Oh great, '08!!!

I'm thinking of a great 7's of 2007 list for myself. I've seen these lists all over fellow-blogger's blogs and I feel like jumping on this bandwagon. Unfortunately for you its far too late at night to compose such a list. Perhaps tomorrow.

Coming off of my last post, I gained a lot of great insights from my own scripture reading and feedback from friends on the quote a friend here left with me about being able to live for Christ despite going to hell. I don't know that I honestly could do, though I would strive to. In the end I am thankful God never planned for that to be part of his plan for salvation. And for that, I am eternally grateful. :)

With that said - what's new?

Christmas was great, we had a lovely time with an uncle and one of my moms nurses was able to join us in orange county just hanging out which was great. It's crazy to think that time has already come and gone, but here I am preparing for new years already! Dad left the following day and will be gone in NYC for quite some time. So its just us and mom now. Life will be exciting to say the least. Still no luck on the job hunt, which has been semi-frustrating but alright for now because we have family in for the weekend which has been great. That is one thing I love about being in Cali - family! It's been great to spend time with them again and just laugh! It will be sad once they leave but I'm looking forward to the times ahead while I'm home when I'll see them all again all over California.

For those of you wondering, the rumors are true, Katie and I won't be going back to Boyce this spring. Since dad will be away for so long, we're staying home to take care of mom and save up for future semesters. So, we'll be here at the latest, until this fall and then we'll go back to continue our studies! In the meantime we're looking for full-time or good part-time jobs here and making the most of the time God's given us in a different place we didn't plan on being at for very long. It's been different, but good.

So, my macbook is getting on my nerves. I installed leopard over Christmas and my hard drive was erased. Everything. 80gigs of files and software I can't get back now. Gone. poof. Thank you apple. You made my day. Oh well...after 3 hours of fighting to figure out what was wrong with my computer, I welcome the destruction. It just shows me once again how much I put into material (tho not really material, haha) things. They're all vain in the end. But I did need a lot of that stuff...haha.

Back in the real world, Katie and I are coming back to Boyce to pick up our saturn and DRIVE (yes, I said drive) it back home to cali. That will be a crazy trip to say the least. But we'll be in the Louisville area Friday night, Jan. 18th - so if you're from boyce, keep an eye out! I can't wait to see all you guys and give proper goodbyes, for a time.

Other than that not much else is new. I will try to post more frequent, shorter blurbs now that I have a semi-operating computer again.

Adios

Snow, Sweet Tea, and Santa the Stud

Soon after realized I had left the land of sweet tea, I caught myself singing a familiar Christmas song while walking around the local Albertson's. Perhaps it was the lack of sweet tea that had resulted in a memory lapse, but regardless, I found myself singing... "she's making a list, and checking it twice...". Of course I immediately burst into laughter (and I think a few shoppers realized I wasn't exactly a native to California). It reminded me of a clip I saw on the news of one of america's "top doctors" (quotalized for a reason...yes i made that word up) suggesting that Santa needs to lose weight to encourage kids to be healthy. So, not only do I think the idea of a female Santa is ridiculous, a slender, clean shaven, George Clooney resembling Santa is also right out. The point I'm making is not that Santa is what Christmas is about...trust me, all he does is make businesses profit. Christ is what its about, and unfortunately in some instances he is seen the same as Santa. The point is... WHO CARES!!! haha, its SANTA!

Changing subjects... I flew out of Louisville yesterday afternoon with a sweater on and it was pretty warm outside. I went through Chicago and was there for about 2 hours and I got to see snow! And HOLY COW was it cold! :) I loved it. It was so sad to leave the airport, even the air felt like home. But then, I arrived in L.A. and yea, even the runway workers had shorts and t-shirts on. Not that I don't mind the warmth. It is grand. :) And also the 55mph speed limits. Mmmm... merry Christmas. :)

On a much, much, MUCH, more serious note... I had an awesome talk with a friend of mine who picked me up from the airport. He's a guy I met over the summer and only briefly was able to get to know. Anyway, one of the biggest things I got from our conversation was a thought he shared with me from a preacher he had heard on disc. The thought was... could we live our lives for God and His glory alone, sacrificing all we are for His sake, IF we knew that our destination would still be hell? Yea, take a minute for that to sink in. It's taken me a day and I still haven't totally grasped it.

