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Update from Jan-Feb 2012

            Greetings in the name of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ; It’s my pray that this update finds you and your family well. First off an apology is in order and it sowers me to have to start off with such an apology but, I feel that in ministry and in our day to day lives its imported to ask for forgiveness when we misses up; therefore I’m sorry that I’ve not posted an update in such a long time and that I’ve neglected to update on the events or the lack thereof events that have taken place over the past few months. However, perhaps that fault is not and should not be completely on myself nor should the church or anyone else be blamed for the lack of evens for they are not at the fault of one as the fault of such things is wide spread and it would be wrong to point a finger as doing so would not be moral.  Back in June of 2011 I posted an update and sent out a number of e-mails , messages , and made a few phone calls perhaps you were on the other end of such corresponds and I’m so thankful for the handful of you that replayed and said that you’d be willing to pray for me and or support me by sending me a love offering. Unfortunately  and fortunately I only received two love offerings which were equal to two-hundred united stated dollars which was 1,300 short of my goal of 1,500 USD. The funds were going toward and to cover my cost to attend a mission conference this past January. If it’s not obvious I never went to that conference and I never received and confrontation or the information I needed to go so maybe it was a good thing that I was never contacted as I did not have the money to go anyway. I did however; learn a number of things from the experience from attempted to gain the moneys needed for the trip of which will aid me in future ministry weather abroad or in the states.  So, the question remains what to do with the unused money; Each of the two donors who sent me a love offering will be begging contacted by the end of March and they will have the final say for how the funds should be spent or if they wish and only at their request the founds may be moved into a savings account for use on a different project or other ministry expenses for use at an unknown time in the future.  

                Each of us is like an unfinished, un-edited, unpublished manuscript; yet, unlike the unpublished manuscript we are not fully unknown even with each attempted to be anonymous and to keep our lives out of the public arena. Yet, many of us have accounts on numerous websites like Facebook, twitter and others maybe we even have a You Tube account or two or three (I’m not guilty, NO! lol) Ok, before you ask why  I have three accounts on You Tube let me say it’s more complicated then I understand yet, I guess when you have more than one Gmail account you also have more than one You Tube account ha thanks Google. Yet, like the unpublished manuscript each of us has a side that may never see the light of day and perhaps that might be a good thing. But, what if your life was an open book that anyone could read at any time; would there be anything that you’ve said or did that you would not anyone to be able to read about? I know I have a list longer then I’d care to say but, that’s the point we all have a list of things we would never want to share.  About five weeks ago I started working on the next chapter in this crazy book which we call ‘life’. So what’s in store for this next chapter in my crazy life? What crazy adventure waits ahead? It’s hard to say but, I do know the road ahead is going to have its ups .downs, tears, and there will be times I’ll need to stop for a moment. At the end of this chapter I’ll have my Masters in Religion and Intercultural Studies.  Its now nearing the end of week five of my first semester of taking on-line classes ; its been a crazy 4 and a half weeks an I’m ready for the next 4 and a half. Pray that I will have a clear mind and be able to complete all I need to and on time as that has been an issue for me due to the fact I’ve been out of school for over two years. Thank you again for your support and your prays they mean the world to me.

