Monday, February 11, 2008
What is the opposite of God?
That was a question that was asked yesterday during the sermon by the Sr. Protestant Chaplain at RAF Mildenhall. He tackled issues about the devil. Is the devil real or just a scapegoat was the question asked. He explained that in early Bible times, common medical problems were thought of a demons. Going through the Bible, we read that the devil is real spirit that has control to interfere with our lives. He asked the question about what is opposite of God and the common answer is the devil. Make sense, God is all love and the devil is all evil. He used Star Wars as an example. In Star Wars, there is one force with 2 ends. But that is not right, saying that the devil is the opposite of God is giving the devil the position of a god. This proves that Star Wars is not a good example to relationship of God and the devil. Reading the Bible tells us that the devil was an angel. He was believe he could be god and tried to overtake his creator. So who is the opposite of God and who is the opposite of the devil? There is nothing that is opposite of God because there is not all powerful like God. There is nothing that can destroy what God has created. Jesus is also not opposite him because Jesus is God. Then the opposite of the devil would have be the head archangel maybe Michael. Which makes perfect sense since both are angels. This is all I remember from the sermon, but these were the main parts of the sermon. He used several examples from the Bible to prove his points.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
A new T-Shirt
I am in the process of designing 2 new t-shirt to wear. The first idea comes from when I was in Oklahoma and was told that I was going to be set up with a "hot" Christian girl. After telling people I have lunch with that high standard for a girl is Christian and drinks coffee. We thought it would be a good t-shirt design:
FRONT: A single Christian guy looking for...
BACK: A HOT Christian girl that drinks COFFEE!
The other idea is from a couple weeks ago when at the same group, one of the children told me to stop chewing with my mouth full.
Front: Stop Chewing with your mouth full (A picture with a kid's mouth full of food)
Well that is the facts. They should be great t-shirts.
FRONT: A single Christian guy looking for...
BACK: A HOT Christian girl that drinks COFFEE!
The other idea is from a couple weeks ago when at the same group, one of the children told me to stop chewing with my mouth full.
Front: Stop Chewing with your mouth full (A picture with a kid's mouth full of food)
Well that is the facts. They should be great t-shirts.
My Final Grades are in and I passed.
I have been worried about my world religion class. The final grade was posted and I got an 79% or a C. Kinda stoked about it. I really needed an A but I will take a C because I hated to class. I also did well in my management class. I think I got a mideighties and which is a B. If I would have failed my world religion class, I would have to pay the money back to the Air Force. That is one less bill.
FYI: I posted some more on Why is it so hard to leave? Part 2. You should op ck it out. (CC talk)
FYI: I posted some more on Why is it so hard to leave? Part 2. You should op ck it out. (CC talk)
Saturday, February 9, 2008
It is almost 0630
Warning! This post will reduce your intelligence by 5 points.
Why is that I can not go to sleep. I need to try. I really hate working nights. That is when evil likes to hit. When it is dark. Will I am going to read and hopefully fall asleep. I am also board out of my mind. There is literal no one up right now besides me. Even people I know in the States are sleeping right now. This Stinks.
Why is that I can not go to sleep. I need to try. I really hate working nights. That is when evil likes to hit. When it is dark. Will I am going to read and hopefully fall asleep. I am also board out of my mind. There is literal no one up right now besides me. Even people I know in the States are sleeping right now. This Stinks.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Here are some more pictures of my Trip.
This is a picture from Climb-out after take-off. This a village near Stansted.
This is somewhere along the trip.
Reflecting clouds on ocean
Why is leaving so hard? Part 2 And recap of OK Trip.
This part is from my plane ride from JFK to Stansted. It is not exactly to what I wrote. Again, I might post first names of people.
JFK-STN
It is approx 0300hrs GMT "Zulu" (Sunday Feb. 3, 2008) as I start to write again. I am trying to sleep but the coffee has not finished it job of getting me awake. This post is more about the whole trip instead. The trip started at 2000 GMT when I start to clean my room. I left at 0600hrs of the 26th to STN to fly to JFK. When I got to JFK, my first name, last name, and birthdate was flagged by the US Border patrol. There was a guy from New York with the same info and since I was coming into the States without in documents saying I left, I was hot. After showing some military documents, I was cleared to enter the United States. I would have to wait for a leaking steering metering value at JFK which almost made me late for my OKC flight home. This leak freaked people out. At least I know nothing was wrong. The steering value is used on ground only. So instead of the pilots using their engines to travel around. They would have to tow use around. It could be a slight problem on take-off and landing. They would normally use rudder in that case. This knowledge freaks me out because if something goes wrong in flight, I what cause it. I would make it to my DFW-OKC flight and then meet Betsy at the OKC airport. I would meet Jason and Thomas at their apartment. Tegan and Mike came by because they live like 500 ft away. I would see many of the group at the Base Chapel and also see, according to Joe, the "fruits of my labor." Since I left, almost all the members are people that I hang-out with and went to my final Sunday singing. They decided to attend and start to sing. Monday is really when I started to see the difference of being gone for 9 months. I also started to feel lonely that day and wrote "In Oklahoma and it Feels Weird." I would call the Chaplain I meet with in England to find some guidance but he had to get off early so he could out on a date with his oldest daughter. I notice that I was getting lost in the inside jokes and confusing Betsy with my dull aircraft knowledge/terms. Tuesday was diner night a Tegan's adn Wednesday was Praise Team practice/feel meal. I would meet a lot of people that I engaged with at church. It was fun for me. Thursday, Betsy, Kyle, Jason, and I went to Casting Crowns concert, which included John Waller and Leeland (AKA the girl-looking band). I was a little disappointed in John Waller and Leeland was punk/what-a-Christians-guy-should-not-look-like band. That might be a a little harsh but I believe they are still Christians and are doing a good thing. They just look a little worldish.
