From my brain to your computer

Moving on up

2011-09-07T15:20:00.000-07:00

I will be slowly moving to a new blog for a while

http://naly56m.org/

Easter Big Wheel well better late then never right?

2011-06-08T16:24:00.000-07:00

WOW!! Last year was my Dad and I started a great tradition with about 2000 other people we went to the top of a huge hill in Downtown San Francisco only to put ourselves on a small big wheel and hurl ourselves down a hill. Last year the rain didn’t stop us or slow us down. This year the threat of rain was there but it ended up being a beautiful day. I had my big wheel all set up ready to go, I just fixed up a new big wheel for my dad to ride down, green pedals LX brakes it is sweet, we lined up waiting for that first GO command. The feeling is indescribable sitting on a big wheel with so many other people ready to race down the street, like others we were all geared up with cameras and gear. First run I ended up running over someone and bending my axel as you can see in picture. That didn’t stop us my Dad found a pretty pink big wheel and rode it down the hill, that he says was a different experience…..My Dad is the only Dad I know that would go with his thirty one year old son to San Francisco to ride a big wheel down a steep hill, Thanks Dad you truly Rock!!!!

http://bringyourownbigwheel.com/

2011-05-16T14:35:00.000-07:00

Well I’m moving along in my program, I recently had a child development class. I have had this class before but it was good to review and learn a bit more.

I introduced my class to Dr. Kevin Leman http://www.drleman.com/store/ one of my favorite authors and speakers. I really have enjoyed reading some of his books on parenting and relationships. I know I still have a lot to learn but it's great to know that a Christian author is gaining popularity on the networks that usually shy away from anyone who promotes Christianity and the values it promotes.

I had an opportunity to share his ideas in class and in an extra credit project with the students I work with. I enjoyed doing the project and of course enjoyed the responses of my wonderful students. Here is the video I did and some info on Dr. Leman

Disneyland!!!!!

2011-03-19T08:37:00.000-07:00

WOOHOO vacation, I’m not sure I have looked forward to a vacation as much as this one, it’s been since October since we all got away from our daily grind. I have had a super busy couple weeks at school and work has been, interesting……I’m thankful I work at a Church that understands the importance of vacation, so needless to say when Shanna called me and asked if I wanted to leave two hours early I was Excited and said YES PLEASE. We made pretty good time coming down to LA seven hours with a half hour stop at Quizno’s We got to Disneyland and we were all very excited to get in the park even tho we go pretty often. We got in the park and first ride was going to be Pirates Addison’s fav, but…. it was closed…L so we settled for the tree house then the jungle cruise. Next we went on railroad and after that they all fuzz Peter pan was great as always.

It was a great day we went on so so so many rides some that had been closed the last couple times we went. We went on Toy Story mania last it was the longest line 90min. We ate some good food and had an amazing time…the girls had so much fun, we will have pictures shortly to show all the excitement.

2011-03-13T12:14:00.000-07:00

One great hero of mine Is the great Mr. Roggers, He was real and very curious about the world. He wasn't a charter on the show that was who he was! His Birthday is March 20th and I wanted to share this post for all you that might be fans

15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

1. Even Koko the Gorilla Loved Him

Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. As Esquire reported, when Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not only did she immediately wrap her arms around him and embrace him, she did what she’d always seen him do onscreen: she proceeded to take his shoes off!

2. He Made Thieves Think Twice

According to a TV Guide profile, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it.”

3. He Watched His Figure to the Pound

In covering Rogers’ daily routine (waking up at 5; praying for a few hours for all of his friends and family; studying; writing, making calls and reaching out to every fan who took the time to write him; going for a morning swim; getting on a scale; then really starting his day), writer Tom Junod explained that Mr. Rogers weighed in at exactly 143 pounds every day for the last 30 years of his life. He didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t eat the flesh of any animals, and was extremely disciplined in his daily routine. And while I’m not sure if any of that was because he’d mostly grown up a chubby, single child, Junod points out that Rogers found beauty in the number 143. According to the piece, Rogers came “to see that number as a gift… because, as he says, “the number 143 means ‘I love you.’ It takes one letter to say ‘I’ and four letters to say ‘love’ and three letters to say ‘you.’ One hundred and forty-three.”

4. He Saved Both Public Television and the VCR

Strange but true. When the government wanted to cut Public Television funds in 1969, the relatively unknown Mister Rogers went to Washington. Almost straight out of a Capra film, his 5-6 minute testimony on how TV had the potential to give kids hope and create more productive citizens was so simple but passionate that even the most gruff politicians were charmed. While the budget should have been cut, the funding instead jumped from $9 to $22 million. Rogers also spoke to Congress, and swayed senators into voting to allow VCR’s to record television shows from the home. It was a cantankerous debate at the time, but his argument was that recording a program like his allowed working parents to sit down with their children and watch shows as a family.

5. He Might Have Been the Most Tolerant American Ever

Mister Rogers seems to have been almost exactly the same off-screen as he was onscreen. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first. Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, “God loves you just the way you are.” Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.

6. He Was Genuinely Curious About Others

Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others. Amazingly, it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host). On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life—the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

7. He Was Color-blind

Literally. He couldn’t see the color blue. Of course, he was also figuratively color-blind, as you probably guessed. As were his parents who took in a black foster child when Rogers was growing up.

8. He Could Make a Subway Car full of Strangers Sing

Once while rushing to a New York meeting, there were no cabs available, so Rogers and one of his colleagues hopped on the subway. Esquire reported that the car was filled with people, and they assumed they wouldn’t be noticed. But when the crowd spotted Rogers, they all simultaneously burst into song, chanting “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” The result made Rogers smile wide.

A few more things about him…

9. He Got into TV Because He Hated TV. The first time he turned one on, he saw people angrily throwing pies in each other’s faces. He immediately vowed to use the medium for better than that. Over the years he covered topics as varied as why kids shouldn’t be scared of a haircut, or the bathroom drain (because you won’t fit!), to divorce and war.

10. He Was an Ivy League Dropout. Rogers moved from Dartmouth to Rollins College to pursue his studies in music.

11. He Composed all the Songs on the Show, and over 200 tunes.

12. He Was a perfectionist, and Disliked Ad Libbing. He felt he owed it to children to make sure every word on his show was thought out.

13. Michael Keaton Got His Start on the Show as an assistant — helping puppeteer and operate the trolley.

14. Several Characters on the Show are Named for His Family. Queen Sara is named after Rogers’ wife, and the postman Mr. McFeely is named for his maternal grandfather who always talked to him like an adult, and reminded young Fred that he made every day special just by being himself. Sound familiar? It was the same way Mister Rogers closed every show.

15. The Sweaters. Every one of the cardigans he wore on the show had been hand-knit by his mother.

Parts taken from a post by by Mangesh Hattikudur - May 23, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS

2011-03-09T13:57:00.000-08:00

YES I KNOW I'M A BIT LATE BUT HERE IS MY BIRTHDAY POST FOR GOOD OLD DR. SEUSS

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"

— Dr. Seuss

I’m in a Counseling special population class and it reminded me of this quote because so often we look at our past and it holds us back from our future

"But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" - Philippians 3:14

If the Apostle Paul- who had persecuted the church and been personally responsible for the deaths of many believers - could forgive himself, I think your friend can too!

2011-03-09T12:11:00.000-08:00

Ecclesiastes 12 1-14

1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” 2 Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky. 3 Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.

4 Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

5 Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. 7 For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Concluding Thoughts about the Teacher

8 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless.”

9 Keep this in mind: The Teacher was considered wise, and he taught the people everything he knew. He listened carefully to many proverbs, studying and classifying them. 10 The Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.^[a^]

11 The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd^[b^] drives the sheep.

12 But, my child,^[c^] let me give you some further advice: Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out.

13 That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. 14 God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.

A youth bible study on Ecclesiastes 12:1-2 for both individuals and groups:

Remember your Creator while you are young, before the days of trouble come and the years when you say, "I find no pleasure in them." When you get old... (New Century Version)

You know the saying, “You don't bend an old tree”. You know what a bonzi is? It is those miniature replicas of large trees. In essence they're the same, just kept small by trimming the roots.

Why do you think this is the case, according to our Scripture? (When a group bible study first discus and get a consensus, before turning to the answer. The same implies for the following

questions.)

'Remember' can become complicated. Once the demands of life kick in, the quantity of things to remember quickly quench the 'Remember' of God and His world, in a world that has actually no place for God and faith – only reason and reasonableness. To remember God as the 'Creator' is not easy in a world where human reason is in control and creation is marginalised in the swelling of technology and scientific answers. In the Dark Ages it was easier to remember God, as creator, because one needed God to create here and right now in day-to-day provisions. God was needed to give bread and clothes and health today.

Do you see that this remember has to do with faith?

Faith in a God quickly becomes abstract when the answers of technology and science do an apparently better job, in the pressures and evidences of life. This is only to be persuaded by rhetoric, the same as what happened with Eve in the Garden of Eden. The truth in rhetoric is not what is right and wrong, but how something is being said. Right is what is persuasive, like the apparent right of the lie of the snake in the garden of Eden.

What are the days of trouble and what contradiction is hidden in it?

(Evil Days)

The contradiction is that trouble days actually create faith, like the example of someone in the Dark Ages as stated above. You know the saying “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”. In trouble days of persecution, in e.g. former Russia or China today, the church grows the fastest. The Trouble days of our text can't then be difficult days per say. The trouble days of our text are when the voice of the world, and the voice of reality, calls one to make sense of life. Sense is the love of money, the excess accumulation of possessions, status et

As a young person life is still in the future and the voice of the world is to take hold of this future

with a this-worldly-paradise mentality. To get the best job possible, to get the dream house build, to drive a neck-turning car. Trouble days are when God is not necessary in a carefree world or in a

man made system that solves all problems.

When will one not find pleasure in God anymore and what is the warning?

In short, one will not find pleasure in God anymore when the sacrifice to follow Jesus becomes to

demanding. When the first love for Jesus demands a death to self and its desires. The warning is

that there is an invisible line when one finds no pleasure in God anymore. Once one has crossed this line, turning back becomes almost impossible. The most dangerous lie, out of hell, is “Later”. “You can decide for Jesus later, after you have done this and that”. “Later, on your deathbed you can turn to Jesus, like the thief on the cross”. My friend, later you will have no desire.