In Chris

Chris

CDavignon.com

 Blessings            

                2011 was the Year of the Lord’s Favor; it’s not been the best year in my book of life but out of all the crazy chapters that have been added to my book of life I can’t complain all that much.  I’m so thankful to each and every one of you who has been reading my blog , flowing me on twitter and adding me on Facebook – if it where possible to mail each of you homemade cookies I’ddo it.  Yes! I’m that thankful to each of you; a small handful of you this past year went above and beyond and send me a love offering via my website which helped me in some cases to buy groceries , teaching supplies such as paper , pens , a notebook , and some much needed office equipment. In addition some of these monies where used to cover the cost of a number of English classes that I offered throughout the year for little or no cost to 6 adults who live near or in my neighborhood here in Mexico: so thank you again and again without your ongoing support I won’t have been able to offer these adults access to learning English so on behalf of them I thank you once again. In addition I’ve had the opportunity to meet some awesome people this past year yet one young women sticks out in my mind although her name is just not coming to mind right now (sorry about that) she works at the Laundry shop near my apartment: one day I was dropping of a bag of clothing to be washed and as she was filling out the paper work there on the table was a book that many won’t think much about but, for me it was an opportunity to ask some questions. Within a moment the young women told me that she had been reading the bible on and off and was interested in learning more about Jesus and his dad God but, was scared that her family would rejected her for putting her trust in God ; are conversation got interrupted but, it’s my pray that God will revel himself to her someday maybe it will be this year maybe it will be years from now I have no way of knowing for now all I can do is pray for her and I’d ask that you join me in doing so. It’s been a while from my last blog post and if you’ve been waiting for one for a while I’m so sorry  there has been so little to post about that it’s not been wroth my time to post anything.  This year will be a bit different so please bear with me while I get used to the land of academia once again. Say what? Yea, I said the land of academia… This year I’ll be working on my master’s degree in religion with a focus on Intercultural Studies. The program is through Liberty Theological Seminary in cooperation with a number of other seminaries through the USA finding this 95% online degree program was a blessing in itself and I’m excited for what I’m going to learn about God , others  , and myself over the next 12 to 18 months. 

This year (Dreams and pray request ) – I’m not into the new year resolution BS

                Nothing magical happened on the first of the year and there was no magical transformation that took place after I walked across the stage with the rest of the undergrad class of 2009. Yet, there are events and times in are life where even if it’s just for a few short moments that life seems so wonderful and maybe even magical. I’ve never understood new year’s resolutions ; why would I want to set a number of un-measurable goals for myself that within a few short weeks if not days I’m very likely to forget about ?? New Year’s resolutions have been crafted in such a way to set us up to fail from the start. You’ve heard them

“I’m going to save money”

“I’m going to eat good”

“I’m going to exercise every day”

                And the list goes on and on : each of these is an un –measurable goal with no way to determine if the goal has or has not been meat.  In the first example “I’m going to save money” Ok, wonderful : How are you going to do that ?, how much money do you want to save ? Do you want to save so you can go on a trip or buy something big like a new car ? and the questions could go on and on it’s a good place to start but, I could say I saved 5.00 bucks on my internet by switching plains so I meet my goal.  I think there is a better way to set goals for our lives. Here’s an idea but, it’s not mine its one I got from a story I heard on the radio about a man who asked his girlfriend’s five or six year old son if he had anything he wanted to do by the end of the year. His replay might shock you …… he said “I’d like to finish the pizza and then that movie we started early tonight.” Yep, he was interested more about the next hour then he did about what to get done this year. So here an idea let’s not focus on what we wanted to do this year rather what do you want to do today, what do you want to do in the next six hours, in the next hour and maybe just you might be shocked at the end of the year when you look at yourself and see a different you. Don’t get me wrong this doesn’t mean you can’t dream it just means that maybe for a change you set goals you can meat and that even if they are small and you think they have no meaning they really do at up at the end of the year : try it. I’m sitting here at 4:20 am and its heard to keep the tears from running down my face not because, I’m sad. No, I’m excited for a new year – I’m excited to learn more about myself, about God, and most of all its my pray request that I’ll be able to find the things I’ve been looking for over 20 years. The answers I seek aren’t in just any book but, I know they lie in the holy text.  Please join me in pray, and in conversation over the next twelve months for it won’t be as much fun without you.

 The Super-Secret Project

                Did you think I was going to tell you what I’m working on? Ha it won’t be the super-secret project if I told you anything about it now would it? Ok , Ok, it’s a book. You happy ? No, Aw I’m sorry I know you won’t be happy till its published well that makes two of us. Here the thing its been over 2 years from when I started this and I don’t have all that much yet but, its my hope that over the next few days that will start to change and maybe at some point I’ll have something worth putting out into the world.

Other random stuff that didn’t fit anywhere else (I’m so sorry

                Um, funny at 6:00 am I can’t rely recall what I wanted to put here so just for the fun of it I’m just going to type and publish – yep no thinking. Oh, did I tell you that starting on the 16 of January I’m starting an 12 – 18 month master’s program only through Liberty university’s seminary. So if you where wondering there you go. Its going to be a crazy year but, I know God has a lot in store for me and I can’t wait to get started. 

 Blessings

Chris

Summer has ended and we are now full into September ; School has started up for most if not I know it will be soon and if you’re not in school then September has things for you too. If you’re like me and have been out a school for a few years now then you might be thinking its September just another month but, to you I give you this challenge try something new , been holding off on making changes in your life ? Now is a great time to start ; Maybe God has something big he is about to do in your life,  how about you ask him about it and see what he tells you.

If your new to my blog then welcome, don’t know who I am or how you ended up here? Its ok I’m glad you’re here – check out the about Chris button at the top of this page to learn more about me.  If your one of my regular readers then thank you for coming back and I’m sorry it’s been such a long time has passed from the last post but, there was not much going on so I had nothing to write about but, it’s my hope that I’ll be able to post more often now that things are starting to move.  As most of you know I have been going through the application process to become a missionary with the LAM if you don’t know what I’m talking about – go here to learn more. Last week I completed the last inventory of two that where part of the application process as far as I am aware my next step will be to go to FL in January for orientation but, I have a long way to go in terms of funding before I can get there. As of today 7^th September only 200.01 USD has come in supporting the trip as this is somewhat discouraging its more than understandable in short some don’t understand why I’m rising money at all or others don’t see it as a good investment because, they don’t have all the facts they need and to be honest I am doing my best to provide all the information I have as soon as I have it but, there are something that at this time I just don’t have answers to and questions like what dates will you be in FL and where do you plan on going / doing or who will you be working with and so on are question that will be answered in time and I’ll write a post with the answers as soon as I have them but, for now here is what you need to know .

Back in November of 2010 I applied to server as a fulltime missionary with the LAM and over the past year have been going through the application process. I feel called by God to work in Latin America this is nothing new and I have felt this way for a number of years. The LAM orientation in January is going to help me explore the call to missions at a deeper level and in addition it will also help me get to know the LAM staff. It’s no secret that I am not like most of the missionary candidates because I have already have completed language school and have been living and doing Ministry in Mexico for the past two years; Yes, the type of ministry that I came down to do has changed over the years and if you had told me back in 09 that I’d be living in this part of Mexico and teaching English out of my house I would have thought you were crazy but, here I am thanks be to God. However, over the past few months the number of people looking for help with their English has come down this is mostly due to that fact that there are not a lot of tourist this time a year and the cash flow for most people is very low. However, not all is lost for school is starting back up as it is in most parts of the world and I already have a few possible kids whose parents are looking for someone to help their kids with their school work so it is my hope that within the next few weeks I will be able to welcome them into my home for homework help.

As of today the 9/7/2011 only 200.91 has come in towards my trip to FL in January; although January is over four months away I’d like to be able to be ready to buy plain tickets and book the hotel as soon as I have dates form LAM for the orientation so if you have been praying about supporting me via founding now would be a great time to make that commitment and if you can’t support me in that way I’d ask that you pray about becoming a pray supporter. Some of you have already emailed me saying that you’re praying for me or that you’ll be more then will to help with financial support and I’m very grateful for all of you and will be sending out personalized thank you notes soon.  Again thank I want to thank each and every one of you for your support – I won’t be able to do the things I do without it.

If you have any question about the LAM orientation please fell free to ask me them if you see me online or send me an email and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Blessings

Chris

Blessings and peace
Chris

No matter what happens after the conference in January I along with others can benefit from what I learn at the Orientation. LAM’s Orientation is required for all missionary candidates so that the LAM as well as the candidate can learn more about each other including but not limited to allowing the candidate learn more about the LAM, and for the LAM staff to evaluate each candidate , and for appropriate training to begin.

Money:
The cost of the LAM Orientation and Training conference is about $500.00 USD yet this could go up.
Air travel: estimated at around 500.00 USD
Hotel: 59 per night for 3 – 7 nights estimated at 177 to 413 USD
Other unseen cost: estimated at 400 – 800 USD
=an estimated cost of about $2,213
+ 287.00 USD to help cover a cost outside the above such as the possibility of something costing a little more such as hotel or air travel cost.

