Spring Retreat

This year's Spring Retreat was hugely encouraging to my heart and is probably one of my favorite times of this past year. Here are a few reasons:

1. Testimonies and sharing that showed God's work in the lives of people.
2. Conversations that not only encouraging but challenging to my heart.
3. Sermons that placed an emphasis on the importance of church that made me appreciate Grace Community Church even more.
4. Trying to count God's blessing on my life and realized it would take years and I still wouldn't finish.


There are more, but these 4 things summarize what's going on through my mind.

On a completely separate note,I ran over a squirrel today on the way back from retreat. It's my first roadkill. I don't know if I was more sad for the squirrel or for my car...

And finally, here's an awesome picture of my favorite Brazilian Footballer, Kaka.

Zoom Zoom!

2002 Mazda Protege 5
She's all mine!

FAQs:

What are you going to name her?

I'm not going to name her anything. I think that's a lame practice [no offense to anyone who names their cars]. I shouldn't even refer to the car as she. It's a car. It will be called... the Mazda, the Protege, P5, or the wagon. But if I WERE to name her, her name would be... wagon.

Why did you buy a wagon? Aren't wagons for soccer moms?

I bought a wagon because wagons are extremely practical, and that makes it cool. The backseats can fold down flat, turning the rear seating area into a huge trunk. This car can haul music equipment, camping gear, mountain bikes, snowboards, etc. Plus, this wagon looks really good, and it drives more like a sports car [handling wise] than a station wagon. Too bad it's slower than Turtle McTurtle.

You drive stick? I didn't know that! Can you teach me how to drive stick shift?

Yes, I've been driving stick since I had my permit. If you really want to learn, I could teach you how to drive it. I'll decided if I will on a case to case basis.

Can you make garlic bread with this wagon?

Unfortunately, no. This car is not equipped with an oven. However, now that I have a car, I can buy bread more often and make garlic bread more often. And who doesn't like garlic bread!

Are you going to get any RACINGBEAT or other aftermarket parts?

Okay, for those of you who have been wondering what Racingbeat is...Racingbeat is a company that makes aftermarket performance parts for Mazdas. I may get something later on but for now, the protege will remain stock.

I am planning on getting a snowboard/ski roof rack and a bike rack for the car. That way, I can carry 5 people AND 4 snowboards to the slopes in the winter, and go mountain biking [in the mountains] in the summer. Booya!



That's all I have for now. Zoom Zoom!