I don’t use film cameras anymore because I have a really nice Canon digital SLR camera. I am selling my Canon film camera so I got it out the other day and noticed that we still had film in it that needed to be used. This is what we did with it. Enjoy!!
Monthly Archive for February, 2008
I love to fish and so does Aaron. I found some film the other day and went and had it developed and here are 3 of my favorite pictures. We let the kids have some of those disposable cameras and Britney took these. I absolutely love them. One because Britney took them, two because I have memories of me fishing with my one and true fishing buddy…Aaron my son!
We were at Hot Hearts this past weekend and it was so awesome. We had junior and senior high students go. It was at Highland Lakes Camp. There were about 500 students from all around that attended Hot Hearts. 33 Miles Christian band was there and they ROCKED the house!!! It was an awesome experience for me because I got to know a couple of the junior high kids a little bit better. I made some connections with them that I hadn’t been able to make before. All I can say about that is God really blessed me this past weekend. Melanie was there as well and she had a great time. It was awesome to get to experience something like that with my wife. It got a little crazy at night though. The room we were in had around 30 bunk beds and they all had someone sleeping in them. I had to get out my trusty iPhone and my noise canceling headphones and I was set. I didn’t hear a thing. Which was good because I know the boys had a blast yelling back and forth….and I didn’t have to hear it. NOTE: those of you looking at sponsoring at a youth camp, look at getting these headphone - Etymotic Research, Inc. - you will not be disappointed. The highlight of the trip, we had 6 students in our group that accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. THANK YOU JESUS!!!!
I would like to ask you to please pray for our youth. Pray that the ones who have accepted Christ, walk with Him, and the ones that are still searching, find Him.
I was at Men’s Connection Group last night and Bram said something that I thought was really cool so I am going to share it.
“It is not you who make things happen, it is the Christ in you that does.”
Take some time out to really think about that. It is AWESOME!!!
I was talking to some people last night about the upcoming mission trip to Africa. They want to donate and asked me if I had a PayPal account. I told them yes and gave them my account. Then they told me that I really needed post this up on my website to get other people involved. So, I am going to try this out and see what happens. Here is the email that I sent them today:
Angie and Tom,
I am going to D.R. Of Congo, Africa on June 19th returning July 4th. The purpose of this mission trip is to support a Methodist Seminary in Mulungwishi. Here is a piece from a document that I received from our team leader, Roland McGregor. He was my childhood pastor growing up in Hobbs, NM.
The church in Congo has grown through civil crisis.
War destroyed airports, gov¹t buildings, homes, churches, schools,
clinics. Many of the churches lost their chairs, tables, pews, piano,
organs, church files. AIDS has claimed the lives of thousands, leaving too
many street children.
Yet, today there are over 300,000 United Methodists in Congo!!
Why?
They focus on people. When the musical instruments, tables and pews
were gone, people still had each other. They cared for one another, they
prayed for one another. The church focused on the people who were
hurting, dislocated or lost. Their faith grew in spite of the fact they had
no electricity or running water.
Even today, at times all they can do is pray and read scriptures.
They gather in homes or under trees. But every time they gather they
focus on their strength: the salvation of the living and loving GOD. When
they gather, they begin with these words:
“God is good. All the Time! And All the Time, God is good!”
Congo has only begun to recover from the crises of war and the AIDS epidemic,
but the church is leading the way to healing, with overflowing worship services,
educational and health services, feeding programs for street children and new
construction of all types.
The United Methodist Church is providing opportunities for their future!
What makes a church grow - even during crisis?
The people of Congo respond:
“ God is Good. All the time! And All the time, God is Good.”
What Roland McGregor has done is he helps support the Seminary. A team goes there at least once a year. My task on this mission trip is to setup a computer lab for the seminary students. The cost for me to go on this mission trip is going to be around $3200.00. This amount does not include the extras that I have to do, like my medical and the clothing I need to get. I was told I needed to get fishing clothes because they have sun screen and bug repellent in them. I have to have $2600.00 by April 1st and I already have $2100.00 so far. Myself and Melanie, my wife, have put in $1400.00 of our own money and have had a few other people that have donated. I have come under the realization that I cannot do this all myself. I am not very good at asking for money so I hope that you guys can help me out. You asked what my paypal account is and it is joe@suprajoe.com. I am not only asking for financial help, which is just a small piece of the pie, but the whole team and I need spiritual help, prayers! Thank you so much!
http://www.apmethodist.org/congo/index.htm – this is the seminary website
http://www.suprajoe.com – this is my personal website
God Bless Your Day,
Joe D. Barnes
If you would like to donate you can send money via paypal at joe@suprajoe.com or if you have another way you would like to donate then please send me an email and we can discuss. Now, to let you know that if for some reason I cannot go then the money raised, including the money I have put into this, will go to the person that will take my spot. I do not for see me not going, but you never know. I just want you to know your money will be used for this mission.
I was looking at some old pictures today of when I was in the Marine Corps. I was in from 1993 - 1997. I spent three years in Okinawa, Japan with VMGR-152, from 1994 - 1997. Those were some crazy times. VMGR-152 (Ichi-Go-Ni) is a KC-130 squadron, home of the Sumo . I was thinking about all the awesome friends I made and the wonderful times I had. I got to travel the world and have some great experiences. I would like to thank our troops, past, present, and future for putting their lives on the line so we can live in a free country. You guys and gals are AWESOME! God Bless you all!!!!
Saltwater fishing is one of my most favorite hobbies. I decided to give Melanie a break this past weekend so the kids and I went to their grandparents house. James, my father-in-law, and I love to fish. We got there around 7pm Friday and Dad, James, and I went straight from his house to one of our favorite spots to fish, we did not pass GO and we did not collect $200….we went FISHING!!!! Oh, they live about 5 minutes from the bay we fish in. So we got all setup and did some really nice night fishing. Let me tell you, there is something about fishing at night. It is so peaceful and amazing. I caught 2 Black Drum that night. The next day we took Aaron with us and caught 2 Red fish. The picture below shows the Reds. Guess which one is mine, let me give you a hint…it is not the small one!!!! This is a 29″ Red fish and it was awesome getting that sucker in! I think God was proud of me because when you look at the picture you can see his “rays of glory” shinning on me
Got to play with the iPhone over the weekend….IT ROCKS!!!! That pretty much sums it up. Everyone needs one of these!
Well…I finally did it. I took the plunge and got an iPhone. A very good friend of mine works for AT&T Wireless and we were talking about my existing plan. By switching to the iPhone and getting on an iPhone plan, I am saving around $60 plus dollars a month on my cell phone bill. AMAZING!!!! Now, you might be thinking, aren’t those expensive…yes, but the phone I already have, AT&T 8525, cost as much as the 8Gb iPhone I bought. I plan on selling the 8525 on eBay, they are going for around $200 plus dollars. So within a couple of months I will be saving money.
My biggest concern was being able to use this with my Exchange server for work. No big deal because it supports Exchange via IMAP. As far as my contacts and calendar, I use Entourage and in the preferences there is a sync setting so Entourage syncs my contacts with Address Book and my calendar with iCal. When I sync my iPhone with iTunes….I get all my stuff!!!! It is great! So I am off to play with the new phone and will post comments about it in a couple of days. So far…I love it!
Youth got a little crazy tonight. If it isn’t Ketchup and M&Ms, it is chocolate and sour gummi worms. We played a game called Mother Bird and, well….it was crazy!!!! Check out the photos.
Our youth are really awesome young people and I pray that they realize that and trust in God.
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