God: Well, He’s everything. I just really love Him, because… do I even need a because? Oh how He loves me! He looks at me and doesn’t see all the ways that I don’t measure up. He’s so gentle and patient and… funny. Have you ever tried telling a joke to God? It’s interesting, because you know He knows the punch line, but He laughs all the same. He’s not this Being in the sky, scrutinizing our every move, and writing all the ways we fail. He is the one who “desires to give us all good things,” (Romans 8:23), who pursues us so recklessly and spares nothing– not even death- to restore us to Him. He is the joy that lives inside of me. Oh, people, He’s just wonderful!
Hannah, Cohen and I in front of the Texas capital——->
James and I———>
Family: Now pay attention, this has been known to confuse some. I have a loving father who raised me on Jesus, the Three Stooges and Godzilla. I have an older brother, James, who is wonderful. My mother passed away when I was a young child, and my father remarried, but they divorced seven years later. So, I also have three ex-stepbrothers and an ex-stepsister. Legally, they are no longer my family, but well, we don’t live by the law, right? (Cheesy christian joke number one).
e. Yes, that’s alot of people. Yes, it can be crazy and wonderful. I cannot express in the space that I have how much living in a christian community has blessed my life.These wonderful people that I know as my housemates have encouraged andchallenged me in so many aspects of my life. To have people to laugh
with, cry with, pray with, (and dance party with!) has been such an amazing experience. And, yes, “Sometimes your roommate throws the hambone away,” but it’s “whatever dude, I dominate.“(Threw that in there for all you, Hamptonites!) I will miss them!
It’s not just any frozen banana stand; this banana stand is God’s frozen banana stand. Some of y’all are probably thinking, “What?” So, let me explain. Austin is filled with local businesses. We “Austinites” even have a slogan: “Keep Austin Weird: Buy Local.” Only 10% of the people living in Austin are christian, and the “coexist” movement (all religions lead to God) is thriving. What better way to reach Austin than to infiltrate the business world? God is bringing revival to Austin, Texas, of this I am certain, and I’m just excited that He’s inviting us along for the ride.
Laura and I———————->
is God’s house? We better get out of here before He gets back!”
What else…
– I LOVE to laugh. Sometimes I snort...
– Sometimes… okay… a lot of the time, I speak in exclamation points.
-I’m passionate about North Korea, and would love for you to ask me about it.
my favorite seven year old, Bennett) for it called “flutentahg.” – People keep telling me I’m a verbal processor.
– I’m usually singing or humming something.
-I’m “tone deaf” and can’t sing ‘on-key’ to save my life. I’m not even sure I understand what ‘on-key’ means.
-Currently, my favorite frozen banana is a halfsie dipped in our peanut butter topping with crushed oreos.
Favorite verse: Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”
And Isaiah 49:15-16, “15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
