Ima try and post something every day, or almost every day, just to talk about what God did that day. Kinda like a journal, or more like a log. Brandon's Log. That's too long for the interweb... Brog? No, that's weird... Blog... Yeah, I'll call it a blog!

So, today was Sunday. The highlight of today was the band concert. It was really cool, especially because God worked it out so that Brian could go and see it. John came with me early because he had homework, though, so he was with BA before the concert. He told John to sit outside of the theater until he finished his homework, then come inside for the concert. John missed the whole thing. Yeah, I got pretty mad about that. I really need to forgive Bert (Bert Allen, BA, whatever you want to call him. I always call him Bert Allen, but that's a lot to type, so BA) for that. It's tough, though, which is weird for me. I normally don't have any problem at all forgiving someone for something they did against me. You could do just about anything to me, and I'll forgive you in a heartbeat. This was to John, though, and I think that's why I had such a big problem with it. BA said he didn't think it would take that long for John to finish his homework. First of all, it's John. He spends a lot of time on his homework. And second, it doesn't even make sense to me how you couldn't think to say "And if you don't finish before the concert starts, put it down and you can finish afterwards." I seriously don't understand how he could've just said "Stay out here til you finish your homework" to John. If it seems like I'm being unreasonable, consider that we're brothers. It's not like he's a stranger. He should know enough about his own brother to know that if he tells him "Stay out here until you finish your homework," then he is going to stay there until he finishes his homework or is told something else. He wanted to see the concert, but he missed the whole thing! John rode two hours to college station, just to sit right outside the theater doing homework during the concert that he rode two hours to see! All because BA didn't use some common sense!! And the worst part is that he does this all the time!!... Yeah, I'm still a little bitter. I'll call him up tomorrow and talk about it, straighten everything out. We kinda ended the conversation about it with me angrily stating exactly what he did and turning away to slam my tuba case shut. We dropped it and moved on, but we never resolved it. I don't know, it just makes me mad, mainly because I can't understand how you can do that. Like it doesn't make sense to me. But whatever. My dad said he recorded the concert. Maybe we can use this whole thing as a lesson for John in independence (He should have put down his homework and gone inside when he heard the concert starting, if he did). Oh well, what's done is done.

On the bright side, today was an overall good day. Concert went well, spent time with my family, got some groceries (BA got them for me. See, he's a good guy! He just doesn't think sometimes...), went back to the dorms and... that's about it... :D Goodnight!!

movie night

So, i just found out right now that I can post blog entries on my kindle (by the way, i have a kindle reader. It's awesome! My dad got it for me to use for school, and i love it! Its so cool, because i put the Bible on it, for free, and i can take it everywhere i go and read my Bible and highlight, make notes, and its so cool! Also, I charged this the day I got it, and i haven't charged it since then. That was about a month ago... Yeah...). i really wish I could connect to the school's network now. Oh well. I should go to sleep. Got a big concert tomorrow! Oh yeah, so the reason i titled this "movie night" is because I was going to talk about How to Train Your Dragon, because we watched that tonight, but I think I'll sleep instead. Goodnight!

:D

Have a slice of pie <|}

I should apologize for not posting very often anymore.

I'm sorry for not posting very often anymore.

Went to the coffee shop place thing with some band buddies this morning. I was planning on just getting tea, but then one of my A-Co buddies, the guy who's also going to Camp LIFE, told me that there was a coffee blend called Zambia something... so I got coffee instead. I don't even like coffee.

So some of the juniors in the outfit have started a little thing where they all get together every morning and pray for each other. It's really cool (especially since they've invited me to join them whenever I can). We all sit in a circle around a dry-erase board with everyone's individual prayer requests on it, along with other people to pray for. Someone starts us off, and we go around the circle, with every person praying for the requests of the next person. It's pretty much the best start to your day. It was pretty awesome how I got started with it, too. It was totally God. Jacob, our first sergeant, had asked us one morning if we would like to have a certain privilege, but then the conversation changed topics so that I never heard him say whether we could have that privilege or not. So, after breakfast, I went to his room to ask him about it, and they invited me to stay. That was the day they decided to start the prayer meeting. I love how God does stuff like that.

I'm excited about the future, but I'm content with today. I guess it's really not hard when you love and trust God. He's got awesome plans for your future, but He's made a great day for you, and today is that day.

So, as I say in every post, I'll make this one quick. I've just had something on my mind lately, and I wanted to blog about it. So, let me tell you about Tangled.