I will not be using any founds from this personal found raiser for anything other than to help me cover the cost of attending the conference. However, if I have any founds remaining after attending the event in January or if I am unable to attended due to sickness and or other events that our outside my control and I would have the opportunity to attend in the summer of the same year then the funds will be held onto to pay for the later date event. Yet, if ant anytime between now and the January event it becomes clear that I will not be attending due to a personal decision and or otherwise then any founds that I have raised up to that point I will donate to a project to help fight poverty in the developing world and as will be so with any leftover founds from this personal found raiser if there are any such founds after I attend the event.
Pray about supporting me with pray for pray is more important than any money.

If you have any questions and or would like to take me on as a “project” send me a email or feel free to give me a call.

To learn more about LAM (Latin America Mission) go over to http://www.lam.org/

You can learn more and donate online at http://chrisdavignon.chipin.com/orientation-and-training-with-lam

Blessings and peace
Chris

It’s been quite a bit of time from my last post and to all who have been coming back here looking for something new to read; today is your day. Yes, the first post for the new year just four months and six days late – sorry about that.  Back in December of 2010 I posted a blog called “Stories” but, as many of you have notice there has not been a new blog post in almost four months. No! I have not drop off the face of the earth, No! I have not stopped posting, and No! Nothing bad has happened to me or at least nothing that I could not deal with. Yes, I could have posted small updates from time to time here on my blog but, there has been little to write about and there has been some updates of random though that have been posted to my twitter and Facebook accounts respectfully: However, I know there are question and to all my friends, family, and to all the wonderful people supporting me with pray and or financial backing; I would not be able to do the work I do without you. So much has happened over the past few months that it’s hard to pick an event to start with so I think I’ll go from crazy to cool , to awesome then share a few pray request.

It was a cool overcast evening sometime in mid-November. I was walking back to my apartment from the big bus station located at the end of one of the two main roads that splits the city in half dividing the delegation into its respected parts. However, the division of the city is not significant or relevant to anyone who has never visited the old side of the city and yet, even a visit to the old side of the city would not help you understand the complex social systems that the division helps keep in there respected locations. Never the less even without a basic understanding of how things are and where they are located the events that happened to me on that November evening could have happened anywhere but, rather they happened here which makes them just that more fun.  As I got close to my street I noticed to young men who seemed a bit out of place yet, not thinking much about them then with in a moment my ears heard the question asking what time it was then by the time that a replay came from my moth I found myself on the side of the street with a knife in my face and the young man that I had seen from down the road was not robing me. Yea, stuff happens and I’m thankful that nothing really bad came from it other than a big helping of inconvenience flowed by waiting to get my debit cards in the mail which took over a month for them to find their way to my PO box here in México.

There are three sides to Cancun – yes that’s right I said three ; How can that be well the first side of the Cancun is why it’s the city that so many collage age youth want to come to for their spring brakes : the clubs , the drinking , and the beach. The second side of the city is a bit harder to find but, it’s here some awesome beach front propriety that will cost you your life savings and perhaps a bit more – you get the point beach front propriety here in Cancun is not cheap and getting the right to “own” such propriety is a task that is not meet for everyone never mind how much of a pain in the um well it’s not easy to “own” anything south of the border and never mind the fact as non-Mexicans we are not legally able to own anything.  have meet a few people who in spite of all the crazy laws and immigration policy have gained the rights to live here as others who I have spoken with have given up after years of trying. Then there is the third side to Cancun which most visitors to the city never see if they ever leave the hotel zone other than to go back to the airport: the city itself is made up of a number of different neighborhoods some poor other a bit better off each offering different foods and customs a place where many different people live of which many have come from many different places around the world and within México. Back in January of the year I made the decision to start offering low cost English classes – classes started with a few students and for the time begging is on hold due to the fact that I am trying to get my visa to work here and I prefer not to risk getting in trouble for working – I know lots of people who are like it’s not a big deal but, I’m not going to try my luck.

I’ll be blogging almost every day in April – the first 5 days as well as well some other unplanned dates so keep an eye out for new blogs.

