Waste

The toilets in Oregon have two options! Up for urine and it flushes more quick and softer...and down for doodoo and it flushes more powerfully and longer....unbelievable...

This is my last post tonight.

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Alex Vee


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Scott

This is Holly's husband Scott...he's been fun so far!


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Welcome to Oregon

I am finally in Oregon. HOLLY HERE I COME!!!





Amber's parents..NOTICE THE BAG HAHA!
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Arrival and Exit

we arrived in Houston, Texas. Now we just finished our Wendys and are waiting to take off from Houston to arrive in Portland, Oregon in 4 hours!





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AirChristmas

We're in the airport about to board our flight to our layover in Houston Texas


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Parents

I couldn't be more greatful

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Systematic Theology

fact #1: God yearns for a relationship with us daily...
fact #2: I struggle to remember God during my day...

unbelievable...

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And To My Surprise

I just ran into Mat Short on Dick's Sporting Goods!!! Unvelievable. It has been about 1 whole year since I've seen him...wow...

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Alex Vee


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I <3 Orange Julius

Everything is done. I PASSED! I mean not just passed, I stinkin passed!

Apologetics = Passed
Min Skills Sem = Passed
Greek I = Passed
Expo of Galatians = Passed
Current Event = Passed

so awesome.

This past month of November has been INSANE. I worked like 40 hours a week, plus 15 hours of class, plus 8-10 hours of homework...and then find time to keep my sanity and be with my girlfriend, and help her move. It was rough but we made it. Amber is officially moved out, and living with the Fox's to save a great amount of money, and I successfully completed another semester. We are now home, doing some Christmas shopping and enjoying being with family. We fly to Oregon soon to be with Amber's family, I am extremely excited to meet Holly ( Amber's older sister)!!!!

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Street Lights

Amber and I are on the road...we decided to take 95 south the whole way and it has been delightfull..90 west to 84 to 684 to 287 to NJTP can rot in you know where..we will forever be taking this 95 south route. The only toll we have hit is the NJTP we never took 95 because of all the tolls. NEWS FLASH: there are no tolls from Boston to NY.

That update on mine and ambes life is coming tomorrow. I can't write any more while I'm in the car ONE because I'm going to hurl (pronounced earl) and TWO were listening to the new T.Swift!

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Alex Vee






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The World Goes 'Round..

So lets start updating with the fact that I was offered $1500 floor seats, next to the away team bench for the celtics game this friday and I cannot go cause I already committed to working....dang....

Anyway, life has been nuts! (no homo) I was up sunday and monday for 42 of the 48 hours. Finals are done, papers are written, sleep is required. Amber and I leave for Baltimore Saturday! SO stoked for that.

So much has been going, and I have not had time to stop and process it, when I do, I will update.

Gorey Oratory

so i tithed a certain amount of money, because I missed two weeks of church in Boston. So when I came back to Boston, I tithed double for the time missed. Well this week I worked 15 extra hours, and made exactly double of what I tithed last week. God is so good, and so faithful to our tithe and our giving.

Tomorrow I get paid to go skiing haha. I am going with John, Tammy, and the boys Jack and Thomas to Wachusetts Mountain to go skiing. Hopefully that goes well and there are no injuries.

Amber is moving out of her apartment very soon, she has been packing all this week. I feel bad because I have not been able to help at all, I have been working, and doing so much school work that I do not have the time. I have so much studying, and so much reading due by tuesday that I do not have any clue how I am going to find time to, go to work today, help amber move in the morning, work saturday afternoon, go to church sunday morning, sleep for security during the day, work security and still study, read, and write papers.....AHHHHHHHH the end of the semester is so close!

Conviction

there's been a lot of hate lately, in what I read, in what I hear, and in what I see. I sometimes sit back and wonder how can someone be so content with the way things are in their life, that the only thing they settle for to fight back at it is to hate everything that makes them hate. A lot of people around me up here in Boston, not particularly on the campus, but some are included as well, have had this mentality lately. When I look at this sort of atmosphere, it makes me wonder a couple things. 1, am I not living with enough joy for what Christ has done in my own life, that they do not see it and want the same thing. 2, have I become so numb to this type of people that I choose to not do anything about, accept it and move on, or 3, is it meant this way. Well it cannot be option 3 because we know from Scripture that, that idea is completely false. based on

2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance."

