Well, I could state the obvious and say that I haven't written anything in here for a long time... but I just did so I won't ;) Any who, quite a bit has happened since I last wrote on here... Hmmm, where to start. *sigh*

Well the school is done and over with and pretty much most of the people are gone, and SWAT (Singing Waters Advanced Training) is starting tomorrow, so we had to turn the whole house around in two days... It's been done before with less time and less people, but we still did a pretty sweet ass job about it if I do say so myself. I just have to thank God and thank all the people who helped out with everything here, and a very deep thanks goes to my lovely young people that I couldn't have done this without. We got through the last couple of days with a few minor hickups, nothing to major, but to be expected. So all in all this day was a very good day.

And that brings me to some more interesting news. Before the begining of this year we hired a house keeper/head supervisor type person, Debbie. Debbie was pretty good. After a while and a huge God slap, I actually started to like her a lot more and realized that she was doing some pretty good stuff, and had some pretty niffty ideas about things. But unfortuneatly, before all her ideas could come into plan so to speak, she quit. That was... Yesterday I think, and so that made me "Top Dog", El Numero Uno, The Head Honcho, The Big Kahona, and so on and so forth... and I can honestly say that I was scared to the extreme. I didn't think that I was ready for this, but it seems that everyone else, including God, thought that I am, and so I'm in charge of House. A big load... oh my word. Things just keep clicking... so odd.

Ok, to explain that last sentence there I have to tell you about some other things that have happened. A few weeks ago after our bi-weekly meetings with Rick and Bev Lamberick, I did a bit of an interview with them and then they said some things (I can't remember them all) but I remember something about having big shoulders and that I am ready and can take a big load (I think, can't quote me on that), and then, just last thursday after our last meeting with Rick and Bev, I was talking to Lisa, and the whole thing about "Why has God called me here?" popped up, and then we got into the convo of, "Do we really want to know?" and so I said to God "Yeah, I really want to know." and He said, "You wanna know? Good cuz I'll tell you." and then I said "WAIT!! NOT RIGHT NOW!!" but He just proceeded to tell me, "To Lead" He said... and I told Him, "To Lead?! Yeah, right. I'm not a leader. I suck at it." And low and behold, here I am... Leading, and not sucking at it... Thanks Daddy. You said I was here to Lead, and Lead is what I'm doing, and I'm doing my best at it... Still scared, but I think that's kindda good... cuz I'm relying on God, and not on myself. Fun lesson to learn eh? *sigh* God is fun. I think I'm going to tell Lisa this... hmmm.. Anywho, I gotta go y'all. Love everyone lots and lots... and Jim, if you are reading this, I do mean to call you, I just have to find your # again ;) God Bless everyone, and Buh bye! :)

Now this is interesting... they've changed blogger... again... I don't think I like this new layout... don't like it one bit.... hmmm... any who. Yup, as usual I haven't written anything on this thing in a long time... but that's nothing to uncommon for me. So yeah. I'm not sure what to put in this thing... well I have something... when I was back home durring the christmas holidays (I know that was a long time ago, but hey) I went to the optomitrist to get me eyes checked and Dr. Holmes found somthing very interesting. And some what dangerous. Apparantly I have a pterygium (I think that's how you spell it) starting on my eye... I can't remember wich one it is, but I know it's there... To those who don't know what a pterygium (pronounces ter-ig(soft g)-ium) is, and don't feel bad I had no idea what it was either, it's basically scar tissue that starts to grow where the iris meets the white (again, laymans terms, where the colored part meets the white, again don't feel bad, I forget half the time myslef ;) ) so, scar tissiue, iris, white, and it can grow across the iris and cover the pupil, and has to be surgically scraped off the eye, and then it's a hope and a prayer if you can see again out of that eye. Or so my impression was. That's a worst case sceinario. Kindda best case is that it stops growing and dissapears altogether. So yeah, don't know why I wrote that down here, but yeah. On to more happier things now.

