bye bye

my 21st year is now almost completely in my rear view and i have no clue what lies down the road called 22. it has been incredible journey thus far ill talk about that tomorrow.

as 21 comes to an end i couldn't imagine leavin on such a great note.

today i have:

loved on Jesus

poured my heart into others

driven with the top down

worn some new toms shoes

laughed alot

right now i am:

with my close friends

sharing a good meal

watching tommy boy

and just hide a metronome in my roommates bed room (hahahaha)

so 21.... goodbye, i love you, you were great!

LA love

so as i type i'm one block off hollywood blvd and right across the street from the famous Knickerbocker hotel, once home to hollywoods who's who, capital records is in my view and the spirit of art surrounds is very present. but people aren't smiling. i'm overwhelmed by my surroundings, by the history but the people don't realize it, or maybe are simply over looking it.

my heart this morning as i was talking with God, i was almost in tears. i was reminded that my of the story that im a part of.... and that daily i don't smile about or realize or overlook. have i forgotten that my Jesus is bigger than hollywood? once wrote so beautifully the prayer that my heart sang this morning

Terry Macalmon

once wrote so beautifully the prayer that my heart sang this morning.

"Jesus, YOU are great,

you do miracles so great,

there is no one like you,

there is no one else like you"

smile and remember and soak up Jesus today.

away... but not today

april..... a few days
so can i tell you how my heart has broken because i could not write to you. the last 3 days have been phenomenal. i have been a part of our student spring break mission opportunity called EXPOSURE and now i am spent.

i have served and washed and painted and sang and played and talked and danced and thrown and walked and listened and moved and burnt and driven and sat and laughed and seen and cryed and cared and felt and learned and changed and and and loved.

i have seen Jesus: in the hand of a student bent over to wash the car of a stranger for free, in the brush strokes of an unlikely artist as she cleaned city walls, in the laughter of a game of frisbee, i the song of my Deliver, in the voice of richard a homeless man, in the wind and sunshine of an open jeep flyin down I-15, in a water bottle given to a dry mouth, in love given without expectation, in the name of a friend written in ink, and in a message to explore and think and live as BIG as you can.

so today i challenge you to live and love and serve. be a hippie and enjoy a sunset. look for Jesus in unlikely places. think bigger than you might want to. be spent!

see ya soon

micah

wings and Jesus

so had a bit of a late night coupled with a it of an early morning thus i am bringing you saturdays blog right now...

saturdays are great it is my only day to lay in my bed for most of the day.... and that i did first watching into the wild, and the a complete climate change to madagascar.

but saturdays are also alot of work i go to this great chruch in Vegas called hope. we meet at silverado high school, so saturdays at 2 we being to setup a full on rock show. its a pretty big job but we always manage to have a pretty good time.

so after church i booked it down to freemont st. ithe ACM's are in town this week and so there have been free concerts this weekend. last night i got to see zack brown and kelly pickler. i always enjoy goin down to freemont just to see the people, its almost lilke being home as las vegas turns out its own brand of redneck. hahaha i was surrounded by people of all shapes and size some rockin there college gear, nascar jackets, all different shades and combos of plaid, i was in between football mugs and HUGE boots of beer, and of corse you have your redneck girls proudly wearing there halter tops to show a tattoo proclaiming they are "daddys girl" however im not completely sure daddy knows and im very confident that he would not approve (hahahaha). all of us somehow united by songs about our toes in mexico's sand and fried chicken.... incredible.
aftre the show i very happily agreed to some chicken wings and some great conversation with the durhams, ben, and our new friend lindsey.

so now im off to church on this sunday morning to enjoy a totally different atmosphere, which is awesome. but i the thing i love the most about Jesus is that i can enjoy His family here at a church where im "supposed" to but also in the middle of thousands of people, good country music, and chicken wings. wow im so thankful for friends that push me to love God...... and chicken wing.

