this is ole lapanta. what a guy we had an amazing day last wednessday. we had 30 kids yes 30 kids. that smashed r record of 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is doing tremendous things in awana. this week we r having nachos so we might even beat 30! i had an amazing weekend. today i picked up a friend at the airport and went to church we no evening service becuase of the furnace shut off. i will be quite busy this week with school work. i am getting really pumped up about spring break! Lord willing my girlfriend will be coming to my house for a couple of days and then i will head up to her house. well i am off to study lata lata jwv

well here is a picture me and a guy downtown chicago while i was a leader at out teen camp 2 years ago. school is going well. my preaching sermon went pretty good even though i was a bit nervous. i also led songs that was a blast. i have been very busy with homework and playing intramuals baskeball. we lost last night man i stunk up the place i am a disgrace to basketball! i am now preparing a devotional for awana tonight. i cant wait!!!!!!! oh boy oh boy:) well i am out lata yes yes nifty nifty voorhis

Here is the beast that I drove for the first 3 years I had a drivers license. Wooooo weeeeee this boy could fly!!!! :)

Well oh man what a week. i am actually going to post a regular post. school has been going decent and all. i am struggling with my algerbra class a lot but i am going to work my butt off so i can get at least a c. i got one of the higher grades in the class on my econ test! it is really cold up here in wisconsin. right now it is below zero!!!!!!!!! this sunday i am pumped up that i will be able to preach a mini sermon at my extension church. Oh man i havent posted much about awana but awana has been fantastic!!! we set a church record of 25!!!!!!! woooo weee that is a lot of kids. it is just sooo wonderful to see those kids. this past wednessday i was coming to church a little tired and down and the moment i walked in to the church and had about 5 kids jumping on me and i realized that these kids r sooooo precouse and all a sudden i about just lost it. i wont fully understand all my impact on these kids until i get to heaven. well i signed my contract and sent it in on thursday so i am ironwood bound this summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh i cant wait. this will be the best summer ever!! this weekend i will do mostly homework. my ankle is doing a little better but it still is aching a lot. i have been taking a lot of pain killers and i know i shouldnt becuase it makes me tired and a little out of it so i will be cutting back. i will be super busy with selling ncaa basketball tickets this month. i have been thinking a lot lately and i dunno sometimes i wish i could just leave maranatha and go home but i know this is the place God has for me. As i look back at being here at mbbc i can realize that yah God does want me here and i truly am blessed to go here. in chapel there was a sermon on how we shouldnt run away from our problems and this is dead right. I need to accept that mbbc is Gods will for me and be a leader on campus even though sometiimes i feel like i am in a bubble and i need some freedom. ok i am done with my little emotional post i soo pumped for this sunday to see my fellow church familly in waupon. everyone have a greater and remember that God is always good even through the trials !!!!!!!!!!!!! jwv

wow it snowing a ton we got out of school early !!!!!!!!!

Wow look at this beautiful little princess!!!!!

Here are the guys getting ready for the artist series. Ooooooo weee look at these studs!

here is what my ankle looks like.wooo boyyy!!! i am glad God invented aspirin. i need some drugs!!!!! well i cant wait for awana tonight! i got an a on a test today so i am pretty pumped! lata johny v

here is sam and robin hood! well i got my contract in the mail today for ironwood Christian camp. so all i have to do is sign the paper and i am working there. i am going to pray about it 1 more week to make sure this is truly what God wants me to do. i am sooooo excited about this oppurtunity. school is going pretty good. i spranged my ankle yesterday during intrmurals basketball. but who cares becuase we still won!!! this friday sam and i are going to a valentines banquet that we call artest series its pretty wild:) i am out so have an ahhhh boingy day!

jwv

for the sunday afternoon service i was in the nursery with ole Jaden. isnt he a cutie!!!!!!!!

sunday was a fantastic day at church. josh laplana bearup and i got to teach junior church to the kids and they loved it. i had a blast doing it. we had a new family visit the church and they had 2 little kids that were in our class!

Here is Sam checking out one of our Bible faculty members. :) :)