"To Save a Life"... .. ... The Movie!

So let me give a rundown of the movie, don't worry I won't ruin it for you. I guess honestly it's a movie you can't ruin...

Jake is one of the most popular kids in school, is on the basketball team, gets a scholarship to his dream school, and has a beautiful girlfriend. A kid in his school, from his past, ends up shooting up the school and then taking his own life. Jake then starts to think about what if he stayed his friends and said hi, in stead of complete ditching like he did the last four years of high school. This starts to really bug him, then a youth pastor invites him to church. Not having a great family life he ends up going to the church. And at first he is turned down, but the persistant youth pastor. Not pressuring God all the time, just talks, talks. This talking gets to him, he starts to listen to devotionals and reads his bible, but yet he doesn't want to take on the full relationship with God. Continues to go to the parties, but then notices his life to change before him. Starts to wonder, what's so great about the life I am living now. He goes to church for the second time in a week, which is a complete shocker to him that you can even do that. And he brings his girlfriend. His girlfriend feels awkward because she is afraid of being judged, and ironically Chris, the youth pastor, mentioned the places that people are afraid of and the church being number one. He tells the kids to think about who they have ignored or looked at weirdly for 30 seconds in silence. And like any youth group, you have kids whispering, texting, and giggling, and Jake gets up and tells them that what they are doing is taking this for granted and that his girlfriend just left because she is afraid of being judged. So then the youth group decides to have lunch together, and just invite people....

Let's just say there is alot more to this story and well Jake does end up talking to the silent and unseen and invites them to the group and starts real relationships with them. Sticks up for them. Uses Roger's, the friend that shot up the school, myspace page to inform people about teen suicide and what to do. Then it becomes a site where people can talk and alot of people related and confessed.

Let's just say this movie is amazing. I loved it. I would watch it again so many times. I definitely recommend it to youth pastors. Take your youth group, buy the dvd when it comes out. I know I will. It really made me think on how I can be the Jake at my church and my school.

 Let me tell you. I used to be one of the unseen and silent people, no one would ever come up and speak to me and well, I just learned that i had to go up to people... but the thing was I felt like I was butting in and I had no purpose being there and well it hurt, there were many times I thought about leaving the youth group, but I didn't have any other way to learn about God, and well I really wanted to learn. There were times I was challenged to speak to the unseen and silent at my high school, and I wish I did it more than I did.

So do it. Take your kids, take your family, take your youth group, take your church, and take your friends. But make sure you see this movie. It'll make you think in ways you should have been thinking if you haven't already.

Go to => www.tosavealifemovie.com

It won't be a waste of your time or money, trust me.

Where Will 2010 Take Me?

There is so much going on this year, from being "President" of Invisible Children Club at school, possibly going to Swaziland, Africa, becoming an Invisible Children Roadie, and possibly going to Nicaragua.

All of these events and yet it costs a lot of money, a lot.

I guess it's going back to all previous events such as El Salvador, Camp Mah-Kee-Nac, and Lobby Days. Trusting that God will have my back, trusting that He knows what's best for my life, trusting that He will provide when I don't think it will ever happen.

Before I enjoyed depending on Him, but now... now I am a little overwhelmed with all of this.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to go to Swaziland and then come back and tell the stories of the children I met, and the beautiful people I got to meet, even the beautiful ones with aids.

My heart has definitely goes out to the children of this world. They are so beautiful and I believe that they can create beautiful artwork. That's probably why God put this vision in my heart. To bring art to the children of the world and bring their works, pictures, and stories to the rest the world, the world who seems to ignore these third world countries and their lifestyles and think only of themselves. Oh, wait, they think of these third world countries when something like an earthquake hits Haiti. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing people getting together to helping these beautiful people, but honestly I wished I saw more of it that just the few times a natural disaster happens.

I, like I said earlier, am the new "president" of Invisible Children Club this semester at JCCC. I am looking forward to spreading the news of this atrocity in eastern Africa and northern Uganda. And all the good going on right now with the bill in Congress. Raising money for an amazing cause. Hopefully booking a screening for JCCC and getting people to actually show up. I mean honestly Tye and Pepito are going to be there, you know, from the "GO" documentary. I mean if all else fails then I am willing to post up posters telling people about the screening at my church. I am really hoping that the screening at the church will go well, and I hope that it won't just be a youth thing, I pray that the entire church will come out and listen to what is going over there and to what is said.

I am really, definitely passionate about Invisible Children, the Children being abducted, and hiding from the LRA. I am still wanting to be a Roadie for Invisible Children, hopefully in the fall. I have many ideas in my head for the video application, and am really hoping that it will turn out awesome. But when I do this, I know that this will be one of the greatest experiences of my life. Traveling the country telling everyone about this atrocity going on in Eastern Africa and Northern Uganda, and telling them how they can help and be apart of this amazing organization. This is something I have wanted to do for a while and I really hope that this is my chance. How amazing to see passions spark and grow as we travel state to state, city to city, school to school. Amazing.

Then Nicaragua is in the winter, and I would love to go, but it's like a two week span between I get back from being a Roadie to this mission trip. Don't get me wrong, would love to travel so much this year, but it's all up to God whether He wants me to do this or not.

I just pray that I will be able to stay with my studies at school and yet still raise funds for everything. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY stay with GOD, cause if I don't stay close then I won't know for sure that HE wants me to do or not.

Thanks for any prayers you have done and will continue to do.