Option 2 could be a factor, but I highly doubt it, because I am obviously noticing this past week, and I am already saying something about. So it has to be option 1, and option 1 is basically the book of Ephesians (impossible). Just like we will never reach the full armor of God, like in Ephesians, we will never be living such a well life with Christ that we do not need to anymore, and when you search for Him you find Him. Searching for Him does not mean, praying to Him....how would you like it if, a friend you knew called you every morning to say hi, ask for things they needed, not necessarily wanted that would only benefit them, and then hung up before you could respond. yea...that type of relationship with the one who took His own breathe, placed dirt into His hand gave you life, and sacrificed His son for you does not deserve the lack of effort you show towards Him. Maybe if you actually placed Him first in your life, there would be joy? Did you ever sit back and think..."hmm maybe I do suck? It isnt the things around me that suck, it just that I suck so bad as a human, that everything else seems to suck too." If that were me, I would want to do something about it, maybe like rely on a loving savior who gives new life, and can satisfy all needs.

I love you Lord.

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Alex Vee

Can You Spot The 44th President

Forgiven and Loved

Amber, Allyson, Cassie and myself went to the Wrentham Outlets today. It was AWESOME, just a shame I couldn't find anything to buy, except this AMAZING Burberry tie, but I just didn't love it enough to actually purchase it.

Then after the Wrentham Outlets we went over to Natick Mall. One of the nicest malls that I have ever been in. It's the size of Towson Town Center and White Marsh together. They have EVERY store you could think of, plus a California Pizza Kitchen, a P.F. Changs and a Cheese Cake Factory...they're on point.

Tonight was also small group for our Metro West Baptist Church members at the Sawyer's house. I LOVE the Sawyers, I LOVE Mrs. Sawyer's cooking, and I LOVE Mr. Sawyer's wisdom. We studied out of Luke 10 about the Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was a GREAT eye-opener to how much my witnessing technique when presenting the Gospel needs to be improved. Christ's mind is something completely unfathomable. Here are some other pictures from our small group:

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Lucky Birds

I was definitely on my way to church this morning, and 15 turkeys were walking across the road...in all my life, I have never witnessed such a random event.

This Is What I Live For, It's Why I'm Alive!

This is Jack and Thomas. They are the boys I watch. It is crazy to think that, at this point in their life and mine, I am responsible for their upbringing. Yea they have parents, but I am with them for 5-7 hours everyday. I help them make the decisions, I filter bad words away from them, I protect them, feed them, drive them places, play games with them, teach them different techniques, and I even get to teach them about Christ.

This Job has really made me appreciate parents. Especially my parents. My mother and father pray for my brother and I EVERY DAY since we have been born. Not every one has that. When I was sitting around reading with Thomas through the book of Joshua, I could feel in my heart what it would be like, to be a father sitting with his son, teaching him scripture,

"training up a child in the way he should go, so that when he is older, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

Recently life has really been hitting me in the face, financially, spiritually, in my friendships, my relationship with my family, and my relationship with Amber. I struggle to not be complacent. The amount of effort it requires for me to do what I know is right, could power the entire city of Las Vegas. I naturally like to do what I want, when I want, at whatever time I want. Sadly mistaken, and to my surprise...that is not how life works. Galatians 5:19-21 talks about the works of the flesh, and the fruit of the Spirit. There is a BIG reason why Paul pluralized "works" and made the fruit of the Spirit singular. For us to act like idiots, we can do all kinds of things. There are many paths that lead to our fleshly desires. But to walk with the Spirit, it requires, yes, several attributes but without one you cannot have another. Where the works of the flesh are singular in form, and multiple with direction - the fruit of the Spirit are multiple in form and singular in direction. Christ is the only direction for someone to walk by themselves as a mature believer. All the attributes discussed in Galatians 5:19-21 about the fruit of the Spirit, are all Christ-like characteristics.

