Volley Ball Tournament

You guys did an awesome job! Here's the proof in pictures.
Way to be unified. Matching uniforms.

They look scared!. :)














GO Coach!

Quadruple Date : )

Wanted to share the Date we had Saturday night!....it was Drew's first date in the kingdom!...and man....it was awesome!....April took Drew out, Justine asked Matt, Taranizzle brought Elmore, and I hosted Mel (which was her last date single now that she is dating ; ) The teen gals sure knew how to plan a date and do it up right....fellaz...you gots some BIG shoes to fill...step up your game!!!,,,hahaha (for realz tho) : P. We went out for dinner at BJ's, then went mini golfing, followed by frozen yogurt and shakes before we called it a night.....it was a great time with one another and I look forward to sharing many more kingdom dates with you guys : D

CAR WASH 09 with no whine!

Early customers! Yay! :)



Still working it! :) The sun didn't stop these guys!

Closing it up!

Group Picture! What an awesome serving group of your folks!! :)

Great Job Teen Ministry! You all worked hard and really gave your hearts to make our Car Wash Fundraiser be a success again! May God bless your hearts for this serving act toward the good of others and the advancement of the word of God through out Mascow and the Baltic and Nordic Regions! If you happen to be sore from today.. it's definitely a good pain and it's completely worth it! ;) Much love!

ps: more photos will be available in my facebook album under Teen Ministry Car Wash :) See you all very soon!

College!!!

Hello everyone just thought i would update everyone where I am going to college. Over the last month or so i have been really praying that God would make things obvious. I applied to long beach city college and Los Angeles Pierce college. I really was surrendered either way, but over the last month God has really made things obvious. and just this last week I made it official, I am going to Los Angeles Pierce college. Please pray for me as I am going to the north region and starting a new chapter in my life!!!

Much love, 

     Erick

UCR!!!

Hey everyone!!!
Great news...as many of you may or may not know...I am officially going to UCRiverside!...I am very excited about everything. I am so grateful because God has made it possible for me to move into a household! Please pray that financial aid can come through and that I can get a job on campus. =) Also please pray for Valerie to really start studying the bible. Some of you know her but she is from my school. She is a part of the basketball team. We are supposed to try to get together tomorrow. Lets pray that her dad will let her have a study after school. Thanks fam bam <3

Memory Scripture-Proverbs 14:23

"All hard work brings a profit but mere talk leads only to poverty."

Justine 13
April 13
Cynthia 12
Matt Epps 13
K Tan 13
Taraneh 13
Maria 13
Ejay 13
Erick 12
Daniel 13
Drew 7
Ashley 0
Frankie 0
JP 0
K-tan 0
Michael 0
Ray 0
Herlinda 0
Juan 0
John Q 0
Karina 0
Mike W 0

Total possible points: 13

Scholarships

Ok, so now that I have been granted admission into a college and have received the financial aid, I am trying to get the scholarships to make up for the additional money to be paid to finance college. If anyone could help me with getting scholarships in anyway, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all.

Chicago!

It's official! I have committed to the University of Chicago. For those who are unaware, it is fantastic school. It currently ranks 8th on the U.S. News and World Report. It has its own economic school of thought. And it has 82 Noble Prize winners associated with the school, topping all universities even Harvard College.
I have already contacted the campus leader for the school, Winston Batino, and he is thrilled that I will be attending. So as of next year, I will be apart of the Chicago Church of Christ in the Downtown Chicago Ministry Center. At this moment, there are only two disciples on the campus, not including me. But with God's power, I am certain that there can be more in the future.
Thanks everyone for the prayers and encouragements that have allowed me to be admitted to such a school. I would have never made it without the family of believers.

prom

Well, I had so much fun at prom!
I had fun last year but this year was amazing.
I believe all of it has to do with the fact that I've been a Christian longer and since last prom God has worked on my heart....a lot. I believe He is still working but amen for what He's done so far.
funny.......I havn't really grasped that fact until I started typing haha.
peace!
=)

Teen Prom '09

The amazing banquet hall - awesome decorations!
Doing the Macarena :)
Our fun and amazing DJ John Q!
Ktan and Jellybread - It was their first time at our Prom! :)
After the party.. some of our teens already left though

Here's a sneak peek of your photos teens!! Looking sharp y'all! :)

[More photos are on my facebook account if you're interested! I couldn't fit everything here sorry!]

Getting Old

I just wanted to send EJ a Birthday shout out. Happy 23rd B-day!!!