I still have finals. I won’t be returning to school until fall semester of 2015 and it is kind of weird to think about. I hope when I get back I will still want to go to school. I promised my dad that I would finish up a degree. This life I’m living here is very comfortable. I go to school, I hangout with my friends, drive to work, drive to church. I wonder what it is like out there. All the world racers and other missionaries out in the world. There’s good things to be done wherever you are, but I can’t imagine going to a world where the people have nothing, coming from a world where we have everything. I want to show them God’s love. The love that flows through all our brother’s and sister’s. I want to show people the love He has shown me.
-Andy
“The dye has been cast. The decision has been made. I have stepped over the line. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, or back away. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future secure. I’m done with low living, sight walking, small planning colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap living and dwarfed goals: I no longer need pr-eminence, prosperity, positions, promotions, or popularity. I don’t have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk with patience, live by prayer and labor with power. My face is set, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my Guide is reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversary, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won’t give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and spoken up for the cause of Christ. I am a disciple of the lord Jesus Christ.”
-Written in Africa by a man imprisoned for his faith who was later martyred
