Day 302: The Transition

This week has been nothing more than tremendous. God has been so gracious to me; the way that I've seen blessing after blessing after blessing, I just couldn't thank God enough for what He's done for me. Today was no exception. Originally, I was supposed to help with TV, but since I served on Tuesday, my leader switched me with someone else so I could sit in chapel. I couldn't have been happier, because chapel today was amazing. Seriously amazing; the worship was incredible, and Mark gave a great message on not putting yourself down (which is something I've been getting a lot of encouragement about). After that, I had lunch with my good friend Lauren, just catching up on life; it's gonna be sad when she leaves, because she's one of the strongest leaders here. Our songwriting lecture was amazing as well; Matt Capper gave us different perspectives on melodic rhythm, which was great. After that, I just got to lay back and enjoy the rest of the day. I feel super blessed to have amazing friends that I can just chill with; it makes me think back to high school, when I could do that with my classmates. Well, that's about all for now; I have stuff to do tomorrow yo!

God bless,
Steven

Day 301: Being Prepared

Today was amazing, just like the rest of the week so far. Sisterhood was loads of fun this morning; our team did an excellent job of staying together, and it's definitely one for the record books. The core chapel team meeting also went great; we discussed the few major upcoming events within the next two weeks, and there's a lot of preparations being made for them. Today's major activities was video editing: I received a mass amount of clips for a Misterhood promo, and I am currently editing and reviewing the new episode of 223 (to be released this weekend). One cool highlight from today was the amount of prayer I received from people; it was really cool to just be amongst hundreds of people and have good friends of mine just pray for me. It really empowered me for the rest of my day. Not to mention Team Night was phenomenal; we got to hear from Reuben Morgan talk about the differences between a house and a home (very inspiring word). Now I'm off to bed for tomorrow's stuff, which I'm assuming will be amazing as always.

God bless,
Steven

Day 300: THIS, IS, SPARTA!!!

Today was another amazing day; I feel the holy momentum Brian Houston talked about coming on!!! Today's mission was to finish as many assessments as possible; the outcome? I finished 2! That's way better than I've done before, so I consider it a major accomplishment. It was nice to get the place all to myself, since the guys were in class. Around 1, I got to talk with my family; specifically since it's my mom's birthday!! Happy birthday mom!!!!!! It was nice to wish her a happy birthday. My afternoon soon after was just chilling at home and talking with my ex roommate Tyson about a video project for Streetbeat. By the time we were done, it was time for Powerhouse, so I headed over there and helped my leader Valerie out. Now I'm here, having enjoyed what was another blessed day.

God bless YOU,
Steven

Day 299: The Light of Day

You ever have one of those days where everything is just amazing? Like, there aren't any low points, but just good ones? Well, I had one of those today, and it was awesome. In the morning, I started off what I would consider a "right way": being part of the chapel TV crew. Today I was producer (basically the person that communicates with everyone), and I had a blast. We had such a good team today; everyone was on top of their game, and the rehearsal went great. Almost right after, my class's band had a practice time to go over the songs for our worship set today. Mary, our teacher, had some pointers for us to work on, so that's what we focused on. After that, we had our Spirit Filled Living class with Tracy; an amazing class, no doubt. Chapel soon followed, and may I say it was nothing more than an awesome one. TV did such a great job; our team handled our roles with such expertise. I also wanted to bless a couple people that were short on money (as in they don't have any) by buying them lunch; Joe and Lauren are two of my closest friends here, so I consider it an honor to help them out in any way possible. The ultimate highlight was our Musicianship/Songwriting workshop class, particularly because of our worship set. Looking back at all our practicing and teamwork, this was one of the greatest things to happen all year; just the thought of worshipping as a team with songs that we've all worked so hard to put together is amazing in it's own right. I'm so happy with how it turned out and with my friends; we all did a great job. Another cool highlight was the chapel workshop after class; we worked on a new song called God Above All with all the instruments. Funny thing is I was the only bass player (for a while at least; Dave Davis eventually came to help out, and then Masse ended up trying out the bass too), but luckily I had already worked on this with Alex so I was pretty confident. I even got to sing when everyone needed cues for the run-through; it was so much fun! Now I'm relaxing at home with some good friends watching House; all the glory goes to the One that remains faithful. Thank Father; you're the best.

God bless,
Steven

Day 298: It's Been a Long One

This is ultimately what I got out of today:
No matter how stressed I can be some days,
No matter what obstacles I may have in front of me,
No matter where I have to be and why,
God remains God: faithful, true to His word, and uplifting when I can't stand for myself.
If God's been all that for you, then I'd say you're on the right track. We can't live this life on our own; we'd end up wandering aimlessly on this earth trying to find our purpose. Fortunately for us, we have a God that's included us in His plan for the world; I feel special, like I matter, you know? It's so good! Well, I gotta get to bed; it's gonna be one of the hardest weeks of the year, and I'm gonna need all the sleep I can get.

God bless,
Steven

P.S. Just so everyone knows, I submitted both my assessments on time. Now for the 3 due next week, and the other two due soon after. I still need prayer, so don't stop!

Day 297: Busy, busier, and well.... busy.

As the title suggests, it was one busy day. It continues to be busy. And it will remain busy for a while. I really can't spend much time on this, so I'll make it brief: it was a good day. Sound good? It does to me. I just really need to work on these assessments.

God bless,
Steven

P.S. Brooke Fraser's new album is amazing. Just throwing that out there.

Day 296: Way of the Assessment

Because of extreme exhaustion, I will make today's blog brief. Street Teams was fun this morning; I got to work with some new friends from the Wesley Institute, and I got to connect with an old friend in the Towers. I had to leave early though, because I needed to work on my song for the song submission assessment. I figured out the part for half the song, but I couldn't work on it anymore due to a couple friends needing my keyboard to record the parts for their song. In the end, I didn't record anything, but I consider it a willing sacrifice. The rest of my day has been working on this evangelism assessment (which I'm still working on even now). I really hope I can get this done by tomorrow. Pray for me; this is a tough one.

God bless,
Steven