http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org Alexander Laymon - First Year Missionary en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:07:25 GMT 30 http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=mission-trip http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=mission-trip For the past week Ive been up in Tennessee on a mission trip.  I went with Student Life and we painted an apartment complex and hosted a VBS on the grounds.  It was a very powerful trip and have benefited from it greatly.  I went as a counselor because it was the 7th through 10th graders mission trip for the summer.  I was put in charge of the painting with my good friend Chris and we had a really good time.  I was also put in charge of a couple bible studies when we all Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=2-more-months http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=2-more-months For all of my high school career I have been heavily involved in my youth group.  Every summer we go on various work and witness trips all over the US.  We have been sent to third world countries as well.  My youth pastor, Rodney Neighbors, has instilled the need to serve God and help others into my heart.  This trip to Africa will be an experience unlike any other I have ever encountered.  I first realized that I wanted to go to Africa a year and a half ago.  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=harry-potter http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=harry-potter I was, at first, confused as to what i was suppose to write about on this blog page. It has slowly dawned upon me that all I am required to do is post a writing that entails what I have been up to or what I have planned. This seemed all the more curious to me as to why people, that I don't know, would want to hear what I am doing. I sat and thought about it for a spell and have come up with the conclusion that David Gross wants us to communicate with each other because in a couple of mon Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=excited http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=excited I am entirely anxious to get this trip underway. Ive wanted to be a part of something that can help God in an extreme way for quite some time. As the days pass here in Ponte Vedra Beach, I just sit quietly and wait for September to finally roll around. Patience is not something I was given an abundance of! Prayer has engulfed my nightly events and has turned to writing and scripture reading. I am so ready to do His work and I cant wait to meet the team that will be with me when Im Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=today http://alexanderlaymon.myadventures.org/?filename=today I am feeling a little discouraged today because Im starting to feel the tension of leaving everyone behind. I am mostly talking about my best friend and girlfriend Victoria Cameron Tillman. She will be attending Olivet Nazarene University this fall and I was suppose to be following her there. Granted, I will be joining her when i get back from Kenya but that doesn't ease the fact that i have to leave her. This will be the longest Ive ever been without her and it just is a little discour Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT