TLC 09

So all last week I was at TLC. Here's what happened...

• Jaquie Von Sanden, Laura Bartholemew, Shelby Hill, Cassandra Pelton, Jordan Mcginnis, and Scott Paris(that's me) all went to TLC and roomed with some of the Yorkshire crew.
• The college dorms were pretty nice, the food had a little to be desired, and the hang time with the other people was very cool.
• The awesomest part was Worship/message time. I have never had so much fun worshiping God and learning about him!
• We had 5 speakers for the 14 main sessions: Mel Walker, Dwight Peterson, Don Jackson, Mike Show, and Glenn Amos. The messages were awesome and I'm so glad that God let me learn so much about him.
• God really convicted me about a lot of stuff. Mainly how I spend my time and how I talk to my siblings.
• And we even had workshops after lunch! The two two day workshops that I went to were "Preparing NOW for Vocational Ministry" and "Using Sports to Reach People". They were both awesome! I really liked the Vocational ministry one, because I think(and have thought for a while) that God is calling me into ministry in some way.
• So then like Friday night I got really sick and I have been feeling miserable. I had to stay home from church this morning whick I am really bummed about. If you could pray for my fast recovery that would be great!

And that was my very awesome week at TLC!

Where I Was

So if anyone is out there, I'm not dead. Yet. I was at VBS in Wyoming. I totally had like a ton of fun! So now you're thinking, "Yeah! Scott is back to blogging! Now I can have some serious fun!" Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'll be gone at TLC this week. So I should probably be back to blogging in a week or so. Thanks! By the way, if anyone is out there leave me a comment to let me know that.

Calvin and Hobbes

So I love Calvin and Hobbes. And I thought you might too. And since nothing super exciting has happened lately I thought now would be a good time. So here are the famous Calvin and Hobbes:

Happy 4th!

So today I went tubing and got whacked with wooden swords and swam in very cold water. All this happened at my grandparents' cottage which is on the channel that connects Mud lake and Whaneta Lake and Lamoka Lake. Today three really cool things happened:

1. My grandpa took me on a wild ten minute tube ride. And I stayed on and had a ton of fun.
2. My little cousin fell off the dock with his life jacket on. I was able to quickly grad him and pull him out of the water. Hopefully I won't have to do something like that again.
3. My sister(don't get me wrong she's family and all, still she is kinda a knucklhead at times. Kinda like me. It must run in the family) lost her glasses off the dock. Thankfully we were able to find them after 20 minutes or so. And even better they weren't sratched too badly.

So those are three of the highlights of the day at the cottage. Happy 4th everyone!

Howe Caverns

So Howe Caverns is about 35 miles from Albany. It is really cool! It has an underground river, an underground lake, and is really cool! So these two pictures below are of the river Styx(no that isn't an error). In Greek mythology the river Styx flows through hell. Creepy!


This here is a stalagmite and a stalactite. When two of they combine it is called a column.This rock above the walkway is called Godzila's head. This cave is getting creepier(I think that is a word) all the time! I've outlined the shape so you can see it a little better.

This rock here is called "The Three Witches". Very much creepiness! Again I've outlined the shapes

This here is called the turtle. Why? Because it is shaped like a turtle!

This stalagmite is called the "Leaning Tower of Pisa".

This strange formation in the picture below is called the organ. If you hum, the sound resonates and makes a really cool sound.

This here is a calcite heart. There are two myths that the tour guide told us:

1. If you stand on the heart you will have good luck.(Immeadeatly all the kids on the tour jump on the heart, until our tour guide tells them the next myth...)
2. If you stand on the heart you will get married in a year.(All the kids jump off the heart in a split second. Very funny!)

So those are some of the many cool sites at Howe Caverns!