New Segment!!!

Yes! It's true! It's called "Movie Monday"! It's a new segment on my blog that I will share with you some movies that I have watched, and enjoyed! If you haven't figured it out yet, this blog is soo random. :) Anyway, let's start off with the first movie: 

Yup that's right! Courageous! I loved this movie soo much.. it is by far one of the BEST movies I have ever seen! If you haven't watched courageous yet here is a summary:   


                                            Four police officers attempt to put their faith in God after a sudden and unexpected tragedy transforms their lives forever. Produced by Sherwood Pictures, the Christian production company behind such popular films as Fireproof, and Facing The Giants, Courageous follows dedicated cops Adam Mitchell and Nathan Hayes as they work with their partners to keep the streets safe. But when these devoted peacekeepers face the challenge of fatherhood, both their faith and devotion to family are put to the ultimate test. In the aftermath of a devastating calamity, they are faced with a difficult choice that will ultimately come to define their lives. Fortunately, a wise mentor appears to help them understand that man's ambition and God's will aren't always in perfect harmony. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi. (Thanks to Barnes and Noble where I got this for a summary.)
:)


You guys should totally check out this movie if you haven't! Here is the trailer:

                                               


So that's all for today! Prepare for more "RANDOM" posts in the future. :)




~JD

It is well...

Today, I thought I would share with you a story, about a man named Horatio Gates Spafford.

Horatio was the author of a hymn many of you might know "It is Well". The Spafford family had their share of hard times. Their only son died of scarlet fever when he was four years old. Only a year later, the Spaffords had invested a lot of money into real estate that was wiped out in the Chicago Fire of 1871. These recent events had been hard for the family. Horatio saw this, and decided his family needed to take a trip and get away. He decided to take his family to England for a holiday. They had also decided to help their good friend. D.L. Moody (who was traveling on one of his evangelistic campaigns). The Spafford family had planned on joining D.L. Moody in 1873. Just when they were about to set sail, a last minute business complication came up that Horatio had to deal with. He didn't want to ruin the family vacation, he told his wife and kids to go ahead and he would be there as soon as he could. Spafford went to Chicago to deal with the business, and got a telegram from his wife just nine days later that read "Saved Alone".



On the 2nd of November 1873, the ship that the Horatio, family had left on collided with another ship. The ship sank in about ten minutes. Which took 226 lives, including that of the Spafford family's four girls. Horatio immediately left on a ship to join his wife. Who knows what Horatio was feeling? But during all this hardship, he wrote this one song.

Thoughts on writing...

One of the things that I love to do is write. Whether that includes, writing my blog posts, and most of all I love writing books/stories, whatever you would call them. But it is so much fun! Mysteries. That is what I mostly write about. I started writing another book lastnight. An idea popped into my head of a story and how it would start, and so I wrote it down. I found out from one of the authors that I like, that the books they write are around 70,000 to 90,000 words. And those books are usually about 280-350 pages long depending on some stuff. But thats a pretty good size book. And so lastnight, I wrote 2,000 words. Which is about 4 pages on Microsoft Works. I don't have a title for it yet. (That is one of the hardest things for me, and names of course) But I just really enjoy writing. I have a problem though. It's called "writer's block". Its when you write until you are stumped, and can't figure out what else to write. I come upon that with all of my books. As a matter of fact, as I went through my stories/books, a couple nights ago. I found the alot of them are still to be finished. They are one of those books that I have a BIG idea for, but when I run out of ideas I just stop. I hope that is not the case in two of my books I am writing now. I have the one I started, lastnight. And then another one that I started a couple months ago. That one is progressing, slowly, but surely. I am up to about 8,000 words in that one (14 pages on Microsoft Works.) So this post was kind of random.  I just thought I would let you know about one of my hobbies and how it is going. I'll post soon, later this week I'm sure about something else that is random. That's all for now.



