Random Stuff

Pretty soon I will be writing more about Russia when I get closer to knowing more. At the moment I do know more things but I'm still waiting on a few people to get back to me. Hopefully in about a week, or 2 I'll have a blog up explaining all of my final options. In the mean time I have been involved in a few different things that are new to me and not so new. For instance I've been learning to play basketball smarter before the season begins by playing with one other guy on my team and taking on 6-7 other guys. Sometimes we win too!!! I also got involved in figure skating recently after coming up with a bet among some of my guy friends and it's actually quite fun. It's one of the only sports that I swear I face death daily and I like it!!! It's just one of those sports where you have to listen closely, lean in wierd angles and allow yourself to pull away from all fear, or you may never pull off the move. I think that I like it a lot becasue it's something that pushes me a ton and causes me to have to stop and think what did I do wrong after I just fell 50 times in a row. At the same time there have been so many unexpected opportunities out of figure skating that I never imagined. For instance, there was a family of adopted kids that I ran into and the parents were absolutly amazing. Personally I think that it would be hard when you already have 3 kids to take on 4 more just so you don't break up the entire sibling set. At the same time to be able to control the kids in such a way that each one knows that they are equally loved is best! It was also super cool knowing that some of the kids really young and some were in high school (which is a huge need for adoption). I've always had loving and caring parents, but I used to work at a home conseling fostered and adopted kids and many times that demografic of kids are the ones that are usually left. Those kids and their stories will touch your heart if your willing to open yours! Just think about it!!!! It's on of the areas that I was looking at in the future in Russia about 9 hours from St. Petersburg, but I can't get the right type of visa to go there yet. However, I have been developing friendships with some of the kids there and they are amazing. I'll go more into it in my Russia post! Hopefully I can make it to Russia by Januaray 2011! At the same time I know that I've been waiting to go back to the area after being gone for 8-9 very long years. Even though that may seem like a long time I think that you always have to remember that God has you in the right place at the right time and he will always direct your paths. I also try to remind myself quite frequently that in God's eyes a 1,000 years are like a day and a day is like 1,000 years in the Lord's eyes! Anyways I better get going to bed and if you want to know anything about opportunities in Russia, good books on conseling troubled youth/ working with kids with no parents, ways you can get involved with changing a kids/young adults life, or you just have a general question about the Bible just ask me and I'll see what I can do. If all else fails just stop and look around you. There are so many different people with needs if you only open your eyes and your heart!