bringing things together

april 3

i started a new book call "the safest place on earth" by larry crab. i love starting new books, almost more than i love finishing them.. is that bad? we anyway the premiss of the good is experiencing genuine community, which is very interesting to me because im a VERY relational person. thus far my favorite part of the book says: "we must not only turn our chairs in a circle, we must also turn or souls together." what a great concept what a great practice. i hope today you and i can open our soul to someone, that we might enjoy authentic connection.

this morning i got to hangout with my friend billy arndt. we spoke about thinking freely and imagination and how we want to encourage that follow Jesus to do both more often. it was a great time.

today is also first friday and later im goin downtown for some great art, and some good music with some good friends.

happy friday, im glad your here!

see ya soon

micah

sorry i no its tomorrow already but i forgot to publish this yesterday.... dont hate me

happy windmills and coffee... in excess

so can i start by saying that im watching happy gilmore right now with my buddy jeff, and its at the part where he sings into the door monitor "i want to kiss you all over and over and again, i want to kiss you all over. till the night closes in." as a little boy listens super confused and that crazy Chinese lady go up to happy room and (burrrrbbb). hahahaha what a great movie.

last week a bought a holga toy film camera and im still learning to use it but here is a shot from yesterday with no photoshop just me+holga+film= really cool (i think)

april 2

so today was great. i have some awesome roomates, we get to live life together and talk about girls, Jesus, school, and work... not necessarily in that order, but often in that order(hahaha) ever week as a group we practice Psalms 119:147

"I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words."

today was that day for us, it was so refreshing to ask God to give us a platform to love and serve our community we prayed Jeremiah 29:7
"Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper"

we prayed for creativity and imagination so that we might "Shine like Stars" as paul writes in Phillippians 2:15. it was an incredible time for us to focus and connect our hearts with Gods.

thank you Jesus for calling us your children

after i spent the morning with a good friend Dwight Watson. dwight is a guy who believes in the power of the Gospel to transform Las Vegas and the whole world. he pastors several groups of simple faith communities that meet in homes all over the valley they collectively are called The River. we shared a cup of coffee and some conversation and i was so encouraged to follow the passions God has given me, thank you dwight for letting me see Jesus in you.

finally on thursday nights i get to meet with some college student for my church at the TABLE. we talked tonight about community, and how valuable God's family is in our lives it was a great time.

i believe this verse in Colossians 4:6 tells the story of my day

"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."

april 2 you were great tell you're friend to keep the good times comin!

see ya soon

micah

come with me

so i realize its been awhile.... sorry, i love you forgive me.

this is a big month for me and by the end of it i will be 22 the big double dueces! that means a have very little time left to be 21,which is sad but also very exciting. i want to go on a pilgrimage, everyday this month i want to blog maybe alot maybe just a little. i want to see and document where i go and what i do in the last days of my 21st year.

april 1

i started the day at springs perserve (which is a wild life museum kinda thing) taking pictures for my newest project called the Las Vegas the wild side... great images cool place more details on that to come.

but anyway, most of my wednesday are spent talkin about Jesus with some friends(i love it). first with cameron and ross, 2 guys i mentor. we ment at saxbys coffee, great joint. we talked about Isaiah 43:25 “I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again." we asked why God would help us for His sake, like what does He have to gain? great talk ending with God does that so we can love Him way more(that is the real fast answer but pretty right on) p.s. cameron ross and i are coffee shop thugs hahaha

after that i went to hangout with a guy named billy combs, he mentors me. hes the man so basically tells me everything i suck at, like hes readin my journal! (i hope you have someone like that) its awesome. i always leave so encouraged and challenged to go love and serve and study and live its incredible... so today i shot great images and enjoyed Jesus and His family. simply wonderful im sooo lucky

so thats day 1. i hope the whole month is great like today. so here goes our 1 month odyss i promise if you'll sick with me we'll have a good time. until tommorrow....

see ya soon

micah