More to come...

Goodbye Louisville...

So, for the first time ever, I'm leaving school on plane and am only allowed 2 suitcases and 1 carry-on. Rawr!
Can't lie, usually this wouldn't bug me. But I have to leave my guitar here! Argh. Even without it I'm still not sure how this will work, haha. I will have to let you know tomorrow when I arrive in that beautiful 70 degree weather. :)

There is one good thing about this (besides the change of temperature, that is). I have a 1 hr layover in Chicago. I actually will get to breathe Chicago air one last time before the year ends. Hallelujah!

Thats it. Good bye Louisville...I will see you again sometime next year God willing.

Forever a fan of everything you are minus the roads and drivers,
Daniel Webb

(picture taken by Jason...not myself)

Feels like Chi-town :D

So, I can't remember the last time I walked into a mall w/ 8 other guys and actually stayed there for over an hour. Oh wait... the last time was today! Haha!

Well, I'm in Pittsburgh w/ a bunch of friends from school for a good friend's wedding tomorrow afternoon. They got their tuxes today and we're just hanging out in a hotel til the rehersal dinner tonight.

There's a chill in the air and a nice breeze so I feel at home. :) I hope it snows...

Prayer

Please pray for me...
Tomorrow I will be going back out to Elizabethtown and tomorrow night I will be driving out to Pittsburgh w/ some friends from school for a friends wedding. I'll be playing guitar in it, so you can also pray for that. :)

Pray also for finances and family issues. Pray God would continue to keep my mom healthy and that I would have wisdom to make the choices God has presented me with and be content.

Christmas is around the corner...

Greetings from Elizabethtown, Kentucky! I'm watching Kentucky attempt a comeback against Tennessee and praying it works... (sorry TN fans! haha)

This year I was blessed to spend Thanksgiving at my girlfriend, Jackie's house here in e-town w/ Katie and Matt Riddle. We came out on Tuesday and they went back to school thurs and fri night cause of work so I'm able to stay the weekend. :) School ended well for all of us (I think them too anyway...). It's crazy thinking school is out until January but thats how it is!

For those of you wondering about this whole "girlfriend" thing...it is true, and it wasn't exactly planned but God worked things out and here we are now. :) My good bud Jason took some pictures of us this past Sunday afternoon so I thought I might share some of those. The ones of him and Jenny (his girlfriend) were taken by me. :)

That's all for now...

3 down, 1 to go...

Well, 3 finals are down! Two of them went fantastically...the other one not so well but I still think I will have a good grade in the class haha. On the side here is me getting some studying done w/ Riddle and some friends from school. As always it's amazing to see how fast time has flown this semester! My last final is Thursday and it's a simple essay question. So basically, a fake final. :) In the meantime I'm relaxing and enjoying not having to stay up late doing homework, reading, or writing crazy papers. Most kids will be leaving this weekend but Katie and I will be staying at least until the first week of december. Please be praying for a job for me. I have 2 that I will be looking into that could keep me here an extra 2 weeks to make some extra money for next semester.

We had our chorale / worship band concert last Thursday and it was great! Everything went very well except for at one part we added some Scripture readings and unfortunately I forgot so right as the band was starting to read I counted in the next song and started playing and basically had my own 4-bar drum solo. :) It changed everything up though which was nice, haha! It was awesome to see how the band came together to play a song with the chorale we hadn't practiced with them until the day of the concert. And I definitely had an awesome time playing and already miss my drums.

But yea, thats about all for now. Soon students will be gone and I will be bored out of my mind. I plan on reading and playing guitar basically while I am here. Maybe some more recording? For those interested I have some live stuff up from a couple months ago online...
myspace.com/webbsmusic

much <3

PS below are videos of our chorale concert and an intro movie i did for our missions class on the globalization of Christianity

Philosphy Rap!

Here's a taste of Boyce college for you...

(taken from my bud, David King)

What good are windows if you can't drive?