Blessings and peace

Chris

There are many different types of stories some are written for children others for young adults and even adults have stories too but, we call them novels. This past week was like any other week with the exception of an email that got me thinking and as much as enjoy reading emails and other things that show up from time to time it is not always possible to replay to everything and something just don’t rely need a replay or our just not worth my time. An example of this would be the email that says “we got u drugs same day free ship to you we can do.” Minus the bad spelling it was kind of funny that you have drugs and you can send them to me same day – wow most be magic as most things can be shipped the same day and the fact you have to say “we can do” just makes me wonder if the person sending this was high or not a native English speaker. However, on the other hand the person could be a native speaker and just have issue with the language that is also possible; whatever the case I think we are too quick to assume things and then we express our assumptions as fact when the truth is we have no idea. At twenty-five I have been to more than most people would have ever assumed I would do and yet there is so much more I would love to do but, every now and then I get that one email that makes me think or in some cases makes me what to go outside and scream “Why” oh yes, I’ll be happy to admit it right here on the internet that some emails just make me want to scream and other get me thinking. It’s no secret that I live in México , love Jesus , and if I could remove all the world suck from the world with a big ass vacuum cleaner I’d do it but, as that’s something I can’t do there is little I can’t do. The past week I got an email request from a good friend of mine who from time to time send me an email or two but, unlike all the other emails I have ever gotten from this person this one got me thinking and I thought that as a few people have asked me about “my story” I’d post a blog in replay.

At twenty-five years old there is little I can’t do and there are lots of things I’d love to do and yet at the same time there are something’s that I hope I will never have to do ; and if I had to do them I rely have no idea how I’d mange but, this blog is not about any of that rather I want to share with you a story and it’s my hope that this will give you an idea of some of the things I have had to deal with over the years and how I got to where I am now. A short warning If I were to tell my full story it would have to be put into one of them novel things you know it’s a big book that is meant for adults but, as that would take some time it’s my hope that the next few pages would be good enough for now. A little over two years ago I wrote a blog that talked about brick walls as well as another that was reflections from my heart both I think give the reader a very good idea about where I have come from and where I stand on some things but, what the two post do not do is lay out my full family background and they also do not go into detail about my disabilities yet, I rely never want to go into such detail but, I think it’s time I at least lay out a foundation heck maybe one day I’ll be able to use it as a base for a book.

At age eighteen I did not have a good relationship with my parents and let the truth be known most teenagers don’t have a good relationship with their parents either so in short maybe my family was normal yet then again maybe not as my family fit into the typical American family and not because, there were two kids, a big hose with a white picket fence along with a dog. Nope there was none of that first off it I was the only child that my parents ever had and even though we did have a dog for a number of years; I don’t recall whatever happened to it and I rely don’t care and as you will see over the next few pages or however long this ends up begging that there are lots of fragments to my memories and in some crazy way they make up my childhood or what I had of one. Stories can be found in a number of different formats such as books , online , and maybe on a bathroom wall but, no matter the format or the length all stories have something in common they are created by humans for entertainment or maybe to share information. This past month was November and for the first time I attempted NaNoWriMo and along with people from all over the world we all tried to write 50,000 words in one month and yet it’s my honor to say I failed. However, this past November I did learn that it is not easy to sit down and wright every day and if it was something that was easy to do I think I would have had 50,000 words in less than a month heck as it’s not that hard to put down a few thousand words in a few short hours but, as I was not able to get to 50,000 words it’s a lot harder than it sounds but, I think at the same time it’s better to start then not to have started at all. As I look back on the early 90′s it’s hard to understand why the authorities never showed up at my door well they did once and as I look back I rely have no idea why my mother did not go to jail that day but, something just never where to be ; How did the police end up blocking off the street I lived on and surrounding the building I lived in well my mother dialed the wrong number and when she realized it she just hung up the phone : Yep this is the fastest way to get your house surrendered by the local police. It’s too bad that they are not as quick to respond to other things but, that’s something that is outside the scope of this post. There is so much I could say about the teen years yet, I rely don’t think there are enough pages of paper in the world to wright down all the things and events that took place but, there were a few that might be of interest to some and if you our one who is interested in such content send me a private message and I might just replay if I’m able to do so but, as it would take pages and pages to put some of these events on paper I think there are better things I can do with my time. In spite of all the craziness at home droning my younger years I had one own list of issues that as a child where not as easy to deal with. First off a lot of the issues I dealt with as a child where new and there where very few that had seen anything like it before – it’s funny as today in 2010 if I were a child now I don’t think I would have to have gone through the things I did back then as there are so many advances in medicine that would have been able to help me though school as well as with some of the day to day stuff that I just found difficult ; not saying it would have been a fix all but, it would have help offset some of the issues or at the very least there would have been more help available but, back in the 90′s I was lucky that there were a few people who realized that there was issues I was dealing with and they did their best to try to help. At the age of three my parents learned where told that my eyes had a number of issues and because, of this it was very likely that I would never be able to do a number of things. Well I have no idea who that person was for it was so many years ago but, I do know this he was kind of right but, so wrong at the same time. In addition to vision issues I have been told over the years that I have this or that along with this or that and because, of these things that is why blab la bla ; well maybe some of these things had some validity at some point in my life where other I don’t think ever did but, when you’re a child your word just does not seem to matter in so many cases. As most of you know back in May of 2009 I graduated with a B.A in youth ministry from a small Christian university in Chicago along with my B.A I also had a minor in Spanish along with that I came out of university with a year of living in a different country on my own as well as some life lessons that have changed the way I think to some degree. A year and a half after graduation with my B.A I have become a certified teacher of English as a foreign language which is kind of funny and even if I never use it I still have it. I was recently asked about my time in Mexico city which lasted for over a year and it’s kind of said for me to say but, I rely have little to say about my time in Mexico city as it reminds me of things that just did not go the way that I had planned but, then again I never plain so who knows it was a learning experiences and I am glad that I used to live there. I am now living in another part of Mexico and am a freelance English teacher, photographer, and writer. What is to come in this coming year well that’s all in the hands of God and I can’t wait to see where he is going to send me this coming year.

