87 and a rant. because i can.

have i really posted 87 posts? wow. i have come to the conclusion that blogging is lame and some people think its a splendid idea to shear their inner most thoughts with the whole Internet. not that i have read any ones blog since #mountroady, just seemed that way last time i read a blog. just seems weird to me how people can sit there and type about there life, and how much it sucks or how good it is(i am guilty of this my self). Seems real attention seeking. i guess if that's what your into though. i guess its good in the sense it is a developing testimony... if you make it about Jesus.

Get a diary.

Most Challenging Messege I have ever Heard

Park Crew.

Tonight was the start of something that's gonna change wellington skate and bmx culture

Tonight four friends and myself, a mix of bmx'ers and skaters meet in my mate daves living room and formed and started Wellington's and maybe even New Zealand's first skate park ministry 'Park Crew'

"He Called Us To Change The World"

NEW ZEALAND {Our Story} from Come&Live! on Vimeo.

A Come&Live! Documentary

Cor-MacAttack

I Win.

Step Number One.

Got asked today to help with campaign planning and strategizing for Jono Fletcher during his campaign for the Rumatuka seat in Parliament. I will be taking Caleb's place while he is getting married and honeymooning and what ever else married people do.....

apparently I'm meant to be helping to make strategies to get people aged 18 to 30 to vote for him, gotta be honest i don't know that much about 30 year olds haha

got a strategic planning meeting next Thursday, i don't even know what that is or what i need to do.....but I'm pumped haha

also extremely stoked to be helping a christian get into Parliament

always wondered how i was initially gonna get involved in politics, maybe this is it.

Ps Nadia told me the other week that she feels God is telling me to do a creative internship, which in the past i have thought about a lot. So I'm giving it to God and waiting for him to show me what to do...... maybe this is God telling me to keep at uni and not take a break......Who knows? God knows!....I'm gonna give it more time.

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People Pleaser//God Pleaser.

>I care to much about howYOU see me.

>GOD, show me how YOU see me.

 >YOU can't please EVERYONE, I cant please EVERYONE.

Luke 16:13//Matthew 6:24

>I SERVE GOD. NOT YOUR COMPLEMENTS.

*this isn't a lame blog with a message hidden in it for someone. "you" refers to everyone

Decisions.

My Dreams or Parents Dreams?

Most life defining decision of my life to date. cant procrastinate with this one.

is there more than one means to an end? because economics and maths, your just not doing it for me.



 Best drink in the world. full stop.



Waiting for lecture to start....so why not write a blog?

Currently sitting in liabry reading the paper with the headline, "Hell freezes over". 9.0 earthquake, Tsunami, likely nuclear meltdown and now its snowing, genuinely in shock about what is happening, is this going to be Chernobyl all over again? pray for japan.

19 today...20 next year, there's a thought. looking out the window and the rain has stopped, stoked. Hopefully dries out enough tonight to go riding with Matt Lauder at karori tonight. Loving riding with him and Dave Hockly pretty much every day.been riding for about 4 hours every day for the past week, progressing heaps, living the dream.

iv always wondered, why do we get gifts on our birthday? its random. Wouldnt it make more sense if i was giving gifts to my parents for having me? haha

"Jayden Stuart put some pants on"
Jayden Stuart is coming to stay for the weekend! so pumped!

also skype is genius!....3 way skype would be even more genius.

changed my mind, Uni is Quality!....should probs attend at least on maths lecture this tri though.

Good One G.

Judging by my last post of pictures of sugar spice and every thing nice Emma Steer obviously has my password. i will have my revenge.

Own It.

this year its all about ownership.

loving packdown every week, especially the new packdown feeds of nachos

loving having the honour of been part of a team that is pretty much building a fresh youth service in the Hutt, tonight was amazing. pretty much the whole room made a decision, most of them first time. the Hutt is about to explode.

"are you a sheep or a goat?"

Baxter

feburay 2011

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God psalm 20 v 7

God of Nations at Thy feet,

In the bonds of love we meet,

Hear our voices, we entreat,

God defend our free land.

Guard Pacific's triple star

From the shafts of strife and war,

Make her praises heard afar,

God defend New Zealand.

