Well Saturday was a lot of fun! Myself and many other volunteers helped run Fam Jam. A big outreach for families in Brantford, ONT. It was a great event that went on without a hitch. Had free food, drinks, free air rides such as the Castle, Obstacle course, bungee and the slide. Which was accompanied by lots of music and even a drama which I was included.

The day was quiet warm, but luckily I had sun tan lotion on so I didn't get burnt. I ran the Air castle which happened to collapse no more then 3 times. And a real big collapse once. Due to kids falling on the net it would make the roof drop.. But during the event the plug on the ride just blew off which led me to rush into the tent to get all the kids out while I held the ride up so no one got hurt. These things weigh a lot about 600lbs and when it goes it can crush a kid. But everyone proceeded to get out safely due to fast thinking of myself and other volunteers running over to fix the plug. But it was all good.. No real danger though :).

Once 3pm hit we shut down all the rides and Bob Sullivan began to speak, sing etc. Then drama team was called up. Which was myself, Luke, Jacob, Lindsey, Jessica and Bob, and Denny, Adam.

I myself was a demon in the play as well was Adam. Jessica was the girl who was to be beaten by myself and Adam as a victim. Bob was Jesus, Jacob, Luke and Lindsey were partyers who drank, did drugs (smoke and needle). The play was called "Chains" and is a great play. To keep it short the play goes like this....

partyers come on stage screaming PARTY!! drink lots and smoke drugs. Then Jessica comes on and says what are you doing and they try and make her do what there doing. Shes reluctant at first but then joins in on the party. As this is happening Denny puts chains on her arms and legs as she is being put into bondage of these things. Denny then throws her on the ground and myself and Adam start to hit her with Plastic bats. After some time (I GET HIT IN THE FACE AND BLEED!!!!!!!) Satan say "ENOUGH!!!" and we fall back in wake. Satan yells I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU ALL to the crowd. He then throws Jessica back on the ground and music continues to play. Satan then says DEPRESSION! And Adam runs up threatens her with the bat and drops it on the ground. Then myself which was yelled "FEAR!!!" and i do the same as Adam. Then Satan returns and threatens her with a gun! Then Satan yells DEATH!!!! And puts the gun to her head and gives her the gun.. She contemplates it and then gets up with the chains on and yells at the people who made her do the drugs and yells "WHY WON'T YOU HELP ME!?!?!?!" the partyers (Jacob, Lindsey, Luke) then show that they have chains on there hands as they are ensnared into the bondage of these things as well. They then sit down and Jessica proceeds to yell into the crowd this time "SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE! WHY WON'T YOU HELP ME!!!" she then goes down on her knees and looks at the gun again looking for help and then proceeds to stand. Jesus is then being resurrected off the cross and us demons and Satan fall to the ground in fear. Jessica then yells "JESUS HELP ME!" she then falls into Jesus arms and Jesus proceeds to remove the chains and throw the gun down. Jesus then hugs Jessica and puts his foot down on Satan!

The play was great. Although I got a bat in the face (PLASTIC) and I had fun beating up on Jessica with those bats it was well worth the day of the heat and the collapses.. Because in the end 44 people accepted Christ that day. It was an Honor to be there and to be apart of such a great thing to see 44 people come to Christ. I say AMEN TO THAT! Then we proceeded to give away bikes, TVs and so forth. All in all the day was great :)

God bless

Tonight was church and it was fun. But as I sat and just dwelt on life it seemed to overcome me with the things that have yet to have closer in my life. As I thought on these matters our pastor asked people to stand up who wanted prayer in regards to what we were talking about. As I stood up reluctantly I began to think of

Luke 12: 22-28

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith.

Its a verse that comes up a lot in my life. Because as I grow god wants me to trust him more and it seems to get deeper and deeper into the meaning of this verse. As Dave was praying over me god began to speak to me and show me a vision of me in a hopped up go kart and I was driving recklessly to get my way to the goal, for closer in a job, my dad, my family, and so forth. God went on to say "If I wanted a back seat driver I would ask for one". You see we all try to make deals with god, say lets get there the fastest we can take this short cut. You ever have that? Kids, maybe your spouse yelling at you and your like "I don't need a backseat driver". You see god is in the drivers seat. Hes our chiefer per say. He takes care of the road that is less travelled to get us there safely and to teach us all something. Trust is an extremely big issue for me. To trust someone takes a lot of time and a lot of dedication. In my life there are very few people I do trust. God has been trying to stretch me on the trust thing with him first off. And I can't say its easy, blind faith is extremely hard at times and sometimes I don't feel like I'm up to the challenge. So all in all I believe god is saying "Let me drive. I will take you there safely, Trust me!" and I'm trying my best to let him drive. But sometimes that back seat driver bites you in the butt and you gotta say something. But I guess I just need to go for the ride. In gods timing is something I like to hate, but in time I believe that the problems that riddle my heart and my mind will come to a close and I will be made new again.

So in closing I think that sometimes we just need to slow down and listen to what god has to say instead of doing it in our own means. I'm sure I will still try and do it but hey I'm only human :|

Josh