Blessings and peace

Chris

Wow! First off I’m sorry that my last post was on the 31^st of August ; secondly if you’re doing NaNoWriMo and if you have no idea what this is then check out this video should help you out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhs-yodZJcw) o and you can flow my not so good progress at http://www.nanowrimo.org/user/713307 if i want to finish on time I need to write 2,640 words per day for the next 17 days – at this point losing is not an option but, that does not mean that crying , screaming , and wanting to hit my head on my laptop is but, I have been told that’s just part of the fun. Maybe it’s time for a plot ninja um ninjas in a book about  the sex trade yep you should be able to find it on the New York best sells list sometime next year Or maybe not; A number of good writers you know the ones you can find their works in these things called books which can usually be found in your local library or book store; I’m no author but, I have written my share of good papers; some were bible papers others where blog post and others where just random peace of writhing that I look back on and have no idea or how I wrote such a peace. Today is the thirteenth of November and the novel that I’m attempting to write is lacking words, lacking character development, and to be honest my story kind of sucks yet, thank goodness the goal is to write 50,000 words and not a good book for that as I have been told can take years and in many cases many of the books that most people like took over 2 year for their another’s to write them together. Yesterday I got an email that was sent out to everyone who signed up to be part of NaNoWriMo ; the email was a pep-talk from John Green who has a number of books on the New Yorks times best sells list here is what he told all of us about writing “Whether you’re reading or writing, there is nothing magical about how you get from the middle of a book to the end of one. As Robert Frost put it, “The only way out is through”; Robert Frost’s quote does not only able to our reading and writing but, we can apply it to our daily lives; I’m at the point in my life where people have stopped asking me “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and the question now is “So why don’t you have a job yet?” A year and a half after collage it is true I’m jobless in every aspect of the word but, at the same time I have one of the most awesome jobs in the world ; I get to spend countless hours in front of my laptop writing , worshiping God , talking to everyone and anyone who wants to learn English yet, ironically these conversation never switch over to English yet that does not matter for the time I spend with the youth who work down in the hotel zone or the time I spend listing to the restaurant owner of the sandwich place I go to from time to time talk about how the schools here in Mexico our not very good and her concerns that she has for her daughters education are hours I wound not want to give back as I am thankful for these times. So what is my job ? Well that is a question that keeps being asked of me and I rely don’t know what to say ; if a friend ask I just say well you know life is crazy but, God is good yet, such a response does not go very fare on an application for anything no matter what it is. I wish I could just put “I’m a member of God’s army and I go where he sends me” for my cornet, past, and the job I will have for the rest of my life but, something in my brain tells me that such an employment entry might get my sent to the crazy house for it would look like this.

