a peek in my mind

We are changing the world!

2011-12-22T14:34:00.003-05:00

We Made it!
A semester truly blessed by God's GraceWith new leadership on campus this past semester (both staff and students) we were able to see the power of God working through each one of us. Student leaders took the plunge with me this semester in trying new programs and plans...though some plans didn't turn out as well as others, we were still able to see God use each moment as a learning piece as we continue to serve the campuses in Newark together. We saw an average growth of ~20 participants in our Large Groups and an increase of 10 new members at each of the three newark campuses!!! Praise God!

Even with this increase, Student leaders and I are still hungry to reach the thousands of students present in the 3 Newark Campuses. Programs for next spring are already being planned so we ask for your continuous prayer as we strive to see Students and Faculty Transformed, Campuses Renewed, and World Changers Developed. Programs next semester will include Large Group, Small Group, Community Service, Tabling for Proxe Stations and invitations to come to Large Group, and last but not least, new Evangelistic programs!!!

Welcome Stephanie!!!
Not only is the chapter growing, so is our Staff team =]
Earlier this week I got a text message from Stephanie saying "(a donor) is giving a $200 a month gift!!!! Ahhhhh I feel like running out in my office ahhhh!" I answered with: "Wow!!! That is freaking awesome!!!" and she replied with "Hahahahahhaha!!!! Yes yesssss! woohooooooo!!!"
With this gift, Stephanie reached her 70% mark which would allow her to come on campus part time! WOOT!!!!!! PRAISE GOD! Thank you all for your continuous support and prayer. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED to see what God has in store as we will begin this partnership in ministry together starting in January. In the mean time, I want to ask you all to keep both of us in prayer. Please pray for:

quick understanding of each other's personalities and leading style

good communication between us

for God to use both our gifts to serve the students of Newark

Thank you again for all the support in prayer. As for myself, I am always looking for new financial partners in ministry. I am currently $15,000 away from being fully funded for this academic school year. Please consider a year end gift of $100 (or more!) or even possibly sign up as a monthly donor of $50 a month. To make a donation, please click here.

InterVarsity Alumni

are Changing the World!

Gary Nagelhout, NJIT IVCF Alumnus

Watch the CNN Interview:http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/02/21/romans.pres.math.science.cnn

"NJIT's IVCF was a vital part of my spiritual and emotional growth as a young adult. It helped prepare me for challenges I would face throughout my career as a engineer at IBM for 31 years. And it helped prepare me for the challenges of changing careers to become a math teacher - and give up a good salary for a much lower paying private school teaching position. I learned during my years as a part of the IV chapter to "trust God even for the seemingly impossible" - which is what I had to do go back to college, earn another Master's while working full time, at a time when new teaching jobs are almost non-existent. Now I am able to look back and see God's hand in taking me through this transition in my life. I thank God for what He taught me during my IV days"

- Gary Nagelhout

Be a Financial Partner!
I am continually seeking new donors for my ministry with InterVarsity. If you or someone you know would love to be a financial partner, please reply back to me and I would love to answer any questions that you have. If you are ready to donate today, please follow this link and to make a donation today!

Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!!!

Boaz Tingson
Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark

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Newark October Ministry Update!

2011-10-18T16:35:00.001-04:00

October 2011

Are YOU broken?
a recap of InterVarsity at Newark
"The question I want to ask is not, 'where is God when you're broken?' but 'WHO is God when you're broken?' "

- Marie Rodriguez - NNJ/NYC New Staff FD Coach

In the midst of living in a broken world, students were asked to think about who God is when they are broken. Furthermore, they were asked to think about who God is for those that are broken on campus...especially those that do not know Jesus.

As students took time to reflect after the message, I felt a change/shift in the room and the atmosphere. There was a sense of excitement and a burning desire to share and invite the gospel by students. Even with the our numbers increasing each week at large group (we're setting new records each week...Praise God!), one of the LG coordinator is disappointed because we haven't seen any non-Christians come to large group and we haven't seen any conversions happen on campus.

Students are not satisfied with just seeing our fellowship grow. They want to see people come to Jesus!

We are going to Big Event!
this is one way that you can help!
Each fall, InterVarsity in NY/NJ invites students to participate in the "The Big Event". The Big Event is our fall training conference to help equip students as they invest in growing their faith along with hundreds of other students in New Jersey and New York City. They choose from a variety of tracks that range from prayer to leadership to evangelism. You can find out more about The Big Event here.

Currently there are 20 students from the 3 Newark schools registered. I am praying that at least 5 more will register before the price goes up by the end of this week. There is a lot of interest shown by Newark students, but many of them can't afford to attend as the cost for this conference is $160 per student (registration and transportation). If you would like to help and provide a scholarship, please follow this link and let me know that you've made a donation to allow Newark students to attend The Big Event!

Pictures from this fall =]

Newark Students praying on campus getting ready for Community Service

Welcome to Large Group!

Worship team preparing for LG

Club Fair at Rutger University

Club Fair at NJIT

Be a Financial Partner!
I am continually seeking new donors for my ministry with InterVarsity. If you or someone you know would love to be a financial partner, please reply back to me and I would love to answer any questions that you have. If you are ready to donate today, please follow this link and to make a donation today!

School is almost here!!!

2011-08-18T14:09:00.000-04:00

NJIT Campus Center during the summer

School is just around the corner!
and we need you to PRAY!The school year for the Newark Campuses begins on 9/1/11. In just two weeks, what seems to be an empty student center will be filled with thousands of eager and bright young minds pursuing to find their place in society. They are hungry for meaning and thirsty for community to belong, but more importantly, they are dead in their sin. They are about to begin or rekindle friendships and make decisions that will last beyond their time on campus...and I can't wait to meet them!!!

As our former Regional Director puts it, "our work began as a response to the prayers of students, faculty, parents, and friends. Our work continues as an expression of our prayers that God's kingdom come. Our work will endure only if we listen to God and partner with God in prayer...so we're going to pray!" We will be beginning our 40 day prayer campaign starting this coming monday (8/22) and it will last until the end of September. Please join me in praying for the ministry of Intervarsity throughout the campuses here in New York and New Jersey. I hope to send you our daily prayer emails with a short prayer request from myself over the next 40 days. Please keep me accountable in keeping you up to date with our prayer initiative =]

So what's going on in Newark?
Our outreach initiatives this coming monthWith new students arriving in less than two weeks, Newark student leaders have been hard at work with planning and thinking through how we can meet them. Here are our plans for NJIT and Rutgers for this coming fall:

Be present at freshman orientation on 8/22,24,26 @ RU

Taboo/game night @ RU student center on 9/6

Bowling night @ NJIT student center on 9/7

First Large Group of the year on 9/8

Movie Night at a residential hall @NJIT on 9/9

Church tours for residential students for the month of September

Pictures from this summer =]

Newark Student Leaders working hard to plan during the summer!

Glow sticks! Each glow stick represents a student that came to Christ through the ministry of Intervarsity from 2006 to 2011. Last year we saw 303 students in NY/NJ come to faith through our ministry!

The risk we're facing in NNJ this year: overcoming the bridge of Fund Raising with our 5 new Staff appointees as well as for those of us that are currently raising funds.

Be a Financial Partner!Thank you all so much for the financial support you have provided over my first year on staff. I cannot express my gratitude for all of you who have supported me. Nevertheless, I am currently looking for continual as well as new donors for my second year on staff...if you have the means and burden to support me, please let me know and I would love to meet with you and answer any questions that you have. For those of you who are ready to donate now, you can click here and make your donation today!

Boaz Tingson
Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark

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June Update

2011-06-21T18:26:00.002-04:00

June 2011

Your Kingdom Come...
Basileia Recap

"We don't serve a God that does or do...but a God who IS" - Nicole Page (IV Staff at R.I.T - Basileia week 1 Teacher)

This year at Basileia, students heard teachings from the book of Revelation chapters 4-8. As I observed students at each of the three weeks of camp this year, one thing that was evident in all three weeks was students realizing what it meant to be serving the ONLY God worthy of sitting in the throne room. Students were challenged to cast their crowns to Him who sits on the throne, torenounce their fears that hinders them from worshipping the lamb that was slain, and to take courage in faith and allow the Holy Spirit to use them to bring God's Kingdom to their campus.

Speaking of Kingdom work, we were able to witness God drawing his people to him at Basileia 2011. Over the course of three weeks, we saw students invite over 25 non-Christians to camp this year...and out of the the 25, 10 of them made commitments to Jesus for the very first time! (it could possibly be more...but there were 10 that were reported). That has never happened before! God is truly working in the lives of our students here in the campuses in NY/NJ...and I hope that you are just as excited as I am to be a part of this ministry.

Intervarsity Newark Students at Basileia 2011

...Your will be done
IV @ Newark for 2011-2012
Seeing God's Kingdom working at Basileia excited not only myself, but students from all over Newark as well. As student leaders spent the week thinking of goals, plans, and programs for the 2011-2012 school year, one thing that came to mind is the desire to increase each of our three chapters by 20 this year...that's a total of 60 new students in Newark involved with InterVarsity! We are also hoping to continue the success of our Small Group ministry by having 10+ small groups present at all three chapters, as well as hosting weekly Large Groups as we tackle the question of "Where is God when ____?" In turn, we are aiming to meet over 1,500 students during New Student Outreach which has already started at NJIT and will begin soon at Rutgers - Newark and Essex County College.
In addition, I got the opportunity to meet the new staff worker I will be working with. Her name is Stephanie and I am looking forward to work in ministry with her on campus; however, before she can come on campus, she needs to work on her fund development. If you would like to make a contribution to her, you can click here and make a donation for Stephanie Torres.

Serving the Name above all names,

Boaz Tingson

Plenary during week 3 Basileia

my small group for week 2 Transforming Prayer

my small group for week 3 Transforming Prayer

Personal Update from Boaz Tingson

I made it!I am extremely excited to report that with one week left of my first year of Fund Raising, I have reached my goal! Praise God! I want to thank you all your continuous support in prayer and finance. Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! If it wasn't for you, I definitely could not be doing this work. You are an extremely vital part of my ministry and I pray that we will continue to work together to bring about God's kingdom to the campuses in Newark. If you would like to give before my fiscal year ends (it ends on 6/30) you may click here to donate.

We're going to Basileia! & new donation link =]

2011-05-05T17:25:00.000-04:00

Hello Prayer Partners!

YEAH! Uh huh, you know what it is...Basileia Basileia Basileia Basileia =D

Yes, it is indeed that time of the year again. This year, I have the privilege of being at camp for 3 weeks to be with Intervarsity students of NY/NJ as they attend a conference called Basileia. For those of you who don't know, Basileia is IV's summer leadership and discipleship training for students in our region. Basileia is Greek for “kingdom”—the kingdom of God! We’ve named our summer training Basileia because we want students to deepen their knowledge of Jesus Christ as King and improve their capacity to be His ambassadors on campus. In addition, this training points beyond college as they will settle in communities, participate in churches and enter the marketplace as kingdom people who make a world of difference.

With that in mind, will you join together with me to pray for students for this coming 3 weeks. (5/13-6/2).

Please pray for:

Safety in traveling (it is ~300 miles from Newark)
Spiritual & Physical well being of staff, volunteers and students (my allergies have been worse than usual this year)
For God to reveal himself as students from all over NY/NJ come to camp each week
For me as I lead student leaders of Newark for the first time (on my own!) in program planning for the academic year of 2011-2012

In other News: there is a new donation website! If you have a profile with the old website, it should still work with the new one (mine worked). If you need any help with setting it up, please do not hesitate to ask. Speaking of donations...I am currently still about $10,000 short of my fiscal year goal. Please continue to pray for my support and fund raising. If you would like to make a donation now, you can click here and donate today!

serving the Name above all names,
Boaz Tingson

March 2011 Ministry update

2011-03-17T20:19:00.002-04:00

We welcomed 3 new members to the Kingdom of God!

Over the last month, we have seen 3 students come to faith in our Large Group. Here are their stories:

Caroline, from Rutgers-Newark, has been friends with our Chapter President, Marilyn, and after 3 weeks of consistent spiritual conversations after class, she accepted the invitation to attend LG. As our speaker Ashley Byrd made the invitation to faith, Marilyn leans over to her friend and says "are you ready to turn away from sin and run to God's embrace and accept Jesus into your life?" Caroline nodded yes and asked Marilyn to go to the front with her.
Matt, a freshman with Junior class status at NJIT responded to a call during LG a few weeks back when we talked about Forgiveness. He realized that he was doing Christianity, but not being a Christian. He came up within seconds of the call being done and the guest pastor walked him into the Kingdom
Lola, a freshman from Rutgers, stood alongside Matt and rededicated her life to Jesus after telling Marie that she had let college take her far away from God. She embraced God's forgiveness and is desiring to walk with Christ more firmly than ever.