~JD

Drama Ends. :(

So yesterday we finished up our drama class. We put on two shows that turned out really well. The crowd was great and laughed alot! It was so fun to get up there and act for them, but most of all for God. It is amazing what God can do through something like this. He can take a drama program about the Sermon on the Mount and burden someones heart to come to church to learn more. He can burden somebody to ask more questions about God and what he has done. I am so glad that I was a part of this drama ministry. It was fun, but it was about giving God glory! I met some new people and friended them. Now I leave this drama class with good friendships and a feeling of accomplishment. The directors and helpers were amazing too! They helped so much with this production, and we couldn't have done it without them. 




Also, today, my sister-in law, and brother left after their one week of visiting. :( If you could keep them in your prayers for a safe drive. Its a long way from Iowa to Florida. 

Sorry about not updating Monday, It totally slipped my mind. Thats all for now!

~JD

Surprise!!!

Hey!! Yup, I'm still alive! Sorry I haven't written in awhile. So this morning I woke up to a laugh that I recognized. It was my sister-in-laws laugh. My brother and my sister-in-law moved to Florida, last August. And so we haven't seen them since. So when I heard that laugh, I was like I must be dreaming. But sure enough, I heard some more voices and then recognized my brothers. I shot out of bed, and rushed down the stairs, along with my other siblings who had obviously, heard them too. Sure enough, they were talking in the kitchen with my parents! I was so excited to see them! Since we haven't seen them since last August it was awesome! I am so glad to have them here.... and can't wait for what this next week brings. Hahaha this was waaayy to short for a blog post but I'm gonna post it anyway! :) I will try and update tomorrow (which will be pretty busy, so don't get your hopes up) lol, or Monday. I will try to the best of my ability! Hope you all have a great weekend! 

 Oh, and btw, if you have a friend/sibling/ etc. that is a long ways away. Be careful, what you tell them you will do if they come home. Because they might just surprise you, and expect you to take them to that certain place you promised. HuHot was awesome!! :D LOL (long story)



~JD

Weekend Randomness...

This weekend we went to see my Sister (Anne) in College. The trip down there is roughly about 3 hours. But to me it felt like 45 minutes to maybe an hour. (And no I didn’t sleep at all.) J We got there, and stayed with a lady from my sister's church. She was so nice, joyful, hospitable, and just plain nice. J We then went to the college ate supper, and played in the Student Center. We played ping-pong, pool, fooseball, and the Wii. It was a fun night, and then it was time to sleep. Sunday Morning it was Easter, and we went to Anne’s Church for breakfast, she invited us down there for her Easter Cantata, which was amazing by the way. We listened to a message. And then it was time to go home. And yet again it seemed like a really short trip (for me.) (Still didn’t sleep.) J And so that was basically our weekend. It was an amazing trip and we always love the chance to see our sister. Hope you all had an amazing Easter, and didn’t get to caught up into your traditions, to forget what Easter is all about. The day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection  after he died for our sins. He has risen from the grave, and he will never die again. This was kind of a short post, but there will be more. Hope you all had as good of a weekend as I did.



He Lives!!

~JD

　

Lincoln Trip.....

This past Saturday, our family went to Lincoln, NE for Tallguy's first Judo tournament. Although it was a long car ride, it was worth it. Lincoln is awesome. We saw the Huskers stadium! And then it was time for his tournament. Here are some pictures of the tournament:

                                                    What would be a road trip without Skittles??

                              Tallguy wasn't being cooperative with the camera but I finally got a picture. :)

                                                  Somebody is a little excited!! :)

                                           Tallguy and his Judo friends.

                                                Getting everyone all lined up.

                                                 Tallguy in his first match.

                                                   

                                                  Tallguy's second match.

                                                   Tallguy getting his first place medal.

                                                 
Needless to say, the trip was long, but it was worth it. It was fun and it is interesting to watch. :) Tallguy ended up coming in 1st place!! For his first tournament it was a good one. That's all for now, and sorry for not updating this often.

~JD