Tangled is an awesome movie. Just sayin'. If you haven't seen it (yet), slap yourself, and go watch it. If it's too late and it's not in theaters anymore, slap yourself again and get it when it comes out on DVD. It's basically just another typical Disney movie, except funnier and awesomer. But there's one thing in particular about it that has stuck out to me. I didn't really know why I liked this particular movie so much, but, after watching it a second time with some buddies on Friday night, I think I have realized what it is. Rapunzel has really stuck out to me in this movie. I really liked her, and I didn't really know exactly why, but now I think it's this: she's just so innocent. I mean, that's to be expected of someone locked in a tower for her whole life (talk about sheltered), but I mean, she's genuinely innocent, and I think that's really cool. I don't know how other Disney princesses are, because the last time I watched one of those movies I was too young to notice something like that anyway. So maybe that's why this movie stuck out to me, but whatever. I just think it's so cool that she's so untainted by the world. I know her mom locks her in the tower because of that (or at least that's what she says, but whatever), but I still think it's cool. But anyway, think about Rapunzel. She doesn't judge anyone, or talk bad about them, or anything like that. It doesn't even cross her mind. She doesn't even understand the weird faces that Flynn makes to her, and she gets a whole bar of tough guys to sing and a whole town to have an awesome time at the festival, all because she doesn't see things in the crooked way the rest of the world does. She wouldn't have had anything to do with those guys at the Snuggly Duckling (I'm going to open a restaurant and name it that) if she had judged them by their outward appearances. I just think that that's really cool, how she was like that. So yeah, maybe we could all learn a lesson from Rapunzel...

... always keep a frying pan handy.

Ok, so...

Yeah, I don't know what to write about again. I just feel obligated to post something because it's been like a month and a half since my last post. I want to go to sleep, though, so this will be one of those ones that I say will be short but then ends up being really long anyway because I come up with more and more stuff to talk about...

Like Zambia!! Oh, man, am I excited for Zambia now!! We had a meeting Saturday in Houston about the trip, and it was awesome! I am so pumped for this trip now. It's going to be so cool! Those orphans there in and around Lusaka (capital of Zambia, and where Camp LIFE is) have been through so much, some of them feel so worthless, because they've been told their whole lives that they are worthless... until they come to Camp LIFE! The theme this year is the Kingdom of Heaven, and it's all about how much each of those kids is worth! Some of them come to camp not even able to look you in the eye because, in the past, eye contact meant harsh punishment. But by the end of camp, they know that they are precious, highly favored, and so very loved children of God, and princes and princesses in God's Kingdom! Isn't that so cool? We'll take them to a hilltop on Friday, the last day (when the guy said "we're taking them to the hilltop this year," everyone who had been before freaked out, and I had no idea what was going on), and show them a glimpse of the glorious kingdom God has for them. We'll give them gifts like shirts, socks, shoes, and we'll sing songs, dance, and just love them all week! I'll have my own group of about 10 kids! My own group!! I'll get to know these kids personally... man, I can't wait for June 9th!!!

So, after the meeting in Houston, I went to Jaclyn's house! (or "your house," Jaclyn, because you're probably the only person who reads these anymore anyways. That was cool. I got to hang out with the kids she babysits, hang out with the rest of her family, then go to church with them the next day, and guess what? It was missions Sunday!! Talk about coincidence (aka God thing)! And guess what else? I got my passport pictures taken, and a passport application! So that stuff was pretty cool, but I know that God planned it all out and wanted me to be there, and you know how I know? He had me miss breakfast, and then they were serving cinnabons!!! If that isn't the hand of God, I don't know what is...

So, Josh, my old old lady, got dismissed from the corps for grades. It's really depressing, because I really enjoyed living with him and stuff. We got along really well, and always made each other laugh. Now my new old lady, Scott, has fully moved in. He's quite a bit different from Josh.

By the way, we sleep on the floor every night.

So, Scott dips, which Josh didn't do, and I think it's kinda nasty. So far we haven't had any major issues with that, but it's only the first day. He also cusses a lot. Josh did, too, but I think Scott is worse. I'm not sure if he'll try to curb it for me, but he might. The biggest thing, however, is that he's a hardcore atheist. Maybe this is why God worked it out so that we're old ladies now. Part of me is excited for this opportunity to influence him, but there's another part of me that just longs for a roommate who's a Christian that's really on fire, who I can learn from and grow with, or even just have legit God conversations with... I don't have anyone like that in my class. The only other Christian is never here, and I don't think I can live with him anyway. Plus he's already old ladies with someone else. Scott was single status (by himself) because we have an odd number of males in our class, so he got moved in with me instead of us both living alone. Please pray for me, for my strength to remain uninfluenced by Scott's lifestyles, and for Scott, that God would soften his heart to the truth of His love (and existence), and also for me to find someone. There are plenty of upperclassmen to go to, there's Brian, people from Impact, even someone I know going to Zambia, but I feel so alone in a crowd right now.