(side note: I just started to listen to "Here I am to Worship." Here I am to worship...You (God) are altogether loving, worthy, and wonderful to me./side note) Friday was Bible Study and Thomas, Jason, Kyle and I left early so you can caught a movie before it was to late for Thomas. We went and watch Juno. It was a good movie but I would not buy it. After the movie, Kyle picked up Betsy and then we headed to the guy's apartment. Betsy, Kyle, Jason, and I started to talk mostly about aircraft. I confussed Betsy with my again with my great dull knowledge of aircraft. FYI it is about 0330 GMT and the ocean is dark, I just looked outside.
Saturday was the day I was leaving. Betsy came by so we could have a Starbucks and Classical Music time. I tried to wake up Kyle, but he needed his beauty sleep. Betsy and I did not talk about Classical Music but more about what we wanted to accomplish in our life. I notice that my goals are the same since I was in college and it included me making lots of money and not God. Betsy went and picked up Kyle and then we headed over to Joe and Michelle's home because I needed to give them a gift. I also got a tour of there home. It was a nice little house near Tinker. After that, I left for the airport and getting ready to return to England. I was thinking that leaving was not hard this time because I know what I am getting to. I was wrong by far. It was even harder to leave. That is when I started to write the series of posts. I tried to call my parent to tell them that I was returning to England and hardly capable to speak because I was crying. I texted Kyle, "Why is it so hard to leave?" The texted back, "Because you don't want to." So true. That is why I wrote these post. I really did not want to leave Oklahoma. I was leaving a group of friends that were closer to me than my actually family. That is why it choose to Palace Chase back to Oklahoma and start school again.
From Stansted to base. I found out that my luggage did not make it England with me. And I was trying to make it to church on time, and was pulled over by a police officer during 96.44mph in a 70mph speed zone on the A 11, The A 11 connects Mildenhall to London (the M 11 after Cambridge). So I was late to church. After Church, everyone was surprise to see me because I was going to come back around 1100hrs.
Here are some picture of my flight at the sunrise approx 0645hrs.
Is not creation so beautiful? I was praising God the whole time I was watching the sun rise.
JFK-STN
It is approx 0300hrs GMT "Zulu" (Sunday Feb. 3, 2008) as I start to write again. I am trying to sleep but the coffee has not finished it job of getting me awake. This post is more about the whole trip instead. The trip started at 2000 GMT when I start to clean my room. I left at 0600hrs of the 26th to STN to fly to JFK. When I got to JFK, my first name, last name, and birthdate was flagged by the US Border patrol. There was a guy from New York with the same info and since I was coming into the States without in documents saying I left, I was hot. After showing some military documents, I was cleared to enter the United States. I would have to wait for a leaking steering metering value at JFK which almost made me late for my OKC flight home. This leak freaked people out. At least I know nothing was wrong. The steering value is used on ground only. So instead of the pilots using their engines to travel around. They would have to tow use around. It could be a slight problem on take-off and landing. They would normally use rudder in that case. This knowledge freaks me out because if something goes wrong in flight, I what cause it. I would make it to my DFW-OKC flight and then meet Betsy at the OKC airport. I would meet Jason and Thomas at their apartment. Tegan and Mike came by because they live like 500 ft away. I would see many of the group at the Base Chapel and also see, according to Joe, the "fruits of my labor." Since I left, almost all the members are people that I hang-out with and went to my final Sunday singing. They decided to attend and start to sing. Monday is really when I started to see the difference of being gone for 9 months. I also started to feel lonely that day and wrote "In Oklahoma and it Feels Weird." I would call the Chaplain I meet with in England to find some guidance but he had to get off early so he could out on a date with his oldest daughter. I notice that I was getting lost in the inside jokes and confusing Betsy with my dull aircraft knowledge/terms. Tuesday was diner night a Tegan's adn Wednesday was Praise Team practice/feel meal. I would meet a lot of people that I engaged with at church. It was fun for me. Thursday, Betsy, Kyle, Jason, and I went to Casting Crowns concert, which included John Waller and Leeland (AKA the girl-looking band). I was a little disappointed in John Waller and Leeland was punk/what-a-Christians-guy-should-not-look-like band. That might be a a little harsh but I believe they are still Christians and are doing a good thing. They just look a little worldish.
