1950's Bible Drill (Would be a cool name for a band)

I'm finally done with training week at Student Life Camp. We are in less than 2 hours planning to head out to Covenant College near Lookout Mountain in GA. We'll be there for a total of 3 sessions roughly 2 and 1/2 weeks. It's been a tedious process to get to this point. Lots of meetings, getting to know YOU sessions, learning/teaching times, and sleep have been a pertinent part of our preparation. I'm ready to go and start camp with the Blue Team, and discover what God has planned for me to learn and experience. I'm so ready to see what impact I will have and what He uses me for along the way. I'm going to learn so much, and there is nothing stopping me from being joyful.

One thing that I've noticed during our session is how people in this field are generally so passionate about what they do. The amount of work and effort that is devoted into every little thing is quite astounding as day by day we work to further the kingdom of God. I hope that in every way that my joy is increased 10-fold. I pray and thank God for the passions of everyone on the team and the universal desire of us all to bring Him glory through everything we do. It's exciting. You know you wish you could experience it.

I'm sad to say that even though I have managed to snap a few pictures, that I have not brought my camera usb cord with me so no pictures with my entries until my parents bring me that at Covenant. But no worries there will be lovely ones once I can get into that photo mode. Get excited, you can even pee yourself a little if you like. I love you all!

Brad is satisfactorily satisfied,
Marcus C.

I Love Mary, Blind Mary marry me.

It's been such a long time since a felt I should update this array of disorganized thoughts. I find myself awake at about 2:30 in the morning contemplating my summer and all it will entail. What am I going to do with myself when I have to meet brand new people and spend roughly 2 months with them and stressful but amazing circumstances? My general freedom is coming to an end. The stress free days of GTA IV and World of Warcraft are coming to a close as I prepare to go on a journey. God is grasping my heart and trying to wrench out the cynicism and blindness that has been dragging me deeper and deeper. I hate that I feel so unmotivated to be. I know that He will without a doubt be filling every corner of my soul if I will just let Him reside there and be conscious of the fact. I'm abandoning my old learned habits for His. I need a mass of prayer. It's all so difficult when I feel in a state of limbo. I have no permanent home. College consumes a different part of my life that comes with a lot of hard work. I can't decide what I'm going to do with all of my random technical skills and passions. I am adrift in a sea of great imagination and wonder and confusion. He will guide me. My trust is in Him. I love you Lord, and I want what you want.

On a less insane path of thoughts, Student Life approaches. I'm ready to head off to different states and work with students all over the place. It's scary, but more like the fright you build up as the roller coaster makes it's way to the top of the hill. The final click is about to release me into a whirl of twists, turns, and barrel rolls of God knows what. And He does.... REALLY know. I want to write poetry again, music, song. What do you think?

I was very pleased to get to spend a week with my sweetheart Emily in H-Ville. We ate great food, spent time with caring family. All over it was a good way to spend part of my free summer getting to know more about those I love. I am overflowing with great joy and happiness because of it. Even amidst all of this great concern for my life, It is well with my soul. I love you all.

I got Tier 4 shoulders!
Marcus C.

They Say the Meek Shall Inherit

So I apologize for not updating this thing in a little while. I don't know who would be too concerned but I am now finding time to update this while I'm currently in a class not really getting any work done. It has been a stressful couple of weeks and Little Shop of Horrors have been going fantastic. As soon as we got back from spring break we began working on the set and got that sucker alive and moving. I suffered a couple of minor injuries such as a slip from a power drill onto my thumb, a nick from a table saw on the same thumb, and a giant piece of brick face falling and cutting me across my cheek. But I'm healing and the show opened last week and so far it has been an exciting run. We only have four more performances to go out of ten and it's going to be a great stress relief when it's over. The semester is nearly over and HOPEFULLY I will not get a D in Theatre History II so I can actually audition for shows next semester and feel like I'm doing something. Also, student life starts up on the 25th of May for me and I will be gone all summer ministering to thousands and thousands of students.... just keep me in your prayers if at all possible. It's a very hardcore last couple of weeks.

If you face plant, can a laugh a little out loud before I get up to help you?
Marcus C.

p.s. I pre-ordered the new Showbread CD heehee

I'm Home: What more could you ask for?