When is old?

Old is very relative. For you, as a teenager, I might be old, but you know I don't think so. I still

think I have a few years left in my body and I rather think people in an old age home are old. My

previous supervisor is 66 and doesn't think he is old; both his parents turned 100 before they died.

On the other hand, I once heard of a drug addict in Amsterdam, who at the age of 21, said her life is over and she's just waiting for death. She was older than my previous supervisor.

Old is relative, but very much has to do with lifestyle as well. Old has to do with this world, but

when we have Jesus we have eternal life in us and old gets a new color. The right lifestyle is to

remember Jesus with the right ethical guidance, no drugs, alcohol, wrongs friends etc., and

interesting enough that'll put old age in the right eternal perspective.

2011-03-06T21:34:00.000-08:00

This is a tool I shared with our High school group

F.A.I.T.H.

What do you think it takes for a person to get to heaven and have eternal life?

F Is for Forgiveness

Everyone has sinned and needs God’s forgiveness.

Romans 3:23

God’s forgiveness is in Jesus only.

Ephesians 1:7

Is forgiveness something we all need?

A Is for Available

God’s forgiveness is available for all.

John 3:16

God’s forgiveness is available but not automatic.

Matthew 7:21

Are you avalible for God?

I Is for Impossible

According to the Bible, it is impossible to get to heaven on our own.

Ephesians 2:8-9

So how can a sinful person have eternal life and enter heaven?

T Is for Turn

Turn away from sin and self.

Luke 13:3

Turn to Jesus alone as your Savior and Lord.

John 14:6

Here is the greatest news of all

Romans 10:9-10

What happens if a person is willing to repent of their sins and confess Christ?

H Is for Heaven

Heaven is a place where we will live with God forever.

John 14:3

Eternal life begins now with Jesus.

John 10:10

How can a person have God’s forgiveness, eternal life, and heaven?

Romans 10:13

I enjoy sharing with students different ways to share about Jesus, i know it's difficult for them to talk to friends but my hope is when they have the chance they will have the tools

It's a great tool but it kind of reminds me of the Mr. T song he did for his Mother on Mothers day

2011-02-08T16:23:00.000-08:00

So we started a new series on Monday night on different charters of in the Bible

we also got off on bunny trails so here are the links if you wanna read more about those

One of my students is going down to Mardi Gras to preach the Gospel so we talked a little about the history of the event

http://www.holidays.net/mardigras/story.htm

After talking about how effective preaching at such an event was I told her a little about Burning man and how I had thought of getting a group together to go and provide some kind of service in Jesus name, not preach but something useful, we ended up not because of all the naked underage people

http://www.burningman.com/

This is the lesson we did, it was great the re look at Joseph and learn from his life.

GIVE ME A J Joseph

Pharaoh said, “Who could do it better than Joseph? For he is a man who is obviously filled with the spirit of God” (Genesis 41:38 NLT).

JOSEPH’S LIFE AT A GLANCE:

· Was his Father's favorite son

· Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers

· Gains trust of his master, Potiphar, and is put in charge of household

· Refuses to sleep with Potiphar's wife

· Potiphar's wife accuses Joseph of rape

· Thrown into prison

· Prison guards like Joseph and put him in charge

· Begins interpreting dreams

· Correctly interprets Pharaoh's dream

· Is put in charge of Egypt!

· Forgives his brothers

LESSONS FROM JOSEPH’S LIFE:

Do what’s RIGHT, despite the CONSEQUENCES.

God can make a BAD situation GOOD.

My RESPONSE is more important than my EXPERIENCE.

Thought for the week:

God can work THROUGH me no matter what happens TO me!

2011-01-24T20:49:00.000-08:00

Hebrews 11Faith in What We Don't See

^1-2The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.

³By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see.

⁴By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain.

^5-6By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. "They looked all over and couldn't find him because God had taken him.

⁷By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved.

^8-10By an act of faith, Abraham said yes to God's call to travel to an unknown place that would become his home. When he left he had no idea where he was going.

By an act of faith he lived in the country promised him, lived as a stranger camping in tents. Isaac and Jacob did the same, living under the same promise.

^11-12By faith, barren Sarah was able to become pregnant, old woman as she was at the time, because she believed the One who made a promise would do what he said.

^13-16Each one of these people of faith died not yet having in hand what was promised, but still believing. How did they do it? They saw it way off in the distance, waved their greeting, and accepted the fact that they were transients in this world. People who live this way make it plain that they are looking for their true home. If they were homesick for the old country, they could have gone back any time they wanted. But they were after a far better country than that—heaven country. You can see why God is so proud of them, and has a City waiting for them.

^17-19By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, "Your descendants shall come from Isaac."

²⁰By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.

²¹By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph's sons in turn, blessing them with God's blessing, not his own—as he bowed worshipfully upon his staff.

²²By an act of faith, Joseph, while dying, prophesied the exodus of Israel, and made arrangements for his own burial.

²³By an act of faith, Moses' parents hid him away for three months after his birth. They saw the child's beauty, and they braved the king's decree.

^24-28By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God's people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah's camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff.

By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king's blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going.

By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn't touch them.

²⁹By an act of faith, Israel walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. The Egyptians tried it and drowned.

³¹By an act of faith, Rahab, the Jericho harlot, welcomed the spies and escaped the destruction that came on those who refused to trust God.

³²^-38I could go on and on, but I've run out of time. There are so many more— Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets....Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn't deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world.

^39-40Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised. God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours.

What have you done by faith lately? I personally need to live by faith a bit more, god has the answer why don't I ask him more? Why do I rely on myself? Lord Help me to seek you more....

Scandia

2011-01-18T10:54:00.000-08:00

Few things make me happier then riding the go carts with one of my girls at Scandia. I was so excited when Jaden was tall enough to go on the go carts at a little place in Oregon one of my youth group students knew the guy who worked there so that lead to many fun times on that track, this weekend I knew it was time to introduce Addison to the fun filled excitement of the Go-Carts, she "loved them so much" she held on to me with one arm and put the other arm in the air in a triumphant YELL WOOHOO!!!

That made it worth the wait to have her ride with me. We once tried to have Jaden ride by herself on little go carts at the fair......it didn't turn out so good for her, she is bigger now but still needs to ride with me.

I know that their are faster karts just down the road but they don't have the history that Scandia karts have. I remember so many grand adventures involving go carts. I can't count how many times my friend Mattice and myself got into trouble for "Bumping" and how many times my Dad and I got it trouble for "Bumping" o-yes the go carts are amazing!!

One youth training I attended in Fresno we had a free evening and I was with a group who didn't have a leader, we were deciding what to do and I spook up and said GO CARTS so we found a place and rode those for a fun filled evening. Then in Reedsport for the project graduation they rented out a fun center that had two of my favorite things GO CARTS and LAZER TAG!!!!! that was amazing, I had a headache from all the fumes. It was cool because the kids working that night were having fun with it, they had lights and a siren and were fake pulling people over it was a HOOT!! Well I will continue riding and probable getting the warning because for some reason I can't follow the rule of no bumping.....well maybe someday.

When do we lose that excitement for little things? Why aren't their more dad's riding with their kids on the Go Carts? Wouldn't the world be a better place if we rode the Go Carts more often? I think so!!! So if your ever in Rohnert Park call me up and we will ride the life preserving Go Carts!!

The World Is changing

2011-01-13T09:05:00.000-08:00

So in the past you have seen me write about how me and Church facility people usually don’t get along and how we tend to have disagreements. For example on the subject of riding big wheels in the hallway or dropping pumpkins off the roof we just could not agree. I'm not sure why but the ideas just didn't flow on how to solve this issue...

Well I’m glad to say that I have officially been that my current Church of six months and no problems with facility person. I changed two different rooms hung up street signs on the walls and built bookshelves out of wood pallets. No problems…I even got a compliment for one maintenance volunteer about my craftsmanship…is this problem/feud solved? Is the world going to start turning around? Will Youth Pastors and facilities personnel start getting along, even going out for a beer after a good Sunday service? Who know?

Monday Dec 6th Lesson

2010-12-06T20:49:00.000-08:00

John 8:3-11 (The Message)

^3-6The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, "Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?" They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him.
^6-8Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone." Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt.
^9-10Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. "Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?"
¹¹"No one, Master."
"Neither do I," said Jesus. "Go on your way. From now on, don't sin."

A young woman was caught in the act of adultery.
Religious leaders brought her before Jesus to have her put to death.
Jesus says only those who haven’t sinned can throw the rocks.
Jesus allows the woman to go free.

Recognize that EVERYONE has SINNED.

“All right, stone her. But let those who have never sinned throw the first stones!”
(John 8:7 NLT).

For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard (Romans 3:23 NLT).

Realize that the JUDGING is up to JESUS.

“Teacher, they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. Moses’ law says to kill her” (John 8:4-5).

Why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. . . . each of us will give an account of himself to God (Romans 14:10, 12).

Receive Jesus’ Judgment: FORGIVENESS.

Then Jesus stood up again and said to her, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more” (John 8:10-11 NLT).

Because of his kindness, you have been saved through trusting Christ. And even trusting is not of yourselves; it too is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good we have done, so none of us can take any credit for it (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Thought for the week:

JESUS never throws ROCKS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO2xHNdTPVw

2010-11-30T20:49:00.001-08:00

So it’s been a year…. One year since I was kicked to the curb. One year and it still hurts, we have gotten by and moved on. It still hurts….. Knowing that people had so little care for me and my family that we were just tossed out and before Christmas no less…so yes I may still have some issues but in review some great things have happened in the last year. So here are some highlights from 2010.

The greatest thing about this last year has been my family. If I didn't already know my wife is amazing, she has been supportive thru five different jobs and our moving to a new state. My daughters are also amazing and very flexible in all the different traveling and moving and new schools. I'm am blessed to have such an amazing family. My parents have also been great in helping us settle and move.

