Yet another reminder

The Story of Christmas..

This a great video to get you focused on why we really celebrate Christmas..

Our own, personal EMO girls..

Today at Operation Christmas Child, we had the oportunity to show off our own personal emo girls.. These ladies don't play... It's all about the emotions man.. They totally played the part today during the preperations of the boxes. They cried and laughed the whole time. We couldn't figure out what was wrong with them. One moment they would cry the next they where laughing..

Interactive Mirror

Imagine having one of these in your room. What would you use it for? I would draw a different body for my face everyday.. Or maybe write scripture verses but through drawings.. How about you?

David Crowder

This song was performed at the convention(NYWC) Pao and I went to in Pittsburgh.. Man did it rock!!!


NYWC: David Crowder*Band - ...Neverending... (Live) from William Hartz on Vimeo.

ENJOY!!!
(ht:Billy Hartz for recording and posting it in such a high quality)

My Dad

Well, this posting has no special message, other than my dad is super funny. I recorded this while in the hospital waiting for David to be born. This is part 1. There is a part 2 to the video that I'll post another day. Dad is my hero and my own personal clown. Love you buddy!

This is funny

So while I was at Pittsburgh, I finally chilled with a group called Shane and Shane. I had heard about them but never really "heard" the music. I must say, they really impressed me. MOre than anything, I really was impacted by their cool way of being off stage. In the green room (the room behind the stage where all the speakers and bands hang out) they where really down to earth and pretty humble dudes. When we got home, I youttubed them and guess what I found? This odd but funny video of them!!!

Funny

So tonight at the convention, I hung out with Matt Maher. He pretty much rocked the night away!!! He's pretty funny. When we where talking and I told him that I worked with Especialidades Juveniles (Spanish Youth Specialties) he said "I just bought Roseda Stone and I'm learning spanish!" Pretty funny..

National youth Workers convention

Being that we are part of the Spanish Youth Specialties (Especialidades Juveniles) Staff, Paola and I are at the English convention here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We where given an awesome room to stay (a Junior Suite).. It rocks!! We will pics through the next few days. But here's one that shows the stage that we are using during the convention..

Encouraging..

This video is 8 mins of encouraging words that will lift you up.. Take this time to just listen to Luie speak.. I promise that you will be impacted..

This video needs a one word comment..

Comment the first thing that comes to mind...

We are in the Hospital

It 3am and I'm sitting in a Labor room with Pao. She's sleeping after a few hours of intense pain from her contractions. The doctor gave her a Epidural (no it's not Pao's but in the video)shot and some sleeping medicine, so Pao is pretty much knocked out. Before she fell asleep, she said "I feel like I'm walking on clouds." She's also hooked up to a machine where I can constantly hear David's heart beat. It's beauty. Keep us in your prayers. David will probably be born around 10 am today.

This is weird..

The Lord's Prayer

This is such an awesome way to pray the Lord's Prayer..

God even talks through paper towel..

This morning, I woke up to something that filled my heart. To my surprise, my car was completely covered with paper towel. There was a box with a dirty diaper on my hood. My car antenna was covered by the paper towel inner cylinder and there was an empty, nasty,box of what seemed to once hold 4 beer bottles. Truth is, a tear came to my eye. It was beautiful. Who ever did it, showed, creativity passion, dedication, and much tender loving care (hence the baby diaper). It was obvious that it was someone that I trained very well. :)

But really, it filled my heart. There was a note on my wind shield that said "You can't escape us P.J." You probably are laughing right now and won't believe what I'm about to say to you, but God spoke to me while I was standing in front of that car.
I was reminded that these years of youth ministry have not been in vein. That in some odd way, God has used them to touch the hearts of some really cool young people. I'm honored.. It's in honor to wake up in the morning and proudly say "Hey, some youth just paper toweled my car because they haven't forget about me." Just like God hasn't forgot about us. Truth is, I think that I felt the same joy that God feels when He sees that we haven't forgotten about Him.

