You know, I love pancakes. They’re awesome in the morning, and I’ve been having them every few days. I love just sprinkling a small amount of sugar on them and nothing else. Very nice with a good cup of tea.
So in the last two posts I have been kind of discouraged but really, after I talked with pastor morris on Monday God reveled himself to me as I asked him to the night before, by showing me that this place I am staying at is one of the most amazing blessings I could have over here in Uganda. I feel so blessed to be here in this place and I think my heart has been tested like a chain in a pulley lifting things that surely would break my links, but God has fortified my line so that I am much stronger than before. But being Human I still doubt that sometimes.
But non-the less I am so glad God is behind me. I just need to remember that when I am being stretched and tested.

I had a great class today and am starting to understand how to teach with structure.
Right now I am used to my schedule and love teaching! I have concluded that God has given me a Gift to teach music and that this is what I am supposed to do and I am doing it. Last week I guess I wasn’t used to full days of teaching but for some reason now that I have even more to do, I am ready each day to take on a full day with the joy of teaching with a full heart! I have so much fun in my class that I teach at school and I think that Is my favorite part of the day. But my private lessons are good too.

Teaching is such a hard thing to do and it takes perseverance and the willingness to do it. You all need to go and thank you teachers for what they do. Any teacher because teaching is so much hard work and its way harder than being a student. Because unlike students teachers are doing more each night and more during the day than students are and they work twice as hard to make sure that even the ones who don’t care learn. Thank your teachers for doing what they do and have the consideration that they’re people too. I can confirm that… haha I am a teacher now. Thank those who normally wouldn’t be thanked, thank the hard teachers, and thank those who no one likes because everyday they do so much for our welfare… college students… well. Im not sure what to say there some professors don’t care, but that’s just what I hear, but thank them anyway. Show Love to those who cant love, girls, This does not by any means mean date some guy you know who is in a wrong path, “but he’s going to change through my Love that im showing him”… no hes not, but if you take your story to ABC family I think you will find that they will use it to make another depressing, old, indoctrinating series called “lets be casual and through around words we don’t mean!” or “teenagers know things.” Or “I don’t think we’ve established enough that High schoolers make really great tv shows” Cough cough high school isn’t a place for love of that kind.
Girls and maybe even guys (in my case) if you want to show someone what love is than don’t waste your time dating them, only deception can come from a relation ship based on wanting to “save” the other person. You can only end up hurt or really confused in the end. First take a walk in the bible, look for love in your concordance and start reading up. But like the first post I wrote “Love. An Anthem.” Read 1 Corinthians 13. Then 1 john Ch. 4 v. 7-end.
Is seems that I have talked about these verses a lot. Well… I think that’s because I want you to read them.
Moving towards a quite random section of this post( get ready its really random)
I have actually updated my calendar and actually put things on it. Its cool. Maybe I can learn to use it and keep using it. I feel very official using my computer calendar and actually having things to fill it with too.

I want to ask a question, Mainly to my band. Would you be up to caroling when I get back? Laying down some Christmas tracks?( ive been looking at a calendar and that makes me think ahead) Because im so down with that. But I wont have a guitar when I get back… so yeah. Although I think ukulele or auto harp would be quite fun and different than the usual when people go caroling haha. “Umm excuse me we would like to sing some songs for you.” (while holding some strange instruments…) they’d say “are you in a cult?” haha and I would say “why yes, the autoharp ukulele friendship belief system tailored to fit what people want” and then they’d say “ohh yes I heard about that. Can I join? “ and then id say. “im sorry only a few people can get into heaven. Only those who know the theme song to happy mountain by heart in three languages and on multiple instruments!“
What a disappointment. They would think. I think. Maybe. Maybe not. Well… definitely not. Anyway
Anyone who wants to join the new cause “ teenagers know what Love is”


Ohhh mime rhymes with mine. Well… kind of but anyway, ( I was thinking about what rhymes for some reason… its late. haha)
But that brings me to the notion that I have beaten minesweeper a few times. I feel very proud that I have done that.

On another note,
I had some very amazing talks today and continue to every day about the reason we play music, what music is in a sense of who we are, and the deepest expression from inside that results when we play music( and more intimately when we write music)
But while I teach I always mention david in the bible. Because I think that is a very good example of musical expression from the heart and how we should view worship music. In whole, that’s what Psalms is. Its music!! Hmm its late and ill be lucky if I finish before 12am if I keep going on this. But basically God gave us music to help us express ourselves to him and for that I am forever Thankful.

Speaking of, thanksgiving is coming up back in the states. Think about what your thankful of. Do we really give the proper reverence to the provider of the things which we have? I don’t think so. So instead of just having a wonderful dinner. Think about the many blessings God has given you.

The sheep who hates sin but loves people in his Shepherds name,
Scottry~
Ps im going to take a shower.

