Hey there kiddies, I just wanted to keep you up to date on the Bible College front. I’m hoping to send Capernwray my application tomorrow, YAY! If you stick around until the end of this post, I’ll show you where exactly I’ll be going.
I have come to the conclusion that come September I will be very short of funds for my trip to England (travel and various other expenses) if I strictly rely on my own income, especially with external expenses that plague my family and I seemingly never ending. (please excuse the bad grammar). So please pray for me. In efforts to raise the necessary dabloons I will soon setting up an online store where you can buy prints of photos that I’ve taken, this will take place of the current photo galleries. I will try to keep the photos tasteful and of high caliber. If you have any requests, please let me know because I am not transferring the entire gallery. So stay tuned for that.

In related news: I just finished re-writing my Bible Application. I wasn’t very happy with it the first time, writing it on the paper, so this time I wrote in on the computer first. I’m very happy with this draft and feel it better captures where my heart is, why I’m going to Bible College, and who I am in general. Since it’s already in electronic form, I thought I’d let you all take a look at some excerpts from my application.

Give a brief account of your conversion and experience of the Lord Jesus Christ.
At a very young age my family and I lived on the same lot of the church where my parents were pastors. I was very inquisitive, always yearning to know more and understand. I once asked my father what Christianity was, and how I could become a Christian. He explained best he could, and I consented to praying the sinners prayer and giving my life to Christ, though I’m not sure I quite understood my decision. Since I was about 10 or so, I’ve struggled with myself to fully commit myself to Christ, and to conform to His ways. Needless to say I have failed and yet haven’t given up. I have found that large gatherings, concerts and seminars have left me fairly empty almost instantaneously, those both Christian and secular, though there have been exceptions. I have only experienced Christ fully through servant hood and reaching out to the least of these as well as the change that occurs in pursing Christ in every aspect of my life.

How has the Lord been working in your life recently and how would you describe your relationship with Him today?
I believe Christ is calling me into a deeper understanding of His character, that no matter how much I know and no matter how much I do: I have not gained salvation through my own volition. Only through His grace and His mercy through His love have I been saved. In my pursuit of this understanding I have found I can only fully understand once I have made myself nothing and make myself a servant of those in desperate need of His love - to all around me. I feel that sometimes profession of faith has been so diluted with hypocrisy that some can not see my Saviour through me, because sometimes I confess with my lips, yet negate all meaning through my action. I feel that I have come someway in my understanding of Christ, I feel like I’ve made much progress in discipline, action and speech, yet I have not fully connected, and do not feel like my relationship in Christ is where it should be. I have neglected Christ far too often, and that I must pursue Him more often in the secret. I feel like I am still in the early months of my courtship with my Saviour, there is still more I want to know, and still more I must surrender. I have accepted Him as Saviour but still have some way in making Him my Lord.

What are your reasons for wishing to attend Bible School?
I long for a better understanding of the bible; I want to learn how to discern what the writer truly means and what God wants me to hear. I believe that a concrete understanding of the Holy word is an asset in keeping myself in line with God’s will and necessary in recognizing truth. I want to stretch myself in a new setting and be stretched by those who yearn for God as I do. I need to be made uncomfortable, and need to experience new things and new cultures.

In what Christian service have you been engaged?
Currently I am program director at an inner city ministry working with kids: City Kidz. I previously volunteered there for 8 years. I have worked at children’s camps as counselor, on maintenance and program teams, as well as writing and teaching curriculum through skits and object lessons. I’ve been on a few worship teams: on stage, behind the sound board and behind a computer; I led one of the teams. I have started and lead a high school Christian fellowship.

For all those who waited, and are wondering where Capernwray is exactly, check out the map on Google and check out their website. It’s like a castle in Carnforth, Lancashire, England! Spiffy.