Leadership changes at Newark

With the end of the school year coming soon, we are in the midst of making transitions with student leadership as well as Campus Staff leadership here at Newark. I am extremely excited to let you know that my ministry partner, Marie Rodriguez, will be taking on a new position with Intervarsity beginning this summer. Her new position will take her away from the campuses here at Newark. She will begin doing fund development coaching to newly appointed staff as well as allowing her to spend more time with her two boys and another one that is coming in the next month =]
With that being said, I would also like to let you know that we are looking forward to welcoming a new provisionally appointed staff at Rutgers - Newark. Pending on her fund development, we are praying that she will be able to begin campus ministry in the spring semester of 2012. In addition, we have welcomed 3 other staff to our area here in North New Jersey/Hudson Valley. Will you join with me to celebrate and give thanks to God's provision and calling his people to do his Kingdom work on the University Campuses!
I made a video!

There has been so much going around the world today: from the racial incident at UCLA to the earthquake in Japan. It is during times like these that we (Christians) are questioned the most by society on where our God is. As I was going through my devotions yesterday, I came upon the text in 2 Corinthians chapter 1 where it speaks about God being our comfort. As a personal response, a song that I sang at church last week came to mind and I was motivated to make a cover for it. You can watch my video here. My prayer is that you will be able to worship together with me as you watch it =]

Matt and Lola taking a stand in response to God's call at LG.

Prayer Requests:
I still have my cough since Christmas. I'm not exactly sure what is going on at this point, but I have been getting much better this past week. Please continue to pray for my health as allergy season is just right around the corner for me.

With the exciting news of Marie, I am also extremely anxious of what is to come. Pray for peace and comfort in my heart and mind as well as wisdom as I continue to do ministry here in Newark for the remainder of this school year, and the next coming school year.

Will you join with me in praying for the newly appointed staff in our area as they begin their Fund Development in this coming year.
Through God's grace, I have been extremely blessed with all of you who have been praying and supporting me financially. As I am still working on my Fund Raising, I have calculated that I am about $14,000 short of my budget at this point. Please continue to pray for God's provision and blessing through financial partners. If you would like to make a donation, click here.

Boaz Tingson
Campus Staff Member - NJIT

If you would like to support me financially, please donate here

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Spring 2011 Update

2011-02-01T16:56:00.006-05:00

We want to multiply!
Multipliers are essential for our chapters on campus

On Jan. 22, 2011, we saw well over 50 student leaders from all over Northern New Jersey and Hudson Valley Area gathered together for a full day of training. One of the two training offered was giving vision and tools to become a multiplier on campus.

In this track, student leaders were asked the question: "imagine when come Monday, you and the rest of your leadership team were no longer on campus. Who will step up? Will they be ready? Will Intervarsity still exist on campus?"

This idea of multipliers was received by Newark students when they realize what their answers were to these questions. The imagery painted was the idea of teaching someone how to ride a bike. A multiplier is someone who teaches by being patient and pushing the learner in the right direction...as opposed to grabbing handle bars and trying to "pull" them in a direction.

Two skills that came along with this imagery is that student leaders need to be intentional in their ministry, as well as be active in their ministry. Planning and programming is not the only thing they do.

Last week, 30,000 Newark students began their academic journey for the 2011 spring semester. This new idea/concept has steered the mentality of our student leaders, and we are extremely excited for new programs as well as reviving old ones. However, not only are they planning on their own, teams and committees are forming as student leaders are now truly working together with their peers as we begin to serve our campuses together!

February's 28 Days of Prayer
Join us as Intervarsity in the NY/NJ region to pray during the month of February. We are praying for:

Students & Faculty to be Transformed by the Truth of Jesus Christ
The Campus to be revived and Renewed by the love of Jesus Christ
Students leaders to practice their faith on and off campus as World Changers for the Kingdom of God

If you would like to commit to praying and/or fasting during this month, please contact me for more information.

Prayer Requests:
I've been coughing since the week before Christmas. I finally visited the Doctor's yesterday and I have an infection on my throat. Please pray that I will have a speedy recovery.

I will be giving my first talk at our Large Group meeting next week, please pray for words and truth to inspire students.

I am still working on my Fund Raising. Please continue to pray for God's provision and blessing through financial partners.

Thank you and Merry Christmas

2010-12-22T13:13:00.000-05:00

at NEWARK

Merry Christmas!

please watch this video for a personal message from Boaz =]

and a Happy New Year!

Once again I want to thank all of you for your continuous prayer and support. I am now at 76% of my total budget goal for the year! All of this could not have happened without your prayers. However, with that being said, the last 24% of my budget is still a hefty $17,000 that I need to raise. My goal is to raise all of that this Christmas season. I would like to encourage you to consider giving a year-end donation towards my ministry with Intervarsity. Your generosity will enable us to move forward to serve more students on campus. Your financial partnership will help us to provide more training and discipleship for these students as well as grow them Christian leadership to serve their campus. If you would like to make a donation, please follow this link and follow the instructions on the website.

Serving the Name above all names,Boaz Tingson

tis the season to be Jolly

2010-12-07T13:10:00.001-05:00

Tis the Season...

Hello there Friends!

Our Christmas Concert is just three days away!!! I pray that many of you have planned on coming out to celebrate with us and I hope to see many of your faces this coming Friday =]

If you're still deciding, here are 4 reasons why I think you should attend:

You'll get to spend time with IV students and Alumni that you are investing with me
Enjoy AWESOME Christmas music from 2 talented bands
Hear testimonies directly from IV students at Newark
Learn how to grow your partnership with IV Newark

Again, the information for the concert is:

This Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 at 7 p.m.
The New Hope Baptist Church (website)
106 Sussex Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103
Free parking available in church lot.

If you can't make the concert, that is alright I know that the with the holidays coming up it is difficult to schedule things in. However, I would still like to invite you to make a gift towards the ministry's scholarship fund to help aid students so that they can go to student leadership trainings. Just simply click on this link to donate and follow the instructions on the website.

...to be Jolly =]
Once again I want to thank all of you for your continuous prayer and support. I am now at 76% of my total budget goal for the year! All of this definitely could not have happened without any of your help. However, with that being said, the last 24% of my budget is still a hefty $17,000 that I need to raise. I would like to encourage you to consider giving a year-end donation towards my ministry with Intervarsity. Your generosity will enable us to move forward to serve more students on campus. This semester we hosted 9 small groups in Newark (6 of them in NJIT!) and we would love to grow to 14 in the spring semester...which means we'll have 28 student leaders JUST for small groups! Your financial partnership will help us provide training and discipleship for these students and grow Christian leadership to serve their campus. If you would like to make a donation, please follow this link and follow the instructions on the website.

Serving the Name above all names,
Boaz Tingson

SAVE the DATE for Intervarsity

2010-11-09T13:06:00.000-05:00

^ NJIT students that went to the Big Event. ^ Large Group worship session at the Big Event.
Hello Partners in Ministry!

First off, thank you so much for your continual support in prayer and my work with Intervarsity. I am extremely blessed to be working with you for the advancement of God's Kingdom at NJIT. We had 7 students that participated in the BIGGEST Big Event ever for training and 1 student who served on the camp's workcrew for the weekend.

These students took time off from family, school, and work to invest in their spiritual growth. As a result, their investment translated to a renewed spirit in being an active witnessing community on campus, as well as the desire to continue growing their love for God, God's word, God's people, and more importantly, God's purposes for the world.

As they have committed themselves to continue their spiritual growth, I would like to present an opportunity for you to see these students in person as well as making a direct investment in them. My ministry partner and I will be putting together a Christmas Benefit Concert on December 10, 2010 at a local church in Newark to raise scholarship money for these students so that they may attend our student leadership training in the Spring of 2011. Here is the information for the concert:

So yeah, I pray that you will be able to join me to celebrate our semester of ministry together, as well as taking the opportunity to come meet the students I work with each day! Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions about this benefit concert.

I hope to see you there =]

serving the Name above all names,

Boaz Tingson

October Update!

2010-10-26T21:30:00.002-04:00

click on image to see it bigger

half way...w00t!!!

2010-08-22T23:55:00.003-04:00

I'm half way there!!!

Hello there friend =]
I just wanted to thank you for praying with me for my fund development. God has been doing some amazing things over these past two weeks. I am currently at 40% of my total budget, which is half way to my 80% funding goal. Praise God!

However, this also means that I need to raise another 40% of my total budget (which is about $28,000) in the next two weeks =X Please continue to pray for me and my funding as I am drawing closer to my funding deadline.

Good Soil. Bold Witness. Changed Hearts.In other news, part of what we are doing here in the New York/New Jersey Region is beginning a "40 days of extraordinary prayer". Intervarsity is a conversion ministry. Skeptic to Seeker to Follower to Leader to World Changer. But in order for our ministry to work, we need to PRAY that our message makes its way to Good Soil, so that we can engage our communities by Bold Witness, and invite students and faculty to turn their lives to Jesus resulting in Changed Hearts.

You might be wondering why now? Well, a big reason is that thousands of college students are on their way to campus this fall who do not know Jesus. They are hungry for meaning, they are thirsty to belong to a community, and more importantly, they are dead in their sin. They are in the midst of making friendships and decisions that may last a life time beyond their time on campus...and we want to meet them.

I would like to invite you to join us as we enter this season of extraordinary prayer. Beginning this Sunday Aug. 22, 2010 until Friday Oct. 1, 2010, I plan to pray for Intervarsity-Newark ministry everyday at 9:30pm-9:45pm EST. If you are able and would like to pray with me, simply call (218)-339-2626 and enter access code "7077465" to pray together with me as well as other Intervarsity-Newark staff, students, alumni, donors, churches, and friends. It's FREE!!!

So yeah, I look forward to spending 15 minutes with you daily in prayer for God to prepare the hearts of students on campus to receive His love...and that we will be bold witnesses to hearts that will be changed by God's power!

serving the Name above all names,
Boaz Tingson

August 2010 Prayer Letter

2010-08-04T02:24:00.000-04:00

Thank You!

As I took some time to pause from working on my fund development earlier today, I came to realize that the amount of support and encouragement that I have received thus far has been a true testimony to God's abundant provision.

It has been a true blessing to be in partnership with you in my new ministry with Intervarsity, and I wanted to take some time to tell you that I am extremely thankful for all the prayer support you are providing =]

I am also thankful for all the financial support I have received thus far. I am now at 28% of my full budget. Praise God!

As the school year draws near though, my goal of being 80% funded before the semester begins seems to be impossible for me to accomplish =X

However, I was reminded in my prayer time this week that I serve a God who is abundant in His provision. Even though God has already provided so much for me, He has even more that He plans to give to me...because He has plans to prosper me, and He has plans for me to do His work at NJIT!

So, I would love to invite you to pray with me this coming month in this manner: that as I continue to work on my fund development, God will provide the people and resources that I will need that will allow me to not only reach my 80% goal, but that I can be fully funded by the end of this month!

serving the God of abundance,
Boaz Tingson

donate to me!

2010-06-01T22:16:00.001-04:00

click on image and enlarge if you can't read it well...

http://www.intervarsity.org/donate/to/Boaz_Tingson

my support invitation letter

2010-05-06T13:40:00.001-04:00

HELLO!

Now I know you might be wondering why you’re receiving this email from me…and the reason is that I want to share/update you on how God has been working in my life and calling me over the past few years. In addition, I want to extend an invitation to you to be a part of my team as I begin this new ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

If you hate reading lengthy emails, I’ve taken the liberty of reading this email to you. Just simply follow this link and watch the video and make sure you respond to this message. If you don’t mind reading…then proceed and please respond at the end as well =]

So yeah…here it goes…

So I don’t know if you have heard, but I have accepted a provisional appointment with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to become a Campus Staff worker. InterVarsity is a ministry that wants to see students and faculty transformed, university campuses renewed, and students developed into world changers.

This whole process began in 2006 when I attended my first Urbana Student Mission Conference. The theme of the conference was "Live a life worthy of the calling.” It was at Urbana06 that I felt like God was asking me to serve Him with the gifts He had given me. That was when I made a commitment to consider full time ministry as a career option.

After graduating last spring, I served as an intern at OCM (my home church). During my internship, I confirmed that God was calling me to go into full time ministry–but I had no idea where God wanted me to go or what He wanted me to do. The places and opportunities to serve God in this world are endless. Through many prayers and conversations with family, friends and mentors, my decision came down to going to seminary and becoming a church pastor, or applying as a Campus Staff worker with InterVarsity.

With that decision looming over me, I attended my second Urbana. The theme for Urbana09 was “The word became flesh, and He dwelled among us.” There, we explored how Jesus, the Son of God, the Word, became flesh and lived in our neighborhoods. We are all placed in unique neighborhoods (our workplace, school, where we live, etc.) for the same reason that God sent Jesus to OUR neighborhood: to live among the people and show them the way to get to heaven. It was at Urbana09 that I realized that God was calling me to become a missionary to the neighborhood of the University/College Campus. As a result, I decided to become a missionary with InterVarsity.

So that brings me to the reason why I’m sending you this email. Like all missionaries, I have the responsibility to raise both prayer and financial support for my ministry. This is where YOU come in.

