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Over Lake Michigan.

Okla. City

William booth

“I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost; Christianity without Christ; forgiveness without repentance; salvation without regeneration; politics without God; and Heaven without Hell."

–William Booth

My heart cry

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art

Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;

Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;

Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:

Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,

Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:

Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,

High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won,

May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, 

proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, 

fierce, despisers of those that are good, 

Traitors, heady, highminded, 

lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 

Having a form of godliness, 

but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, 

and lead captive silly women laden with sins, 

led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to 

come to the knowledge of the truth. 

(2Timothy 3:1-7)

I glance over the shoulder of a young Englishman, 

in all the optimism of youth. He reads a book; 

his face intent. He would be a follower of Christ; 

but, horror of horrors, he is reading the testimony 

of an atheist! "I am not a Christian because I do 

not see Christians. Were I a Christian I should 

believe and obey the words of Christ, Who described 

the world as going in a mad rush to the eternal torments 

of hell, and that without any need that it should be so, 

for Christ died for men that all who believe may be saved, 

and commanded His followers to make the news known to 

every creature. Christ threw away His life to save the 

world! Christ called on His followers to throw their world 

away and sacrifice their lives and all they held dear to 

save their fellows, not merely to publish the Gospel, 

but to prove its truth to an unbelieving world, by 

showing through their obedience, that they themselves 

believed the what they preached." "Were I a Christian," 

continued the atheist, "and if by so doing I could save 

even one soul from hell, I should consider myself 

well repaid for having spent my whole life in perpetual hardship, 

agony, ridicule, and shame." This book shut with a snap. 

The young man had made his decision. 

(Excerpt from Parable of the D.C.D.) 

Cherry pick'n day

Me and Kiyah

The bonfire

Lightin it up

The boys

Cookin s'mores 

My view this morning

I'm such a blessed man. Serving the Lord has been the most amazing experience of my life. Though I don't have a set schedule each day, and my life doesn't fit the average 21 year old way of life, there's something amazing to trusting Christ with everything. Everyday's an adventure. A year ago I never dreamed that I'd be on a ranch in Oklahoma. It's incredible how a man devises his way but it's truly the Lord that directs the path. Even though my life may not look normal or maybe it's not going the way I thought it should a year ago, I couldn't be happier knowing I'm walking in His perfect will for my life.

"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him."

-Jim Elliot

Update

Here's the house we're working on

The homestead

 Putting in cabinets

My attempts at trim...

The ride

I'll have more up soon...

I'm currently working on a ranch in Ada, Oklahoma. The family that I've been blessed with the opportunity of serving alongside has a deep passion for the kids that are in the Foster Care system. But what the Lord has especially pressed upon their hearts are the thousands of kids that will "age out" of the system without ever being adopted. The goal of this ranch is to serve as a home to some of those kids that will age out, and to give them a strong foundation in Christ.