Employer

The Lord of Lord, the alpha and the omega, the king of kings

The Kingdome

Member of God’s army

From birth to entreaty

As you can see this job does not fit well on secular applications but, as I this place we call earth is only a temporary home and I am not from here rather I’m from the Kingdome of God and have been sent here to fight agent the things of this world for his glory and one day I will have the opportunity to return to my father’s house. So when people ask me why I have yet to find a “real” job all I can tell them is well things happen in God’s time and not mine and if you got a problem with that then here is God’s phone number give him a call and take it up with him. See here the think with this world there are things as finite beings that we will never be able to understand but, that’s ok for there are things are brains have been created to understand such as the written word and spoken language. However, what if you’re not able to understand such things does that make you less smart then the next guy? No!  There are many different languages in the world its possible the next guy don’t speak your language. It makes me so angry when I hear someone say “Aw I feel bad for him/her “she / he most have a problem for they don’t understand what’s going on.” First off your in my country , next I don’t call you dumb for not knowing my language – yes I said my county and my language ; When I’m at home I’m me , the little white boy from the east cost of the United States of America but, when I walk out my front door I’m as Mexican as the next guy on the street ; So my skin might be white and its obvious that I’m not from around here yet, I open my mouth and people have no idea where I’m from. As far as I’m conserved I’m from here or at least for now ; there just something you need to understand I’m at that point in life where I just don’t know what’s next ,  I’m at that point in my life where some of the decisions I make well just suck ja and so does my writing but, “The only way out is through” in other words if we go though it then we will never get to the other side where we will be more knowledgeable about something and this is how we grow. I’m not attempting to write 50,000 word book this month because, I thought it would be fun (Yes I am ) but, rather because, in two weeks , when I am done I will be grateful for the experience. Also, I will have learned a lot about writing and as well as a lot about myself. I have never attempted such a crazy task yet, this year i just had to do it.

I would like you take you back to the 31^st of August 2010 yes, that was the last time I post anything and for the past few months life has been crazy , what have I been doing well I’m sorry but, I don’t think my blog is rely the place to explain or put all of my stories from the past two months rather if you would like to hear them then leave me a comment and maybe I might get around to putting them into writing sometime over the next year or two but, if you can’t wait that long then feel free to give me a ring for I’d love to hear from you. (See what I just did I pulled the if you want to hear the story you got to call me trick – did it work ?”) Ok, but I do have a few things that need to be said so here goes nothing.

Oh if you made it this fare then your very board , have no life , or have no good peace of writing in your house so you have just wasted the past 10 min reading my crap ; sorry about that – I have an idea its called a library how about you get off my blog and go find something good to read but, if you rely are interested in reading about my crazy life then please feel free to read on. I warn you the next part of this post is just me sharing my reflections of the past few months and maybe a story or two – the fact that its 4:10 am as you can see NaNoWriMo = no sleep , no life , and hours of fun ok – you can take away the word fun and add the line makes you do crazy stuff like write your blog post at 4 am yes it is rely 4 am. Anyway going back to my last blog post, I last wrote about my first day as a English teacher and as crazy as my first day was it was not as crazy as the weeks to flow would be yet, at that point I had no idea what was in front of me and I’m sorry to say that it was nothing on this side of goodness. However, without going into deal I’ll just fast-forward to the end I quit my teaching job and moved to another part of México. I have now been where I am for a little over a month and things are not going in the direction that I thought they would but, such is life. If you flow me on twitter you know that I was able to get my application in to the LAM and now I sit and wait for things to happen in God’s time. A few people have asked me what’s next. , when will I be moving, and when will I be speaking at churches to raise support for the ministry work that I will be doing. Well I’m sorry to be the one to pop your bubble of excitement but, I have no idea when I will be moving or if I will be moving at all. Next, as much as I would love to come to your church or come talk to your youth group about foreign missions sorry but, I think there are lots of other good people who live a lot closer to you then I do who would be more than happy to do just that heck there might be a missionary or two who goes to your church just ask around.  In response to what’s next again I have no idea ask me in a years’ time and maybe i might have an idea then. I don’t want to come off as an a*hole but, I rely have no idea what I will be doing or when it will happen so all I can do is ask you for pray as I go through the process of applying to be a full time missionary with the LAM. (lam.org) if you have no idea who they are. November should not be about just trying to write a book but, rather what we can learn from doing so. I realize that most you who read this blog would never attempted to write a book in a month and heck why would you want to but, I have a task for you this November and yes, I’m a little late giving this out so you can take part in trying to do this over the next 17 days ja all is not lost you can join in the madness too just in a little different way. Droning this month of November or at least what is left of it try to spend 3 to 5 hours in pray yes praying to God each day for 3 to 5 hours and droning that time ask him to teach you something about yourself or just have a rely long talk with him ; think I’m crazy well I’m doing it too I’m just trying to get 1667 words a day written on top of that – see here the thing as I sit here for hours trying to get the words down on the page for my the book I’m trying to write I’m spending my time God and we have had some interesting conversations – back to my novel or maybe a better way to end this would be to say time to go eat some more from the giant bowl of suck that is my novel.