I am extending an invitation (and would LOVE) for you to partner up with me in bringing the good news on university campuses across the world. I would be beyond ECSTATIC if you would consider partnering up with me! If you would like to know more about what I am doing and how you can be involved, I will be more than happy to send you more information.

This is the RESPONSE part…I need you to simply follow this link and fill out this survey. Please fill this survey out by Saturday 5/8/10. It should take you no more than 3 minutes to fill out. *NOTE: by filling this survey out, you are NOT obligated to donate to me. This is simply to allow me to continue sharing with you more details about my upcoming ministry.

In short, I would love to and I really want to do God’s work on the University Campus…but I can’t do this without your help. I hope and pray that you will consider being a part of my team and respond to this email. Even if you can’t support me financially now, I would still love to share more with you and how you can be a part of my prayer support team. I can’t wait to hear back from you! =]

Serving the Name above all names,

Boaz Tingson

hi! my name is boaz...

2010-05-04T20:21:00.000-04:00

i'm going to be the new intervarsity staff worker at NJIT...O.o

today, i got the chance to walk around NJIT's campus and meet the current president, and the upcoming president of the IV chapter at NJIT. listening to the things they shared about their fellowship...from the excitement they had with events that went well, to the concerns/problems of their fellowship, to things/changes that they want to see happen in the next year...made me realize HOW AWESOME my job is going to be. a year ago at this time, i never thought i'd be saying that. i've known that God has called me to full time ministry...the idea of working as a campus staff worker did cross my mind, but who knew that within a year, i'd find out that campus staff is the place God is calling me...and NJIT is my first/current destination. (i say this because i have absolutely no idea if God is going to have me stay there a while, or move me to different places and what not) regardless of what the long future holds, i know that in the near future, NJIT is going to be the place where I'll have the chance to work with students and bring God's kingdom to the campus of NJIT. to share the story of Jesus and His love for us, to speak of truth and what that means in our lives, and to give the opportunity for the students at NJIT to meet a God that longs for a personal relationship with them. To mobilize the students at NJIT and help raise awareness on the importance of being transformed by God, renewal of our campuses and covenant with God, being missional in the things we say and do, and to live a lifestyle of true worshipers that our Father seeks with students and hopefully with faculty as well. Doesn't that sound super exciting?!?!

in the mean time however, i gota start working on my fund development so i can actually begin my work on campus...but this process is a lot harder than i thought...so i should definitely get started on it...like right now...instead of blogging...lol

so yeah, if you read this and don't get an email from me about funding within 2 days of this post, leave me a message and let me know! i would love to send you my funding letter and have you be a part of my support team =]

holy crap...

2010-03-22T21:32:00.001-04:00

im an IV staff worker...

and now....

2010-03-18T14:32:00.001-04:00

i wait... >.<

oh man...

2010-03-11T14:59:00.003-05:00

this is for serious...3/18 @ 10am....keep in your prayers please

edit: to be more specific...please pray for me...i'm having my interview with Intervarsity this thursday

in search of a community?

2010-03-02T00:19:00.002-05:00

it's been a while...haven't really had any urge to post. life has been extremely mundane. weekdays are filled with a LOT of down time...weekends are busy with church. other than that, there's not much else going on.

however, last week, while sitting in my room praying and doing devos, i felt a huge conviction from God to really learn how to stay in contact with people...whether its people of "my past" (like people who i use to talk with) or people of "my present" (people who are around me now) cuz i suck at keeping in touch with people...and since im considering of becoming iv staff..i definitely have to work on that skill so i can stay in contact with my future alums and stuff.

as for people in "my present"...i've been desperately trying to find a community that i can be apart of since graduating from binghamton. and honestly speaking, i haven't done a very good job at it. which has resulted to a LOT of alone time and for an extrovert, that is extremely draining especially spiritually and mentally. so what have i done to deal with it? i sleep...a LOT...i average sleeping 12 hours a day. i know a lot of people out there are probably really jealous at the fact that i get to sleep that much...but its actually just as unhealthy as not getting enough sleep.

anywho, from here on out...im gona be trying to contact people more...even if it means i have to initiate conversation (which btw, i actually really hate to do...cuz i never know how to initiate conversations..im just good at it once someone starts talking) im also gona try to contact people of my past...so if you read this, please keep my accountable for it.

ok..that is all for now...

i'm...

2010-01-19T21:42:00.002-05:00

done!!!

now its all up to God and see if this is something He wants me to do.

55...60 tops

2010-01-13T23:10:00.000-05:00

thats the percentage of this application that i have completed...this thing is becoming ever more clear and real...i am beyond excited and can't wait to see what will come out of this process =]

i should get back to the app now...pieces

urbana09...a "short" recap

2010-01-07T03:13:00.000-05:00

So here's my response paper to Urbana09 for my church for giving me a full scholarship: (its suppose to be only 2 pages max 1.5 spaced)

As I sit here once again thinking about what happened at Urbana09 last week, I find myself to be in a similar position to what I felt 3 years prior: major writer’s block. The sense that I have absolutely no idea where to begin my reflection/response paper is due to the fact that so much had happened last week. For me to sum it up in these few words would be nearly impossible. Nevertheless, here is my attempt to be as concise and brief as possible. But first, a disclaimer:

In response to what most people are intending when they ask “how was Urbana09?” My answers would be: worship was awesome, speakers were great, and the seminars were pretty good, at least the ones I went to. However, this is actually a question I hate answering because it gives me no leeway to share more in depth of how/what Urbana was for me. So for those of you reading this, please don’t ask “how was Urbana?” to me, or any of the attendees. If you really want to know more about Urbana09 (even after reading this whole booklet), please come up and ask us to share some details in which God has spoken to us at Urbana, to share with you on how God is moving in us and how YOU can help us and pray for the decisions we may have committed at Urbana09. Personally, I would love to discuss it over beverage or even a meal, depending if I know you or not? Haha…

Anyways, in response to an invitation like that, I would answer that Urbana09 was overwhelming, informational, moving, and answering.

First, it was overwhelming because of the nature of the conference. To be among 17,000+ attendees, volunteers and leaders was even too much for an extrovert like me. Trying to find some alone time to spend with God in solitude, a spiritual discipline I’ve been trying to practice, was nearly impossible. However, sticking to what I had told the rest of OCM Urbana attendees, I was fortunate enough to find time each day to fast(only for 2 days =X), pray, and really listen to what God wanted to tell me. I found that through these times of solitude and prayer, I was able to listen with clarity for the things that God wanted to say to me. For the things that God wanted to me to do, as well as for the things that God wanted to convict in my heart for the things that convicts His heart.

Second, Urbana09 was informational, as all other preceding Urbanas with the thousands of seminars available, as well as the hundreds of mission agencies that were there. One particular seminar that struck me the most was the very first one I attended. The title of the seminar was “The Missional Church and Worship.” In summary, the speaker points out that people who experience genuine transformation and enter into renewing covenant with God will be unable to NOT be Missional. In return, we will be able to engage with God in spirit and in truth as true worshipers; by living out a lifestyle that is of transformation, a lifestyle that has a renewal of a covenant with God, and a lifestyle that speaks of missions in all that we say and do.

Thirdly, I say that Urbana09 was moving because I definitely felt that God is making a move with the current generation and the generations of collegiate students to come. God is definitely stirring the hearts of this generation to the things that stir His heart. The statement that echoes in my head was asked by one of the speakers, Ruth Padilla Deborst, when she asked us, “Jesus Christ became flesh, and He chose to dwell with us in our neighborhoods. Do you have the eyes to see Him?” As many of you know (or for those that bought an OCM Urbana shirt) that the theme verse for Urbana09 was John 1:14. The idea that Jesus, God, the word, became flesh and chose to dwell among us in our neighborhood was echoed in all the plenary talks. That the King of all kings, Lord of all lords, the almighty, the creator, the one true God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to live and dwell among us, to die for us and our sins.

Lastly, Urbana09 was answering. I say this because going into Urbana09, I was longing for an answer from God for a direction. From Urbana06, I had felt that God was calling me into full time ministry. But for the past 3 years or so, I have been searching and searching for an answer from God and found no luck. I was beginning to become discouraged and was extremely scared that I might have misheard God 3 years ago. Going through the internship over these last few months at OCM and volunteering with Intervarsity however, I was affirmed that I didn’t mishear God; I was merely at a crossroad between seminary and full time staff with Intervarsity. So with this at heart, I prayed and hope that God would finally give me an answer to my dilemma…and He did. As I have mentioned, I was able to find time to pray and consult God alone, as well as with Spiritual Advisors and peers throughout the week. As a result, I have decided to apply to be a full time staff worker for Intervarsity. I have an understanding that God is calling me to the mission field of University/College Campuses. To mobilize the collegiate communities in New York/New Jersey region to help raise awareness on the importance of being transformed by God, renewal of our campuses and covenant with God, being missional in the things we say and do, and to live a lifestyle of true worshipers that our Father seeks with students and hopefully with faculty as well.

So yeah, that was Urbana09 in a nutshell for me. If you have any more questions and/or would like to know more, please come speak to me. i definitely have a LOT more to share if you're interested. =]

do YOU know who HE is?

2010-01-02T22:02:00.000-05:00

Jesus Christ became flesh, and He chose to dwell with us in our neighborhoods. do you have the eyes to see Him?

i had to give a sermon O_0?

2009-12-21T00:32:00.000-05:00

so as my internship here in OCM is drawing near the end, one of my last "assignments" was to preach at youth service...and yeah, i'll admit it...it was pretty fun. sharing with people of the things that i have learned/know has always been something i LOVE to do. getting this opportunity was a LOT more fun than i had anticipated and i definitely don't dread it as much as i did when i first got this assignment.

so yeah...just wanted to leave that thought there...in case i ever wonder if i actually like preaching if given the chance again...haha

if you wana hear a clip...lemme know and i can send it to you?

thats all for now..i really should/need to get some sleep

pieces

prayer warrior

2009-12-02T17:49:00.001-05:00

Dear Grandma,

it was quite hard and confusing last week when i first heard that you were gone. i wasn't exactly sure if i should be in sorrow or be joyful. whether i should be in tears or smiling. if i should have been angry or be happy. but to hear of the things that were said about you over the last couple of days, to see the many that have come to "pay their respects", to see how you've continued to bless your family, even through your death...its inevitable to say that i'm beyond overjoyed that God has brought you back in His arms, finally. to know that you're in the safest and best place you could be...and you're finally able to enjoy the treasures you have stored in heaven.

Thank you for loving me, even when you didn't really get to know me. Thank you for your prayers, even though you didn't know what was going on in my life. Thank you for displaying the faith you had in God, and the way you lived out your life as an example to your family, friends, and the church. most importantly, thank you for showing what it means to be a warrior, a [prayer] warrior for God.

I believe that He loves you where you are
I believe that you've seen the hands of God
I believe that you'll know it when
You're back in His arms again

I believe that He never let you go
I believe that He's wanting you to know
I believe that He'll lead you 'til
you're back in His arms again

And I know that He's callin'
He's callin' you Home

One life, one love, one way Home
And when you rise and when you fall
He will see you through it all
He is waiting, you are called,
back in His arms again. - Mark Schultz

with love from Him, in Him, and through Him

your grandson,

boaz

p.s. can't wait to see you again some day =]

where to start?

2009-11-02T19:50:00.002-05:00

oh man...its been quite some time since i've made a public post...

theres just so much that has occurred that i couldn't get myself to write anything out despite all the good things that has come over this past month. but now that i've had a chance to think things through, i have a few things that i'd like to share with all of you.

one of the things i've realized is that God has been awesomely good to me...and the random posting of the song didn't end up being so random afterall. i've found that within this chaos and confusion that i've gone through, it is most certainly true that God was sovereign and unchanging. and because of that, i've found that i have even MORE reasons to be grateful for all the GOOD things that God is doing in my life now, and all the AWESOME things that He's gona do in my life to come.
i LOVE serving in ministry. i have no idea how/why, but i get extremely excited when i know i have the oppourtunity to serve along brothers and sisters for the sake of God's mission and in bringing His kingdom to our communities.
lastly, i've come to realize again that God loves to work in the weirdest ways. even in the midst of my weakness, God is able use me and teach me lessons that are beyond valuable to my growth spiritually, even extending it to my growth emotionally, mentally, and physically. why? because i worship a God who isn't unable to sympathize with my weaknesses, but i have one who has been tempted in every way, just as i am—yet was without sin (Heb. 4:15)

so yeah, thats kinda my month in a nut shell...there's a lot more i could write, but im being lazy...haha...i'll write more some other time.

but before i go, here's another song i wana share with you...

Bless the Lord (Son of Man) - Tye Tribbet & G.A.