I got really really upset at my boss on sunday and so did one of my fellow supervisor people... so, after ribs and beer and some people to listen to me bitch and complain, and surprisingly pick up the tab, I kindda felt better. Oh yeah, favorite new beer, Alexander Keith's. Very nice, very smooth. Any who, so I arranged a meeting with my boss for me, her, and me fellow supe to sit and talk about the schedule. So, all three of us come in pretty much guns loaded ready to fire so to speak, the emotion level was really high and so the meeting started off us shooting emotion at each other kindda thing, then somehow, God showed up and, my oppinion, sat on me. I lost all emotional feelings and it was replaced with an amazing calmness... so my mind opened up and I heared what my boss was saying and I saw what she was saying in a different light, me eyes were opened and me ears unplugged and what not.. it was really very cool... I came out of that meeting changed and better for it, and awed by that total God moment. God is so fun! :) But yeah, so, dude. I could go on but I think I'll stop here for the time being, and I'll do my best to get back on here sooner. Oh yeah, Ashby, and anyone else who wants to know, my days off are:
Wednesday 25
Friday 27

Still working on next months schedule so can't give those days to you. But yeah. Anywho, gotta go.

God Bless and Keep you,
Chuck

Well, I said that I would write on here later, and so I am... So, yeah...

Well to get yall up to speed on that little date thing that I went on, oh so many saturdays ago... It didn't go that well at all... or so I thought... in my opinion there was to many people there so both her and I just pretty much hid behind everyone else. So yeah... I'd go out with her again, if it was only us, or maybe us and her sister... and just for coffe, and maybe a movie... I know, it's old school but I'm a killer for the classics otay. So yeah...

Here's something that I've been struggling with for... well, since last year sometime, near the end of the year but it was still last year sometime... anywho. God told/prodded me that I should go to bible college... I pretty much... well no, actually DID tell him to go screw himself. Needles to say I was pretty pissed for the next, two weeks? Something like that. And it's been in the back of my mind since, and it's just starting to surface again. I'm handleing it a lot better this time, well, kindda. I'm mostly ignoring it. But I did check out a site with another of the Young Leaders here. It's the Bible College associated with the International House of Prayer. I can't remember the name of it, but it looks interesting. And so does the Teenmania School down in Texas. Ashby if you're reading this, That last bit there was pretty much telling you that you have one fan of you blogg :P that and everything that you were telling me/us about what it was like down there... So anywho. I'm on the search, kindda, for a Bible College. But I have one little rule for it though... It has to be spirit filled and allowing the flow of the gifts of the spirit... I know the wording is bad but the message is all that matters.
So yeah, yall who read this, if anyone does anymore, I would really appreciate info on any Bible Colleges and/or prayer for guidance and what not on where I'm supposed to go, and what I'm supposed to do, and when I'm supposed to do it.
Now that's a mouthfull and a load off... hmmm...

Yup, now to life. Life is, well, lots of the time, boring. I bought a copy of the RISK board game. Played it almost two nights in a row, going on a third night... and I'm STILL looking for a cheap daito bokken(boken)... I've been thinking of ordering the whole daito, shoto and tanto boken set off of gungfu.com, but I need someones creditcard for that one... *sigh* Yeah. Anywho, I'm not sure what else to talk about... Oh yeah! The Young Leaders here have a news letter called the Daily Destiny (i think :s) and I've been thinking of subbmiting a monthly little story thing about a guy, "Charlie Watt" and problems he faces and how he overcomes them (mostly with God's help) kindda thing, but I'm not sure how to do it, and I'm not sure what kind of problems he should face and what not, so... Advice and thoughts would be appreciated on THAT as well, if you don't want to post, or it's to big to post on my little post thingy, my email addys are:
theoneofthechuck@ripnet.com
theoneofthechuck@godmail.com
chuck_radford@hotmail.com
So yeah, email me stuff to those accounts and we'll see what happens. Gracias everyone! Domo arigato and what not... so yeah, talk at yous later... and Jess, if you're reading this, I'll hopefully be able to call you tomorrow sometime, cuz I'm off and I don't gotta work... oh yeah, oh baby, oh yeah, *as chuck does a little stupid dance type thing* So yeah, after a mouthfull and a half here... I'm done. No more. FINISHED!

Fin~

Which Final Fantasy (IV-X) Character are you?


by steevi

Yup... I got Stiener... Stiener's pretty cool... Or at least I think so... anywho... gotta go, might be on later.

I know, it's been about twenty days since I last wrote in here... but I don't really have what you would call an easy internet connection. There can be only one person on the internet at a time, and the line is used for the fax machine and the interac machine as well. So I can only use the internet from 7:30pm till about 8:30am, and that's the same for about.... 25 people, well, at least for personal stuff... but anywho. Yup... on with life.