For sure a great event was for sure my trip to Mexico with my Brother and Father, being able to serve others in such a huge way was an amazing turning point with me and a turning point on my road to recovery. After that trip I felt a strong call not to give up on ministry. Shanna and I had decided to move back to our home city to be close to family and have some support. After the Mexico trip I sent out thirty different letters to Churches in the area we would be moving back home to not asking for a job just putting myself out there saying what I had done and I who I was. Only God could bring an opportunity together that came our way, someone I had sent the letter to knew of a Church that was looking for a youth pastor. So I ended up getting a part time job as a youth pastor in the same area we were moving to. This is a great job for me right now; it’s a small church so I get to be very involved in the church in other areas not just youth ministry.

Church

Another great thing was moving back home close to my parents and Brother. I have had more time to have lunch with my brother and my Dad. I have also been blessed to help out my Brother in his new venture. His starting a non-profit in the community was a big undertaking for him and I am glad I can help out in any way I can.

The last positive event that came this year is myself and Shanna being in college with a good path to graduation.

So over the last year we moved to a new state from little apartment to a nice house with a garage. I've had five different jobs and many different crazy ideas. We went to Disneyland with our whole family we supported each other thru two grandma's deaths and gotten a cute little puppy. I don’t know what the future holds and I don’t know what the next year holds but I continue to strive to be a good father and good husband, as far as my issue with being tossed out…well I don’t know how to overcome that…….

2010-11-30T10:54:00.000-08:00

Jesus was traveling from Jerusalem to *Galilee. He went through Samaria.

Samaria

Samaria was between *Galilee in the north and *Judea and Jerusalem in the south. The shortest way to go north from Jerusalem was through Samaria. For hundreds of years the Jews and the people of Samaria had been enemies. They did not agree about where God’s people should *worship. All Jews *worshipped at Jerusalem. God had told them to build the Temple there. The Samaritans had made another place for *worship. It was in their land, on the top of a mountain. Jews and Samaritans hated each other. Most Jews would not travel through Samaria. They went by a longer route to avoid Samaria.

But at this time Jesus travelled through Samaria. He stopped at noon in a small town called Sychar. Jesus was tired. He sat by the well outside the town. The *disciples went to buy food.

SECOND PART

Jesus speaks to a woman

While Jesus was alone, a woman came to the well for water. It was not the usual time to go for water. She probably came then because she did not want to meet people. Later in the story we read that she had lived a bad life. She had been married to several men. Now she lived with a man who was not her husband. Perhaps nobody would talk to her. Jesus spoke to her. He asked the woman for a drink. It surprises us that she did not refuse him. It surprised her that a Jew would ask this. She told Jesus that she did not expect his request. Then, Jesus replied:

John 4:10: Jesus answered her, ‘You do not know the gift of God. You do not know who asks you for water. If you did, you could ask me. I would give you living water’.

The gift of God

This is what Jesus meant. The ‘gift of God’ is the *Holy Spirit. The woman could not have understood that. But Jesus came to change us by his *Holy Spirit. If we want a drink, water helps us. If we want God, Jesus can help us. We know this from the *prophecy of Jeremiah 31:31-34. We have mentioned this earlier in this course. But the woman did not think about her *spiritual life. Then Jesus explained the purpose of the ‘gift of God’.

John 4:13, 14: Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks water, from this well, will need more water later. Whoever drinks my water will never need more. My water will be like a stream that gives *eternal life’.

Our real needs are *spiritual. Jesus alone can satisfy them. Here is what God promises to do for us. All that we must do is to ask him. Again the woman thought about what she needed in her own life now. But Jesus stopped her. He said to her, ‘Go, get your husband’. This immediately made the woman think about the wrong things that she had done. She said that she did not have a husband.

The woman's *sin

Jesus now said that she had married five men. And the man that she lived with now was not her husband. The woman immediately knew that Jesus was not an ordinary man. An ordinary man could not know these things about her. So, the woman thought that Jesus was a *prophet. She tried to change the subject. She did not want to talk about her *sin. She talked about the argument between the Jews and the Samaritans. She talked about the right place for *worship. Jesus replied. He said that a new time was coming. Then men would not *worship at either place. They would *worship God in *spirit and truth.

The *Messiah is coming

The woman said that she knew this. She knew that the *Messiah was coming. He would explain everything. Jesus now told the woman, ‘I who speak to you am he’. [That is, 'I am the *Messiah. You are speaking to the *Messiah now.'] This was a wonderful thing to say. Jesus had been very careful when he spoke about himself to the priests in Jerusalem. They thought that they were very good men. But it was to this woman that Jesus said this. He told her clearly who he was.

After this, the woman went to her town and told everybody. Jesus stayed there for two days. Many people believed in him. This shows us much about what Jesus did. People often said that he should not spend time with bad people. He should not be with *sinners, because good people would not talk to them. His reply was this:

Luke 5:31, 32: Healthy people do not need a doctor. Sick people do. I have not come to help ‘good’ people. I came to tell *sinners to *repent.

THIRD PART

Each person matters to Jesus

The story of the woman of Samaria teaches us that each person matters to Jesus. Why did he choose to go through Samaria on this journey? Usually he would have gone the longer way. It seems that he went just to meet this woman. He wanted to bring new life to her. As a result, the town of Sychar heard about Jesus. A number of times Jesus went out of his way to meet just one person. See Mark 5.

The story also teaches us this. Jesus offers to forgive everyone. He offers new life to all, even if they have been very wicked. Jesus also came for people from every nation. His *kingdom is for everybody, from every country and every culture. Perhaps his visit prepared the way for this command to the *disciples. Before he returned to *heaven, he told them:

Acts 1:8: But the *Holy Spirit will come on you with power. You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all *Judea and Samaria, and in all the world. [That is, in every country].

Jesus had told the woman:

John 4:10: Jesus answered her, ‘You do not know the gift of God. You do not know who asks you for water. If you did, you could ask me. I would give you living water’.

FINAL PART

Living waterHe came to give this ‘living water’. It is to be like a stream that is in us. From us it will go out to help other people. The world is full of people who need *spiritual help. But Jesus could do nothing for people who did not know this. Some people think that they are good enough. They will not confess their evil deeds to God. They will not confess their wrong attitudes. They will not let Jesus save them from their *sins. They do not know that he can give them hope. We cannot have new life from Jesus until we ask for it. Before we ask, we must want it. We must realise that we need it. So, we must know about our *sin.

2010-11-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

I thought this was a really cool blog, so here it is

Jonathan

At long last: Brian Wilson reveals the meaning behind his crossed arms gesture after he saves a game

POSTED BY ANDREW BAGGARLY ON JULY 14TH, 2008 AT 8:48 PM | CATEGORIZED ASUNCATEGORIZED

One of the features I hoped to make semi-regular on this blog is an offer to take your questions for Giants players. If it’s an intriguing one, I’ll go and ask it for you. (See the Ask a Giant! tab at the top of this page.)

At the end of May, reader Bruce Chiang wanted to know why Brian Wilson crosses his arms after he records the save. One hand makes a fist (inside his glove) and he points his index finger with the other hand.

Wilson was evasive. He wasn’t ready to let it be publicly known what it meant. He pledged to tell me, but only on his terms and only when he was a little more confident that his season was going the right way.

Well, now he’s an All-Star and is likely to pitch an inning today at Yankee Stadium. So he promised to sit down with me on this last road trip and divulge the whole story.

One problem: He works out like a madman. Every time I tried to track him down at Shea Stadium or Wrigley Field, he was running stairs, lifting weights, running the warning track or perspiring on the exercise bike.

I got to the park massively early to track him down Sunday…and walked in the press box to see one player running on the track. Wilson, of course.

He took the loss in Saturday afternoon’s game and was doing his penance.

“I’m punishing myself,” he said.

When he switched to a stationary bike in a dank little storage space off the clubhouse, he finally agreed to talk to me.

(Some of you figured out it’s a mixed-martial arts reference and there’s aclothing company called One More Round that uses the slogan. Others thought it was a symbol of his devout Christian faith.)

Short answer: You’re both right. It goes a little deeper than that, though.

I promised Wilson that I would allow him to describe the personal significance of the gesture in his own words. That’s what follows, straight out of my tape recorder:

“One More Round is a clothing line. It has to do with the drive and determination that certain fighters have when their backs are against the wall. It’s, `No matter how deep I am in this fight, no matter how badly burned I am, I’ve got one more round in me.’ That’s basically the motto, the creed, of One More Round. No matter what it takes, I’ve got one more in me.

“And to me, that relates to what I do on the mound. In the ninth inning, your back is against the wall and you’re probably facing the meat of the order. Whether it’s bases loaded, no outs, you’re only up by one, whatever, you’ve got one more round left in you. You can’t back down, you can’t give in, and that’s exactly how I portray my inning — as a war, as a battle. So when I go out there, I’m fighting for my team. I don’t care about any personal statistics, giving up runs or whatever. As long as I preserve the win, everything’s OK.

“Now, one of the main things I do after a game is the crossing of the arms. That’s on a T-shirt I wear underneath my jersey when I pitch. (He wore that T-shirt in an ESPN interview last month.) That’s just respecting the fighters and their commitment and determination and the hard work they put in.

“And also it’s taking into consideration my own walks in life. For instance, when I cross my arms, I have my left hand in the fist and my right hand goes underneath pointing with my (index) finger. What I’ve taken into my own belief is that this finger represents one man. I’m that one person. And I can only go so far in life leaning on my own understandings and my own strength. The fist represents the power of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The fist is symbolic of a circle. It’s never-ending. This strength will only continue to grow. So here’s the strength of God and the strength of man. And without him, I am nothing. I can only go so far in this life. But when I cross, I now have this one person with the strength of Christ, and I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me. I can get over any battles in life.

“So I basically give respect to the ultimate fighting world and I also give respect to Christ, the audience of one that I play for. I don’t play for anything else. I play to impress Him and only Him and I must honor Him through defeat and also successes because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the strength that He gives me. Talent only goes so far. But faith gets you a little farther. So that’s what it is. It just represents my faith and trust in him, and letting him know and the world know that any believer that walks with Christ, or any walk of life you have, no matter where you are, I’m showing respect to you for your hard work, too. Because it’s not easy living in this world.”

I asked him why he decided to make the gesture at the end of a game.

“I just thought it would be a good time. It shows no disrespect toward anybody. It’s all positive praise. It’s not for showboating. It’s not to start an epidemic. It’s just me getting a quick message out to the world and to Christ and that’s it. I just thought, `What more perfect time to display my faith than at the end of a game?’”