We finally made it back. The other days were not so interesting trust me but also believe me when I say that my week was plenty full. We got back around 2 this afternoon and I grabbed some new cables to see if we couldn't get my xbox to work. It did. I now do not feel so distressed besides the fact that school is back on Monday and I have to get back to work (shoot me). We took a trip to Olive Garden tonight because apparently I have a monthly period that can only be satisfied by such as that. It was scrumptious. Me, Chris, and David watched The Last Samurai at my house.... mostly me and Chris. David likes to sit on his computer and not pay attention, maybe he's multitasking... I could kill him, maybe he will read this... probably. It's just sometimes I consider certain things sacred to the world like art of any kind. Theater, Music, Film, & Photography I put in this category. I believe that you should respect these all as such being works of art that people have poured out blood and sweat and passion into. Maybe it's just getting late but don't worry their won't be any David killing. Gnarls Barkley is amazing if I haven't mentioned, who's ready for schooling?

I'm a dinosaur rawr,
Marcus C.

Day Six: We've Been Inside all Day

Well we haven't done much of anything all day. We woke up really around 10 as usual and rolled around the beds for a while and then finally got up and sat around with our computers for a while. We watched Independence Day and The Thin Red Line, and The Mask. We almost tried to get out of the house once by going down the strip to see if we could find some cheap food, and then maybe get some Starbucks. That didn't work out at all. We ended up with tacos at the condo which were way better anyhow. Second, we tried the hot tub by the pool but some old guy came out and told us it was closed....lame. Now we sit out on the balcony still on our computers trying to make this a complete day by being outside for at least a combined couple of hours. We've gotten a bit cranky throughout the week and it we are slowly getting catty with one another. But at the end of the day we all still can sit back and say "You know I love you man?" and everything is settled in the sand. We still have 2 more days to spend doing what we please. What in the world are we going to do with ourselves? And now by popular demand, tonight's sincerely.

'My bajingo is on fire' - Elliot Reid, May 2005,
Marcus C.

Day Five: Buttered Biscuits/PC Strip/A Good Cigar

I woke up this morning with Pico the chihuahua licking my face as I rolled over on the fold out couch bed. We had some buttered biscuits and bacon the slid on our bathing suits and headed out to the ocean. It was freezing of course so we admittedly didn't spend much time in it but snapped a couple of pictures before we left then headed to the pool which was a little less cold than last night. We spent some time there just swimming and talking about this and that. We jogged back up to the room and had some sandwiches while we searched the inter-highway for random things and got in the car headed down the PC strip for something to do. We realized that all the shortest guys of the group of spring breakers had their shirts off to compensate for their short coming.. ha! We stopped by a cigar shop and picked up a couple of good ole CAO's and went further down the strip. We got out at a sidewalk mall area and surfed around there for a little bit then went to the movie theater and saw the bank job. I HIGHLY recommend that movie it was quite good, with Jason Statham and a couple of other British dudes. We went to our traditional Tuesday night Buffalo Wild Wings and devoured each our share of superbly flavored chicken wings and potato wedges. We got some starbucks then headed back to the condo to grab our cigars. It has been really windy all stinking week and we fought it clear down the beach as we puffed on our neatly wrapped tobacco leaves. I had an american CAO one of my personal favorites and we walked along and discussed church and girlfriends and simple secrets as we've been trying to connect on a deeper level all week. We then laid out on a perfectly crafted square of grass off of one of the boardwalks and just contemplated the stars and moon in all of it's infinite vastness. We're now back in the condo and finally relaxed once more in our haven of interior design feng shui. I bought the new Gnarls Barkley cd off of iTunes... get it now and you will thank me.

It's a day-spa you fart,
Marcus C.

Day Four: Long Walks in sand/Crab Claws/Million Dollar Aspiration

Well our time out in the country has come to a close and we had to leave the smell of gunpowder and high growing grass (whatever THAT smells like). We grabbed a couple blueberry muffins and a piece of cinnamon toast and headed out the door. Listened to a bit of Lewis Black, and the entire Jim Gaffigan CD. Both are great comedians, highly recommended, though Black is a teensy bit profane (teensy is an understatement). Either way we ended up down here in no time and found the condo among many of other beautiful houses along the strip. We unpacked and got right back on the road on a quest to find a target. We grabbed some drinks and a component cable for my xbox, we couldn't get it to work. Then we headed back to try and fix the xbox problem and turns out that my xbox is broken and something is loose in the video connector and it won't work... brilliant. Of course no one else wanted to volunteer and bring their xbox and it just sat inside the trunk of the car for 4 days with nothing protecting it. If I could show you my irritated face, you would understand my frustration. We headed to the crab house to get some crab claws and fried calamari for dinner.. finger-licking good. Later on we took a walk down the beach and Fro showed us the place where his aunt works where there were tons of gorgeous (ungodly expensive) beach houses all totally unique with fountains and gardens and courtyards that they could do with as they saw fit. We now all aspire to own one of those million dollar condos one day. A quick stop in the freezing cold pool and then the hot tub then we headed back inside to finally unwind and get ready to pass out.

Yes... I am a genius,
Marcus C.