A New Year, A New Life…

It seems like almost everything in my life has changed in the past week. This semester is gonna look vastly different than any I have experienced yet. New job, new church, new church service position, new community service position. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot, I got one of those girlfriend thingies now. So that’s pretty cool

So yeah, as you can see, it’s gonna be “different”. But different in a good way. I am really excited about all these changes in my life! Let me break em down for ya.

The Job
I now work for Papa John’s Pizza. I deliver pizzas to people who live in rich neighborhoods on the south side of town. It’s gonna be sweet. Justin works there and he pretty much hooked me up with the job. I’m excited to finally not be in debt! And hopefully I will start makin some big bucks fairly soon so I can start saving for Alaska this summer!
Unfortunately, the bus driving thing didn’t quite work out the way I hoped. I found out the Aggie Bus drivers don’t make near as much as I thought and was planning on making this semester, and delivering pizzas was bring Justin a ton of money. So Papa John’s it is!!

The Church
The weekend before last, I went and checked out St. Luke’s UMC over in Bryan. They were having their “launch service” for their new worship. They now meet in Mary Branch Elementary School and have a new music minister and stuff. So it was a cool time to go check it out. Pretty much as soon as I got there I was blown away. The people were amazingly nice and genuine and I really felt welcome. After the service, I got to meet the pastor and talk with him for a little bit. Out of nowhere, he asked me “Do you know anyone who plays guitar?” So I said “Uh, yeah… I do, and I have some friends that do, too.” And he got real excited and said “You do? Really? Come here!” And he took me over to the music minister and said “This is Eric and he plays guitar!” And the music guy’s eyes got real big and he said “Reeeaally?! What are you doing at 6 pm this Wednesday?!” So I immediately got sucked into the worship team. But it was really cool. I am excited about serving through music this year, and I now totally have a Sunday morning church home and a commitment. It is great!

The Community Service
I am super pumped to be getting involved with Big Brothers this semester. I have an interview this week to become a Big Brother mentor for a kid in town. It is a great opportunity to really make a positive impact on the life of a child or youth. It’s not a huge time commitment, but enough to get to know the kid and become good friends. I am really looking forward to shooting some hoops or playing some other random run around kid games or just hangin out with a cool kiddo! It’s gonna be awesome!

And last but certainly not least,

The G.F. (teehee!)
So this is a pretty cool little development in my life. Last fall, I was pretty dang content with being single, and I actually was kinda hoping to be this year as well, at least until my Alaska trip. But stuff happened. Haha, there isn’t a better way to say it really. For those who don’t know, it’s Kristin Kay, a pretty dang cool girl from Wesley, if I do say so myself. Which I do. But yeah… at the end of last semester, as we hung out and talked and took a random roadtrip together and stuff, I guess we started liking each other or whatever you call it. I still don’t know how it is possible that she likes me. But it’s great. And like I said, it just kinda happened. All of a sudden. It’s funny, cause for so dang long I looked and even prayed for a girlfriend (haha, seriously… I’m pretty lame I guess) cause I felt like I needed one or something. And then last semester when I started looking forward to the freedom of being single in the near future, and serving Christ in that, God all of a sudden put Kristin right there and was like, “Hey, now that you’ve stopped looking for a girl, you’ve found one.” Or something like that. I think God sometimes teaches us with paradoxes. Like “Lose your life and you will find it”. Stuff like that. It’s pretty cool though. I am excited about growing in our relationship. I don’t really even remember how this whole dating thing works, haha. But I just want God to be there in it, and help us grow closer and closer to Him through it. It seriously feels weird. Not weird in a bad way. More like not-used-to-it-weird. Or something like that. I think I’m rambling again… Anyway, dating seems like pretty much a new thing for me now. It is a change in my life I wasn’t totally prepared for, but I’m definitely excited about it!

As you can see, my life has pretty much flipped upside down (in a really cool hanging-from-the-monkey-bars kind of way, not in the flat-on-my-back kind of way) over the last week or so. And combined with my easy schedule of 13 hours (all on Tuesday & Thursday, Whoop!), this semester is gonna be a total surprise. Life is different. But life is good. It’s crazy how fast God can change things in our lives, how fast things can go from good to bad or from bad to good or from good to great or whatever. It really makes me think and not take any moment for granted. Cherish and hold on to each present moment, and then let it go once it’s gone. Eternity is gonna be really cool, when we don’t have to cling to the past or look to the future or be scared to give up the present, cause all will be one, and our joy will be complete. That is a freakin hard concept to get my mind around. But it’s pretty awesome. Anyway, I be ramblin again. Cause “Lord, I was born a ramblin man.” I’m gonna jet now and go experience the new landscape that is my life. Or something metaphorically profound like that. 2007. Be all that you can be. Wow, I am cheesy, and wow, it’s true… I can’t end a conversation or even a post on here apparently. So this is the end. But really it is only the beginning of this year. But… I just gotta stop now. Peace.