I knew that Wilson came to Christianity later in life. His father died of kidney cancer when he was 17, and for a long time, he was disillusioned.

“I had to go through my struggles in life. My alienation towards Christianity was very prominent through my adolescence. One day it hit me. I felt I needed to start correcting my life. This happened when I was 23 years old. I was in Augusta, Ga. (playing for the Giants’ low-A club), and I was just playing cards, going about my business, and every Sunday a group of guys would go with the team chaplain. I didn’t even know what `chaplain’ meant.

“Well, my father passed away when I was 17 and you know, I was praying he wouldn’t die. And he was taken away from me. I didn’t understand. It had nothing to do with your prayers not being answered. It was just his time to go. But me being 17 years old, not a very mature kid, I just took that as Him turning his back on me, so I turned my back on Him. When I put my cards down and went in the dugout to speak to the team chaplain, I soon learned that wasn’t the way it worked. No matter how many times I turn my back on God, He’ll always be in front of me. I could stray away from Him for 90 years but as long as I know Him for one day, He’ll honor me in heaven. So I thought that would be one heck of a life-altering change that I should make.”

I asked him about teammates dropping the X, including Omar Vizquel who does it every time. (Omar doesn’t know what it means. “I just like him because he’s crazy,” Vizquel said.)

“Yeah, we’ve got the first baseman doing it, too. Usually you cross your arms when you’re playing behind the runner, every once in awhile they’ll throw it up for me just to ease my mind. (Rich) Aurilia does it jokingly, but I take it as a reminder of why I’m out here. It’s, `Remember what kind of gift you have, and most of all, don’t let your team down.’”

New Things Coming

2010-08-03T16:17:00.000-07:00

Some exciting things have been happening since we moved to Sonoma County. I’m still looking for a second part-time job so please pray for that to find it’s way to me. I have been able to help my brother with some great Serve a little projects. If you don’t know he is starting a Non-Profit that helps link people who need things done to people who can do things…..short version, check out his website http://servealittle.org/

anywaz I helped him with a project putting up some plexiglass for a single Mom on her balcony (on third floor) so her kids could play out there, it was a small project but she really appreciated it.

I got things going at Church with youth group, changed up the youth room to more of a youth lounge getting ready for our kick off at end of month. I have the amazing opportunity to start a program from scratch….I know…..It’s hard….but I’ve done it before and enjoy a challenge, so the room is coming along great all the smelly couches are out and I found some great stools and of course my pirate chairs. I built some bookcases and a counter top we will serve some cold refreshments once we get the place hoping with students.

I got some nice new tires on my big wheel, it’s going to get crazy, I’ll update on that as it comes to be!!

I took a group to San Francisco to pass out sandwiches to homeless people or people who were hungry was hard to tell the difference sometimes. It was a great day and I look forward to many many more.

Last Sunday was amazing we had an all city worship service on Sunday morning, great to see so many Churches come together and actually do something to promote the united body of Christ, some churches say they want to work together but never actually get the Balls to do anything together…RRRRRR…moving on this was an amazing day!

Well that’s all for now I’ll update more later. Also this is my recent contact info if you wanna e-mail me or send me brownies…yum…..brownies

Jonathan Nalywaiko

Youth Director extraordinaire

Petaluma Christian Church

Email-4youthguy@gmail.com

Blog-www.nalywaiko.blogspot.com

2010-06-19T20:11:00.000-07:00

So Shanna found this picture in a magazine with a bed bed made from pallets. I looked and most of the people are building their own pallets and it looks all new. Not ours we used fresh off the truck pallets for Jaden's bed. It was pretty fun to build. I also was able to score some sweet wheels, with greese and everything!! Wahoo My Wife is the best!!

2010-06-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

June

Wow June got here really fast, I thought I’d give a quick update on what’s going on in our life. As you probable know we are moving to Santa Rosa California in two weeks. WOW has it been a ride since the end of April. Shanna and I were able to get away for a nice weekend. Thank you bad economy for allowing us to have super cheap airline tickets and even cheaper hotel stays in Las Vegas. It was the first time since our honeymoon ten years ago that we were on vacation by ourselves. It was wonderful. Since that we have finished our classes at TMCC and will be transferring to University of Phoenix on campus program in California. We have packed up our place and Shanna left with the girls to start her new job in California. I’m still here in Sparks finishing up some things subbing at the schools and anxiously awaiting news from any of the jobs I applied for. The best news so far is from a small church I am looking at working for. It’s a small church and only a part time position, but it’s a great start and they have a great senior pastor. Here is the website if you want to take a look http://www.petalumachristian.org/ not much info but typical for church websites. I’m excited to move but sad to leave. We had such high hopes coming to Sparks, but we are moving on and seeking what God has next for us. Hope all of you are great shoot me an email anytime if you want to have coffee I’ll be in Sparks till June 9^th I’d love to say hi. 4middleschool@gmail.com as always I’m pray fully seeking God, he is faithful even when man fails us.

2010-05-03T19:27:00.000-07:00

Who Was Helped?

2010-04-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

When this project was first assigned I was overjoyed. I have been a Pastor for five years now and helping people is my main mission in life. I worked in four different churches all over the west coast (Best Coast) and in a variety of positions from youth to associate. When I started reading over the assignment I knew instantly what I wanted to do and what I was going to be able to share with the class when I had done it. The assignment was simply titled help society project, finally a project I could get an A+ on. I was laid off from my job in December and since then I have been struggling to find what I want to do and who I am. Was I only a pastor or could I do something else? This project helped me in so many ways I know years from now I will still remember the help society project and how it helped focus my life and my relationship with God. I choose to go to Mexico to build houses during spring break.

The group I was going to be working with was AMOR ministries out of San Diego. My brother Matthew had been going down during the month of March for a couple years now and every time he came back he was recharged and excited about life and his passion for helping people was restored. My Dad had also decided to go with us. My Dad and I were going for one week and my brother was going for two weeks. As my brother started to explain the mission we would be doing it was even more exciting to me. We were there to help the team of students that had also given up their spring break to build houses. We were not there to build the house or tell them what to do we were there to encourage and motivate them along the way. We would be staying in tents and during the build we would use no power tools. This was going to be a great trip. It was coming at a great time when I needed to step out of my area and really focus on serving others and serving God. I was really looking forward to this and I knew God had some amazing things to show me but I was blown away with how amazing the trip really was.

I was excited as I drove from Reno to Sacramento to meet my Dad and then as we drove south to San Diego. We got to the base in San Diego on Saturday and had all day training on what our role was and what we would be doing. Saturday afternoon we went into Mexico to set up camp and get ready for the week. As we drove into Mexico the thing I noticed right away was the roads and sidewalks, we are spoiled to have roads that we don’t have to avoid small potholes that could swallow up animals. I also noticed the buildings some in a good order some just looked like they sprung up out of nothing with one wall taller then another. When we got to camp I saw that it wasn’t much one building which was the gift shop and two huge rows of portal potties. We set our tents near big containers full of all the tools and supplies we would be using that week. Saturday night was a calm relaxing time before we got up on Sunday morning and headed back to San Diego to meet our group.

We went into San Diego not super early; we stopped at star bucks and waited at the office for a while till our group got there. When the group got in I introduced myself and away we went. We got settled in and I had dinner with my group and we talked about what was going to go on that week and the things that they were worried about and closed our time with prayer for the group and for the family we would be building a house for.

Monday morning, we had trouble finding our build site but finally did and relieved that the father hadn’t taken down some of the old house yet. So quickly we figured out that this was going to be a very customhouse build using some of the existing foundation and walls. Our team got right to work on what we needed to get done for the first day and it was great to see them all working together to accomplish a common goal.

The family we would be building a house for had five kids all girls. They had a three-year-old eight-year-old triplets and a twelve year old. They lived in a small shack with no water inside no bathroom and no kitchen. We were building them a house ten feet by twenty feet that would keep them warm and provide shelter during hard weather. They would have separate rooms and a small kitchen to prepare meals. When I saw the family my heart was over joyed with the amazing way we were going to change their lives.

We worked hard all week to finish this house by Thursday and we did, on Thursday we finished the stucco and had a dedication ceremony. During the ceremony the lead builder prayed a blessing over the family and house and thru a translator the family thanked us for coming, everyone was crying because it was an amazing feeling to have provided a house for this family that had nothing and were living in a small shack. I gave all the family members a hug and thanked them for allowing me to build them a home. My brother and Dad were on different builds but that had an equally amazing experience as mine. My Dad had a hard time not working on the house but he was good at starting things then letting the students finish that part up. I am blessed to have such an amazing Dad for him to even want to serve is great but my dad has such a servants heart it’s always great to spend time with him and see how unique he is and how different he sees the world around him. I hope to be able to spend more time with him serving and sharing Gods love. Last year he was able to go on a mission trip to San Francisco with me and my middle school group and they loved him and he loved serving along side me. I wish their were more people out there like him helping and living life glorifing God. During his time in Mexico my Dad learned how to not be in charge but to help assist others in building. My brother who has been going for three years now in March had a great group as well. His group was newer to the building process so he was able to get in more and build. It was so encouraging to see him serve and to just be down in Mexico with us. I am very glad I went down to experience that.

Thru out the week I was able to pray and really look at what we were doing for this family and the message of hope we were giving them and showing them that we Americans do care about them and do want to make a difference. They have so little but they appreciate what they do have. The girls were sharing their stickers with our group and whatever they had they wanted to show us. It was great to also see all these students that had given up their spring breaks to come down to Mexico and help others. When some of their friends were going to Cobo or on vacation they set that time aside to serve.

My week down in Mexico was amazing; I learned so much about building, about Mexico, and about myself. I relieved that even though I am not working at a church right now as a pastor I was still a pastor. I have a calling on my life to help people all around me, whether it’s at the grocery store or it’s in Mexico I can show others that God loves them and he uses people to help his people. In the Bible there is a great verse that I always look to for focus it says this Matthew 25:40 the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.' So whenever I see someone in need or someone that is hurting I think about how that is the face of Jesus and it motivates me to help them in anyway that I can. The big decision weighing on heart of whether to move my family back to California closer to my parents was a little clearer now. In seeing how much love the Mexican family we built a house for had for each other it made me want to show my parents and my daughters that family was important and that made the decision easier for me. God open my eyes to many things in Mexico and I know it will impact my life for many years to come.