Son of man, Son of righteousness
King of the earth for sinners slain

I was lost, in darkness found
You ransomed my heart and i will sing

(You are )my Strength, (You are)my Deliverer
The One who rescued me
(You are) my Hope, (You are)my redeemer
Your love has set me free
(Thats why i will)

Bless the Lord oh my soul

In the splendor of Your Majesty
from deep within my spirit sings, holy holy

pieces =]

awesome song

2009-09-30T23:34:00.001-04:00

None But Jesus - Brooke Fraser

In the quiet, in the stillness
I know that You are God
In the secret of Your presence
I know there I am restored

When You call I won’t refuse
Each new day again I’ll choose

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

In the chaos, in confusion
I know You’re Sovereign still
In the moment of my weakness
You give me grace to do Your will

When You call I won’t delay
This my song through all my days

All my delight is in You Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You Lord Forevermore

@%#!&%^%&# O_0?

2009-09-01T21:04:00.008-04:00

its been quite a while...my thoughts are beyond jumbled from random crap and stuff i've been learning this summer...so here's my attempt to clarify my mind...

this summer went by wayyyyyyyyyyyy too fast
being at home in september feels extremely awkward
superficiality is the curse of our age
brett favre looks weird in purple...but i still love watching him play
ITS FOOTBALL SEASON!!!
You don’t have to understand prayer to practice it any more than you have to understand a telephone to use it
i can't believe we lost to cemq in basketball...
working with JAMS has been a HUGE blessing...and its really rewarding to see/hear them get better each week
i love BtB
i miss BtB
i miss binghamton...a LOT...not the school part...but the people there
i miss iv @ bing
i was really excited after reading the NSO emails
joy is the keynote of all spiritual disciplines
singing, dancing, even shouting characterize the disciplines of the spiritual life
i miss singing
i miss koinonia
i cant believe i allowed my sister and josh to convince me to join the christmas choir -_-
God has given us the disciplines of the spiritual as a means of receiving His grace
to pray is to change
Whatever fills our minds and hearts is the genuine expression of our prayers
its been more than 7 months
i dont miss sitting through a lecture in class
i miss taking naps through a lecture in class
i would love to go to hillsong college
silent = listen
Simply to refrain from talking, without a heart listening to God, is not silence
this song is stuck in my head cuz my sister keeps playing/singing it
im glad that i graduated

sorry for the randomness...but i must now go get ready for a nfl fantasy football draft...

pieces x]

im a college graduate...but im still learning...

2009-06-18T02:33:00.007-04:00

wow...its been close to 2 weeks since i started my internship here in OCM...and yeah, WOW...to think that I've learned so much in my 5 years in college, the things i've learned over the last 2 weeks is beyond anything i could have imagined. through daily devotions, fellowship, prayer and discussions, the biggest thing i've learned these past 2 weeks is that God is ENDLESS. the things we can learn and ways we can follow and know Him better are INFINITE...THAT is the God i believe in...it literally leaves me speechless and baffles the crap out of my mind in that just when i thought i've learned a lot...God reveals Himself even more. God shows me more of Himself and how GREAT He is...and through that, i've learned how insignificant i really am. not that i'm demoralizing or blowing my self-esteem, but to realize that me, of all people, have been made in that image of a God that loves me, that cares for me, that knows and understands me in every possible shape, way, and form. however, that doesn't give us the liberty to live a life that is of this world. so then one would ask," how the heck would you do that then?"

well, something i learned this past week was actually from a passage that i wrote a song off last year. so its based off psalm 27, and at this week's prayer service at brooklyn tabernacle, Pastor Cymbala shared a short messgae on Psalm 27:4a. David wrote, "One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek..." He continued on sharing that more often times than not, people are full of desires on wanting and longing to be with God. a LOT of times we ask/tell God that we want Him in control, we want to give it all up for Him, we want this, or that, etc. those things are great, but how much of it do we follow through with? probably little to none. why? well, having a desire to do something and SEEKING to do something are 2 completely different things. BUT in the psalm, David ASKS and SEEKS after God...and until we're willing to SEEK after God, we really aren't doing anything other than saying a bunch of crap. we can have an enormous amount of desires, but not doing anything about them will get us nowhere.

getting to the SEEK part is not easy though, and more often times than not, i find myself continuously disappointing my father in heaven. but despite that, by HIS grace, i am forgiven and saved...because of HIS love, i am able to live with freedom just as i am...and with that, i have another song i would like to share that reflects on this thought...but before i do that, isn't God freaking AWESOME?!?!? doesn't that excite you to want to know Him more? i know that it does for me.

Jesus You Gave
by Boaz Tingson

many times, oh Lord, i fall away from You
and there are times, oh Lord, that i can't see Your truth
then there are times, oh Lord, i choose the world over You
and there's still times, oh Lord, that i can't fix my eyes on You

but i know now, that it's ok for me to be this way
but i know now, that its ok for me to be this way...cause

Jesus You gave Your life, to pay for all my sins
Jesus You gave Your blood, to cleanse me white as snkow
Jesus You gave Your love, so i can love again
so i thank You now, and forevermore

as promised...

2009-05-22T01:20:00.001-04:00

a quick update...

its official..im a college graduate. grades are in and i passed...with flying colors!

also, i will be interning at ocm for the next year. excited? heck yeah!

ok..thats all...gota wake up in 3 hours to drive 6 hours to basilaylay =]

pieces

HOLY CRAP...i'm a college graduate O.o?

2009-05-19T12:30:00.002-04:00

after 5 long years (not really now that i think about it) here i am, a college graduate, double major in music and chemistry, doing absolutely nothing. story of my life..haha..jk!

but yeah, its just a matter of time before im extremely busy again, so having this short time of rest is nice. being productive during this rest is a totally different matter though..haha.

now that i've had a lil bit of time (not really cuz i've been unpacking and moving crap for the past 2 days...but my room is freaking awesome right now) i started to think about/reflect on my past 4 years in bing and the 1 year i had in wisconsin...so here it goes: (warning...its long)

wisconsin/acf -

so my fresh year started off terrible. i came "home" to an empty house that use to be occupied by my whole family. i moved all my stuff into the master bedroom and i literally stayed in that room whenver i was home (except when i had to cook). it was extremely depressing...even though i had a full size house with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 door garage with 2 cars all to myself. but church wasn't a pleasant place to go, and i was running on fumes spritually. that was when i stumbled upon acf. at acf, i was given new light and served with awesome people that helped me to start growing with Christ again. so for that, i am very grateful. but, just when things were looking promising, i had to make decision on staying in wisconsin or move to new york. after praying and sorting things out, i decided to move to new york. it was bitter sweet. i knew that i had an awesome community in wisconsin. and in all honestly, i really didn't want to leave and it woulda been exteremely different had i stayed. but because of the relationship i had at that time, as well as the fact that i hated living alone, i followed my heart and emotions and took a gamble on leaving my "home" and starting a new one in new york.

new york/binghamton/intervarsity -

upon leaving wisconsin, i knew i had a long road ahead of me. coming to new york, i knew absolutely no one except my family and gf at the time. but even that was only in new york city. when i headed up to bing to begin school, it sucked big time. i did not know 1 single soul there and the whole lonely feeling came and overwhelemed me. i thought about what i could be doing in wisconsin and all the fun that i was missing. for a second, i regretted moving. BUT, i am a firm believer that things happen for a reason, even though at times i might not see/know the reason(s), i trust that God is using and working me to be the man He wants me to become. my first semester in bing was filled with loneliness, and a lot of trips back to the city. however, my 2nd semester there i started to be more active in IV and found places where i could serve. I finally found a community and things looked promising again. things went on like that for the next year and things were great, or so i thought.

winter 2006, i attended an IV conference called urbana. at urbana, we learned about missions, how God calls all His people to be a part of it. the theme of the conference was "Live a life worthy of the calling". at that conference (middle of my junior year), i felt like God spoke to me and was asking me to serve Him with the gifts He had given me. so i said "ok God, no more med school, i will follow you and live out my calling." i "changed" ( "change" cuz i ended up with a double major, but im really only doing music) my major from chemistry to music that spring semester and started a new chapter again. BUT, something hit me during this time, i was trying to balance serving God and my gf at the time, and i couldn't do it. I was stuck. After hours of talking with friends, talking with the parents, and talking to God, it was clear that i had to give something up. and obviously the answer would be to follow God, and thats what i did initially. but about a month in, i gave into my emotions and went the other way. that went on for a couple of months and one night during a talk with some of my brothers, i realized what i had done. it was like God slapping me across the face. i knew what i had to do. that summer was long, agonizing, painful, and draining emotionally, spiritually, physically, and mentally. i was running on fumes again. i was ready to quit. i wanted to run back "home" to wisconsin...BUT, God wasn't done with me. He took me on His shoulders and challenged me even at my weakest state.

fast forward 2 years...after that summer, i have never looked backed. i've set my eyes on God and God alone. and you know, its been nothing but AWESOMENESS. not saying that there wasn't any bumps on the road or times where i did looked away from God, cuz theres was plenty. but God's been awesome and He's been providing in every aspect of my life. i was able to get through my last year of school and have 2 of my better semester academically speaking in all my 5 years in college. in addition, He has used me in serving and helping grow IV @ BU and the fellowship is on its way in being a MAJOR force on campus (WAD-DUP! *blog five*). He has allowed me to reconnect with my family and given me the chance to live with them again. last but not least, He brought along a very special friend for me to walk with side by side.

so what now?

for those of you that are wondering, i sorta kinda have future plans, at least for the next year. its not totally finalized yet, but as of right now, it looks like i will be interning at OCM for a year. im gona go talk to Pastor Grace on thursday to figure things out. so i'll do another update then once i find out.

so yeah, thats college in a nut shell. i left out a LOT of details, if you wana know more, hit me up and we'll meet up in the city or something. oh one last thing, so for those that knew me in high school probably would say that i am a total introvert...but after going through college, i've realized that i am no doubt an extrovert. weird huh? the quiet/cant speak clearly guy...an extrovert...haha

Philippians 4:6-7 (New International Version)

⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

SPRING BREAK!!!

2009-04-20T23:31:00.000-04:00

4/10/09...last one...so far so good...i'll recap at the end

so as promised, im here to give a recap of my last spring break as a college student...hopefully..haha

but yeah, so the break started with a trip to the midwest (again) and id have to say it was better than i expected. though i didn't really have any expectations out of it...it definitely helped me re-patch my relationship with my brothers joe and tony. talking to them made me realize how much i had learned with them over the past couple of years and i was so grateful that they're still there for me despite my lack of keeping up our brotherhood. although things still aren't the way they use to be, we're defininitely in the process of reforming our friendships.

the second half of break consisted of me bumming at home. but with that bumming, i had a good time catching up with my sister as well. that also allowed me to continue to strengthen my relationship with her and im confident to say that our friendship has definitely grown to be much more than it ever has.

so yeah...spring break wasn't like AWESOME in terms of like what i did(although it had its moments on my trip to the midwest) but it was definitely AWESOME that i was able to deepen my relationships with my brothers and my sister.

well, thats all for now...less than a month til graduation O.o?

oh hello there!

2009-03-27T03:36:00.004-04:00

so its been like...ages since i've last blogged. and like i said in my last entry, i wanted to wait til i have something to share to blog. and honestly, i've had many instances of it...but i just got lazy..haha...sorry =X so here is my attempt to recap two lessons i've learned in the last month and a half...

1. to fear God is to follow Him. over the past few weeks at UCCC, pastor craig has been doing a series titled "the fear of God". essentially, he spoke that the fear of God is a MAJOR part of a God follower. our fear for a God that is mighty and awesome, a God that created the stars in the sky, a God that made us in His very own image SHOULD draw us to Him. this is done through our awe, reverance, and emotion of fear towards God. we fear God because of His glory. God is like a thunderstorm...its beautiful, yet scary at the same time.

2. prayer...is exteremely important in our daily walk with Christ. its not something that we do just for the reason of doing it, but something that is done in reverance to God. on top of that, in order to truly pray faithfully, we NEED to know who we're praying to. meaning we gota read the Bible...otherwise how else would we know who God really is?

so in light of that, this past month and a half has definitely changed the way i've been living out mylife and my prayers as well. although in terms of my academics, my work ethic hasn't seen much change since last time. but my attitude when i do work has definitely changed. when i walk to class and around campus, my appreciation of God's creation has definitely changed. in the times when i pray, my prayers have felt more personal and meaningful as well.

and speaking of prayer...so i've been trying to figure out what God wants me to do after i graduate from school...and i have some sort of answer at this moment. i know that God wants me to go in to some kind of ministry, what it is exactly im still trying to figure out. but it'll definitely be something with music. as of right now, im in the process of trying to get applications for churches that i attend and from there i will see where God takes me. its quite exciting, and scary at the same time.

to fear God is to follow Him.

blog!

2009-02-19T14:57:00.003-05:00

so i've been asked to blog...but then again i dont really know what/i dont really have anything particularly interesting to blog about...meaning, i dont wana keep blogging about my days and what not..cuz its NOT as meaningful and quite frankly, im sure its not fun to read.

so with that in mind, i would like to apologize to my fellow blog readers. i promise i will make an interesting update sooner or later, but for now, just know that my life is going well. actually, its going better than well...almost surreal...and the biggest reason is that i've finally found what it means to let God take control, but i'll blog about that some other time =]

as for now, that is all i have to say...pieces

last

2009-01-29T16:28:00.001-05:00

last semester...its gona be...wait for it...

to go or not to go?

