Hey everyone, guess what! I do still exist! Sorry I took so long to put anything up here in case you were wondering about me, but here it is - my long overdue message.
I'll be writing a little bit about things that may have happened a while ago, so excuse that while it builds up to the present.
Since Kaleo, I've been working with my oldest brother, who is a framer and has his own business. That has been awesome so far, just being able to hang out with him every day pretty much. I've been learning a lot on the job site so that's cool, but I've also been able to learn a lot outside of that.
One thing that was a struggle for me before and throughout Kaleo was consistantly spending time with God and reading the Bible daily. But since then, after a bunch of prayer, God has shown me an opening in my day every day for me to read His word. Starting pretty much right at the end of Kaleo, I decided to read through the New Testament starting in Acts. Since we had spent quite a bit of time studying the Gospels, I wanted to get through the rest. I am currently reading 2 Timothy, and have already learned and been inspired so much by what Paul has to say in his letters. It seems as though I am growing more and more eager to read as I go, which is pretty new to me, but is so amazing. So you can thank God with me for answering this prayer and also pray that I will never stop this eagerness to dive into this gift that God has given to us.
I guess you all know now from pictures or whatever that I went to Qwanoes for a couple days, so I'll fill you in on my thoughts of it. I'll start off by saying that it was so awesome to see all of you who were there, and to just see the place where I had been living for almost a year. During my last day there, everyone was working, so I had to come up with something to do, so one of the things I did was go to the point for the whole morning, and I'd have to say that that was probably my highlight of the trip. I was able to just sit and look out at the water and look around at God's amazing creation. I also got to see four orcas that were swimming around just off the point for a while. It was just an awesome time for me to read, reflect, and pray.
Oh boy, this is already starting to get long, and now all of a sudden it seems like I have so much more to say. What to do, what to do?
...After a long couple seconds of intense thinking, I've decided to write a little bit more.
Something that Kaleo definatley taught me, and I'm sure a lot of you can relate, and that's the value of a solid friendship, one that can only come through the connection of Christ. This is something that coming home from Kaleo, knew that it was something that I didn't have with a lot of my friends here. These are friends who, like me, have grown up in with Christianity all around us - going to church every Sunday, and always going to a Christian school. Unfortunately, this does not always have the same positive effect on everybody. Drinking has become a big part of some of their lives, and has caused them lead a dual lifestyle. This is another thing that I have been praying a lot for, and just recently, I had the opportunity to have some pretty good talks with a couple of my friends about that, and to see where their at, and what their views are on it, and also to tell them what mine are. So if you will pray with me that I will not only be given the opportunities to break through to them, but the strength to follow through with it, and that they will listen.
You have been more or less brought up to date in the life of Stephen Wall post-Kaleo.
Your brother in Christ, siging out,
Supporting Wall.
I'll be writing a little bit about things that may have happened a while ago, so excuse that while it builds up to the present.
Since Kaleo, I've been working with my oldest brother, who is a framer and has his own business. That has been awesome so far, just being able to hang out with him every day pretty much. I've been learning a lot on the job site so that's cool, but I've also been able to learn a lot outside of that.
One thing that was a struggle for me before and throughout Kaleo was consistantly spending time with God and reading the Bible daily. But since then, after a bunch of prayer, God has shown me an opening in my day every day for me to read His word. Starting pretty much right at the end of Kaleo, I decided to read through the New Testament starting in Acts. Since we had spent quite a bit of time studying the Gospels, I wanted to get through the rest. I am currently reading 2 Timothy, and have already learned and been inspired so much by what Paul has to say in his letters. It seems as though I am growing more and more eager to read as I go, which is pretty new to me, but is so amazing. So you can thank God with me for answering this prayer and also pray that I will never stop this eagerness to dive into this gift that God has given to us.
I guess you all know now from pictures or whatever that I went to Qwanoes for a couple days, so I'll fill you in on my thoughts of it. I'll start off by saying that it was so awesome to see all of you who were there, and to just see the place where I had been living for almost a year. During my last day there, everyone was working, so I had to come up with something to do, so one of the things I did was go to the point for the whole morning, and I'd have to say that that was probably my highlight of the trip. I was able to just sit and look out at the water and look around at God's amazing creation. I also got to see four orcas that were swimming around just off the point for a while. It was just an awesome time for me to read, reflect, and pray.
Oh boy, this is already starting to get long, and now all of a sudden it seems like I have so much more to say. What to do, what to do?
...After a long couple seconds of intense thinking, I've decided to write a little bit more.
Something that Kaleo definatley taught me, and I'm sure a lot of you can relate, and that's the value of a solid friendship, one that can only come through the connection of Christ. This is something that coming home from Kaleo, knew that it was something that I didn't have with a lot of my friends here. These are friends who, like me, have grown up in with Christianity all around us - going to church every Sunday, and always going to a Christian school. Unfortunately, this does not always have the same positive effect on everybody. Drinking has become a big part of some of their lives, and has caused them lead a dual lifestyle. This is another thing that I have been praying a lot for, and just recently, I had the opportunity to have some pretty good talks with a couple of my friends about that, and to see where their at, and what their views are on it, and also to tell them what mine are. So if you will pray with me that I will not only be given the opportunities to break through to them, but the strength to follow through with it, and that they will listen.
You have been more or less brought up to date in the life of Stephen Wall post-Kaleo.
Your brother in Christ, siging out,
Supporting Wall.
posted by Stephen at 7:42 PM
2 Comments:
Hey Wall!! THanks for the update, it was really encouraging! God bless you my brother as you continiue to pursue our awesome God!!
It was so good to hear from your heart, Stephen...I watched a bit of the IronMan here in Coeur d'Alene and couldn't help but think of you! May God give you the wisdom needed in your conversations and the grace to love and see your friends the way that He does.
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