I Finaly did it

its hard to see in the picture but i got both of my ears pierced this friday.

The Blues

I love how John Mayer has gone from sort of a pop artist, to more acoustic, and now he is probably one of the best blues musicians alive in the world right now.

I am kind of obsessed with his Where The Light Is CD.....
And Live Blues Night every Sunday night in Uptown....

Snowball Fights & College Life

Well its strange the times i suddently feel like writing here... its 4 in the morning and i have to wake up at 8... oh well.

just a regular night. homework was done and me and a bunch of guys were watching Band of Brothers and drinking coffee and eating cheese and crackers and other munchie things. when it started to really snow!
and since tonight was the first day that it snowed and actually accumulated on the ground, we, as all good minnesotans do, went outside to enjoy it! One thing you have to understand about living in the Freshman Dorm Nelson is that we in Nelson are separate from freshmen hill (Edgren, Bodien, and Getsch), so there is kind of a rivalry between Nelson and the rest of the freshmen dorms. its actually kind of humorous... each dorm has its own sterotypes... it really reminds me of Hogwarts... but anyways Freshmen Hill decided to raid Nelson and it turned into a Snowball fight of epic proportions. There was even strategy involved... i was part of a group that decided to try and take higher ground and flank Edgren... that resulted in me getting nailed in the mouth... regardless it was quite fun.
God really answered my prayers and has given me lots a new great friends, which is something that i really needed after an eventful summer.

anyways i really need to get some sleep.

til next time

.Michael.

Life at BU

so i have not written here for ages, and i thought it was past due for an update. I honestly have just not had a whole lot of free time just to sit down and write out my thoughts, but i have a moment now and i am taking it!

in case you didn't know this already i am living in one of the suites in Nelson Hall with 5 other guys. we have 2 bedrooms a living room and our own bathroom! its really nice. i really want to do a video tour thing but right now the place is a mess, and i haven't put up some art that i bought... so i will probably do that one of these days coming up.

this week is homecoming and it is a pretty big deal here. last night there was the whole school cheer off where all the dorms show their pride by making up and performing a cheer/ song for the rest of the school... and then there will be a tug of war contest, a relay, and a cram the car contest throughout the week. The Dorm that wins will get a huge golden trophy and 300 dollars for their dorm to get whatever we want... so i guess its pretty intense. :-) anyway things are going well. i will try and get that video up soon :-)

later
~Michael

A Photo's Worth A Thousand Words...

Post-Ireland Pup

well Northern Ireland was astounding! The scenery and climate was amazing but even more so the people. We made so many close friendships in such a short amount of time it really is incredible. It was so amazing to see how much the Lord answered prayer so evidently and so often! it really spoke to my heart personally. but i won't go into too much details about it here, jason did a great job updating our team blog if you want a more detailed description of all that happened.

anyways the second part of this post is that we just got a new puppy!!! he is a mut but his mom is a springer-spaniel, and we are assuming the father is a lab because he kind of looks like one.... but he is ADORABLE!! and without a name... let me know if you have a good one :-)

Michael

The Time Has Come

As many of you probably know, i will be leaving for Ireland on Sunday. previous to my departure i have the honor to be a groomsman in my cousins wedding, which i am really looking forward to. All summer its sorta seemed like this trip was really far away and its hard to believe its already here!! im really excited and am looking forward to see how God will use our team.

So many times when i talk to people about Christ i think of good things to say afterwards...i look back and kick myself thinking "AHH if only i had thought of these things to say DURING the conversation..." but God is sovereign, and i am sure he worked though my non-elegant conversations. All that to say is Pray for me (and the rest of the team) that I will not rely on my own wisdom, or knowledge for what to say when ministering... and that God would just come and use me and the whole team to do awesome things for his kingdom!

This is probably the last thing i will write til after the trip, but we will be updating our team blog, which the link is on the sidebar... or right here N. Ireland Team 08 blog

Brother in Christ
Michael

Ephesians 3

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family [3] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.