Well, life for the past 20 days has been pretty interesting. If you ask me to describe the way I've felt for those 20 days is... Pissed. I'm really starting to not like people... not all people, just quite a few people... cuz a lot of them are... well, I'm not going there right now, if you want more info email me... don't think I got the e-addy on here so it's
chuck_radford@hotmail.com or theoneofthechuck@ripnet.com
I check those two the most and as often as I can... but any who. Yeah. I know I'm getting upset over really stupid things, but after a talk with the Guru Mr. Don ;) he'll love me for calling him that... I've figured out (I had a feeling though) that the things that are pissing me off are not the problems (though they ARE "problems" just the THE problem) they are the "triggers" for THE problem or issue if you want to get politically correct... now the harder part is finding out the main issue and dealing with it, and the even more difficult part of how do deal with the "triggers" in a good and Godly fashion, when my fashion is mostly to do with a baseball bat... but unfortunately the baseball bat theory isn't really Godly so that goes out the window. So yeah... Lovely boat that I'm in... Oi...

Well hey, there's some light at the end of the tunnel. I'm kindda going on a blind date kind of thing. One of the girls who used to work here (Michelle or however the spelling is) asked me last time she was here if I'd like to meet her sister. Me being the fool that I am said "ummm... sure?" mind you that was a couple weeks ago and I kindda forgot about it untill yesterday when Michelle called and left a message. Calling back I find out that a meeting is set up for her sister and I... thankfully we're not alone. Mark and Lindsey (two other people who used to work here) are coming as well, along with Michelle and her sister. So, I'm as nervous as a worm in a birds nest, but I'm trusting this situation to God... wich I haven't done in a long time, but I'm going with the "It's good to trust God" thing... and I'm trying my hardest not to go in with any expectations... but it's kindda hard to do when you've been looking for someone for... a long while I'll leave it at. So yeah, that's pretty much up to date right now... oh, except that I've been growing my hair and I'm thinking of cutting it again, and I'm going to be getting new glasses or try out contacts, whitch I'm not to sure, but hey... anywho.. I gotta go and get some work done and then go home.... my bed and books be callin' me... so Later all you people who read my blogs and God Bless you Abundantly if you've read the whole thing... cuz I know it's hard to sometimes but hey.... Yup, God Bless and good night y'all.

Chuck

Ok, I'm not even going to state how long it's been since I've posted since yous can see it for yoursleves. Sittin in an office at 1/4 to 9 doin' nothin'. I'm "working" right now... I'm on a PM shift. For those who are wondering what is involved with a PM shift is a whole lot of, wait for it... NOTHING! I just sit around pretty much and do absolutley nothing. Sometimes that's fun and a lot of the time that's pretty darn borring. Well, 'cept at 9:30pm I bring in the Coffee and Tea urns and clean them out, and get them ready for the morning and what not, but hey. Anywho, on to something not so boring.

Chrismas was pretty fun. Didn't get to do all that I wanted to do. But then again if getting off of my lazy butt would help then I should have gotten off of my lazy butt some more then what I did, but that's beside the point. Yup, just finished watching the TROGDOR cartoon again... I still say that's the best one ever, no if's and's or but's. But yup, got a DVD player for Christmas, plus my cloak, and a guitar. Yeah I'm starting to learn the guitar again. It's a lot slower then before, but then again I'm teaching myself instead of having a teacher. Teachers do come in handy every now and then, surprising ain't it? Anywho, I'm really not sure what I should write in here... but nothing and everything is seeming to work. Hmmm, wonder if I can come up with a Hiku on the spot sort of thing.

TROGDOR the DRAGON
Burninates the people
Crushing the Cottages

I know, really corny and what not, but hey, it was on the spot. Sometimes Hiku's take years to make, you can't expect absolute masterpieces in like, 5 minutes. Anywho I gotta go. Check up on some stuff and what not. Later ya'll.