2009-01-08T17:06:00.001-05:00

that is the question to be asked...

edit...1/8/09...so that was really vague. but yeah, i just trying to figure out where im going to be after i graduate (this sounds kinda funny..haha) and what im going to do. as of right now, the possibilities are still endless, but essentially i'd either stay in the city or head out to somewhere else, where you might ask? i have NO idea...could be far, could be close. (quite scary actually) but yeah, man...graduation is a LOT more stressful than i imagined...i wish i could stay in bing forever (kinda...not really..haha...but u catch my drift?)

quote of the day...so i was chatting with slim...and this is how he was trying to exapling something to me...i know he doesnt mean it the way it came out. but it was hilarious, so i thought i'd share it...plus, i dont think he reads my blog so he probably won't ever find out..hahahahaahahah

Slim:

it is worth it

God is like a woman

he is complicated

and in most cases

it takes forever to get a response from Him

forget that analogy

that was terrible

but you get my drift

wat i meant to say is that

ah scratch that

i was gonna elaborate

but i think i would of dug a deeper hole

Sent at 2:23 PM on Friday

i can graduate?

2008-12-24T03:02:00.004-05:00

so as promised, i am back to give a REAL update (although time wise, its much later than the previous post...hahaha)

hmm...where to start...

so earlier this semester, i had a post about feeling out of place because this past semester was my 5th year in college. also, this was the first year i was living in an apartment with people i didn't really know. on top of that, the closest people i knew/had were either gone (graduated) or far away (lived off campus) although off campus people were still pretty close, it just wasn't as close walking over to the next room or the next apartment. so finding a community that i can really place my self in became a challenge. But with God's AWESOMENESS, i was able to challenge myself to build new friendships and also mature friendships that i had and surround myself in a new community of people. not that i have replaced my old community, but i've been given the privilege to EXPAND my community.

another issue i've been rambling about this past semester is getting off my butt and getting my act together for school. i'd have to admit that this semester, i was definitely still not to par with the work ethic i had back in high school, but i was able to get my act together nevertheless. although i cant say for sure i can graduate (cuz i dont wana jinx myself) im pretty sure i will graduate next spring...yay!!! finally x] also, this past semester, i was able to pass the class i needed for my music degree and pull off a 3.82 for my semester GPA...w00t w00t!!!

oh, for those of you that are curious about my future...it looks like as of now, IV staff isn't my calling. will it be later? i don't know. but after much prayer and discussion with some wise people, i think that God is leading me in another direction from IV staff (although i'll admit that i would LOVE to do it) its just not for me right now. so what then you ask? well, as of now, i know i really want to do something musically related. i really feel like God has given me music as a gift to serve Him. how that looks like, im still not too sure. but a suggestion i was given was to apply for some kind of internship/job to be a worship/music coordinator for a church. so with that in mind, i asked my dad about the possibility of working at OCM...haha...weird right? and then i kinda gave a shpiel on what i feel like i could contribute (it felt like an interview...over the dinner table -_-) and to my surprise, my dad acutally liked my ideas and told me to apply and see if church would actually hire me. and to my OWN surprise, i was actually kinda excited about it. so i guess for the people that read this, please pray for me and my future. where God will lead me (whether in OCM or somewhere else) and for the opportunity to serve God in this manner.

speaking of my future, those "major" changes that i've been talking about recently...its all coming to life-ish. so with the whole finding community thingy, i was able spend a good amount of time alone by myself. thinking, praying, and just figuring out things with God. but yeah, although there's still a LOT of things that are still on my mind, something i was able to let go to God is my anxiety of my future. the past 2 years has been a complete change and extremely painful growth for me. but through all that change, God was able to pull me through and give me an opportunity of a lifetime. to totally surrender to Him the anxiety about dating/relationships. how thats gona look like, i have NO clue or even the slightest idea. but i know that im in the hands of a God that LOVES me and He knows who/what/when/where/why and how its going to happen and i know that its going to be what is BEST for me.

i guess this post wasn't as complete as i wanted it to be, but its getting really late for serious and i can't seem to write anything coherent anymore (that last paragraph took me like 30 mins)

so with that, i will end this post and wish everyone that reads this a

Merry Christmas

g-nite-0 peeps

update?

2008-12-23T02:03:00.001-05:00

okk...its pretty late...so i'll do a REAL update soon

i promise =]

letting it all go (part 2)

2008-12-05T03:18:00.002-05:00

so yeah..."major" changes happening...but letting God take care of it...and in that, i am able to find peace =D

i cast all my cares upon You
i lay all of my burdens down at Your feet
and anytime i don't know what to do
i will cast all my cares upon You

changes?

2008-12-01T15:39:00.004-05:00

so not too sure what's gona happen from now...but definitely changes are happening in my life (see my post on 11/6) but yeah...please keep praying for me, and if you haven't been...starting now would be greatly appreciated x]

anyways...so a quick recap of my thanksgiving...

so my parents werent home cuz they went back to Asia so thanksgiving was just gona be me and my sister. luckily, we had joe and will joining us cuz we were all parent-less for thanksgiving. (ping and stella joined too) it ended up alright...i bought WAY too much food though, so we pretty much ate "left overs" (in quote cuz it was just left over groceries that i ended up making other foods with) for the rest of the weekend. lol

after dinner, we went black friday shopping. we ended up going to woodbury again...we coulda gotten there in like 2 hours (which woulda been record time) but right when we got to the exit, the cops freaking blocked it. so we circled around the freaking mountain for like an hour. sucked. walked around, saw some stuff i wanted to get, but i ended up not buying anything, which for a lot of people they'd be mad, but im really glad and proud that i didnt.

the next day we went to play football. boon vs. main church...good game of football, but i got bit on the face and now i have 20 stitiches on my right jaw line. yeah, sucked.

saturday, didnt do much. went to B and N at union square to help will buy a phone (felt mad shady...hahaha) then picked up rockband. dinner with some oldER people...felt a bit out of place, but it was still alright. rockband all night til we couldnt play anymore...felt awesome

sunday, oh sunday. it took us 7.5 FREAKING hours to get back to bing. we literally inched our way for like 60 miles. sucked BIG time. in my car, we ended up watching 2 episodes of how i met your mother to help pass time. but we were so cranky afterwards and yeah, im not even sure how to describe it.

so yeah, thats pretty much how thanksgiving 2009 went for me.

sorry for the random and not entertaining post. i promise i'll have something better next time

letting it go

2008-11-13T16:52:00.002-05:00

feels awesome...thanks to you (you know who you are when you read this) for reminding what it really means to let God forgive me and letting it go. to truly cast my burdens to Him so that i can fully live out my life for Him. maybe that clip (see my last post) wasn't so random after all...its been stuck in my head for the last week or so and its what i hear every morning when i get up. its a good way to remind myself to lay it all for Christ...everyday and every step of the way.

sounds exciting doesn't it?
cuz i am...and whenever i don't know what to do. i'll just cast all my cares to Him =D

wow...2 posts in a week?

2008-11-06T12:22:00.002-05:00

so as most of you probably already knew...major changes are about to happen to this nation. and dwelling on that, i feel like major changes in my life is about to happen as well...not too sure what or when, but i feel it coming. so for my faithful readers...please pray for me.

secondly...despite my last post and wanting to be more efficient and effective student/study habits..i failed again miserably...although i'd have to say i felt confident about my tests this past week (3 of them), im still extremely insecure about them...because i felt like that LAST time...and nothing came out well -_-"

but in my efforts to procrastinate...i made this short clip...its one of my all time favorite songs...hope you guys enjoy it =D

can i have this dance?

2008-10-30T12:07:00.006-04:00

...is the song thats currently stuck in my head and won't get out...its a song from HSM3: senior year...and yeah, i WATCHED it...dont judge me. the movie was pretty good. musically, this is by far the best out of the three hsm movies, but i feel like the plot could have use more fine tuning with transitions. overall..good movie. its a feel good movie...go watch it if you're feeling crappy, even if you dont like hsm.

speaking of crappy...thats pretty much how i've felt like recently. the pressure of getting work done and making sure i do well so i can graduate isn't really working for me right now. i feel like i still have senioritis...from highschool...-_-"

eversince my senior year, my work ethic and plumeted. i use to be one of those students that did my work as soon as the assignment was assigned and finish it within a couple days if it was a project or paper. i would study hours for exams and ace them without a sweat. now, i wait until the last minute to do my work, and study hours BEFORE my exams >.<"(speaking of which...i should be studying right now..i have a test in 2.5 hours)

so back to the pressure...so apparently my church at home (ocm) is planning a tour of israel sometime in may. initially, the time the scheduled the tour overlaps with my graduation ceremony. but my dad wants to attend my graduation, so they changed the tour date...talk about pressure T-Ton top of that right now, i have a 25 minute seminar to give in 2 weeks, and i haven't even really started putting anything together (i did some research..but definitely not enough)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sighh...a little better...haha, now the song "scream" from hsm3 is playing...its a point of the movie where troy (zac) was frustrated with life and what not...how appropriate...

but yeah...another thing thats been on my mind is really my future. i can't picture where i would be at this time next year. the idea of becoming iv staff still lingers my mind...but i really want to do something with music. i talked to my parents about it briefly over the weekend when i went home, and i dont know whether i should be surprised or not? but they were ok with it. they just want me to follow wherever God leads me...but God hasn't been the easiest guy to figure out lately...so yeah, for those of you that read this, please keep praying for me. thanks!

sorry for quite the random post..okk...i really should study...pEaz!

there's no place like home...i wish i could stay here

2008-10-01T19:33:00.004-04:00

an over due update...

so i've been home for the past 5 days..give or take...and although i've accomplished ABSOLUTELY nothing in terms of the the amount of work i had planned to do, its been one of the most relaxing 5 days ever. the past few days consisted of sleep (i avg. 12 hours of sleep), eat AWESOME home cooked meals, meet up with friends, bum, and doing a little bit of work. i know that i wrote how life was going pretty well in my last "post", but i guess in some ways i was lying. i WANTED to think that it was going well...when it really wasnt.

over these past few days, along with chillaxing came with lots of time to think. and if you've read my blog for a while now, you know what happens to my mind when i think too much. so this past weekend, my parents, along with friends and uncles and aunties in the church have been asking how school was, and when i was going to graduate. and i answered "school is good, and im graduating next spring. so im at bing for this year...yeah.." however, if i was speaking to them truthfully...my answer should of been, "school is ok, im behind in my classes, but im really really hoping i can get my act together and graduate next spring...yeh, i might be at bing longer..."(crosses fingers) T-T wahhhhhhhhhhhhh....

ok, so maybe it really isnt THAT bad, but its close to it. this past 2 weeks have been quite hectic with exams and papaers...and lets just say i've dug my self my usual hole -_-". its not as deep as it use to be, but i really wanted to have a better start than i got. and if i cant dig my self out this time, then im in REALLY REALLY big trouble. sighh...school sucks. i hate it ((Q))-_-"

alright...sorry for the ramble...im definitely making it sound much more dramatic than it really is, but at the same time im trying to implant that in my mind so i would really get cracking with my work...okk...speaking of work, i really gota go study...finish packing, then pick up these two awesome sisters from the airport who were having the time of their lives and drive back up to bing.

pEaz

update

2008-09-23T02:33:00.002-04:00

i am wayyyyyyyy over due for an update.

but i really dont have too much time in my hands right now. so a real update will come at a later time. as for now, the past few weeks have been good. classes are coming by, and iv stuff is going awesome. so life's been pretty good. just for those that are curious =D

hi, my name is boaz, im a super senior

2008-09-05T10:24:00.002-04:00

so its been 2 weeks of school already. work is starting to pile up like WOAH but things are starting to settle down since NSO is pretty much in its final stages. but for the past 2 weeks, trying to meet new freshmen has been some what depressing. not because i didnt wana meet new people...but repeating the line "hi, im boaz, im a super senior" and having those that hear it go "oh...thats cool" kinda sucks. cuz honestly, what ARE you suppose to say to that? you wana be nice, but then at the same time the taboo of "stayin in school" runs in your mind and you're first assumption is that this guy probably is a bad student. and im not admitting that im not, i'll admit that my studying habits are definitely not where i would like them to be, and NO WHERE near to what i had when i was in high school. so with that in mind...i definitely must get off my behind and really get cracking.

on a better note, i finally got all my classes finalized. this week started off terribly. last friday i found out that i was rejectedf from the university orchestra. but i needed to be in an ensemble cuz i need the credit towards my music degree. on top of that, i was having a really hard time to find a professor to register a course i needed to take to graduate...and the thought of "hi, im boaz, im a super super senior" kept running in my mind...but i was eventually able to get a hold of him and got it done. and as for the orchestra thing, i decided to walk downstairs of Fine Arts building for some reason that i can't recall and saw an audition sheet for university chorus. i signed up and auditioned and i got in! haha...all my life i thought i wouldnt/couldnt sing but i would rely on my music playing abilities...but here i am, singing to save my degree/career...haha. anyways, so everything is finally in place for my last year in binghamton. it took a while to get it in place and started...but nevertheless, God was gracious and definitely helped me out BIG time on this one...

aite...until something else comes up, im outs my friends

binghamton

2008-08-22T22:13:00.001-04:00

i cant believe im back here for school....-_-

thats all she wrote...