If I ever want to have a healthy marriage, a healthy financial life, healthy friendships, healthy communication with my family, and be the best God-filled father I can be to my future children, I better start sprinting in a singular direction...

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Alex Vee

Norwegian Recycling

this is my new Toshiba 26" flat panel HDTV with PC input. I will be using this as my computer monitor and for my XBOX 360. I am so pleased with this, that I just HAD to share haha. When I have more time, I will sit down and actually share my thoughts that are running through my head, I am just way too busy right now.

BR I Love You.

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A Day At Work

This is not a picture that would be placed next to the word, "joy" - "peace" - "fondness" - "easy" - or "fun" in the dictionary. NOPE. That picture is a picture of 1st Declension Case Endings for Koine Greek (dead language/what the New Testament was written in).

I am extremely grateful for the job I have. To be able to have a car provided for me, be placed on their insurance, be paid for gas at the end of the week, and make a healthy amount of money all to mentor, and have moral, clean, fun with a 9 and 11 year old, that is just AMAZING!

Tonight I read the Bible with Thomas, the 9 year old. We read from the end of chapter 6 of Joshua to the end of chapter 8. I taught him basically about the promise God had made with the Israelites, the story of Joshua and the city of Jericho with Rahab and the two spies. Then we read about Achan, and the sin within the camp, and the battle the Isrealites lost because Achan had unconfessed, covered sin. After we took turns reading every other 5 verses together, he started asking questions about Heaven, so I took him over to Revelation chapter 1 and 2 and was reading some of the descriptions that are in there, and it led to the Gospel being presented, and talking about how someone could choose to deny God and go to hell for eternity. It was amazing! Praise the Lord.

I then told Tammy, the woman I work for about my night with Thomas, and surprisingly she was EXTREMELY grateful for me spending the time I did with him, and explaining those things. I pray that God would really show through me, that Jesus Christ would be evident in my life, to this family, and that they would come to know Christ through my relationship with this family. Please remember to pray for the MacWilliams family, John, Tammy, Jack and Thomas.

This is LuLu which is short for Louise.
She is the 2 1/2 year old Golden Retriever
of the family I work with. She is AMAZING.
She loves her blanket.

Tug of war with LuLu, makes my job worth it.












I was trying to get LuLu to help me cook the burgers. She looks scared! haha









I have never met an individual who is harder to keep focused then Thomas MacWilliams. I love him though haha, even when he pauses chewing because he's so enthralled by the television.







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Alex Vee

Co-ed Devos

Co-ed Devos tonight at Boston Baptist College were EXCELLENT! We sang Christmas songs in the O.R. (our study lounge area). The acoustics were GREAT!

I recorded an audio on my iPhone, I will see about uploading it later, right now the server at school is acting up.

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Alex Vee

Dexter Season 3 Episode 10

OH MY GOSH..

I dunno who else out there follows Dexter or showtime, but it is THE BEST show on television right now, except the Entourage, which is too far along for me to exactly catch up on, but I try my best. Both shows extremely well written.

ANYWAY

Miguel Prado is a power-stricken, money grubbin, psychopath!

This past episode, revealing that Miguel some how or another is in some form of contact with the Skinner, and has given him the where-abouts and name of Dexter, is blowing my mind. What is even more amazing is that, for the Skinner to even slightly trust Miguel, Miguel would have actually broken his own "code of justice" just to get back at Dexter. That code being, putting away the guilty, not letting people who deserve to die, live and all that psycho stuff he was preaching 2 or 3 episodes ago when Miguel first thought he could roll with Dexter. Now his pride, and little-man syndrome has caused him to place Dexter in what will be the most insane perdicament we have seen Dexter in yet. This season is starting to completely blow away the Ice Truck Killer episodes, and all that stuff with Lila last season. I am extremely excited for what is to come next week.

on a much different note...

this is my brother, Adam, sitting in a deepset couch at the new Crate & Barrel in Towson Town Center, Maryland. HILARIOUS



p.s. - who is MattFam?


Now to play more FIFA 09

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Alex Vee