Men of every creed and race,

Gather here before Thy face,

Asking Thee to bless this place,

God defend our free land.

From dissension, envy, hate,

And corruption guard our state,

Make our country good and great,

God defend New Zealand.

Peace, not war, shall be our boast,

But, should foes assail our coast,

Make us then a mighty host,

God defend our free land.

Lord of battles in Thy might,

Put our enemies to flight,

Let our cause be just and right,

God defend New Zealand.

Let our love for Thee increase,
May Thy blessings never cease,

Give us plenty, give us peace,

God defend our free land.

From dishonour and from shame,

Guard our country's spotless name,

Crown her with immortal fame,

God defend New Zealand.

May our mountains ever be

Freedom's ramparts on the sea,

Make us faithful unto Thee,

God defend our free land.

Guide her in the nations' van,

Preaching love and truth to man,

Working out Thy glorious plan,

God defend New Zealand.

earthquakes make for epic riding though.

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Romans 13 v 1. John Key and Bob Parker.

"Six Trucks, Two Containers and One Bus"

i guess the shock factor has gone. this is real.

To Do List.

1. Job

2. Car

3.Flat

chur dynes

sweet re-tweet from dynes today from some dude called kevin Gerald? its quality, so quality i though i might put it on my blog "Insecurity is a poor filter of information, causes false assumptions and is the greatest enemy of healthy relationships"

Summer and Nothing in Particular.

 Its been a quality summer, with quality roadies and quality people. but after 4 months of holiday doing nothing that productive and a lot of over thinking I'm kinda pumped to get back into uni haha. #mountroady 1 and 2 were dope (for some reason i have had the urge to start saying dope, unsure if its a good thing) went away with four mates i didn't know incredibly well and after the first one we came back real tight, named ourselves the #wolfpack and decided to do it again 2 weeks later. were kind of a gang. which reminds me i still owe Steve Moore $60 petrol money, studylink hook a niggah up!

Elevate Summer Camp was nothing short of amazing! Super meet the natural. i didn't personally get much out of it until Wednesday night, but it was such an honour to see so many youth truly encounter God for the first time, they are never gonna be the same. we are a movement. Camp made me realise how amazing our youth ministry is. honestly the best in the country, with the best youth pastors ever! elevate is going to change New Zealand. i enjoyed hanging out with Jayden Stanly Stuart again, it had been way to long, pumped that hes moving to wellington. Tracy Cullen told me to take my cabin out to the homestead on the last night and freak them out by scratching on the windows and stuff like that, it wasn't that exciting so i told 4 of my boys to press there bums against the windows and bang on them to the curtains opened. that was more exciting, especially when Magz and the p-town girls started chasing us down the road in their car. so we jumped into what we thought was long grass, but was actually weed covered swamp which luckily held our weight. On the walk back i noticed we were missing james from chch and after looking for him for 15 minints at 4am i began to think he could of fell through the weed into the swamp... scariest moment of life. but he didn't, he had ran all the way back to camp. flipn egg.

living in Tawa for a week was pretty legit minus the failed #tauporoady. outdoor movies and bonfires. Andy Gale is actually a flipn musical genius, i am thoroughly enjoying his one man electro pop band.

parachute was random but fun, smallest crew ever. not many good bands, and all the good 1s broke up. trigger theory's last show ever was epic though, and 'all left out' is gone forever. but actually there is no good new Zealand bands left now. but i loved it, just chilling out with everyone. flipn loved Arise hamilton! takes me back to the days when we used to have church at the paramount. its amazing how even though its in a totally different city at the other end of the island its the same as Arise in wellington and still feels like home...except the free home made cup cakes in the foyer, we could do with some of them in wellington haha

currently being listening to the new United album 'Aftermath' for the past couple of hours, totally amazing.