Picture time!

I havent really been putting as many pictures on as i Have been before. im not sure why.(actually... i do haha it just takes a long time and i think there was something wrong with Blogger... )

anyway. ill give this a shot!

so here you go!

Power

the power went out the day before yesterday. there was a massive rain storm that came through and we finally got our power back. the weird thing is this feels normal. haha

yay for power lines put up in the 60's. =)

I had popcorn today. and it was actually made from corn. (not that the other kind of pop corn isnt but this was the way that everyone wonders about. haha) it was awesome. i just thought id tell you that.

anyway. I want you all to pray for a guy named paul. theres somethings his faimly really needs help with and hes just in a very hard place right now. hes one of my students and is a bright one. so pray for him.

I hope you all have a wonderful week. please tell me how elections are going too.

yeah. this was made yesterday... but thats ok.

Good morning everyone!
Right now I am eating toast( kind of toast haha but its good) and tea. Earl gray actually. Its very good. (I think this is one of the few times I actually let it steep for the right amount of time… haha)
So today I start my regular classes at the Bible School. This last week ive been here ive been giving (very long but great) private lessons of drum set along side theory using Drum set rhythms to teach them how to write music on paper. So basically, they’re learning how to read by writing it.

So I have six weeks and three days till I make the journey home too. Whoopdido… haha ( I guess it doesn’t really bother me) I don’t even know why I said that.
You know whats funny? Sometimes people put things that they don’t really need or want to say when typing on a computer, but because they don’t really care they choose not to erase it. (maybe its just me but still haha I could easily just delete things I don’t need to say… anyone with me on that? )

I had a talk with Pastor Morris yesterday. (Whom I am staying with for those of you who don’t know or havnt been reading) I was really relieved because for the past week some things have really been building up. For instance all last week I was teaching privately from morning to evening and that wasn’t really the problem but I was quite tired from it. But what was a problem was that I had just tons of people wanting to get lessons and I just couldn’t do it. So I spent a long time trying to be respectful by saying that we cannot be a whole (as a church, actually meaning “body of Christ”)With many parts if all the parts are just one thing. (1 Corinthians 12 v 12 to end)
Sunday was a very hard day for me. So on Sundays, at church I usually play drum set for church, now that I have it… for about two weeks haha, but its hard because a lot of the people I play with don’t trust me while were playing and the keep looking back at me like im doing something wrong and its really been hard. The problem is if a mistake happens usually due to the singers skipping a beat or just singing a song with phrases that change all the time or with phrases that are very awkward (keep in mind these are regular songs not complex.) but I feel sorry for the keyboardist because the singers usually blame it on the instrumentalists and they make a big deal out of a small problem so as soon as Saturday comes around I am going to be teaching about why we do worship music, The motive behind the singing and playing. Because during the service it was really distracting, the feel of the group was tense and distracted, by just a small mistake.
I understand im white, but im playing with them very smoothly (its really not that hard) and I just don’t understand why they look at me like I don’t know what im doing. People here are so centered behind a rhythm that if something is a little different than its wrong. Ive come here to change that. Because when people get distracted by the music the whole reason for playing the music gets clouded and it becomes about the people playing nice songs instead of worshiping God.
The reason why I want to teach freedom in music because if your constricting your self by putting boundaries in your music than you could be not letting God to play instead of us. If we’re always limiting ourselves by making sure things are the same all the time we’re not being flexible, and when were not being flexible were not trusting each other to follow and it becomes a game of “Im right follow me! no! follow me! Wait what about me??? Follow me!” is there any room for God to move in that?
Why do we do worship music? To glorify God!!!! So it comes down to motive and not just feeling that way, but carrying out that motive by not just saying “well… I really wanted to worship God… “ But by actually doing it.

Does God work with brittle people? No he breaks them so that they may be flexible.

Maybe im being brittle… or bitter. I don’t know. I really do not want to sound like I am because im not bitter im just telling you what kind of hurt me, whats in my heart. If only I could have a tone of voice telling these words. But I guess if I didn’t care it would not be Loving these people.
Love means taking action in a way that leads someone in the right direction. Not leaving them alone to fall.
Why do you think our parents are hard on us sometimes? Do they just find joy in it? No way! They Love us remember?
Anyway my challenge for you is to mean what you say and to do what you say. Also check yourself, are you flexible for God or are you Brittle? Because God will break you. And he will, don’t think he wont. When your angry with him because of what He’s done think about justice. Is ours Sovereign or is God’s? Just like in Job when God says “Where were You when I created the Earth? “
Humble yourselves before him and be flexible.

The sheep who likes to write things that aren’t necessary but likes to keep them on even though he can delete them,

Scottry~~

Ps. Elections are tomorrow… How crazy! I don’t know what to think.