Big Wheel

2010-04-11T20:02:00.000-07:00

Best Easter Afternoon ever!! My Dad and I ventured out to the streets of San Francisco! We had been waiting for this day for along time, I was really excited I got us some sweet suits and cool socks. I was excited, it was raining so my brother didn't want to go but my Dad and I were ready!! We had so much fun, their were about 900 people all doing the same thing, BIG WHEEL, We all lined up waited for the guy with the megaphone to let us go down the hill. He released us to go down and off we went, it was so much fun! I can't wait till next year. It rained on us and it was muddy but it was AMAZING!!

2010-04-10T22:01:00.000-07:00

So some good things happening this week so I’m excited. I have the next week off of work because the school is on spring break, so I hope to finish out the season with some more snowboarding, Squaw is offering free lift tickets to military personnel so that’s pretty exciting. I’m looking forward to some down time maybe see some people have some down time. Jaden is also on spring break so I will hang with her some. I recently sent out my resume and cover letter to forty private schools in Sonoma County where we are moving. I thought I’d just throw it out there and if someone liked what I had to say they may call me and talk. Well I’ve received four different e-mails from people not having any spots and some with low enrollment so they are cutting back (I know that one) but this week I received a call from a Doctor Lynn from a small school in Santa Rosa. I called her and we talked awhile. She was very excited to talk about her school and all the things she has going on. I’m going to be meeting with her next week so I’m pretty excited about that. I think it would be great to be in a school while I finish out and learn more about how all the inner things work. I also found a church in Santa Rosa that’s hiring a part time youth pastor so I’m keeping that in mind also. It’s hard to think about going back into ministry but I know how God created me and I know that he is bigger then my fears or my anger with doing that. So over all good things happening and we are really excited to have the opportunity to send our girls to my parents house at the end of the month and Shanna and I have some time just us after schools over. Thanks to all our supporters we really appreciate you and thanks for all the prayers, they are always a positive thing.

Ready Set Go

2010-04-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

ANNOUNCEMENT Life is crazy most of the time but for the J Nalywaiko family it seems to get crazier and crazier each year. About two years ago this week I was at a church in Washington that was pushing me in a direction I was not comfortable going so I left that church and didn’t think I’d be working in ministry again. I grew frustrated with the church’s putting the students and ministry on the back burner. My views and ways I do ministry are not what most churches are comfortable with. I was fortunate that I had friends around me to help me through that situation and I ended up finding an amazing job where I stretched myself to learn new things and do ministry in a new way. I was enjoying my new career learning about transportation and was being groomed to take over as operations director as well as the owners #2 guy in charge. Then, the big phone call came from this youth guy that was moving to a new department in the church- he had wonderful things to say about this opportunity in a very open program, stable church, support and it was closer to my family. At first, I didn’t tell Shanna about it. I actually waited until the second phone call because I knew what she would say… Well, fast forward a couple months. We went thru the interview process and really felt like this was a great place for us to move our family and continue ministry. So, there we were on stage in front of the church being welcomed and accepted into a great new church family. The time I spent as the youth director was probably my best time in ministry thus far. I planned events that I really poured myself into. Students were coming and I was able to reach out to the community schools. The students I worked with were amazing! They loved God and wanted to live their lives for Him. I had great support, worked with great people- some of whom became really good friends. I felt like my voice was heard and I was able to express myself in new and great ways. WHAT HAPPENED? Well, someone, somewhere in some meeting thought….”Hey, someone else here could do this job so let’s fire Jonathan after he moved his family here and poured his life into this ministry for over a year.” So, here we are, a family of four- moved away from our home, away from a job, away from our fear of going back into ministry and now without these things. We invested more into this church then we ever had before, and then we got tossed out. Not only did I lose my job but I lost my support, my creative outlet, and my friends. Stuck here alone, our family was stranded. Yes, I found a job that pays very little and yes, we are getting by; but no, we aren’t going to church right now. We tried for a couple Sunday’s but it was too painful; every time we went into a church here or anywhere we felt the pain all over again. I am thankful for those few people that believe in me enough to help financially support us while we finish school. Thank you for those of you who are doing that. But for the most part we are on our own. Where is the support and love that we felt on that stage welcoming us to the church when we moved here? While I was thinking about it, (going over it in my head it still doesn’t make sense but I continue to read my Bible and write lessons that hopefully someday I will have the chance to teach) this verse stood out and helps me- Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message) 28-30"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill fitting on you. Keep Company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. Yes, I am tired. I am tired of churches not having faith, and I’m tired of churches breaking promises. Jesus spoke about faith frequently and he also spoke about those who didn’t live by faith. It seems we stand on faith often but not enough. We live on faith but not enough. We want to be comfortable, we want to have enough money in our accounts, but where is the faith? God will provide right? My family jumped out on faith moving away from all we knew and now what? I was blessed to be able to go down to Mexico and serve the people there and rekindle my desire to serve those less fortunate then we are. I really heard God speak to me and for ten days before Easter, Shanna and I chose to do the Daniel fast to seek God’s guidance. We have felt a great calm about where we are in life right now. While I know it will take awhile to heal, I know God is faithful if walk with Him. Well, we are taking a chance and living on faith. We are moving our family forward. In June we will be moving to California. This is a huge step of faith, but so far God has been faithful to us in this decision. A family friend came forward when she heard we were moving and is going to rent us an amazing house at below market price. Shanna has an amazing opportunity to start a Preschool program working with my Mom’s established daycare and we both will continue to go to school. The only missing part right now is where I will work. But I have faith God will provide a job that is right for me and my family. My parents are excited about this move and have been supportive. I’m not putting the idea of going back into ministry out of my head but the pain is still too new for me to think about that right now. I will be doing some volunteer work and start regular trips to San Francisco to feed the homeless. God has created me a very specific way and I know he will use my family and me for His work where ever we are. We will still be here unitl June but it is unclear if we will be able to walk into the church again to say good-bye.

DANIEL FAST NOT DIET

2010-04-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

So ten Days seemed like a short amount of time at first but then come day eight or nine it got harder to finish it out. Shanna was an amazing help. She made me a great lunch, it helped because everytime I passed someplace I went to eat I prayed. Great amount of time and great things to come in the future. Daniel 1:8-15 (The Message) 8-10 But Daniel determined that he would not defile himself by eating the king's food or drinking his wine, so he asked the head of the palace staff to exempt him from the royal diet. The head of the palace staff, by God's grace, liked Daniel, but he warned him, "I'm afraid of what my master the king will do. He is the one who assigned this diet and if he sees that you are not as healthy as the rest, he'll have my head!" 11-13 But Daniel appealed to a steward who had been assigned by the head of the palace staff to be in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: "Try us out for ten days on a simple diet of vegetables and water. Then compare us with the young men who eat from the royal menu. Make your decision on the basis of what you see." 14-16 The steward agreed to do it and fed them vegetables and water for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked better and more robust than all the others who had been eating from the royal menu. So the steward continued to exempt them from the royal menu of food and drink and served them only vegetables.

Mexico

2010-03-30T10:03:00.001-07:00

So as I expected Mexico was amazing, it was great to once again realize how lucky we are to live in an amazing county where we have so much. Highlight of the week was seeing so many teens come out on their spring break and serve others. It was also great to see a family with five girls get a new house and how thankful they were to us for providing that to them. The family had eight year old triplets and two older girls, they were very excited to see all of us and enjoyed all the students from AMERICA. God really worked on my heart, I’ve been in a really weird spot and I felt God speak to me thru this experience. I also had a crazy dream where I was walking with someone talking and he told me to “calm down” I felt so much joy after the week was over, I was sad because I’m not in a place where I can share my experiences and some of the great things God did. I miss my students and I miss teaching them every week. I also miss being able to do what I feel God has created me to do. Soon I will hope to be given that chance again. Some big changes are coming for me and my family. I’ll write more about that later

why so many jobs

2010-03-07T21:41:00.000-08:00

So I started to list some of my jobs for an assignment in one of my classes then I started to list more cause it was fun to remember all the different things I have done. Bottom line I have had alot of jobs and have always been the best I could in those jobs. JONATHAN NALYWAIKO'S JOBS BIKE HUT-- Bike repairman Rohnert Park, CA TOGO’S-- Sandwich maker Rohnert Park, CA SAM GOODY---- CD movie sales guy Santa Rosa, CA OLD NAVY-- Retail sales rep and stocking Santa Rosa, CA LA PETITE--- Preschool teacher Rohnert park, CA SONOMA COUNTY YMCA-- After School Worker Rohnert park, CA BEMIDJI CHRISTIAN COLLEGE- Student Bemidji, MN TACO BELL- Taco maker Bemidji, MN KMART- Cart guy and stocker Bemidji, MN CROWN COLLEGE- Student St. Boni, MN CHANHASSEN THEATER- Snack Bar, Ticket taker Chanhassen, MN LADY BUG PRESCHOOL- Preschool teacher Chanhassen, MN YMCA- Camp counselor Camp Tree, MN BILLY GRAHM CENTER- Call center Minneapolis, MN FOSS SWIM SCHOOL- Swim teacher Chanhassen, MN WILLOWCREEK - House Councilor Santa Rosa, CA US ARMY- Solider Fort Lewis, WA TACOMA YFC-- Mentor Lakewood, WA EDMONDS CHURCH-- Youth director Edmonds, WA REEDSPORT CHURCH OF GOD-- Associate Pastor Reedsport, OR SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE-- Student Coos Bay, OR ADAPT-- Drug recovery counselor Roseburg, OR UP PRESBYTERIAN---- Middle school director UP, WA AROUND THE SOUND-- Transportation coordinator Gig Harbor, WA MERRY MAKERS-- Bounce house deliverer Tacoma, WA FRIENDLY CHEVY-- Car salesmen Puyallup, WA SPAKRS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP- Youth Director Sparks, NV NUGGET CASINO-- Security/Banquet server Sparks, NV WASHOE SCHOOL DISTRICT-- Substitute Teacher Washoe, NV TRUCKEE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB- Athletic director, site aid Reno, NV TRUCKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Student Reno, NV SPARKS HIGH SCHOOL-- Special Education Assistant Sparks, NV

2010-03-07T21:37:00.000-08:00

MARCH 6 2010 So blog update time right? Well nothing really exciting to report. I’m really enjoying my new job at the high school, it’s challenging at times but over all great to work with students that need someone to care. One of our students went to jail last week for stealing out of one of the lunch ladies trucks. That Lunch lady looked like she was going to shoot mash potatoes out of her ears she was so streamed. The students knew he was doing something wrong when I asked him about it I got all kinds of excuses but knew it was him. His Mom is at home but sick of dealing with him so we aren’t sure where he will end up. One of my other students is homeless right now so just getting him to be at school is a task all by it’s self. Addison is at my parents for two weeks so it’s been quieter in the mornings but I still miss her little smile. Next Friday I’m going to Mexico with my Dad and Brother to build houses with Amor ministries he are going to be leaders so the other groups that come down will feed us and build most of the time our job is to help encourage and help on the build when they need help. I’m really looking forward to it because it’s different then what I have done in past so it should be an amazing experience. If you want to sponsor my trip to Mexico you can email me for my address, it’s only about $200 so that’s not so bad. Well guess that’s all to report right now I’ll have pictures from my trip up after it’s over so be looking for those! Later!