2008-08-16T00:40:00.001-04:00

well, its done...sdc is over...summer is over.

good bye summer 08
hello fall 08

man, this summer went by really quick

summer is ending...and for some reason im ok with it

2008-08-09T01:59:00.002-04:00

so about my last post, i was a bit frustrated because of a few things.

1. work wasn't really busy, but it was...not sure why, but the last couple of weeks have been hectic for no odd reasons. however, this past week its been pretty good. things went by smoothly, closing ceremony was good, staff dinner and superstars was fun.

2. our team (basketball) couldn't get a win. then we finally won 2 games, and had a shot at making the playoffs. but we lost our last game and just missed the cut for a wild card spot. it was a good season though, and our record definitely didn't reflect the skills of our team. but what can we do? we lost the games we needed to win. so we were sent packing home.

3. being home is just...blehh...not that i dont like being home, but being home feels really lonely. im not exactly sure how to explain it. dont get me wrong though, i LOVE being home...but at the same time i dont wana be. im sure you guys get what i mean...if not, ask me about it and i'll try to explain it better to you

so yeah, with all that in mind for the past few weeks, i've just been kinda in a "i dont wana think about it" mode. just trying to let the days go by and deal with situations as they come up. but over the last couple of days, i started to think again...and i realized that my summer vacation is ending (hopefully the last one..hahaha) and normally, i dread it cuz i feel like summer went by so quickly and i just wana have a couple more weeks to rest and play. but this summer, i feel like it went by just perfectly. i've had my time of rest and play, and im ready to go back to school to get my self and degree and graduate, and play more!!!...jkjk...ahhahaha...but yeah. i guess for me, (other than switching majors and figuring out what i want as a career) i've been scared. like...REALLY REALLY scared...of life after college. i havent really given it much thought in terms of where im headed and i guess i've kinda been using the excuse of "im trying to figure out where God is leading me"...but truthfully, i've just been scared. i really dont know what im gona do. sometimes i feel like God is leading me this way, but sometimes i feel like He's not. or maybe I'm thinking that He's not cuz i dont wana head in that direction?? i really dont know. (i havent been thinking about life the past few weeks..but you see my dilemma when i think?)

anyways...i guess for now, i know that God just wants me back in bing and finish up school. thats the first and foremost thing i need to do. and as much as i would love to stay "in college"...my financial status is getting extremely tight. so i really gota get cracking on those books. sighh...now that im thinking about it...maybe im not looking forward to school as much i as i thought when i started this post..hahahaha...i gota stop thinking -_-"

okk..sorry for the random thoughts..but i guess i just wanted to give an update of some sort.

aite..im outs..

p.s. LETS GO JETS!!!

ARGHHH

2008-07-23T23:23:00.001-04:00

im too tired and frustrated to blog...IM me if you want an update, otherwise it might be a while for my next real post. sorry guys...

here we go, one more time

2008-07-14T18:43:00.002-04:00

so last night i passed out...actually, i KNOCKED out. and because of that, i forgot to set my alarm. i jumped out of bed this morning and looked at my clock. 8:25. CRAP!! i quickly got ready and went down for work. the day went by pretty smoothly. everyone is starting to get in to the routine of things and i dont have to walk around as much anymore. which a good thing i guess? but then again i get really bored sitting in the office too long...hopefully tomorrow will come with some kind of adventure. thats all for now, im outs

i didnt think sitting in an office all day would make me this tired...

2008-07-08T18:33:00.002-04:00

work finally started this week. so now my day starts at 7:30am, instead of ending at that time..lol...and man...it is quite the tiring. i didnt think that being in the office would require this much energy -_-" dealing with teachers AND volunteers is quite the hectic.

so for today, we had a fire drill. and yeah, if it was a real fire, everyone woulda died...it took a little over 10 mins to evacuate the building. (we're suppose to be out in less than 6 mins) -_-" other than that, day camp is starting to sink in and its been an awesome 2 days. another 28 days of day camp to go! w00t!!!

okk...im tired. i'll update more later

frustrations are gone...yay!!!

2008-07-05T00:15:00.002-04:00

so in response to my last "blog", i have some explaining to do. there were mainly two reasons on why i was frustrated.

1. my comp somehow got a virus. and although i managed to contain it, i couldn't find the freaking thing and my virus scan just kept detecting it every 10 mins preventing it from doing any harm to my comp. i looked at a crap load of forums trying to figure out what was wrong...but nothing helped...but then i finally found something and now everything is solved. yay!

2. so "today" (i put today in quotes cuz its past midnight) we were suppose to have a bbq for BtB...but some of the team members had other plans that came up and they weren't able to come. i wasnt really frustrated...i was probably more upset, cuz i was really looking forward to hanging out with them. so then we voted on opening up the bbq to the rest of the fellowship, but it was a bit late and a lot of people already made plans. so i had to decide whether to keep the bbq on, or cancel it. after days of thinking and talking to people, i decided to go through with it. and it turned out really well. actually, it turned out AWESOME...we had a TON of food (i am terrible at estimating food portions) and awesome company. we jammed a bit(aka sing joanna's name to as many different chord progressions as we can), played some wii, took a tour of the building, ate a LOT, and "watched" the fireworks on top of OCM (i put watched in quotes cuz it was drizzling, so there was a lot of fog and half way through the fireworks it didnt really see anything, just a bunch of lights and clouds of smoke) but nevertheless it was great times with great people. for the second time, im glad i went through with plans rather than canceling it. =D

so yeah...now, im extremely pooped out...maybe i'll go to sleep earlier than 1 am tonight....nahhh..hahahahaha...but yeah, im outs for now. Happy 4th of July!!!

frustrated...

2008-07-02T01:30:00.002-04:00

...when i shouldn't be...i hate being frustrated -_-"

i almost cried again...

2008-06-24T01:55:00.005-04:00

today, my parents woke me up in the morning cause they wanted to go out, and they wanted me to drive...-_-" so i got up and got ready. my body was hating me. it refused to move in the way i wanted it to and my back was killing me. after being free for 5 weeks, i had no choice but to resort to an energy drink to wake my body up. it tasted pretty bad...iono how i drank that stuff like water during the school year. but it worked...and off we go...

after an afternoon of shopping, we finally came back. i thought about taking a nap, but i couldnt fall asleep (energy drinks are freaking amazing xD) so i ended up going down to the worship team practice room to practice drums cuz im playing this coming sunday. then i came back up and made dinner. tonight, i made steaks. it was quite the yummy =D ...my dad was really impressed, and my mom said i should make dinner every night -_-" but i passed on the opportunity...lol

anyways, so after dinner, i headed back down to the practice room. 10 mins later, my sister comes in along with my parents. then an idea popped in my head. i set up a couple equipments and started teaching my family how to play the respective instruments they knew how to play. we ended up jamming together for like 3 hours. it was freaking AWESOME. after we had finished playing the set i made up, my parents started to laugh. i was a bit confused...but my dad explained that him and my mom were laughing cuz they were happy. they explained that they were able to actually see a future for me. (apparently they were really worried, cuz every time they asked me what i wanted to do, i would reply "i dont know"...but they had faith in God that He will lead me to do something) at first i was like...wth?!?!?! but then i realized how much more i should be aware of my future...even though "im waiting on God on where He wants to lead me"...i still needed a direction. my parents are dropping a LOT of money for me to stay an extra year in school...

so yeah, back to the end of the jam session. as we were cleaning up, my dad and i had a convo that went something like this...

dad: do you really like to do this?
me: do what?
dad: this...playing and singing
me: yeah, i guess so. otherwise i wouldnt be doing it all year round
dad: thats good. its pretty cool...what you're able to do and stuff
me: thanks?

so a few weeks ago (when i wrote "its ok to cry") my dad and i had a convo about my future and stuff...and something i left out on that post was when i was telling my dad why i wanted to be music major. my dad said he couldn't fully support me because he said that this career path would be way to hard, etc. and that really hurt me. cuz all my life my parents had supported me in everything that i did. good or bad (not that they supported my bad behavior...not that i had that many...but that they were still supportive to who i was/am/gona be) and during that part of the convo, my dad was trying to convince me to go back to chemistry and find a future there, and play music as a side thing/hobby. but tonight, i guess my parents saw something different? our convo continued on like this...

dad: yeah. i can see why you like doing this so much
me: really? why?
dad: cause its fun
me: haha. yeah it is dad. its really fun
dad: yeah. it is. i'll be praying for you then..and we should do this more often

hearing that, it almost...ALMOST...made me wana cry again (why am i being such a big baby??? wth?!?!?!) but yeah, knowing that my parents were gona support me wherever God leads me is an awesome feeling...just cuz having them around would be a huge blessing.

BUT...this still doesnt give me an answer to where God is leading me...so thats still up in the air. so please continue to pray for me =D

okk..im tired...nite-0

im tired from playing -_-"

2008-06-21T23:32:00.002-04:00

i didn't think i'd ever say this...but i am really really really tired from playing today...it was really fun though. and AWESOME...but now i shall walk with a limp...lol

are you ready? heck yeah!!! =D

jury duty

2008-06-17T19:58:00.002-04:00

so for the past 2 days, i've had to go in for jury duty. initially, i was like...dang it! monday morning, i got up at 745...745am!!! got ready and walked to the building i was assigned to. when i got there, there was some introductory stuff we had to do, then we turned in our summons and waited to get picked. nothing came in in the morning...so all i ended up doing was sleep...hahaha. then we had a lunch break, since i lived close enough, i came home. went back for the afternoon, and the afternoon was pretty much the same as the morning. except this time, i had my cousin christina keeping me company =] a case came in late that day, so they werent able to pick out jurors so they let us out early.

so this morning, i got up a bit late...had to rush to the jury room. as soon as i got in, they started calling out names of jurors that were to be questioned. my name got called! so i went out and followed the court officer. at the court room, we got sworn in, and gave a narrative answer to questions on a questionnaire. then the lawyers presented their case...we went back out and waited, then came back in and they selected. i didnt get picked. so back to the giant waiting room...had lunch break...came back, but my name wasn't drawn so no im free from jury duty for the next 6 years. but honestly, after going through all this, i kinda wished i got picked..i wanted to see what it was like in the court room and stuff..but i guess i'll have to wait for another 6 years...

i just took an 8 hour nap >.<"

2008-06-15T04:10:00.000-04:00

so yeah, hmm..where to start...

for today, my dad asked me (like last week) if i was free to drive him cuz he had to conduct a wedding ceremony. last time i did this, he had to go to like mid/uptown (around 160 something st.?) so i was like..yeah, no problem. so last night i asked my mom for the address of the church, since i was gona be home late, i asked her to email it to me. so i went on google maps and searched the place. it said that it was 80 miles away (about a 2 hour drive)...almost at the tip of long island. O_O? i burst into my parent's room (yes, they were still awake) and the convo between my dad ans i went something like this...

me: the west hamptons?!?!?! are you serious!?!?!?!
dad: oh, yeah, i forgot to tell you that last week...it's really far
me: uhh...DUH!!!! what time is the ceremony???
dad: i have to be there no later than 11
me: so what time do you want to leave?
dad:mmm...i was thinking around 830. latest 9 in case of traffic (so if you didnt read my last blog...me and traffic, yeah, we're not the best of buddies)
me: 830?!?!?! oh man...cant you drive yourself??? its not like you dont know how to...(i leave their room to go back to mine, and i hear my dad laughing...)
dad: its ok son...(i turn back around hoping he was gona drive himself)...i'll wake you up in the morning...

great -_-" wth...so i go back to my room, jot some notes down for driving directions, set my alarm for 8 and went to bed, and the next thing i knew, it was 825 and my dad was shaking me...WAKE UP!!! crappp..i overslept! got up, suited up, and took off. so for those that live in LI/nyc, saturday morning, usually means traffic on the LIE...or it has been everytime i drove out on saturday mornings...but today, no traffic...i shot right through and got to exit 70, yes, exit 70 on the LIE in like an hour...yeh yeh, thats a little fast, but i was moving with the flow of traffic xD

so we got to the hotel where the wedding was in like 1.5 hours, the same amount of time it took me the other day to get to queens (see my previous blog). we got there a bit early..it was only 10:30...but upon leaving the car for the valet, my dad and i had another convo that went like this

dad: not bad, you took off like 30 mins from the trip
me: uhh, thanks?
dad: maybe on the way back you can take of 45 mins?
me: (thinking in my head) uhh..wth!?!?!?!?

