Tim's blog

Today we started a Jamboard assignment where we each have a slide to visually represent our poem that we wrote on Monday. I hadn't started the poem yet, so I just worked on the it during this class period and made good progress considering how late I came in. I didn't learn much in this class period but I had a good time reflecting on my growing up and middle school times while writing my poem. I need to get started on that Jamboard now. I enjoyed this class period.  Today, I am feeling great. I left school early to be more productive (which sounds counterintuitive, I know) because I can work on any class's work instead of being limited to what I'm doing in one class. We don't do much in 5th period and I learn 7th period stuff online anyway. I felt like I was keeping the Lord's smile while leaving school (I got checked out) which I'm glad to say, but I can't be 100% sure I was in His will. (who could be...?) Lord, may I grow in You more today than I ever...

 I was absent on Feb 26.  Today (27th) we filled out a sheet about our culture and what stereotypes and such things we've come across, as well as how we ourselves can improve cultural blending in our community.  I didn't learn much in this class period, because we were just filling out a worksheet about our experiences. I had a good time reflecting on the experience I had in a conference in Poland because this is the conference that caused my life to take a 180 when I was captivated by the Lord. Over the rest of the day, I had some good fellowship with one of my teachers from last year, Ms. Smith. She loved hearing my testimony and about the meeting last night.  Praise the Lord! I just love my Jesus.

 Today we just did missing work. (I didn't do any missing work lol) I had a good time sharing with Jose about the significance of the connection from Genesis 4:10 to Hebrews 12:24. In Genesis 4:10, God is telling Cain that the blood of his brother is crying out to Him from the ground , basically showing that sin is in man and has caused something this bad to happen, and in Hebrews 12:24, Paul says: "And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaks something better than that of Abel." I love how these verses connect and can uplift us with a new perspective on the Lord's victorious death for our redemption.  Jesus!

 Today we went through another poem and filled out a table about our dream, including how we would achieve it and what might get in the way. I had a great time filling out the table. My dream is to attend a Bible school in Anaheim, California, and I based the whole assignment around the fact that the Lord could lead me somewhere completely different. It was funny that I thought that the Bible school cost money, but I sent a picture of my paper to my friend and he told me that the church supports the attendees, so I had to cross out everything regarding saving up for it. I loved this class period. At the end, Mr. Rease called on me to give my response for the last box, which was: "What do you want your legacy to be?" My answer was "an overcomer." I shared that phrase alongside  Revelation 12:11 with the class: "And they overcame him because of the blood of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even ...

 On Tuesday we had a bell ringer about what America symbolizes and what being an American means, and then read through a poem called "Let America Be America Again", discussing it afterward. I learned that Donald Trump probably got his slogan "Make America Great Again" from this poem, which is ironic because if so, Trump really missed the point. The poem was about how America isn't what America is supposed to be for most minorities in the country, and how matters in the country for minorities will need improving for a long time. I enjoyed this class period. Jesus is God. (and He lives in my spirit) (hallelujah) (amen) (come quickly, Lord.)

On Wednesday we did a black history month opener and then we were assigned a book review of The Sorrow of War.   For the book review, I did some of my summary on Wednesday and at the time of writing this post I've just about finished it. I started with the summary because I think it will help me organize my thoughts more. I have this whole block period today as an intern so I hope to get a lot of the review done or even finish it. I liked our class period yesterday. It was laid back, but I was trying to put a pretend due date (of my summary) at the end of class to make me work faster, which only somewhat worked.  I am enjoying the Lord a lot today. My friend Haiden loves the Lord and we just had some great fellowship in Ms. Arzabe's office during advisement, sharing our portion and recent enjoyments of Christ and all-around infusing each other with God left and right. JESUS IS GOD! O LORD JESUS!

Today all we did was read as much as we could of The Sorrow of War.  I got to page 159 from 145. I learned more about what writing does for Kien in his mind, and his methods of doing so, as well as more history of he and Phuong's. I liked this class period. I enjoyed just reading the whole time. It isn't the Bible or the ministry though, so I didn't receive any life from it. Lord Jesus, wash me in Your blood. I've just finished yesterday's assignment on Commonlit, I hope I don't get points off for doing it late. I like this verse:                                                                                                                   ...

Today we had a substitute teacher and I came in pretty late, but we were given an assignment about the Vietnam war to do in Commonlit, which I've still yet to start on.  I learned more rules about level three lockdowns because we had to do a drill during this class period. I liked this class, but I wish we didn't have to sit in the corner for so long for the lockdown. I would have got much more work done. Jesus is God! I love enjoying God.

 I was absent today. 

Today I got to class right before it ended again. Mr. Rease told me we did a black history month bell ringer and also had the rest of the presentations.  I'm glad we didn't do many important things today that would have been costly for me to miss, considering it's a block day when we usually get more things done.                                                                               _____ I forgot to finish this post on Wednesday, and it is now Friday the 9th. I am sick with what I think is a fever so I didn't come to school yesterday or today. I hope I won't have too much to catch up with on Monday. I will try to get as much work done over the weekend as possible. Lord, remind me to be productive and steadfast in my schoolwork!

Today I got to class very late--about 10 minutes before the bell rang. I entered while the class was giving their short answers to prompts about the reading that they did during the period. Mr. Rease lent me a copy of the book to borrow and catch up with. By 3rd period, I had read the assigned pages and responded on my paper, turning it in between 3rd and 4th period. I enjoyed the class, because I got there very late and could just sit there, and then it wasn't too much work for me to catch up with what I had missed. I am feeling great today. I've been quite productive school-wise, and I've been enjoying the Lord as much as I can. Last night one of the strings on my guitar broke, so I am planning on re-stringing all of them today with a brother after school.   JESUS IS GOD! OH LORD JESUS FILL ME WITH YOUR RESURRECTION LIFE MORE TODAY!!!

Today some of us presented our slideshow. My presentation went well. I learned and was reminded of things from the story by watching my peers' presentations, but most of them were about what songs would play during the novel, so it was mostly opinion/imagination-based information. I liked this class. I had a smooth and pretty interactive presentation and I actually got to class early for once. In one of the presentations a girl played the song "Telephones" by Vacations, which I hadn't heard in a long time. For a good while, I've been only listening to God-infusing music that brings my love for (and experience of) the Lord higher and higher, such as scripture songs (verses put to tunes) and love songs for the Lord. I mention this other song that played because it gave me a sort of flashback or mild "PTSD" (lack of better expression) to my past relationship. I have some old emotional associations with this song that I've put far behind me, but many thi...

Today, we took a mid-book test and had time to work on our slideshow, which I already had finished.  I didn't learn much in the class today, just because we only took a test and then worked on an assignment that we already had assigned to us. I liked today's class. It was very chill and the test wasn't too hard. I am enjoying this day so far, I've been pretty productive. I have a quiz in physics, but I think it will go well. To keep the day going well I just have to keep coming to the Lord to supply me in every little ordinary part of my day by calling on His precious, glorious, victorious name. JESUS!