Scaffoldings

My church, school, bible classes, bible studies are all like scaffoldings. They are all used to hold my faith, or house. But every construction worker knows that scaffoldings are not meant to be permanent. They are simply support beams. When the house is solid and strong enough, the scaffoldings are taken away because after all, they are support beams.
Soon, I have the opportunity to rid of my scaffoldings. Rid is the wrong word. I have the choice to pull some off. But, there is another option. If I chose this, I'll be able to build an even higher scaffolding and therefore make my house taller. The question is this: just how tall is my house and will I be able to survive with what I have now? If I decide to lose some of my scaffoldings, will I be able to not just withstand but also conquer the storm of life while being a scaffolding for others? There is only one opportunity. If I lose this, it may be gone forever.
I've told a lot of people I'm deciding with APU, but actually, I'm leaning more towards UCSD now. I'm such a flip-flopper. Sorry guys. Please forgive me.

How I live life

"Live like Jesus died yesterday, rose today, and is coming back tomorrow."

Change

Thanks to this last Mexicali trip, I expanded my memory bank, but more importantly, I learned a valuable life lesson.

Unlike on other nights, on the last night, I gave an effort to stay up while the speaker talked to the congregation. He talked about Matthew 7:22 and how unless you know Jesus, it doesn't matter how many demons you have casted out in his name. The result is always the same. I used to think that "head knowledge" was everything. All ihad to do was know what not to do and believe in Jesus, and that would give me a ticket straight to heaven. However, the speaker told us that knowledge means nothing if we do not use it for God's people. If I become transformed, shouldn't I therefore transform others? It makes sense right? In the past it didn't. I do not learn to show God how smart I am or to answer all the questions in bible study, but to use it to spread God's love and knowledge. If everyone did this, wouldn't our world be so much better?

College smollege

Yay! I got into college! But now what? It looks like I have to decide which one I want to go to. SO here are my options:

• UCSD
• APU
• UCI

This list was made in no particular order just fyi. All of these schools are very good, in my option, which makes it very hard to decide which one to go to. So I thought visiting each school would help me decide, but it just made it worse. They all have very clean and beautiful campuses, the housing is amazing, and the curriculum and staff is excellent at each school. 

What's funny about this whole dilemma is that I never expected to get into UCSD. I just clicked on it for bragging rights. But when I found out that I actually got in, I got really excited. Could it be a sign from God? Possibly... Then again, APU is a Christian school, and why wouldn't God want me to go there? APU is giving me so much money in grants and scholarships too. A sign from God? Possibly too... Despite being a private school, it is the cheapest of the three schools right now because of the scholarships. And I can't forget Irvine. A lot of my friends are going there, but friends aren't everything. As of now, I am majoring in Criminology at Irvine, which I do not want, but hear that there is a chance of getting the major I do want, apparently. 

Dang it UCSD! Why do you have to make my life so complicated? Whatever it is, I'm deciding by the end of this week. So until then, all I can do is pray and think.

March Maddness

March Maddness can only mean one thing: lots of college basketball, partying, and HOMEWORK?! Yes. Homework. And lot and lots of it. This entire month, I've slept at 1:00 a.m. and I'm starting to feel more and more cranky. I've noticed that I snap really easily (especially in the morning), and I zone out a lot. It is my firm belief that every teacher gathered together to ruin the Seniors' lives. Now that I've been accepted to colleges, my workload should be a little more lighter right?...please? Gosh... just when I began feeling lazy too. So here's my schedule this week:

• three essays
• one project
• read two/three books
• mandatory two hours of t.v.  ^_^
• routine homework
• tennis match and practice
• play sax for a musical on Thus and Fri

No wonder it's called March Maddness

FUN FUN FUN FUN~

Prayer

Please keep my sister in your prayers. She is 10 years old and she still tries to sleep in my parent's room. I cannot yet reveal as to why, but just pray for her please.  More specifically, please pray that God gives her a peace of mind while she sleeps.

Strange Habbits

A while back, I told myself, "Daniel, you're going to be a better brother." Well... I did just that. Whenever my siblings were in arguments with my parents (mostly my mom) I would step in and "pull" them out. Whenever my siblings needed help, I gave them even more than they wanted. Whenever my siblings were frustrated, I would provide understanding because, sometimes, parents just can't do everything.

Strangely, due to my actions, I've experienced a side-effect. Every now and then, as I am working in my room, one or sometimes both of my siblings walk into my room and sit on my bed. I pretend to ignore it, but after a while it gets a little weird, so I ask what they want. Almost always, they'll answer, "Nothing." My sister, especially, does this. She'll go into my room and stand right next to me. If I don't say anything, she'll grab the closest thing next to her and examine what she's holding. Then, after a thorough examination, she'll leave. I kinda get this feeling that I'm some kind of new species of animal.

Then I realized that maybe they just wanted to talk. When I did, we had pretty decent conversations. At that point, I felt like a pretty accomplished brother. I admit, I don't have the PERFECT relationship with my siblings, but we have our laughs. As long as there is some sort of bonding, especially with my two siblings, there is nothing more I could ask for.