*yeh..so i guess now i have a reasoning for my tendency to speed...it runs in the family!! hahahaah xP

anyways...so initially, i was gona try to lounge around hotel lobby and wait. but my cousin christina suggested that i SUIT UP! just incase...and good thing i did...cuz i ended up sitting in the ceremony. so during the ceremony, my dad gave a short shpeal on love...and one of the things he said that really stuck out was the patience part of love. and this patience is really in 2 parts. the obvious part is where we need to be patient with one another and the typical stuff. but the other part my dad talked about was being patient in waiting for God to bring the person He has prepared especially for you. the two people that got married today, even though i didnt really know them, i could tell that they were really special. they were both Ph D grads from columbia, and both came from high profile families. and they definitely coulda had anyone they wanted...but they came to know Christ [on their own] (their families aren't Christians) and learn what TRUE love is. so each of them waited for God to bring their special mate that He has prepared for them, and voila! they found each other.

after the ceremony, we headed back to the city, on the way back, we planned on looking at some house in LI. so for me, i've been kinda like, why do we need a house? we have a place to stay, take the money (we sold our house in Wisconsin) and invest it or something. but my dad insisted that we looked at houses. so we did. and as soon as we entered the first house, i knew why...the way my mom smiled and walked around the houses and stuff, man, my dad knew my mom like a book! and just watching the two of them observing the houses we looked at, it made me crack a smile and think about how long my dad had to wait for my mom. 7 years...yep, my daddy waited for 7 years for my mommy. LOVE is patient...it really really is...

so yeah, then we came back to ctown...got some late lunch and came home. my dad decided to take a nap, so my mom asked me what we should do for dinner. i told her to get something dad would like and i PASSED OUT. next thing i knew, it was 2 am...i took an 8 hour nap?!?!? O_O i got up and went outside, my dad was about to go sleep. then we had another convo that went like this...

dad: oh, you're awake
me: uhh..why didnt you guys wake me up for dinner????
dad: oh, you looked really tired so i thought sleep was better for you, plus it doesnt hurt you to lose a meal
me: uhh..thanks dad...thanks
dad: hahahahaha...hang on (he goes in the room and wakes my mom up) your son's awake and i think he's hungry
me: (standing outside their door and hearing everything) its ok mom..i can make my own food..go sleep
dad: (comes back out) yeah, your mom is tired...dont sleep too late. g'nite

man...haha, i love my dad. and i dont think i say that enough to him. it's father's day today...and honestly (not that im biased cuz im a guy) but a LOT of times, we tend to just overlook father's day. we make such a big deal about mother's day in may, and yes, i love my mommy as well, but there are MANY of us that kinda just lets father's day go by. and yeah, guys dont really like to celebrate stuff...blah blah...but i say SCREW that. CELEBRATE with your father. they probably wont show as much of an appreciation as your mom would, but deep down inside, they're a big softy for this stuff.

and i guess this also goes for those of us that are Christians, it goes the same way for our heavenly Father. there really isnt ever a time where I LOVE YOU (too) is said enough..."we love because HE first loved us" 1 John 4:19.

so like seriously, if you get a chance, tell your daddy how much you love them. if they're far away, give them a call, if they're somewhat close by, drive over and surprised them if you didnt plan on celebrating...because even though they may not show it well, they really love you.

happy father's day!

transportation in nyc...

2008-06-14T17:38:00.009-04:00

so i was suppose to make this post a couple days back...but i've been hanging out and havent really had time to sit in front of my comp to type this out. so hopefully this still makes some sense as im trying to recall what i wanted to blog about...

so...the first and probably the most popular kind of transportation...the train. so the other day, i was on the train, and i realized that a lot of people were staring at me. i was kinda like...wth is going on??? but come to after looking around, i noticed that people just stare at each other in general. and that got me thinking...what do people look at when they're on a train (if they're not sleeping or reading something)...you can only read the commercial boards so many times...then it started to feel really awkward cuz i found myself randomly staring at other people as well...so i tried staring at the ground. it worked for while, but i would look up once in a while, and notice people staring and looking around me...O_O?? another thing about trains...they take FOREVER!!! so i guess being someone that like to get from point a to point b asap, the train is NOT an ideal way to travel for me...or so i thought...

so the other kind of transportation that i use is my car. back in my midwest days, i can get from a to b in a good amount of time (15-20 mins at most if there's traffic). BUT, im driving in freaking nyc now. and yeah, traffic here, oh man...i would use some extreme colorful language, but i will refrain from that because i am trying to cut a bad habit. lets just say that it is really ridiculous. but you know what i hate more? the traffic jams RARELY have an explanation. its as if people just decide to drive slower during certain hours of the day...WHY!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?! so the other day, i debated to take the train out to queens, or drive...i looked up nyc traffic map, and it said it was clear...but i guess from the time i left my room to my car (which is like 3 mins) the traffic flow changed...as soon as i got off the williamsburg bridge, i drove bumper to bumper and inched my way slowly to queens...GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...man...a trip that should took me no more than 30 mins, took me 1.5 hours...1.5 hours!!!!

anyways...wow, this blog became more like a vent...hahahahahahaahaahah...but yeah, thats reall all for now, im just glad tomrrow i dont have to worry about traveling out to church. cuz i just gota take the elevator down, although sometimes elevator traffic is even worse -_-" but i'll save that rant some other day.

im outs..paEce

how i met boaz.

2008-06-12T19:00:00.005-04:00

this is christina. i am at boaz's place and so i figured its about time i get to ruin someone else's blog with fictional stories. but then again, the world is infested with enough lies and distorted facts. so lets have some truth.

i dont really remember much about the first time i met boaz. for those of you who dont know, boaz and i are cousins but we never actually got to know each other until he moved out here to new york. i only met boaz once before when my family went to the phillipines to visit his family. his dad had just finished seminary so they got a whole bunch of family to come and celebrate. we went to Mt. Mayon and had a picnic on this huge field. i dont remember much of the day, i just remember that boaz was really annoying. our families kept trying to take pictures of the kids together but boaz for the life of him would never stay still and so it took forever. this is the one good pic we got as we were leaving. but even this one took a while cuz boaz kept trying to stand in front of me and block me from the picture. i was pretty pissed. what a punk. well after that i didnt see or hear about him until my mom told me that their family would be moving to new york, and she had to go searching for pictures cuz i had no idea who they were anymore. she kept telling me to contact boaz or joachebeth to get to know them better since they would be so close now. but i was like errr... awkward....then one day i came home from school and my mom and boaz's mom were talking on the phone. then my mom just shoves the phone in my face and goes "here talk to boaz. they are in new york." the conversation went something like this:

me: uhh hello?
boaz: (long pause)... hi
me: so i hear youre in new york
boaz: yea
me: uhh.. do you like it here?
boaz: i just got here
me: oh..err okay

and then i threw the phone back at my mom. it was kinda weird seeing him at church after that cuz its like one of those im-supposed-to-know-you-but-i-dont-and-thats-quite-okay-with-me sort of situations. it was nice catching up with joachebeth though. she was a lot more pleasant.

well anyway, fast forward a few years and now boaz and i are actually pretty close. he says he doesnt remember being mean to me but thats because he's mean to me every day. all that aside, im glad we're able to spend more time with each other now and im grateful for how he looks out for me so well. kinda makes up for all the years he was a loser. so thats how i met boaz. he'll probably give you a messed up version of the story where he was the sweet and pleasant one and i was the obnoxious jerk, but his perception of reality has always been a bit twisted. so there you have it. and now boaz is playing guitar really loud behind me.

my day was quite useful...

2008-06-11T02:32:00.003-04:00

so for like the first time this summer...my day was productive.

i went downstairs to the church office today to help out and volunteer. i helped type out the schedule for the pastoral/church staff retreat that they're having this week...and man, the schedule my dad made is INTENSE...and i thought that IV conferences had intense schedules...they have like 5 hour discussion sessions...after like a 2 hour lecture and what not. O_O

then, i headed up a floor to asp office, and helped out with making a tentative schedule for sdc. so i admit that im really a big IV product...i wanted to do it as efficiently as possible. and my co-workers were like, its not that simple...but i was it can be!!! -_-" but i ended up doing it the way they do it...just cuz what i had in mind would take too long to explain to them...and it was really hot (no ac in the office...man, definitely NOT looking forward to that all summer long) so i didnt wana talk too much. it took like 2 hours >.<"

then, i finally got a break...cooled down a bit in my room, then i had to go back down to practice...so the other night, my mom was playing the piano (she likes to do that at night) and i was like, its been a long while since i've played with my mom...so i took my violin out and played around accompanying her and stuff. and she was like, thats really good. wana play sunday? i was like..hahahahah....no...but apparently my mom "didnt hear it"...so she calls me and she like, hey, the guy playing piano on sunday is here, i want you to practice with him...O_O? wth!?!? so i had to go back down...and i practiced with the guy. so we're done with the piece, but he needed more practice cuz he's playing for the praise time too...so i was just sitting there and then my dad comes in was like, oh, play for praise time too..O_O??? oh mannn....that means i have to be up for a 8:30am service on sunday T-T wahhhhhhhh

so yeah, after that was done, i went back to the office with the parents...and the guys that were making the handbook for the pastoral retreat were doing it really slow and ineffciently...-_-" at first i was just gona head back up to go home...but standing there watching them, i got really frustrated at how inefficient they were! so i was like...try this, and try that...so i ended helping them do the handbooks...and double checked them to make sure it was done right...finally finished at 10

then came up, mom picked up food for me and my dad, we watched the nba finals while eating, finally for once, i got to say "in YOUR face" to my dad...he's gotten the glory over the last 2 games...COME ON LAKERS!!!

and yeah..thats all for today...

I GOT TO SEE PEOPLE and HANG OUT!!!

2008-06-10T01:00:00.003-04:00

today...i GOT TO SEE PEOPLE and HANG OUT!!! and it was actually fun =D but tiring...so im gona sum it up in as few words as possible...

woke up
talk to the dad a bit
went to the beach
ate nathan's
went on the wonder wheel..probably for the last time ever...
came back to c-town
hung out at my house
got food and ate it
played wii fit
then people left
and now im on my comp summarizing

very simple day...but it was a GREAT day =D

its ok to cry

2008-06-03T02:39:00.002-04:00

so tonight...for the first time in a REALLY REALLY REALLY long time, i cried. thinking back to earlier tonight, i still dont really know why i did, or what instigated it. it was right after dinner, im talking to my parents, and my dad asked me what i was gona do with my life. and i told him that i didnt know...wherever God leads me. and he was like..."hahaha..good answer" but i dont think he meant it 100%. cuz after that, he started asking me questions and stuff...and it got me thinking...what the heck AM i doing???

then i raised up the possibility of becoming a full time staff worker for intervarsity...and my parents were like ok...so what/how would you fund raise? and i couldnt give them a confident answer...then my dad suggested seminary...but i told him there is no way i will go into church ministry...because of all the stupid crap and politics that happens...i explained to my dad why i hate it so much, because of what i saw when i was younger, what happened to my parents and how it just tore up the church, how it just didnt make any sense that it would happen in a church...and i got really angry thinking about all the crap my family had to go through and i started crying...-_-" at this point, my sister went downstairs to get her friend who was coming over to hang out a bit...man, was it embarrassing...lol

anywhos, so yeah,(im still crying) i was explaining to my dad how i felt about the church, and the reasons why i wanted to be a doctor, or go into some kind of professional career, so that i could avoid going into ministry..cuz i HATE it...but then my dad said that politics happens everywhere, no matter what the job is. i knew that, but i would expect in a "secular" setting? versus it happening in a church...[right after i said that, something i learned from basileia kicked into my mind. that it doesnt matter if its "secular" or "religious", God created it, therefore it is good]...then my dad encouraged me with what he held on to when all of this was happening to him...he mentioned that no matter what the situation is, God is always faithful to His servants. as long as we continue to obey Him, He will bring judgment to those that have sinned. and i knew that too, but i just couldnt stand how/why it happens in the churches today(im still crying)...then my dad said something else that i dreaded to hear..."maybe God is giving you these thoughts so you can do something about it"...that initially got me more frustrated, cuz i've felt that way all my life...at the same time, i asked back...maybe i have a problem? cuz i can never just be ok with how things are going...but my dad replied saying that it was better for me to find ways to improve and not settle...!)(@$&!#^%)!@$...GAHHHH -_-" i can never win against my dad...but yeah, so then he asked me have i thought about ministry work...

oh man...i know everyone has always joked bout how im gona be a pastor or staff worker or something along the lines of it...and i've ALWAYS replied..."heck no"...but at that point, i couldnt give that answer...even though i gave it to my dad like 10 minutes ago (i've started to calm down and stopped crying)...and at this point, i really dont know what im gona do...is going into ministry something that God wants me to do? or being IV staff? or maybe going back to pursue a "professional" career? man...why is life so complicated and confusing?

so i guess the purpose of this post comes to this...a prayer request to you all. I dont know exactly what to ask for as of right now, but im thinking along the lines of what does God want me to do for Him? if God speaks to you, please do not hesitate to let me know. i'll be praying too...aite, i shall go sleep, my bed is yelling out my name...nite-0

here we gooooooooo

2008-05-29T23:50:00.002-04:00

basileia was AWESOME...thats really all i have to say about it. otherwise i'll never stop typing. if you wana know more, i am more than happy to answer any questions you have =D

being home is GOOD...its nice to sleep in my own bed, but i do miss being at bing...being home is quite the lonely...so come out to chinatown and lets chill!!! or we could meet up somewhere?

summer 2008...im hoping that you will be a-mazing...

thats all for now, theres definitely more to come...