Blessings and Peace

Chris

Ps. 2,186 words wasted on this post too bad I can’t add them to my word count for the day

Day two / one of teaching is about to start in a few short hors. See I have already taught once for classes are Monday – Saturday so this past Saturday was the first day but, today is the first day of classes droning the week therefore it’s day two / day one LOL. Saturday went well I think in spite of not having any idea what the heck I was doing.  Today I’ll be teaching 4 groups or 4 different classes three of which are the same thing so by tomorrow night I should have a better idea what the heck I’m doing ; well that is I hope so after doing it two times before LOL. Now one of my groups is a different level and they are not using the same material as my other classes so that will be a bit different and the copy of the book I have is rely not a good on so it’s hard to read so I rely have no idea what I’m going to do. Please pray that what I have picked out of the book is what needs to be taught and that my students will understand that this is the best I can do for the first class. Also pray for a good day not just for me but, for all the language students that will be walking into my classroom throughout the day.

Thanks be to God for the opportunity to server the youth / adults of this area in such an empowering way.

Blessings and Peace

Chris

A good friend of mine sends out email updates from time to time and every time I get one it brings me job for because, she starts off praises to God so I would like to from this blog on copy that stile of writing and do just that as I don’t think she will mind. This past week has been a week of ups and downs and I owe God more thanks and praise then I know how to express in words but, that’s between me and God so yea.

Praises from this past week:

1. Praise God for a new teaching job here in Mexico
2. Praise God for the opportunity to stay in México for another year.
3. Praise God because my ‘work’ will be paying for all the paperwork I need to stay in Mexico
4. Praise God for a new place to live close to my new job
5. And the list goes on and on but, thanks be to God for all the good that’s happing in my life right now and thanks be to God for opening a door for me
6. Thanks be to God for answering a pray in his time and not mine
7. Thanks be to God for the opportunity to work with indigenes people groups

Pray Request!

1. Pray for a safe trip from Mexico city to my new job in southern México
2. Pray that all the documents I need will get to me in México in time to apply for my work visa
3. Pray for me and that I will not have any issues in getting a work visa
4. Pray for me as I prepare to move to another part of Mexico
5. Pray that I will have the funds I will need to travel
6. Pray that everything goes will with this new job

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for me and supporting my work in México this past year and now that I have a teaching job I see this job as ministry and even though I am not working through the church and will not be able to for the next year due to a contract but, teaching English is a ministry and it’s my pray that you will support me in pray as without you I have no idea how I will be able to do my job. If you have questions about this change in ministry or other question then please email me and I will be happy to answer your questions to the best of my ability. However, there are some questions I know I’ll be asked so I have prepared a few answers to some question that might come up.

1. How will I contact you after you move?
   1. The same way you have been via Facebook , AIM , email , phone and so on
   2. Can you give me your mailing address?
      1. Yes and No
         1. i.      I will not post it online so don’t look for it but, if you email me I will be happy to give it to you when I know what it will be
      2. What about ???
         1. Good question send me an email and I will be happy to answer you back
      3. Is there internet where you going?
         1. I don’t know what world you live in but, if you need to ask then it makes me wonder.
            1. i.      Yes! There is internet all over the world now how fast or slow it is ; that’s another story and I will have to wait to know what the deal is sorry

Blessings and Peace

Chris