God Bless,
Chuck

Dude, I haven't written anything in here for a very long time... but that's ok. I've been pretty busy with work and what not... I'm not sure if I've already put this in here but, I'm staying a second year here and I'm now a supervisor! Yeah... kindda. And with power comes responsibility:( I don't like it all the time but it's getting better... I think... there's on days and off days but that's all good... so yeah... I'm not sure what else to put in here... I'm going home on Monday and not comming back for almost 10 whole days!! WOOHOO!! Now don't get me wrong, I love it here... it's just that I need a break from life here... pretty much the same all the time... anywho... yup... I think I'll close this all off with a Hiku... not my most favorite that I've written, but still up there... I'll put my favorite one on here someday ;)

I am Samurai
My life is ruled by honour
My loyalty is forever
- Chuck Radford

Told you it was still good.
God Bless and Keep ya'll
Chuck

Wha.... Just finished two conferences up here. First it was Sound The Trumpets a call to the Youth (or something like that) and then it was just Sound The Trumpets. The youth conference was awesome! I was having so much fun, and all the young people here were involved and we were praying for people and getting words for people and lots of other fun neat stuff!! and then the Adult conference, and that was awesome as well... to start the conference off we had two people get up and blow two trumpets. One was on the Board of Directors of Singing Waters, who hadn't played in five years, and the other was on the Young peoples team who'd only been playing for two days... and guess who the Young person was... hopefully you guessed it... ME!!! In all honesty, I can't remember much of that point in time, I just pretty much gave in to God and He took hold and did it! It was so awesome.. and then the second night into it a few of the young people gave brief testimonies. And again, guess who one of those young people were, right again! ME!!! It was so awesome!! Such a massive God moment!! But anywho, if ya's want to know more just call, not today (Monday) or tomorrow cuz the base is closed, but yous can try on wednessday or later. Oh yeah, and if anyone who's reading this has contact with me mum, tell her to read this please. Anywho, I gotta go. Love yous all and God Bless!!

Ok... Tony if you're reading this.... :P hehehehehehehe.... You have to read the book to understand the quote Mr. T. Have you ever read James Clavel's Shogun? Awesome book, and that's where the quote comes from... so yup.... I read over quite a few of my blog enteries and I find them suitable and perfectly fine... so yup have fun yall...
One of my favorite hiku's
"By the maidens sleeping place
I left the sword
Alas, that sword"
-Shogun Total War

God Bless yall!!

Ok.... they lost my template data wich really sucks crap, so I don't have my tag board anymore and I forget how I got it.... so any who.... starting from scratch yet again huh?

There is still nothing going up on my blog.... you have no Idea how much that sucks.

Well.... it's been a few months since I was able to last post something on this... let's just hope and pray that this thing is fixed eh?

now... I wonder if this thing is fixed or no?

Hmmm.... let's see if I'll be able to post anything this time.... hope I will.

Well,hmmm.... I'm comming home in what? 3 days? give or take.... I'm really looking forward to it... pretty much a whole month or so with out working! YES!!! Even though I love it here, I get days off and what not, but I need a break. I think I've needed a break for awhile but hey... so yeah. I'm also on the look out for another copy of the Star Wars RPG rulebook, beit the first edition or the revised edition, though the revised edition would be better I'll go for anything pretty much. And I'm also looking for a copy of the Star Trek rulebook. The newest one, the one I got and Ashby has, yeah, remember Ashby, we split on that close to 50-50 so yeah, I can't remember anyways. But anywho, yeah... I've been going through a pretty rough week this week. I think it started Last friday or last weekend, and I've been (to quote a book :) Krysty should get this) in a "piss cutter" of a mood. Really upset at someone that I don't think I should have been, but yeah, we're talking again, wich is a very good thing, a very VERY good thing, but I'm not sure if the relationship has been damaged or not... In some ways I think it has, and some ways I think it hasn't, but only time and God will tell about that neh? Well, hmmm.... I saw this awesome magazine last week, or the week before, it was titled "The 21st Century Soldier" and it was about the soldier and equipment that's in that Popular Science Magazine that Ashby has, the one with the completely electric gun? Yeah, I went to buy it today, but it was gone. CRUD!! But ah well. Not much I can do neh? So yeah, I'm not sure what else I should write about, so.... I think I shall stop now, and do some other stuff. Later and God Bless yous all!