So, today, through out your day, Why not paper towel God's heart? Remind Him that he's on your mind. Let Him know in some cool way that He hasn't escaped your heart. That you love Him. Make Him smile. How about paper toweling someone elses heart? Love God with all your heart, love people like you love yourself. Sounds familiar right?


So we go foward. Pao and I have been in youth ministry for 10 years now and we are hoping for another 20 years. We do it because we love God, love his calling and love young people. To those who blessed me today, I love you for it. Thanks for letting God use you.. Even if you didn't know He was.. :)

Winning PIC

OK, it's not really me, but admit that you had to look twice!

Paintball..

So I've spent the morning thinking on how I can blog about paintball and connect it with Jesus.. Although a few ideas came to mind, I don't think they where that convincing.. Here's a few:

1) Paintballing reminds me that Jesus died on the cross and shed His RED blood so that we can be saved
2) Paintball games remind me of spiritual warfare. When you sin, you get stained?
3) Paintballing is like church, we all together get dressed up, as one, fight the good fight?

Ok, I'll stop.. But it we are still going paintballing ok? So to remind you all on how REAL this can become, here's a short video!

WARNING: Paintball is not for the weak of heart!

Operation Christmas Child

The Official website describes this project this way: "Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe. People of all ages can be involved in this simple, hands-on missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ."

I don't know about you, but I want to be part of this! Our youth group will be taking a big part of it. The whole church will be meeting to put together as many shoe boxes as we can, but our youth group will be meeting also on our own to set up even more boxes ourselves. Valeri is helping me out on this project, so soon she will have more info, but for now, I leave you with a video that shows how they gave out gifts in Panama last year with Operation Christmas Child. This is what it's all about.. Loving people the way God loves us...

Laser Tag!!!

Ok, so we are finally going!!! This Thursday we are going to set up a date and time on our adventure! The place we are going to is really cool. Check out the website here.. This is a perfect chance to bring some friends! The prices are: $9 for one game, $8 per game for 2, or $20 for three games. I'm thinking we are going for the 3 game price, each game is 14 min each.

www.solareclipselasertag.com

Peru!!!

This is a video of the soup kitchen that we opened in a high school in Peru. Every month, we send money to Peru. With our help, the kitchen is able to feed 20 youth everyday. It's an awesome thing to let God use us..

Everything..

You might have seen this before.. If you went to the last La Patrulla Campamento that I did, you saw the play done live.. Here's a clip of it done by some other people.. It's such a impactful drama... It reminds you of what Jesus has done for us... Enjoy..

This is my King!!!!

I love this video.. I know you will also.. THIS IS MY KING!!!! Do you know Him??

Ipod Repair...

Did you ever think that you had to buy a new IPOD if yours breaks? Well that is all over now!!! You can get it repaired.. A friend of mine did and it wasn't expensive. Shipping is even free!!!! The shop is in California.. I know, I know, don't cry of happiness.. You can thank me later... Click on the link below to go to the site..


Ipod repair

Bananas???

So School's about to begin, so here starts the notion in science class that we evolved from monkeys.. Don't know about you, but I don't come from a monkey! Truth is, God created you.. You where NOT some scientific project, or a mistake. God created you with reason and for a reason. You have a purpose. So next time a teacher tries to tell you that your first grandfather was King Kong, just remember what God says:

"God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!" Genesis 2:7 (The Message)

No bananas for me!!!

This is funny and soooo real!!!

Story of redemption...

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/reports/danielle/

Get ready to cry...

For all you singles out there!

Los Jueves..Thursdays..

We've been waiting for a few months and it's finally here! The official youth community of La Iglesia! Of course, it's in spanglish... Asi que ya tu sabes! It's every Thursday night at 7pm at Jay and Pao's house.. This is the site where you can come on and find postings, video's, and a whole bunch of things that will reflect who we are.. You can post comments also!!! So have fun..