Probably shutting this one down

Yes, I'm trying to consolidate all my blogs to one singular one. So I hereby officially shut down this blog. But I'm not going to necessarily going to delete it. There's a lot of posts that I want to be able to look back on and reminisce. So it's just on shutdown. Thanks go to all who read and all who commented.

Spread so thin...

I'm no good when it comes to blogging.

I've got so many online journal and blog accounts and it's hard to keep up with every single one of them and it's harder to eve commit to writing in one. I saw the link to this blog in my favorites and finally remembered the password and thought well, why not.

So I'm updating starting from today. Seeing as how a lot has happened since I last posted, it's just easier to start where I'm at right now and that's sitting at my desk with my laptop updating.

Woke up this morning and laid in bed for a good hour cause it was way too comfortable. Got up and started the day by fixing the screening on the porch that got blow out by the storm this past weekend. Repaired that and watched a little tv while I ate lunch. Plan to go see my grandma in the hospital later on today and put in a few applications while I'm at it.

Maybe I'll post some more, I dunno. But at least it's good that we caught up a little.

So far I am...

-back from camp (about 2 or 3 weeks ago)
-taking care of my grandma
-credentialed
-without income
-with a clean, organized room
-having fun being at home and with my family whom I love very much
-excited for July

There hasn't been much going on since I got back from camp in Tennessee. I've been kinda lazy to update this blog and keep you all posted, but I just wanted to let you all know that I am alright and that I'll try to pick this back up.

-Jon

Lake June in Lake Placid

Just to verify the title, Lake June is a Lake in a city called Lake Placid.

So anyways, our MC went to Lake Placid and hung out there for the day to celebrate the almost end of the year. It was a long day and it was a better experience compared to last year when we only had one boat and 13 people. This go-around I didn't spend nearly an hour trying to catch fish with my bare hands out of boredom. The weather was awesome, food was great, and the tubing was extreme.

I've come to realize after spending 2 years in Sarasota that I will indeed miss this place and I will miss my place here, as I'm sure others will miss me being in my place here as well. It's hard to leave a place when you're comfortable there. Especially at night when you're tired and you've had a full day and you crawl into bed and let out a deep long sigh and it's then you realize after you've goten comfortable that you left a light on or you forgot to move your laundry from the washer to the dryer. I loathe those moments. Because it's in those moments where you question your ability to move from the place you've goten comfortable in. You want to stay. You don't care if the light stays on or if your clothes stay soggy in the washer. And it's in those times where you find something that compels you to get up and to flick the switch or to move the laundry. That something that says even though you are in the place where you want to be, you're not in the place where you need to be. Conscience. Listen to it.

-Jon

Rei's Blog

I found Rei's Blog just recently. He's a good friend of mine and I recommend him of the highest recommendation. Check out his blog and his musings and what's going on with him.

-Jon

The Year's Winding Down

For Masters Commission, the year is sort of winding down. Big events like the Celebration BBQ, the Lake Placid boating trip, and graduation are right around the corner and I can't help but think that I really have no reason to be here.

Hear me out.

I feel like I really have no leadership over anything here and that all I'm really good for here is speaking (which I haven't done in a while). I look at other people, which when I say that you say that I shouldn't because every one's different, but I say that when I see first years and see how important they are to the church compared to me, I feel like I haven't really done much. This is a feeling that I've thought about for a few weeks and have pretty much cemented it in my mind. I know that I will be missed when I leave Sarasota, but I don't think I'll be needed at all really. I know this sounds all pathetic and everything, but it's true.

Anyways, next post I'll probably post the video that me, Nate, Jon, Kevin, and a whole bunch of other people made in the basement of the place that we stayed at in Gutenstein. It's funny.

-Jon

Back From Austria

Well, we've been back since early Thursday morning and I've still yet to get over the jet lag. My sleeping and eating patterns are a bit whacked, my ears are still clogged, and my stomach has been really really messed up. But that was all because of the flights back. When I was there, I was enamored by the public transportation, the city, and its people. It's such an amazing place and I had a lot of good memories come from it. Here's a few pics from siteseeing and whatnot:



These pics were taken at the Schloss Schönbrunn Palace. This place was heuge. Not huge, but HEUGE. It was massive and the landscape was impressive. A must see if you're ever around Europe.





That's all for now. I'll be sure to post some more pics when I can find some good ones.







-Jon

We're at the airport right now...

As I am typing this to you, I am sitting at Gate 8 over at Tampa International Airport. Loads of carry-on luggage are packed up next to me. I'm playing guard dog to everyone's carry-ons as they go do whatever. I don't mind, though. They have free internet here at the airport.

We're leaving today to go to Vienna, Austria over in Europe. This trip is basically our missions trip and yet it's almost like a vacation to me because we're going outside of the country, which is a place I've never been, and we're gonna go help out another Masters Commission over there. It'll be both fun and rewarding to catch some of the sites of a foreign land.

Anyways, I might try to do my best to update while I'm over there....maybe I'll post some pics too, I dunno. We'll have to see what unfolds. Pray for all of us and pray for the staff back at the church that is now understaffed 12 people.

-Jon