accounted for. I do not want to go to support because then I will have to fly a desk and not work on airplanes. I was told that I will be working with Technical Orders and the laptops that they are on.

Cons: I do not want to work their. No more TDY aka seeing really cool places on the expanse of the government.

Pros: A more stable work schedule in which I will be able to be available for working sound on Sundays, Awana (either on Wednesday or Sunday), and being a project monitor for PMOC. In other words, I can be more depended on it what I do at the chapel. I can also be able to do school work at work.

Even though I do not want to go to support, I see that going to support will help the ministries that I am a part of. I will still have to work an weekend every month or 2.

About moving. First I will comment on my mother comment about on being like my uncle. That is I am not like my uncle although an CD rack made out of Legos is pretty sweet. Anyways, I am going to look at some more furniture today at Thedford (Thomas Paine was born where) and Bury St. Edmund (Sidenote: That is where buried St. Edmund). I get the keys on the 4th and then on the 5th I can start to move in.

Well I need to eat so breakfast so I must leave, anyways have a nice weekend and I will see everyone later.

Why?

This is a series of question that have been brought to my attention.

Why is American church voting for a presidential candidate that supports killing over 4 million Americans a year?

Why do Americans think that God is blessing a country that does not even follow his commandments?

Why do Americans accept the fact that homosexuals are equal when they actually are living in a sin that will cause them to get to hell?

Why is it wrong to be correct according to the Bible?

Why do people think I have a close mind when I say Jesus is "the Way, the Truth, and the Light?"

Why do people think that I judge them when I saw that everyone deserves hell because of our lack of obedience to our Creator, our Savior, and our God?

Why does the liberalism accuse conservative Christian of not help the world when the conservative Christian give more money and time in helping the world than any other group?

2 Timothy 4:1-4
1 I charge you (Christian) in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.


NOTE: This is also posted on Facebook and Myspace.

Take this Church of Global Warming.

I was reading an article on boundlessline.org called "Magma Heats Stuff." I guess scientist have found underwater hot spots in the Arctic Circle. They found one under a ice stream. I would only assume that Global Warming would have a part with the hot spots because it seems that no scientist have found how old they are. With extreme heat that can melt ice would cause ice to melt. So yes the polar caps are melting. Why? Becuase of a world wide flood that would have split the earth in half.

Furniture Shopping

I am not a big person on shopping unless I am at Cabela's or other outdoor/camping stores. So today I went t2 different locations to shop for furniture and I am completely lost on what I want to get. What makes it hard is that I want to buy something that will last at least until I am like 60 years old (which is only around the corner, ie time goes by fast). Ok that is extreme but I want to last until I have to update, maybe 10 years or so. I am also thinking about the apartment that I will be moving into next year in OKC. The first thing I notice is that AFFES is too overpriced here overseas. I have notice that they know that most GIs and family will by their stuff and so they jack up their price. They also only buy namebrand items and give a discount so it is still above what I can afford. It is cheaper to order 3 DVDs off of Amazon and get them shipped then it is to buy DVDs at the BX. So after looking at overpriced AFFES stuff, I went off base to Bury St. Edmunds and looked at a store that I have seen on my way to center of Bury. They had lower prices but still in pounds but once they were converted it was a little above AFFES prices. I am think of going back to a different places in Bury to look at furniture and maybe over to Cambridge to see what they have to buy.

I will catch everyone next time on THE ENGLAND FILE.

Being a Christian at Work.

This post is more for me than anything. I have notice in my life as a crew chief, that I have not been living up to a subpar level as a Christian at the work place. I am quick to judge people (not on salvation) for their mistakes when possible it was not them, I complain about people behind their back, and I do not show the joy that I have in my life with Christ. In light of this, my section chiefs have wanted me to act more like a Staff Sargent (SSgt) since I am now a Senior Airmen (Sra). Be more of a leader. I am try to figure all this out. I am trying to be more confronting when I see a problem and find more info. A bad example would have been this morning. I accused a SSgt of not finishing forms for a wash. I was upset that he did not do what I told that needed to be done. When I confronted him about it, he exampled that he wanted are truck driver to drop me off so the forms would get done. I was mad at him because our truck driver would not take me to him because he also was mad to him (for other reasons). That was not very Christian of me and a make against my testimony for Christ. Now since I have seen my problem, with God's grace, I am going to change my attitude to reflect more of my Christian beliefs. Please pray that by God's grace I can live more like his Son at work.

