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So basically.... Thats how I always used to start a conversation with my roomates. Poor guys listen to me whine about my day and rage and than we would talk about life. I miss it alot. I drove home yesterday with karl. He's a good guy and I felt bad for him becasue I just couldn't keep a conversation going. It hit me right away that it was over. I knew that this chapter of life is never going to come back. Lol I actually almost cried. Its ok to cry boys....and kailey. So many memories. Of good tim es and good friends. I am on e of those lucky people who has a bunch of Kaleoites in my city. Today I think I will hangout with Parker Kailey lampard and Lindsay probably at Thetis Lake. It will be fun but it will be different. It won't be as kaleo this time it will be as friends.
I was reading your blog philips about going to the mall and being discusted with somethings. Yesterday I came home and tried to unpack. I was putting stuff in my closet and started freaking out, maybe it was lack of sleep or maybe Cal finally got to me but I looked at all this crap I had sitting there that I never used and I wanted to throw it. I was like. I have so much random crap why... It's so pointless. Also i went to my home Church. Parker and I just sat and laughed. Its sad how much Kaleo can make you question stuff. We just laughed at so many little things the Church does "wrong" but overall it was really nice to be back. Lol Kirk you would have enjoyed being there. Anyway I'll try and get some pictures today of all of us hanging out but I hope to hear from everyone soon. I heart you all (KALEO'3 Kaleo' love)
I was reading your blog philips about going to the mall and being discusted with somethings. Yesterday I came home and tried to unpack. I was putting stuff in my closet and started freaking out, maybe it was lack of sleep or maybe Cal finally got to me but I looked at all this crap I had sitting there that I never used and I wanted to throw it. I was like. I have so much random crap why... It's so pointless. Also i went to my home Church. Parker and I just sat and laughed. Its sad how much Kaleo can make you question stuff. We just laughed at so many little things the Church does "wrong" but overall it was really nice to be back. Lol Kirk you would have enjoyed being there. Anyway I'll try and get some pictures today of all of us hanging out but I hope to hear from everyone soon. I heart you all (KALEO'3 Kaleo' love)
posted by andrew at 4/24/2006 10:53:00 a.m.
3 Comments:
i like how people will hardly post at all during kaleo but then everyone needs to stay in touch after kaleo so the blog gets flooded.
one thing i have struggled with a lot this year is judging others. starting at a secular school last fall after having done kaleo and working at a summer camp staffed by 30 of the most godly young men ever was really hard for me because i was comparing all the christians i met there with those i knew from kaleo and camp. and at first all i saw was hypocrisy and insincerity. there was only one or two that i felt were real. the problem was that i was looking for their hearts after God for which it had taken some time to see in my fellow kaleos. after almost two semesters i now see that i was wrong to judge them right away (although some have proven me right).
that being said, when jesus says "do not judge", a more literal translation is actually "do not always be judging". if someone is doing something wrong, we ought to call them on it. just take some time beforehand to examine yourself. for example, i was in a very good position to call my brother on something earlier this year cause i had specifically avoided that exact same thing years before.
if you guys ever miss thoughtful input from kaleos on your thoughts, try deadpreacherssociety.blogspot.com
i will put up some prayers for you guys as you do life with kaleo under your belts,
john schmit-now officially one year removed from kaleo
Good call, John! One way to tell if you are "judging" or not: If it' a statement about something they did, it is likely just discernment. But if it is a statement about who they are, it is likely judgment. For example, if I say, "that guy jut told a lie," it's discernment. But to say, "That guy is a liar," is judgment. What do you think, Andrew?
one year removed.. i like that. ha ha yeah its funny watch everyone post (the kaleolife site was officially started 2 Christmas's ago... but i couldn't convince anyone to post... until may came and then it went up and again in september)
like crazy once they start the withdrawal. Yes im making it into a metaphor like a drug.. cause its gonna take some time to get off of it... you didn't have a weaning off period.
And a lot of things will start to look less err.. meaningful. You kind of end up doing a check up on your life as you had it before kaleo. This is more so true if you don't work in a christian environment during the summer.
My only advice... don't be too serious and don't get frustrated when relationships and other things aren't the way you left them (or how you remembered you left them). They aren't like the ones you just developed on the island and thats ok, its great actually. Living with your schoolmates 24/7 speeds up relationships in a lot of different ways.
Try to take what you learned to impact others around you but don't feel like you personally need to save the world now that you've become wise after a year of bible school. God already did it. I'm still learning a TON in this year out of bible school, differently than last year but I am thankful for BOTH oppertunies.
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