GREAT THINGS HAPPENING

2010-03-03T09:17:00.000-08:00

Well Some new news. I’ve been thru a couple jobs so far this year but have landed in a good place. I was working Security at the Nugget Casino….a story for another time. Then I was working at the Boys and Girls Club, but was promised a promotion and got passed up and that wasn’t so ideal. Then I got a phone call from a principle asking if I would be interested in a job at one of the High Schools. I went in had the interview felt really good about the job and got hired the next day. I’m working with the special Ed department with those students (Mostly Boys) that have trouble listening in class and getting their work done….no comments…..so I’ve been doing that for about three weeks now and I’m really enjoying it. It’s not full time but it works well with my college classes. More to come!

Sad

2009-12-13T12:23:00.001-08:00

Hello all my Blog fans, I hope your still out there. If you haven’t heard I’m not working at Sparks Christian Fellowship anymore. I was laid off due to budgeting at the church. It’s been a tough couple weeks, and I will have more info soon1 Thanks for your prayers and support.

40 day Challenge

2009-10-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

So I came up with this idea to have a challenge for the students to be involved in. Actually I felt like I was very much being prompted by the Holy Spirit to put this out. I’m sending them challenges everyday and scripture to look at, it’s been great to get feedback and I hope they have been challenged thru this time. Dan and I went out to the streets to talk to people about what has challenged them in life and how they have delt with those challenges. Here is the teaser video I’ll post the whole thing next week!! Enjoy Goals and objectives for 40 day challenge 1) Get students consistently praying each day of the challenge a. Give them a clear outline and guide for prayer time b. Provide topics each day to pray about 2) Get students engaged in scripture reading each day of challenge a. Have scriptures for them to read and think about weekly b. Send out scriptures to students thru text marks 3) Get students actively looking for ways to share their faith a. Encourage students to see opportunities 4) Get students looking for opportunities each day of challenge a. Provide opportunities for them to serve at least once a week

Always an adventure

2009-09-17T22:54:00.000-07:00

Great place to visit! Especially when it's free!!!! Thank-you military discount

Trip is Going Great

2009-09-15T19:56:00.000-07:00

Trip has been amazing so far! Here is a little video from today!

Help Out?

2009-09-02T17:43:00.001-07:00

As you know I just got back from Mexico and I was really excited to have provided food for 10 families while down there with the students I brought we passed the baskets out and it was amazing to see the reactions! It's $15 to give food to a family that could last them up to two weeks, so I'm on a mission to raise $300 to provide food for 20 families. The YWAM staff are amazing that are down in Ensenada Mexico and will give out the baskets, I will post pictures for all who donate! Please think about helping out it's a great thing and I know it's a shout out for help but really think we can help.....it mattered to that starfish....

2009-09-01T15:49:00.000-07:00

My assistant is really amazing! I sent her all these video's and gave her the picture in my mind of how this video would go and she put it together perfectly with the timing and all the verses! Way to go she deserves a super dooper vacation...anyone want to pay for that??

2009-09-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

So lots of crazy things have been happening around her and in the J Nalywaiko’s life. It’s been a month full of exciting events and family so that makes it way better. -------------------- I’ll try to start in order. So two days after I got back from Middle school my Dad and Uncle came to Reno for Hot August nights, My dad borrowed a friends car to enter in the show, it was a 34 dodge something or maybe 36…well anyway it was old. It was cool cause we got badges and got to drive in the Cruz’s which was pretty neat. My dad found the truck he had when he was young and crazy and talked to the lady for like an hour when all of us were hungry and getting tired…Well my uncle Stan was hungry every two hours but we were all getting tired. It was a great weekend and I’ll post more pictures later. --------------------- I got promoted to SPC in Army Reserves and Army is sending me to some lake in South Carolina for a spiritual renewal retreat! --------------------------------- And the highlight of my August was taking some students to Mexico for a mission trip; it was pretty amazing to be able to build a house for a family. When we gave them the keys the Dad fell on his knees and prayed. It’s was an amazing experience and I want to be able to share it with others so they will be inspired to do the same. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ensmaphotos/collections/72157619808863024/ Our group was there from Monday August 10th to Tuesday 18th ----------------- And finally my cousin Josh got married, it was a great time spent with family we don’t usually see and a very nice vineyard wedding. It was super hot at first put cooled off enough for us to dance and have lots of fun. ------------------ Well that's it for now school started so all my students are really excited about that.....not really most of the girls are but boys are boys so that's how it goes.

2009-08-06T15:09:00.001-07:00

Hello all out there in BLOG land, So here I am trying to squeeze in a blog in between middle school camp with I just got back from and Mexico Mission trip I leave for in three Days. WOW, we did a chili’s fundraiser night and it was so much fun!! We had so many people show up from our church it was great to see so much support for the youth ministries. We had them bring this giant chili the Sunday before and I’m sure that helped and I ran down the Aisle in church on Sunday service throwing chili’s into the audience so of course that was a lot of fun also. Middle school camp…..a great time we had 27 students come to the camp I ran it and our music genius Chris went with us. We took a bus so that was a hoot to have the camp start before we got there with fun and craziness. It was so great to have support from other areas in the church. The last night we did a dive in movie where we set up the sound and projector at the pool and watched a movie….it was JAWS!! Our cook was Ana who was in children’s ministry but is now doing bulletin weddings, phones, and anything else that needs to be done. We had a afternoon all guys so that was neat to Burp and Fart without any girls around…smelly…..Over all for my first middle school camp planning and running the camp it was great! I could not have done it without my amazing assistant Kari and our new addition to our volunteers Westie who all the guys think is the cool’iest and all the girls probable think is cool. The food was great the students were great for the most part only one injury!…Good times Well here we go again on Monday I leave for the Last High School Mission trip of the year!! We are going to Mexico to the YWAM base where we will be doing all kinds of ministry things!! I’ll fill you in when I get back!! Also I have set up a new message thingy so if you want to get info about different things we are doing I will be updating it every once in awhile I will also send out inspiring quotes when I remember! Just TEXT generationyouth one word to 41411 and reply Y when asked!

FREE Event

2009-07-13T13:16:00.000-07:00

So I was in California for the week relaxing a bit, I went to the tinder box to pick up some cigars and the guy invited me to a free tasting event at another shop the next day. So hey why not go get a free cigar...so I went the next day and of course I was the youngest guy there and was hanging out with "professional" Cigar guys trying to understand all the cigar talk, when one of the ladies that worked at the shop came out to offer us any thing to drink...wow that was cool we were a little way away from shop because last time they had an event I guess people complained...well that's California...so anywas one of the guys asks " Do you have any special coffee this time like last" the lady responded"Yes Do you want Red or White?" ok that's weird red white coffee I thought, he says red and away she went, I only lasted a few seconds before I asked what is red coffee, (thinking it's code) he response by telling me they can't officially serve wine so they serve it in coffee cups to get around that...so when the lady came back with his "red" coffee I orded the same thing....good coffee......

Me? Trouble??

2009-07-01T17:20:00.001-07:00

So this on going feud has been going on at my work pretty much since the day I started. Actually since the Day I started in Youth Ministry, but I’ll talk more about that at a later time. I’m actually going to write a book with comic strips about other youth people that have had this same feud, so be watching for that someday. I started here as youth director in September and right away I made some small changes. First I took the stinky couches out and got used ones that all matched from the Gospel Mission. They didn’t smell bad and the kids weren’t all “that used to be in my house and I little sister peed on it like five times” YAHOO right? Nope!! I was told no more couches could come into the youth room, followed by “Some people don’t even want this to be the youth room?” WHAT really? OK I’m here to reach out to youth in our community not cause problems and be told I don’t even matter….going on I got some new staging to spruce it up a bit ok no troubles, then my big wheels started to come in, we had a huge fund raiser for our mission trips where we raced big wheels in a figure 8 track loads of fun, then my Dad and I started going downhill with my intern and brother, so it’s all fun and happy. We did a youth service where I spoke and we promoted the big wheel event it was great but of course their were problems cause we were riding them inside, they don’t make any more of a mark then a dolly or wheel chair, no problem. Dan’s last week last week we decided to let loose and go for a ride around one last time no troubles then we come in on Monday and our big wheels are locked to the Green machine? WHAT? I think it’s pretty funny cause we didn’t make any marks and didn’t run into any walls just having some fun.. so I cut the chain problem solved….that’s what I am problem solver….here is a cool video to commemorate our moment of triumph…And by the way I got a written safety violation for riding them inside

Am I the only one sick of Celebrities?