Well, I know I haven't been on my blog in, well, let's say close to forever but hey. That comes with not being able to get on the net for MONTHS at a time. But yeah, life's been going pretty good lately, not as good as I would like it to, but I'm sure God is puttin' stuff in front of me, so yeah. Well, I've gotten a few things done for Christmas shopping and stuff, Ashby, yours is done, and I hope you don't have the things that I'm giving you. Jim, yours is almost done, and I hope they fit. Bev, I'm still trying to figure out what to get you, and Drew, I have a few things for you as well, hehehehehehehehe. So yeah, Oh yeah! Everyone, not saying that you are or whatever, but I have a Toronto Leafs Jersey now, so, yeah, the girls pitched in and bought me one for my birthday, wich is ever so cool and I'm still touched, so yeah. Andrew, don't need you to buy me one no more bro. thanks though :). So yeah, Ashby and Jim, I needs to talk to you guys about something, and also if yous could pray for me about something that is confusing me, and well, pretty much I'm not to sure about but hey.... don't want it to be common knowledge to everyone, that's why all the detering from the point. So yeah, well I can't wait to see all of ya's when I come down either the evening of the 10th or sometime the 11th of December. Well Love ya's all, and God Bless yous. Later!
Chuckles

So yeah. I'm back on the bloggin' thing. Well, I am when I have access to Seth's laptop, but that's besides the point. So yeah. Well I'm not sure what to talk about in this post. I've dyed my hair. It's not the colour that it's supposed to be but it's pretty interesting just the same. And I shaved the goatee off, and again as I always say, I look like a child, and it doesn't look good. And Nicole agrees with me, wich is pretty cool, and I bet a few people agree that I look better with the facial hair. It just doesn't look like me with the no goatee and the bright orangeish hair. The hair's faded a lot but it's still a bright coppery, orange type colour. I don't mind it. That and my roommate and a few other people have talked me into trying to grow my hair long. I'm probably not going to like the feeling for a while but we will see what happens. So yeah, I'm off tomorrow. Tomorrow being sunday the 17th so yup. What really sucks is that noone is at reception so if anyone calls I won't get the message 'till the next day. So yeah, my next day off is either the following monday or tuesday, I'm not sure wich cuz there was supposed to be this big switch-a-roo thing going on and I have no idea what's happenening so yeah. Well I better get going, curfue happens in not to long and I'm really tired today, I helped one of the people who worked here move to their new home and I'm really close to exhausted. So later all and have a good one. God Bless you all.

Well yall, I've been gone for about 4 weeks or so, and I want to appologize that I upped and left without as much as a phone call, but I couldn't really call, since I found out that I had to go at 12am and then I had to have all my packing and everything ready to leave with me Grandparents at 8:30am that morning so yeah. Well I've settled in here quite nicely. Still getting used to having so many people here, it's so cool. Yall have to get the directions from me Momma to come up here some time and I was thinkin' that if we are all going to go to fresh wind I'll check here and see if yall can stay here for a lot cheaper then at some hotel. About $20 per person and I'm pretty sure that includes meals also so yeah. Well, email or call me, my email here is "chuck.radford@singingwaters.org" (without the quotation marks) or phone here and ask for me # is 1-519-941-0929 so Yeah, chow time is going to be happening really soon so I better get me butt in there. Talk to yall later.

P.S. My room-mate is from Georga Atlanta so I've picked up a bit of different dielects, cuz livein' with people from, Australia (hooya!) England, Georgia, and some other states, you're bound to pick up some different lingo, what I really want is to pick up their accents :) so yeah, chow has been called so talk to yall later.

Speaking of updating blogs I might as well update mine. Well, I don't have to much time to put all the things in my blog that I want to put in my blog but hey, that's what home time's for so yeah. Gotta go. One more email to write, and me teeth to brush. Later all! God Bless, have fun, and take care!

Well I'm just sitting at my Nanna's and Grampy's waiting to go home and get ready for work so yup... James is going to get me the CD with the drivers for my vid card so that's a good thing. I really want to play Jedi Knight II so badly now since I'm so bored but ah well. Yup, today is like my second last day working. I find it kindda stupid how they put me to work just one day next week..... so very very odd... ah well. Also I've been listening to my Klingon CD and I've just started to read my Klingon Dictionary book again, so I'm really trying to learn that language now, hehehehehehehe.... ah well. So yeah, I'm just going to stop now and suggest mother about the time so I shall let yous all go, Tootles! God Bless, have fun, and take care!