Also I want to share that at my last TDY, I was less then Christian as I had to much alchole by my standard. I do not drink much so I do not know how drunk I was but I did have a headache when I stop drink and started to drink water and eat gyros (real gyros). Just wanted everyone to know so that they will pray for when I go TDY again.

Later
~mike

Souda Bay, Crete, Greece Pictures.

Here are some pictures from my trip to Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. On the 2nd day of the trip we flew over Iraq, Saudi, UAE, and Egypt.

Saudi
Chania, Crete, Greece
Souda Airport (Not NAS Souda Bay)
mountains behind the tail. I think this is going to be always a shot I will try to get. Tail with nature. I might put to aileron control tab style to it (like this picture).

No posty for long time.

I know I have not posted in awhile but I have a great excuse. I was in Crete doing what American GIs do in Crete, whatever we do. I will share some pics later at a different time. I have been slacking in my thing lately like reading my Bible, pray (which tends to be all the time), Studying, reading my Christian and anti-Emergent blogs, and listen to podcasts. In fact I need to read 112 blog posts and listen to 113 podcasts (I want everyone to know that podcasts in not a word in the world of Firefox web browser). I guess I am my work cut out for me. I also start my last 2 classes for my CCAF (so is CCAF) at the end of the month. Anyways, I need to grab clothes from dryer and get ready for the thing everyone calls work. I like to call a complete chaos in which I get a stick across my behind. I just looked chaos in the dictionary (which I misspelled by edit) to see if I spelled it right and it also means: "Greek Mythology the first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx." Good to know, since I was just in Crete, Greece. Ok I am a little tired and trying to throw a blog post together to maintain my post everyday disaster, which I have failed 2 months in a row. I wish everyone a goodnight as I must attend to the Greek Mythology called chaos.

I Have AN APARTMENT!!!

That is all I have to say 'bout that. Also it is thundering outside and I need to pack. Later.

Looking to Move Off Base.

I think I have found a nice semi-detached home in Isleham (eyes-lam). It is about 15-20 mins from base and it is quite. It will cost me about £830a month plus Utilities. The house 2 years old but the building is older. It was a barn before a house. I am going to look at another but I want that house as of now. It has an open kitchen, living and dining room. It has 2.5 baths which includes 2 full baths un-stairs. It is a 2 bedroom home.

Here is a Google Map of the home.

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The Bowers are Gone.

Since I have been in Military, the one thing that is still hard to do is say good-bye to the people that you grow close to. It was a hard Sunday night when I had to say good-bye to the Bower family as they leave for the States. I will miss seeing the family in church, Brain at PMOC, and their fellowship that they had. I can not even start to list why I am soo thankful for knowing the Bower Family. More later to come.

I missed the Dark Knight.

So today I was planning on seeing the Dark Knight in Bury St. Edmunds. Will I did not because I decided to a nap at 1830 for 1hr. I would later wake up at 2315ish. So long for watching it this weekend. I might and try to catch this week before I leave on my TDY to where ever doing what every mission. So as I seat to read "Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should be)" and enjoy learning about a liberal church movement that will change our country for a while. I have also noticed that I have 51 blog posts to read. much fun.

I also heard a good comment today about Obama. Obama would be reaching farther into American pockets leaving American only with change. You can listen to this comment and others comments on Christian Worldview with David Wheaton.

More pictures for Al Udeid and Sig

The plane we took with the Sicilian mountains in the background.




This is a picture of Catana, Sicily.



Another picture in Catana.



This is an front loading Boeing 747 cargo jet. The front is similar as the C-5 the US uses.




The shore of Sicily.



Volcano on the island of Sicily.



Snow covered peaks of the Alps.

And the final picture is...








A picture of Paris.

You can see all pictures here
and you can also see approx of where I took the pictures.

Puting tags in

I am going to put tags into my posts.

1st day of August

Hello, the all the people that read this pointless blog . It is a new month and another chance for me to blog everyday this month minus the days I am not in England. I am preparing to go TDY again to a new place, hopefully. I might start sharing about a book I am reading call "Why we are not Emergent (By two guys how should be)." It is really a great book and must read if you want to know more about the Emergent Church and its leaders. So long and catch all of you on the flip side.