SEE-Pank You soooo much

2008-05-05T16:58:00.004-04:00

last week of classes...w00t!!!!!

so much crap to do though...and then there's still finals...WAHHHHH T-T

but yeah, another awesome weekend spent here in binghamton. senior banquet was really fun. hanging out with alums was great times. sighh, as much as i want the summer to start, im gona miss bing and the people here...good thing im staying another year huh? -_-" lol...

aite, i should really start working...stupid music history class ((Q))-_-"

one last thing, here's the new song i just wrote...

Wait for the Lord (Psalm 27)

Boaz Tingson

The LORD is my light and my salvation

Of whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold and helper of my life

Of whom shall I be afraid?

When my enemies and foes attack me

When the evil men advance against me

When there comes a day of trouble for me

My heart will not fear

I am confident of this,

He hears my voice when I call…because…

The LORD is my light and my salvation

Of whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold and helper of my life

Of whom shall I be afraid?

Though my father and my mother forsake me

Though hostilities may break out against me

Though my enemies may come surround me

My heart will not fear

One thing I ask of You LORD,

This is what I seek

That I may dwell in Your house,

all the days of my life

I am confident of this

He hears my voice when I call

So I will wait for You Lord…I will wait for the LORD

back to reality

2008-04-28T18:17:00.002-04:00

where to start...

Koinonia concert was a BLAST!

WADDUP!!!

other than that, life is ok...last week was a bit weird, didnt feel like i was going to school at all...now, work is piling back up (as is my laundry) and i've got a crap load of work to do...

sighh...cant wait for the summer to start

a quick update

2008-04-20T23:14:00.003-04:00

quick update on life?

school...sucks a LOT right now...exams, papers, and projects are coming from everywhere...><" other stuff? praise team...AWESOME...we just made an ablum over the weekend...come to IV and buy one to support our ministry!!! koinonia...STRESSED..a lil bit...the concert is less than a week...and we still have some touching up to do...but it should be AWESOME...COME IF YOU CAN!!! KoInOnIa
-flip the switch-
spring 2008 semester show

4/27/08
4-6pm
LH1

bring/invite a friend!!!

and uhh...CLAMASAURUS IS BACK!!! YAY!!!

sighh...

2008-04-08T17:55:00.000-04:00

why do i always get a crap load of work when its really nice outside

school sucksssss

2008-04-08T01:26:00.002-04:00

i hate school....a LOT...why am i here?!?!?!!? T-T

ok, so i dont really really hate school...just this stupid paper i gota do...its ridiculously hard...plus i have a lot of other stuff i gota do for this week...sighh...at this rate, i might be in school forever...=X hope that doesnt really happen...oh man..aite...back to work, sorry for the random post...i'll give a better update later

Bew-teyh-fowl

2008-04-02T01:27:00.000-04:00

today was so freaking nice outside...hence, i got no work done...hahahahaha...but i played a LOT =D

okk...thats all for now, time to go to bed

spring break 08...a "quick" recap

2008-03-31T01:58:00.000-04:00

man...i should totally be doing work right now, but since its still spring break ( its break till my first class) i shall procrastinate to the max.

this break, i didn't go anywhere/do anything special like i have done in the past. i stayed home and spent most of the day by myself, the wii, the guitar, the piano, my sister's laptop (since i didn't bring back my comp) and God. being home alone for most of the day, i realized that i was able to spent some time with just myself and God for the first time in a really really really really long time. and it felt AWESOME. Although questions that i had for God haven't really been answered at this moment, i was able to sit down and ask Him things sincerely, rather than just saying a quick prayer in my mind when i needed help/answers. for the first time in a long while, i had time to not think about other things and just keep my mind totally focused on Him.

so one of the things that i asked God this past week was about my future. technically, i should be graduating this may...but im not. not because im failing or anything (actually, i'll get to that part in a bit) but i really really really don't know what God wants me to do. all my life up to last fall, i had always thought that God was calling me to be a doctor. i wanted to be able to open up a clinic that would help the sick...like Jesus did when He he came down to earth...because hospitals these days (generally in america) only help people that have money. if you didn't have money for your injury or illness, you were pretty much screwed and left to die. and thats really freaking messed up. like, how could we call these people doctors when they can only operate on those that can afford their services? the insurance companies and their wack plans and restrictions are just complete bogus !@#$#$^&@#*%(this isn't the purpose of the blog...so i shall reset my mind)

but yeah, as i was saying, i thought that God wanted me to be a doctor that would "literally" heal the sick...cuz thats what doctors should do. and thats what Jesus did...but last summer, i realized that i couldn't go through with it...i found NO passion in doing this work directly...i couldn't stand the idea of applying and remaining in school for the next 8 years of my life. just thinking about it makes my brain hurt ><" so i started thinking, what on earth can i do then?

back in like hs, i remember my counselor telling me that the most important thing in choosing a career is doing something you like to do. so i started thinking, what do i like to do? i like to play. but how am i gona make a career in that? pro gamer? my parents would kill me before i could finish telling them that i wanted to do that for a living. play sports? its wayyy to late to even think about it...after missing tryouts for jv back in hs cuz of a sprained ankle and getting cut for varsity cuz i was too small...theres no way to consider that path. play music? PLAY MUSIC!

then it hit me, i could play music! write songs, be an amateur artist, and pray that i can get like a one hit wonder? oh man, that thought quickly faded...what are the chances of that happening...-_-" and im starting to go off tangent again..so i shall reset...

so yeah, now, im a double major in music and chemistry...and i was on track to finish with just a maximum of 1 extra year...maybe even less. until i got my grades from last fall. i didnt fufill one of the major classes i needed and i need to retake that class T-T but i thought, no problem, it fits in my schedule...or so i thought. the 2 classes i need are offered at the SAME TIME SLOT next fall...wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...all i could think was, why God...why!??!?!?! T-T

anywhos, my dilemma now is i might have to stay even longer...oh man...just the thought of that makes my brain hurt...T-T sighh...i have to go talk to the professor tomorrow and hope that i can somehow take it in the summer or something...(crap..im off track again..spring break boaz..talk about spring break)

OK...spring break 08...so maybe having so much time on my own wasn't as good as i thought it would be...it got me thinking a little too much (i tend to have the problem) so i decided to keep my mind occupied. so i tried arranging music for koinonia. after my first arrangement, i sent it to steve and he sent it back completely shredding all that i did..(arranging music is a LOT harder than i thought)..but he gave good suggestions here and there so i was able to make a new arrangement and yeah, hopefully we'll be singing it next fall...

so that was tuesday night and most of the day weds. thursday, took a chill day and help out sisters from our church to practice football for a tournament on saturday. but during the practice, i jammed my right pinky. at first i thought it was nothing since i jam my fingers all the time. so after practice i helped out at the church with our 5th sunday event "you too"..when i got home after...i realized i had no feeling in my right pinky (i accidentally brushed against a hot pot but felt no pain) and i looked...my pinky was the size of my thumb O_O ...and i had a football tourney on saturday...crap -_-"

friday was a relaxing day...slept in...got a hair cut (my head feels so naked)...instead of taking a day off, i helped again and practiced with the sisters some more...it was ok..i taped my fingers =D friday night was the event, it went pretty well i thought. the messages spoken definitely gave me another awakening...but i shall save that for some other time cuz it's almost 2 and i havent started doing my work yet...

so yeah, saturday, football tournament. made a name for ourselves. we lost in the finals, but we definitely got some heads turning when they saw us play. it was fun. sucks that we lost, but we lost with the best possible way. we had our shots, we just didnt convert on opportunities...we'll definitely get them next year...

sunday...today, went to church, ate lunch, waited for the children to come out to chinatown, then headed back up to bing...and now, im in bing land again...and i really should do my work...sighh...i hate school...why am i still here?!?!?!?! T-T

T-T

2008-03-13T16:44:00.000-04:00

yesterday at this time, my hard drive fried. T-T

i lost all my documents, pics, music...it took me (not really me, more like chris and his friend) like 4 hours to re-do everything...stupid mac wana be program!! ARGH!!!

jk...its just an old hard drive...sighh, i still lost my files though...well, hopefully chris friend is able to figure out something and get my stuff...but yeah, so instead of studying for my exam, i was making my comp back to the way it was...in return, i slept through my first class, and bombed my exam. on that of that, the exam i had last week, bombed that too...man...school sucks. i really need to get my act together...cant keep on slacking off...blahh...

thats all for now...some "good" news...clamasaurus might come back early =D

new update

2008-03-10T00:54:00.001-04:00

new update...this is on my xanga as well

i feel like my body is like 80 years old...or it did until this morning. so weds night, i slept 3 hours cuz i had an exam the next day. after my test, instead of sleeping and getting some rest, i decided to go play basketball and run some errands thinking i can still nap for a bit since koinonia (which i ended up joining after lots of prayer and debate) practice was at 9...but i forgot to factor in dinner -_-" so i ended up not sleeping at all...after practice i went to ball some more...but i forgot i had to do laundry...so that took me til like 4 (i got back around 1ish)

so i went to sleep..but i cudnt fall asleep T-T finally slept at like 530? thats the last time i checked what time it was...but i got up at like 12 cuz i had to do stuff ><" (so thats like 6 hours of sleep?)

friday was a loong day...we had praise team practice after lg cuz we were leading worship for interfellowship retreat the next day...and then when i got back, i decided to hang out and chill cuz jeff came up. then, we decided to go to turning stone...but like 1/3 of the way there, i noticed that we still had 90 some miles to go, and it was already 430...we wud get there at 6, which is the time we would need to leave there for me to get back in time for praise...O.o? so we turned around and went to eat instead...so i finally slept at 6...and got up at 730... 1.5 hours of sleep T-T

after interfellowship, instead of sleeping...i went to watch the BU game (which they lost) so that took up my afternoon...i got back, showered, ate some snacks...then i had to head out for koinonia cuz we were performing at interfellowship retreat. the performance was definitely not awesome, but it was fun, and we got the crowd going which was really cool =D

but yeah, after that, we went to eat, then people came over to play. now, i've had a total of 9-10 hours of sleep for the past 72 hours...and my body was dying...around 10 last night, i closed my door (people were still here) and KNOCKED out...ppl were outside and laughing and stuff, next thing i knew, it was 1pm (it was really 2 cuz of daylight savings) on sunday morning O_O...i missed church...but i got 16 hours of sleep...which felt AWESOME...

so today, i kinda just took chill day...did some hw, ate some good food...and then went to ball. by the way, lOl...4-1...and going to playoffs!!! w00t w00t w00tttttttttt!!

anways...thats all for now, i shud go to bed, but i cant cuz i've got so much energy...so im gona go bother people...pEaz out!

my blogs

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so for now...im still gona use my xanga to post stuff...but i'll probably start updating here eventually...

a peek in my mind

We are changing the world!

Newark October Ministry Update!

School is almost here!!!

June Update

We're going to Basileia! & new donation link =]

March 2011 Ministry update

Spring 2011 Update

Thank you and Merry Christmas

tis the season to be Jolly

SAVE the DATE for Intervarsity

October Update!

half way...w00t!!!

August 2010 Prayer Letter

donate to me!

my support invitation letter

hi! my name is boaz...

holy crap...

and now....

oh man...

in search of a community?

i'm...

55...60 tops

urbana09...a "short" recap

do YOU know who HE is?

i had to give a sermon O_0?

prayer warrior

where to start?

awesome song

@%#*!&%^*%&# O_0?

im a college graduate...but im still learning...

as promised...

HOLY CRAP...i'm a college graduate O.o?

Philippians 4:6-7 (New International Version)

6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

SPRING BREAK!!!

oh hello there!

blog!

last

to go or not to go?

i can graduate?

update?

letting it all go (part 2)

changes?

letting it go

wow...2 posts in a week?

can i have this dance?

there's no place like home...i wish i could stay here

update

hi, my name is boaz, im a super senior

binghamton

thats all she wrote...

summer is ending...and for some reason im ok with it

ARGHHH

here we go, one more time

i didnt think sitting in an office all day would make me this tired...

frustrations are gone...yay!!!

frustrated...

i almost cried again...

im tired from playing -_-"

jury duty

i just took an 8 hour nap >.<"

transportation in nyc...

how i met boaz.

my day was quite useful...

I GOT TO SEE PEOPLE and HANG OUT!!!

its ok to cry

here we gooooooooo

SEE-Pank You soooo much

back to reality

a quick update

sighh...

school sucksssss

Bew-teyh-fowl

spring break 08...a "quick" recap

T-T

new update

my blogs

@%#!&%^%&# O_0?

⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.