2009-06-29T10:13:00.000-07:00

What about these service members who have gave there life for our country? No matter how you view the War these Hero's died fighting for us!!! I'm sick of all the Hype around Celebrities!! What have they done for our country? We need to remember the Hero's!! Where are they in the news!!!! Here are some that gave their life this month!! they all have families who will miss them for thier sacrifice!! please pray for the families as you read the names! America is good at wanting to feel comfortable, lets break that and remember! 25-June Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood, 22, of Manvel, Texas, died June 25 in Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 614th Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment. 24-June Spc. Casey L. Hills, 23, of Salem, Illinois, died June 24 in Iraq of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Pago Pago, American Samoa. 19-June Spc. Chancellor A. Keesling, 25, of Indianapolis, Ind., died June 19 in Baghdad, Iraq of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 961st Engineer Company, Sharonville, Ohio. 16-June Capt. Kafele H. Sims, 32, of Los Angeles, died June 16 in Mosul, Iraq, of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 18th Engineer Brigade, Schwetzingen, Germany. Sgt. Joshua W. Soto, 25, of San Angelo, Texas, died June 16 in Iraq of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss Texas Staff Sgt. Edmond L. Lo, 23, of Salem, N.H., died June 13 in Samarra City, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device that his explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was acting to neutralize detonated. He was assigned to the 797th Ordnance Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. 5-Jun Lance Cpl. Robert D. Ulmer, 22, of Landisville, Pa., died June 5 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune N.C. 4-Jun Spc. Christopher M. Kurth, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M., died June 4 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Garage sale

2009-06-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

So we decided to have a garage sale with my sister Victoria and her Nick, then some of our friends were thinking of having one the next weekend so they just added to our sale. It was a lot of fun we stood on highway and waved a sign to let people know of all the fun that was going down. It did start raining in the afternoon but went away pretty fast the first time then it down poured on us and we packed it all up and took it away!!

A Tribute to my super Intern

2009-06-25T10:57:00.001-07:00

2009-06-16T11:29:00.000-07:00

Our Church is striving to do all things under three distinct pillers! It's a great way to focus all we do! Learning … about God, the Bible and His creation is key to developing a relationship with Jesus and deepening our love for Him. The primary learning opportunity at SCF is our Sunday Service. But we have many more ways to learn about Him. Relating … When it comes to spiritual growth, relationships are critical. Genuine life change occurs when God's principles are worked out in real-life relationships. At SCF, small groups are not just what we do—they are who we are. Serving … gives each of us the opportunity to demonstrate the love of God to others. Whether it is here at SCF, in our community, or even in the world beyond, each of us is called to offer the hope of Jesus Christ to those in need wherever they are found.

Big Church

2009-06-16T11:21:00.000-07:00

So I'm really really loving our Church right now, in "Big Church" we did a three week series about God in culture. The first week was about God in movies the second week was God in Music and one of our Pastors Brett incorporated a ton of wonderful music into the service even a song by Miley Cyrus.....I know but it was a really neat service. Last Sunday Scott our Lead Pastor did God in human expression and it was really great. Chris our creative arts director had three different painters come in and use different forms of painting to create this huge visual for our service. It was really neat the person that did the spray paint was one of my students so that was really neat to see I also had a student that was chosen to read a poem she had written....it was really great. So if your church is lame and boring!!! Hey come visit us we'll break your church norms!!!

Breaking down walls

2009-06-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

So I've been doing this Series on the Old Testament exploring some of the charters and themes, and last night was our last in the series. So we talked about Breaking down walls we build between us and God. I thought what better way to do that then to actually break down a wall.....makes since right? So I had all the students come up to the wall and write things people have as "Walls" in their lives that seperates them from fully living in God. then I had them when everyone had wrote on the wall come up and smash it all to bits. The message was about Joseph and how he had enough faith to listen to God's instructions and defeat Jericho. Well it was AMAZING it did make a bigger mess then I had anticipated but it was really fun and I'm pretty sure then students will not forget what the message was.

I got High

2009-06-03T16:08:00.000-07:00

Yes I jumped onto the stage during rehearsal for my first Sunday morning in Big church!! I had an amazing student leadership team doing worship and announcements it was really great to be able to share my story with the church and how I came to be where I was it you wanna listen let me know I'll give you the link. well that's all for now later!!!

Why do we do it?

2009-06-03T16:03:00.002-07:00

So I got home from Men's retreat looking like a bruised banana. Shanna asks why we do it. I just said because it's fun right? Well Wikipedia says this Paintball is a sport in which players eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint (referred to as a "paintball"), usually propelled from a CO2 or compressed-gas (HPA or Nitrogen) powered paintball gun (or marker). The Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association estimates that over 5.4 million people played the game in the United States in 2007, with over 1.5 million playing at least 15 times. What it forgot to say is that it's pretty stinking fun to hunt down people and splatter them with paint! We played a game called push where teams try to get flag that's in middle and push to other teams base I got the flag like three feet from the others teams base but they had a guy puppy guarding it and he shot me. Then we played kill the president......with our Lead Pastor I was on the terrorist team both times first round we got him then second round they sent someone after me and they saved the president. Despite the pain it was fun!!!

Why do we do it?

2009-06-03T16:03:00.001-07:00

2009-06-01T17:14:00.000-07:00

So like in December of Last year I had this idea to teach a series on the old Testament stories that kicked some serious booty and this is the main advertisement for the series. It's been a great series we taught on Samson and how he got hammered by a Girl Tonight we are talking about Balem and how his Donkey didn't take to kindly to being kicked! 28 Then God gave speech to the donkey. She said to Balaam: "What have I ever done to you that you have beat me these three times?" 29 Balaam said, "Because you've been playing games with me! If I had a sword I would have killed you by now." 30 The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your trusty donkey on whom you've ridden for years right up until now? Have I ever done anything like this to you before? Have I?" He said, "No."

Who is Jesus to You?

2009-06-01T17:03:00.002-07:00

I saw this video and thought about how sometimes we look to Jesus just when things are really bad and life is sucking. Why is that? I mean, I work at a Church and teach all this but still fall into this sometimes. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." -- John 14:6 (NKJV) So why are we not always looking to him for guidance? I think we let life get in our way and we let business edge Jesus out of our lives. I hope you think about this in your own life today and let God not just be a vending machine! If you want prayer shoot me an email I'm here jonathann@scf.net

Who is Jesus to You?

2009-06-01T17:03:00.001-07:00

Hey all

2009-01-15T14:44:00.001-08:00

I thought I'd take the chance to give a quick update on the life of the J Nalywaiko's. Jaden is having a blast in 1st grade I have lunch with her at school and it's great to meet all her little friends and see her interact with all the other kids. Shanna got an amazing job at a preschool working full-time as a lead teacher so she will love that! Addison is able to go with her and really have a structured environment....Shanna says "It's no joke, her class is hard core with stations and everything"....well that might not been exactly how she said it but you get the point. Well As some of you know we moved out of the dark clouds of Washington (dark in more ways then one) and into the Sunshine of Sparks, Nevada. It was truly a blessing to be able to step into an awesome church www.scffamily.net and a youth ministry that was alive and growing and unrestricted. I'm the Director of Student ministries. http://www.scffamily.net/main/en/content/page?p=Jonathan%20Nalywaiko It's been amazing to have such creative freedom and resources. We had a our dodge ball tournament so that was great. Tomarrow I leave for our first on Four mission trips this one is with the Middle Schoolers to inner city San Francisco. I've been training them to love others in uniqu ways and this is the final "field test". I also recently found out that the community center has a dodge ball league starting end of January so I'm trying to get a team for that it's an adult only thing so that will be a great way to meet other people in our community. My latest thing as you can see from some of my videos is big wheelin, I'm working on a fund raising event and of course I have to test the big wheels to make sure they are safe for students right? Anyway check it out. I have a new Army Reserve Unit that I'm apart of so it's nice to be able to serve my country still in that way. Last Sunday I preached at the Sunday service so that was a great thing to stretch myself out of just the youth. Last Monday we had our Monday night kick off and got tons of new students so I was excited about that as well as my Student leadership team. They worked really hard to make our year kick off fun and exciting. Shanna and I are really enjoying other aspects of the church as well, we went to a couple connect class for couples to learn together and have fun...well the newlywed game night, and for those of you who don't know were pretty good at the game cause we used to practice when we had nothing else to do. Anyways we are excited about what God is doing here at the church and in the youth ministry and culture of our area. I have been well received here at a new church family. I want to encourage all of you that read this, no matter how hard we try to follow the will of God people are sinful and sometimes the plans get rearranged but God will always bless you if your obedient to his will for your life!! I love where I'm at and the amazing feeling of being appreciated is great! So serve him in all you do and don't give up!! My parents are pretty excited to have us so close as well. So if you want to check out what else we have going on here are mine and Shanna's blog addresses and face book info if you want out phone or address e-mail me and I can hook you up jonathann@scf.net Jonathan Blog ------> http://www.nalywaiko.blogspot.com/ Shanna Blog -------> http://4shanna.blogspot.com/ Jonathan facebook -----> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677830603&ref=profile Shanna facebook ----> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677830603&ref=profile#/profile.php?id=1635220211 Thanks all, Jonathan Nalywaiko

2009-01-14T19:43:00.001-08:00

Christmas

2009-01-06T16:58:00.001-08:00

So we had some fun Christmas day, got to the mall and Santa left us a cart to play with so once again I say Nalywaiko's know how to have fun!!!

My Dad Rocks

2009-01-06T10:31:00.000-08:00

My dad has got to be the coolest dad ever!! We got a razor scream machine and found the steepest hill in their area and drove to the top and rode all the way down. The only thing we changed on the big wheel was the back wheels and moved the seat! More to come!!!

Big Wheel

2008-12-26T19:20:00.001-08:00

So I got this idea for a fun raiser to raise money for our mission trips, one thing lead to another then I got a big wheel then I found a hill then.....well you'll see

Yes it's that time of year again

2008-11-19T19:29:00.000-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Sweet new radio station in My area.

2008-10-28T14:42:00.000-07:00

Check it out it's way different.

If Jesus is good enough for Evil knievel he is good enough for me

2008-10-21T18:35:00.001-07:00

ten commandments

2008-10-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

I fell on the floor laughing when I saw this so I thought I'd share with all my peeps.......so here you go!

AVAST

2008-09-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

Another talk like a pirate day is upon us, Where yeee beee

My pirate name is:

Mad John Flint

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Farting Hippo

2008-08-31T13:57:00.001-07:00

Seriously what's funnier then a farting hippo in the bathtub? nothing......nothing......

not a fan of Ellen but this is funny!!!

