[Gott ist kühl]

awesome pics! haha yeah, like that guitar eh?

[ConceivedInFire]

Originally Posted by Gott ist kühl

awesome pics! haha yeah, like that guitar eh?

You kiddin me? That's like the awesomest guitar ever!

[Ardent1]

*wipes face and looks up*
Jeez, Matt, watch where you drool!

[guitarfan01]

Intermission on Thursday was good, we had David Burk speaking. Burk's always a good speaker, and he's the one who organizes and heads the mission trips the Intermission crew takes to Africa each year. I've never gone. I want to go this year, but I don't know if I should.

Well. We flew down on Saturday. It was a dusk flight, and so the sun went down just as we left the ground. I had a wonderful view of the sunset from 30000 feet in a clear sky for about fifteen minutes. It was incredible. The colors were so much more brilliant and deep! If you've ever seen a sunset airborne, I think you'll know what I mean. I was thinking on the flight how God must have designed the air and the properties of gases and fluids to make Bernoulli's Principle and wings work. Praise the Lord! Seeing the Texas landscape from the air at night was amazing as well. To see the world by the light it emits is incredible - there are spaces of deepest black and seas of light - like Houston. I had no idea how big Houston is (or how accurate Microsoft Flight Sim is ) until Saturday night. Even after flying into and out of Houston many times, I never knew its extent. I also got to see San Antonio from the air (we think) and that was cool, thinking that maybe if I jumped out of the plane I would land on Angela's house.

Sunday morning Mom woke me up after four hours of sleep. She said she thought I wanted to be woken up. No, it wasn't bad at all, I didn't even get tired until Sunday night. Sunday was pretty good. In the morning, I watched a couple of church programs, and they were pretty good. The second one was about staying in God's perfect timing, and how unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who labor at all. How true that is. It's also one of the many things I have trouble with. Well, I've got my whole life, and God is changing me one thing at a time. Praise Him for never giving up!!! \o/

Monday was Granddad's Memorial service. You can find his obituary here if you want to read it. The memorial service was neato; it was awesome to see and hear how many people were touched by Granddad's life. My thoughts on Don Medlock: Granddad was the most Christlike man I ever met. Full of Grace, he never said anything bad about anyone, but was always encouraging and helpful. Even until the very end, he never lost faith or his wonderful sense of humor. Monday night, we scattered his remains (he was cremated) off the end of the pier at his house where he loved to fish. That big house is going to be so empty for my Grandma now.

Tuesday, everyone went back home. The flight was good, and the drive back to San Angelo was pleasant. And that should catch everyone up.

Galen

EDIT: Forgot to post pics.

Pets.
1. A kitty. Tiger by name (or "the striped one")
2. A doggy and a boy. Lady and Curran, respectively.
3. Lady the evil devil dog.
4. Kit-Kat and Tiger. Two kitties.
5. Another Tiger pic.

[ConceivedInFire]

watch where you drool

how did it get all the way to Texas? (must be the jet-stream, I guess)

[ChristinaE]

hmmm...What kind of guitar is it?

[guitarfan01]

1-3. Sunset photos. December 1 or 2 I think.
4. Our Christmas tree.
5. Leah playing piano.

Galen

[ChristinaE]

Originally Posted by guitarfan01

1-3. Sunset photos. December 1 or 2 I think.
4. Our Christmas tree.
5. Leah playing piano.

Galen

aww that is precious!!!!!! I love it! is Leah your sister?

[guitarfan01]

Yeah, Leah is my sister. She's not quite as precious when its just me and her. Of course, I'm not nearly as nice and intelligent when its just me and her either.

More pics.

1. The clean-shaven Galen. haha that rhymes.
2. Uncle Jim getting everything ready for the memorial service. It was held in Granddad's backyard under the tent.
3. Uncle Jim talking about his dad.
4. Releasing about 50 balloons. The balloons are white and very far away, so you can't see them. It was awesome though (and I thought it would be stupid).
5. Relatives. Daniel, Uncle Mike, and Aunt Sarah.

Galen

[ChristinaE]

Originally Posted by guitarfan01

Yeah, Leah is my sister. She's not quite as precious when its just me and her. Of course, I'm not nearly as nice and intelligent when its just me and her either.

More pics.

1. The clean-shaven Galen. haha that rhymes.
2. Uncle Jim getting everything ready for the memorial service. It was held in Granddad's backyard under the tent.
3. Uncle Jim talking about his dad.
4. Releasing about 50 balloons. The balloons are white and very far away, so you can't see them. It was awesome though (and I thought it would be stupid).
5. Relatives. Daniel, Uncle Mike, and Aunt Sarah.

Galen

haha yeah i know how that is! but when are ya gonna show a pic of yourself?

[guitarfan01]

The first one on that group is me. I also put some up about three weeks ago... let me see where they are. I'll repost them in a minute.

All the Rappés that came to the memorial (sans my dad). Uncle Mike is Dad's brother.

From left: Me, Daniel, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Mike, Leah, Mom, and the goofy one on the end is of course Curran.

I'll put some pics of my outfit up; its my favorite dressy outfit.

Galen

EDIT: New pic is me.

[ChristinaE]

Originally Posted by guitarfan01

The first one on that group is me. I also put some up about three weeks ago... let me see where they are. I'll repost them in a minute.

All the Rappés that came to the memorial (sans my dad). Uncle Mike is Dad's brother.

From left: Me, Daniel, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Mike, Leah, Mom, and the goofy one on the end is of course Curran.

I'll put some pics of my outfit up; its my favorite dressy outfit.

Galen

sweet!!! I love dressy outfits..actualy not really

[Cole02]

woo!! an update! and an update with pictures too! (those are always the best kind of updates )

well glad to hear everything went ok! it's awesome watching a sunset in the air.. it's awesome just flying actually.. makes everything seem sooo much bigger, ya know? like showin' ya a bigger picture of God's power and what He's created just for us.. it's awesome!

[Cole02]

and WOAH! a pic of your family too!! aw...

[Rainer.]

Wow... 7 users looking at this thread at the same time... never seen that before in anyone's blog...

Sorry I haven't been around here lately... But then again, neither have you...