Confessions at 4 in the morning

Hello friends! 

There is no real confessions I just though this would be a catchy title to see if anyone would visit hahaha. 

So here I am, 4:08 in the A.M. too excited to sleep. Why? Because Saturday I leave for Kenya, Africa and there are things I need to get done before then. This will be my first mission opportunity outside the U.S. and I am totally pumped for it! I will be gone August 18th - 31st. So here is part of my To-Do list to get done, just incase you're bored lol. If there's anything you can think of that I may need to get please feel free to leave a comment. 

T0-Do:

-Pray.

-Start packing.

-Get interpreter snacks.

-Hem pants. 

-Get memory chip for camera. 

-Take AND pack Malaria pills (very important). 

-Mail letters. 

-Pack shot records. 

This is about as far as I got lol. I know there's more but most of that has to do with the packing process. 

Anyway, thank you for reading and hope you all have a great day/night :o) 

P.S. If anyone likes relaxing music, check out the Mat Kearney station on Pandora. 

Much love,

-Mikey J. 

New Orleans Mission

Dear friends & family, 

Tomorrow morning a team of 15 including myself are heading down to New Orleans, LA. Students from the University of Memphis BCM and Jackson State BCM are teaming up for a mission to do light construction, back yard bible clubs and I'm sure much more. We will be gone from Saturday to Thursday. 

Please keep us in your prayers over this next week with travel, reaching out to people, positive attitudes, and energy :o) 

Stay tuned for updates throughout the week and pictures! 

Thank you. 

Mikey J 

Summer 2011

So I realize this is over half a year late but better late than never right? 

Summer 2011 I went back home to the Pacific Northwest where I was born and raised and where all my family and a good portion of my childhood and H.S. friends still are. 

While I was home for 2 weeks I got the opportunity to go camping at one of my favorite places to go, Lake Quinault. The pictures following this will be of ones I snapped around our campsite. 

Lake Quinault is an amazing place for camping, hiking, swimming, a day drive, breakfast and lunch or to simply just sit back and relax.

So let me begin my picture tour, descriptions will be below the pic: 

To start us off, this is the sign leading into our camp area. There is a stream and a bridge right behind this sign and then so was our camp spot. 

This is the Lake Quinault Lodge. They have really good food and there's usually always travelers from all over the world staying here. It has an amazing view of the lake which I'm getting to shortly. I have never actually stayed at the lodge but have been there a handful of times. If you ever get the chance to stay here, do it. 

Here is that view I was just talking about. What a view! As you can see just in this picture there's opportunity to sit in the sun and relax, grab a kayak or a canoe and paddle around the lake, swim, and much more. Love it. 

Here is a spot we chose to go swimming. The water is cold but you get used to it, the wind is what makes it worse lol. It's not always windy but on this day there was a breeze, still felt great though. 

This is Christi. She is one of my best friends and I have known her for a long time. She goes to Western Washington University and is on her way to being an English teacher, hence the Discovering Grammar book lol. Oh and that's her dog Phantom in the background playing with a stick. 

What a sunset. I love the little things in life. 

An opening spot on the trail between our campsite and the lodge at sunset. 

And last but not least my self portrait haha. 

If you made it to the end I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Like most things in life it's hard to explains sometimes how amazing something is until you see it for your self. I hope if you are ever in the Pacific Northwest you get the chance to venture up to Lake Quinault. 

Have a great day my friends. 

-Mikey J-

Poem

Once more into the fray.

Into the last good fight I'll ever know.

Live and die on this day...

Live and die on this day...

God Believes in You

So here's something that has been on my mind. 

There's people in the world who either "choose" to follow Jesus, don't know of Jesus, or "choose" to not follow Jesus. I understand this, we are all in one of those options at some point in our life.  

If you choose NOT to follow Jesus because you don't believe in him or the Bible, that is your choice, I will never force anything I believe down your throat. On the other hand, I am always open to share what I know and what I believe. But this still really isn't what's been on my mind. 

What I'm really questioning is for the people who choose not to follow Jesus. If Jesus, God, the Bible, if you don't believe in any of this, then WHY do you spend SO MUCH TIME and EFFORT trying to prove something wrong that you don't believe in?? If you don't believe in it then just leave it alone. 

My Facebook news-feed is constantly being filled up with people's conversations about "God is fake" God doesn't exist" "here's some links to prove Christians wrong"... Seems to me, you have something personal going on. And if you have this personal mission going on with something you don't believe in, take a minute and have a conversation with this "fake" God. What do you have to lose?  

For those of you that don't believe in God just remember this, He believes in you... 

Be well my friends, 

Michael J. Moorman 

2012 Resolution List

So I have started my 2012 list. 

I plan on adding more as something comes along. 

Or erasing. 

Either way it's a start :) 

So here is my 2012 list: 

-Graduate with my A.S. 

-Transfer to a university. 

-Get an internship. 

-Go on a mission. 

-Feed the hungry. 

-Help someone in need. 

-Grow my friendships. 

-Go Kayaking. 

-Get involved with the community/city. 

-Teach someone something new. 

-Go hiking. 

-Make a difference. 

-Start a relationship. 

-Cook more and eat out less. 

-Take advantage of open opportunities. 

-Get on a workout schedule. 

-Racquetball Tournaments

-Kill as many spiders as possible. 

-Check out the local sites. 

-Blog more about experiences/life. 

So as you can see there are a number of things on my list. 

Some kind of go together and are broad so that if for example I hike to see somewhere new, that's 2 in 1 ;) 

I'm excited for the new year. 2011 hasn't been too bad but a fresh start will be nice. 

So lets kick things off the right way and make the best of 2012 :) 

Michael J. Moorman 

Life: One Still at a Time

I've been back on the Harbor since the 15th now and I've taken a bunch of pictures with my phone and want to share some of them with y'all. So lets jump in and check em out: 

This is a picture I took out at the beach in Ocean Shores. The sky was on fire from the setting sun and with the waves rolling in it made for a sweet moment. 

This is me, taken on the same beach, about 20-30 minutes before the first picture. Don't mind the beard, I normally let it grow out when I'm in Washington. Totally the Mountain Man in me. 

Speaking of beards, this is exactly what I would look like if I grew my beard out to this length. I have no more words for this... lol

I love the way this picture turned out. I took this on my walk the other day while out on the Sand Piper Trail. The original picture has color to it but I was playing with an app on my phone and this is how it turned out. I love the way the sun ray comes over the T. And for those that don't know the T is for the University of Tennessee. Since being in Washington, some have confused it with other T's like Texas. Go Vols! 

I will make sure to keep putting more pictures and post's up here. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and you're looking forward to the new year! 

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, 

Michael J. Moorman