(side note: I just started to listen to "Here I am to Worship." Here I am to worship...You (God) are altogether loving, worthy, and wonderful to me./side note) Friday was Bible Study and Thomas, Jason, Kyle and I left early so you can caught a movie before it was to late for Thomas. We went and watch Juno. It was a good movie but I would not buy it. After the movie, Kyle picked up Betsy and then we headed to the guy's apartment. Betsy, Kyle, Jason, and I started to talk mostly about aircraft. I confussed Betsy with my again with my great dull knowledge of aircraft. FYI it is about 0330 GMT and the ocean is dark, I just looked outside.
Saturday was the day I was leaving. Betsy came by so we could have a Starbucks and Classical Music time. I tried to wake up Kyle, but he needed his beauty sleep. Betsy and I did not talk about Classical Music but more about what we wanted to accomplish in our life. I notice that my goals are the same since I was in college and it included me making lots of money and not God. Betsy went and picked up Kyle and then we headed over to Joe and Michelle's home because I needed to give them a gift. I also got a tour of there home. It was a nice little house near Tinker. After that, I left for the airport and getting ready to return to England. I was thinking that leaving was not hard this time because I know what I am getting to. I was wrong by far. It was even harder to leave. That is when I started to write the series of posts. I tried to call my parent to tell them that I was returning to England and hardly capable to speak because I was crying. I texted Kyle, "Why is it so hard to leave?" The texted back, "Because you don't want to." So true. That is why I wrote these post. I really did not want to leave Oklahoma. I was leaving a group of friends that were closer to me than my actually family. That is why it choose to Palace Chase back to Oklahoma and start school again.
From Stansted to base. I found out that my luggage did not make it England with me. And I was trying to make it to church on time, and was pulled over by a police officer during 96.44mph in a 70mph speed zone on the A 11, The A 11 connects Mildenhall to London (the M 11 after Cambridge). So I was late to church. After Church, everyone was surprise to see me because I was going to come back around 1100hrs.
Here are some picture of my flight at the sunrise approx 0645hrs.
Is not creation so beautiful? I was praising God the whole time I was watching the sun rise.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Why is leaving so hard?
This post was written in subjects according to the plane ride. I normal do not use names but it would confusing so I used on first b/c i wanted to only use first names.
At OKC's Will Roger until DC
What is it about leaving people that are like family? I am sitting in OKC will Roger airport and wondering how I can leave my family and not my friends. What makes it hard leaving? In May, when I left Nebraska, it was not hard to leave my parents. I think it is because I never had a tight connection with my parents. I did not see the lost of not having my parents around. Even when some of my friends from Nebraska dropped me off at the Omaha’s Eppley, it was not hard to see them go. I guess that is because we were not that close. Leaving Oklahoma, now and back in May, has been the hardest. I can accurately describe the feels that I am feeling right now but I am trying to call my parents and crying at the same time. It is kind of funny that I hated to be stationed in Oklahoma but I leave missing it.
From DC to JFK
So as I was flying from OKC to IAD (DC), I came to realize that I have to go back to Oklahoma to live (unless my friends PCS). I have asked the Lord for an answer for my reenlistment/separate as I come up to the end of my enlistment in the Air Force. I want to stay in so I choose to go reserve and go back to college. I am going to try to join the 507th ARW at Tinker working KC-135Rs. This answer to pray left a big burden and also allows me to hang out with my friends in Oklahoma. Now the question is what does the Lord require of me to do his will? The flight is 10 min out from landing and getting ready to board my next flight. The next flight is the longest but the last leg.
At OKC's Will Roger until DC
What is it about leaving people that are like family? I am sitting in OKC will Roger airport and wondering how I can leave my family and not my friends. What makes it hard leaving? In May, when I left Nebraska, it was not hard to leave my parents. I think it is because I never had a tight connection with my parents. I did not see the lost of not having my parents around. Even when some of my friends from Nebraska dropped me off at the Omaha’s Eppley, it was not hard to see them go. I guess that is because we were not that close. Leaving Oklahoma, now and back in May, has been the hardest. I can accurately describe the feels that I am feeling right now but I am trying to call my parents and crying at the same time. It is kind of funny that I hated to be stationed in Oklahoma but I leave missing it.
From DC to JFK
So as I was flying from OKC to IAD (DC), I came to realize that I have to go back to Oklahoma to live (unless my friends PCS). I have asked the Lord for an answer for my reenlistment/separate as I come up to the end of my enlistment in the Air Force. I want to stay in so I choose to go reserve and go back to college. I am going to try to join the 507th ARW at Tinker working KC-135Rs. This answer to pray left a big burden and also allows me to hang out with my friends in Oklahoma. Now the question is what does the Lord require of me to do his will? The flight is 10 min out from landing and getting ready to board my next flight. The next flight is the longest but the last leg.
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