2008-08-25T07:20:00.000-07:00

old people are cool

Sparks....where

2008-08-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

Hey all, amazing things are happening in our lives. A couple weeks ago I got a call about a youth director position at a church in NV. At first I was like desert, that's exciting.....well no way it's totally sweet their are alot of trees and it's really family friendly were super excited. God is doing amazing things thru the church were going to so it's a real blessing to able to be apart f that. And anytime I can be 45min away from Tahoe....hello ....I'm there. Thanks for all your prayers and support thru this transition time and I'll keep yopu more updated. Thanks!!

God is Good

2008-08-22T07:46:00.000-07:00

2008-08-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

here are some more pics lots of things goin on in life right now but' it's all good gotta run talk more later

Hey There

2008-08-13T12:33:00.001-07:00

SO I got some pics, this is my ride right now!! But it's all good Cause I'm really enjoying meeting so many great people and I get to help people get from one place to another. It's been a great in-between churches job...I'm very excited also for what God has next for me

My story

2008-07-23T12:07:00.000-07:00

So there I was 5:30 am...yes I know there is a 5:30 am but I was there in liner with about a dozen other people all waiting.......excited........wondering......we were all scred to gewt out of line to go to the bathroom but a coffee chop opened early so we all made a pac to save each others spot so we could run and get cofffee or a begal if we wished.....but who could eat at a time like this? YAHOO the doors finally opened, 30 minutes per person they told us, ouch. You see I was on duty that friday and due to be at Fort Lawton at noon. So I was in uniform. Ya I know I wasn't trying to get any points but I had to go straight to work after I got it.....Finally the time came and I got my phone I held it up over my head and made the little angels light noise AWWHAAHHWW everyone out side cheered it was great until the guy came out and said " were all out of 16g's" Ouch for all those people in line...anywaz I had to wait till that night to open it up and start it cause I had to go to work, all day I would open the box and touch it, it was great I finally got it after waiting all these month. I was excited........here we are two weeks later and I have to say it's in my top five 1)Jesus 2)wife kids 3)parents other family 4)Iphone 5)In N Out Burger I know it passed in and out when it had that scrolling date and time thing it's so amazing I'm really enjoying it! It's great...

My Girl

2008-07-21T13:44:00.000-07:00

How wonderful is it to have such cute girls around me all day long?

for fun

2008-07-07T08:51:00.001-07:00

Powerful

2008-07-02T22:49:00.000-07:00

I love how videos can say so much with so little. I was very moved by this video, even the third time

DISNEYLAND

2008-06-21T07:17:00.000-07:00

Were going to Disneyland! I'll tell you all about it when we get back!!!!

SWEET

2008-05-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

Ya we had our first motorcycle ride / Date / Dinner / super fun time!!!

My Family

2008-04-05T20:46:00.001-07:00

Well hello all, Shanna thought it would be a super idea to go to point defiance and take some pics. It was fun she even let me take some pics with my fuzzy hat on.....not this one but others....over on the left. Well Jaden is on spring break so that's loads of fun for her and Addison is wanting to walk but just won't commit. I'm still enjoying riding my super red scooter, if you didn't hear about it look at a past post I talk all about it. Well I guess that's all the update for now have a great day and e-mail me to say HI!

2008-03-28T08:03:00.000-07:00

I love this video ever time I watch it I see things I didn't see the last time. Do you ever feel like your being torn in two different directions? I sure do....when things get all screwed up and you don't know where to turn it's a wonderful thing to know that Jesus is there waiting to hold you in his arms when your hurting! If you wanna talk shoot me a line nalywaiko99@gmail.com

Dodgeball

2008-03-12T15:07:00.000-07:00

The Tale of a fish named Swallow

2008-03-12T08:43:00.000-07:00

So Lindsay thought of this great idea. When her attendance got to 50 one of the high school leaders would eat a live gold fish....pretty cool right? Well she got the fish and we named it swallow....lol....then our office got to hot or it got sick or it got freaked out because it's name was swallow and it died.....what?.....yum went to the big fish bowl in the sky, so being the good Pastor I am I had a funeral for it complete with words and taps....bye bye old friend.....check it out.

LONG LIVE FREE HUGS!!

2008-03-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

My new scoot RED

2008-02-25T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well I saw the post on craigslist and didn't believe it at first. I'd been looking for a Honda elite 250 since October, then there it was Portland $1200, good condition for sale at the Portland rescue mission, they get donations and sell them and use the money to feed homeless and hungry people. Well I thought to my self..." Is it wrong to deal with someone who is using the money for good things?" Then I thought no it'll be ok so I went down talked to the guy on the phone he said they could come down a little bit but not much cause it was in good condition, so I finally got to test ride it and it ran great higher miles but still running top shape, I got it for a great deal and now I'm excited cause it's starting to be more sunny and I get to ride my new scoot RED. that's the short version of the long story.

HELLO

2008-02-25T10:53:00.000-08:00

Well I know I haven't written in a little while so here I am. Last weekend was super great for me, I got to go to Portland for two night by myself....I know it was a stretch for me I really like being around people so it was different to be by myself but it was great many adventures and I met alot of neat people also. The main reason I WENT DOWN WAS TO PICK UP MY NEW SCOOTER. IT WAS A GREAT DEAL AND MADE FOR A VERY GOOD STORY. LOOK ABOVE TO READ THE STORY OF RED. Any way I stayed in a hostel that was pretty nice not smelly and I wasn't scared for my life that that was good. When you stay at hostles you always meet interesting people. I met a guy that was from Vancouver island on his way back from San Diego he was reading a book about a chaplain so we talked religion for a little bit, usually a topic to steer away from with strangers and strangers in a hostel from Canada. But it was great I went to a few malls which I always enjoy.....I miss the great mall in Minnesota it was the best one I've ever been to but these malls were ok. anywaz it was a good time I looked at a broke scooter that needed alot of love, but I went to look at it for my friend Dan who is looking to get into my scooter gang, we'll keep looking for that special scoot. Well I guess that's it for now drop me a not say hi whatever...nalywaiko99@gmail.com

2008-02-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

HEY LETS GO SKATING Body: I'm going skating today so why don't you come? Katie is coming so that'll add some fun and you should come! Meet here at the church at 12:30 we'll be back at 4:30 or if you need to leave early that's cool to. Text me if you wanna go so I know we will have enough room for you! bring $10 Later Jonathan <>>< 253-905-4519

Duct Tape

2008-02-06T15:43:00.000-08:00

Someone put a hole in the wall

Battle of the Sexes Feb 13th

2008-01-31T16:00:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone come to our battle royal-al....I think that's how you spell it...?...!?>> anywaz this night is going to ROCK!!! We'll have different points for different things if you wear blue for boys and pink for girls your get points if you bring friends then you get points if you answer questions and play the game you get points if you bring Jonathan Brownies you get points all kinds of things!! Come check it out!!

Build a Robot movie night

2008-01-29T15:09:00.000-08:00

February 20th, bring a robot you built for sweet prizes and enjoy popcorn, rootbeer floats and more!

WINTERFEST 2008

2008-01-29T11:46:00.000-08:00

WE HAD TO MUCH FUN DANCING AND SINGING, HERE IS ONE OF THE MANY FUN TIMES

WINTERFEST 2008

2008-01-22T20:07:00.000-08:00

Wow it was a rocking trip!! We had snowball fights, fun, fod, twister, all the good stuff you need on a great trip. I hope everyone that went had an amazing experience! Here is a short video with some of the pics from the trip. The snowtubing was sweet, we had a chain or 13 people it was cool, Bob and I tred to go on one tue but it didn't work so well...lol....it was still funny, I hope God touched each of us this weekend! GOD BLESS

WINTER RETREAT

2008-01-15T10:50:00.000-08:00

WEDNESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP!

My brother did this video

2008-01-09T21:31:00.000-08:00

My younger brother does videos and has an amazing talent and gift, stay tuned for more of his work. 40

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HUMAN OWLINNG TONIGHT!!!!!

2008-01-09T13:27:00.000-08:00

COMME CHECK IT OUT IT'LL BE A HOOT11

Really neat video

2007-12-13T11:31:00.000-08:00

this is one of the collest video's I've seen. It's simple and very powerful! Enjoy

human bowling January 9th

2007-12-05T17:28:00.000-08:00

Mike Huckabee responds to evolution question

2007-12-05T09:42:00.001-08:00

THANK-YOU MR. President

WINTER RETREAT

2007-12-03T14:34:00.000-08:00

January 18-21 It's going to rock!!! Came by the church to get info! This could be you!!

Funny Story about Jaden

2007-12-03T14:27:00.000-08:00

So we went to this speggitii thing on Friday and sang Christmas carols and fun stuff like that, when we were leaving Jaden said she had to go potty no problem she went in there I went to my office to get some things before we left. When I came out like 5minutes Jaden was still in there and Shanna was out front waiting for her and had gone into check on her like three times... well she got out and off we went got all loaded in the car and driving home and real quietly Jaden says...."Mommy" Shanna says "Yes" Jaden replies" when I was in the bathroom I was peeing then my Butt exploded" so we all start laughing then it got quiet and Jaden goes on " I think the fiber you gave me worked to good" Laughter again Jaden says" Can I not take it any more I don't like the explosion.....it was very funny her cute little voice telling us about her experience

My girls

2007-11-29T08:41:00.001-08:00

thought I'd post some stuff about my girls cause they rock!

Your missed Grandad 1915 - 2007

2007-11-18T21:42:00.001-08:00

Off to California

2007-11-18T21:37:00.000-08:00

Hello all well I'm off to California, I wasn't planning on going for Thanksgiving but My Mom and Grandma asked me to do a little memorial for my Great Grandpa so off I go...It'll be sad to be away from my girls but I know they will be taken care of here

Food Drive and Skating!

2007-11-15T08:37:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, wanna help out people needing food? wanna have some fun collecting food? come with us on Saturday we're meeting at the Church at 12:15 then going to albertsons till like 2:20 then were going to skate and station for some fun roller skating! if you wanna come to albertsons and meet us there for an hour or the whole time come on by! if you wanna just come skating come on by!! it's going to be loads of fun!!

Who Loves the Keytar?

2007-11-12T14:39:00.000-08:00

BELIEVE ROCKED MY FACE OFF CHECK OUT THE COOL VIDEO BELOW!!

Jr High Believe - Mas Tortillas Music Video

2007-11-12T14:37:00.001-08:00