The skies lay low where You are

On the earth You rest Your feet

Yet the hands that cradle the stars

Are the hands that bled for me

In a moment of glorious surrender

You were broken for all the world to see

Lifted out of the ashes

I am found in the aftermath

 Freedom found in Your scars

In Your grace my life redeemed

For You chose to take the sinner's crown

As You placed Your crown on me

In that moment of glorious surrender

Was the moment You broke the chains in me
Lifted out of the ashes
I am found in the aftermath

And in that moment You opened up the heavens
To the broken the beggar and the thief
Lifted out of the wreckage
I find hope in the aftermath

And I know that You're with me
Yes I know that You're with me here
And I know Your love will light the way

Now all I have I count it all as loss
But to know You and to carry the cross
Knowing I'm found
In the light of the aftermath

Bek Burke has moved to Christchurch, I'm still kinda expecting to see her at elevate on Friday even though i know shes not gonna be there, its weird ha.

past few weeks have made me realise how much Jake looks up to me and actually wants to hang out with me. over the two weeks he was away with Mum and Dad on holiday he must have rung me at least 20 times, telling me to come up to Whangamata after camp, that he was trying to find me a ride up, and getting angry that i wasn't coming up. i was shocked. Jake actually misses me??? haha. i enjoyed that i used this influence i just realised i had to get him to buy a sweet RISE crew and swap his gay hat for a cool one.

the Sunday after Camp i found that my passion for cameras and video was restored, and my view had completely changed from it been a rostered task i had to do, back to the view i used to have, of it been an opportunity to worship God and helping people encounter him. as a result i mixed the best i have in months. I'm pumped about getting to a level where me and my team are ready for video podcasting and live service streaming on the Internet. I'm also pumped about eventually getting my own camera and software and making videos for Jesus.

2011 is going to be epic! wasted a lot of time, money and opportunities last year. a dream from God isn't a Promise, but a seed which i have to sow, and care for. i have to work for it to become reality. this year, i am going to work harder than ever before. No more student living costs loan. whats the point? i just spend it on crap food, movies, petrol and clothes, even though its an interest free loan, debt is debt and there is no satisfaction in purchasing something i haven't worked for as i have have no idea of the value of the money i am spending.

Made a New Years resolution never to listen to Kanye. its going great, haven't listened to him all year so far, loving it, also loving having short hair again.

whilst reading this i realised i say the phrase 'flipn' a lot...

Like A Time Machine.

I always wonder if Facebook will still be around when I'm like 80. and what it would be like looking back through my whole life. imagine looking through nearly 80 years of wall posts,statuses and photos, seeing how your life panned out, what went wright and what went wrong....now I'm wondering if blogging will still be around when I'm 80, now that would be intense, reading nearly 80 years of blogs. it would be cool. kinda makes me wonna keep a diary now, so i can read it when I'm old and times nearly up. as girly as that sounds, I'm actually keen... Now I'm wondering if my life will be movie worthy? if someone stumbles across my 80 years of facebook, blogs and diary would they want to make it into a movie? i hope so. i want to live my life in a way that i actually change New Zealand and the world. do something that changes the course of world history. imagine being the next William Wilberforce. i wonna be that guy kids learn about in schools. i wonna be the guy who is known for doing every thing he did for God, and no one else. i guess everyones life would be movie worthy if they submitted there life completely to God and followed his plan for their life. that's what I'm trying to do anyway. its hard, but Dads got my back.

Life's a Skatepark. part 2

Hit that jump. No regrets.

i enjoy Bmx. i enjoy how its the only thing that seems to clear my mind. i am totally focused on the bike and the ground, nothing else.

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like at the moment if i took that contract to go ride and trail build in Mexico. I wonder when I'm gonna see the fruits of turning it down. i know i will see them.

I have gone from being one of the best mountain bike riders in the country to a skatepark lurking Bmxer. what the heck happened there?... Jesus did. i sowed my time into the church instead of sport and i know i will see the rewards. mountain biking was about me. Bmx is about the dudes i ride with and seeing them impacted for Jesus.

#mountroady was good. it was a random crew to be honest, but that's what made it so good. and now where all real tight, we even have a gang name #Wolfpack. If it wasn't for Keith and his master argument defusing skills we would have all killed each other. #fishandchips

Uni is gay. i don't want to go back, its gonna take so long to get my degree (when i figure out exactly what its gonna be). but like the mainland ad, "good things take time"

wish my parents would support a gap year of full time work.

Pumped for camp, and staying at Luke's for the week after. i have hardly hung out with him all summer.

2010 was an interesting year. i have a feeling 2011 will be life defining.

...

im confused.