Oh the joys of owning a car... I think it would be appropriate to talk about cars for a second here. My sister and I have been left in charge of a 2005 saturn vue by our loving parents while we are here in college. Unfortunately, not too long ago the fuse for the power windows went out. Now, maybe I should've just brought it straight to the dealer but, I'm in college! EVERY guy at least claims to know something about cars so I grabbed two that I trusted and we took a look (considering I know just about as much about cars as I do the street system here in Louisville - none). The fuse was located and soon we had come back to my car with a replacement fuse and after replacing said fuse I merely turned on the electrics of the car and POOF! Power windows are once again...powered! 30 minutes later I return to my lovely vue for a trip to the bank. Oh no...the car won't start! 2 hours later we are still not positive what the problem is. We know it isn't the battery because it turns but the engine doesn't catch. So tomorrow I will investigate our warranty and a possible tow and pray with my limited funds we can bring my car back to life.

Could life get any better? Yes, yes it can. 2 weeks from now I will be smack dab in the middle of finals. Which makes the week I am in now the busiest week of the semester for myself. BUT, it has been a good thing. :) Despite the workload (yes, its 4:30AM) my reading has been very beneficial. Especially my worldviews reading. I've never been very fond of philosophy, but this class has changed my perspective and I realize my bias view of philosophy being an irrelevant waste of time and thought is clearly in the VERY wrong. So, philosophy is cool. Why? I'm too tired to give you a philosophical answer. More to come...

Some of you know I am in the worship band here at Boyce as the resident percussionist. We've been asked to come lead in a chapel service at Fort Knox this coming Sunday and I will be sharing my testimony. Please pray for grace in words and in my playing. This is pretty big deal. We will be leaving at 6:30 am and getting back hopefully around 4pm that evening. After that will begind my prep week for finals. Praise God only 2 classes have actual exams. The other two are a group project and essay question. It's amazing how fast school has gone but its been great! I'm praying about what to do over break. I will most likely be down here until the 2nd week of December before heading back to Cali for Christmas and then hopefully coming back!

Thats all for now... be mindful of your power windows.

3 weeks and counting...

There's 3 weeks of classes left until finals. yay? Maybe not so much. Although I cannot wait to be done with school for a time, this only means the hardest part of the semester is that much closer!

Its alright I suppose.

Fall Break pics...

papers...

It's 2:30am local time here in louisville... and, here i am... typing a paper...

I only finished the reading for this book yesterday (I had to read 180 pages to "finish" it) and the paper is due today at 11:30. Things are the same as high school. The farther in you get, the less motivation you have to do, well - anything!

Though this book review is rather boring to write, the book was tremendous. Knowing God, by J.I. Packer is what I had to read for Theology 1. To be honest, I wish I had more time to go through it and really soak it in. Part of me likes the idea of re-reading it over break...but c'mon, the realist in me knows the chances of that happening are slim if any.

One thing that stuck out especially was the chapter on "adoption." When we see God as our Father, and ourselves as children and brothers to Christ all else will flow out into a right mindset of our Creator and Savior. Thankfully this chapter was the 2nd to last in the book so I actually remember some of it. Why get to know someone who doesn't love you? Who doesn't know you too? The answer to these questions is erased when we see God as our Father and what he has done for us as unworthy orphans satisfied with our mud puddles and trash in making us heirs through Christ to the Kingdom.

Mmm... I love school. I'm so blessed.
I could use a job though... so, pray I'm not as lazy as I've been...?

Whatever you do...do for Christ...and when you pray...pray in his name... be intentional! It speaks loud to those around you!

E-town and Fall break?!

Well, the semester is just over half-way through! I can't believe it!

School has gone very well so far. I dropped Hebrew to focus on my other classes because I knew being a week late into school it would be near impossible to make it without hindering my other classes. So, my language studies will most likely start next fall.

God's opened many more doors for music and ministry this semester. I'm playing drums with the Boyce worship band and we've already gotten to perform twice. I've also been able to play guitar in church and am getting more involved in the worship ministry since I've been meeting with our worship pastor. This has been a huge answer to prayer and is also influential in deciding what to minor in or if I might even change my major.

This weekend Katie and I got to come to Elizabeth town and go camping with 2 friends of ours who are sisters and stay with their family. We just got back from camping and we'll stay the rest of the weekend here before heading down to Atlanta on Monday where dad is working.

Thats about it on this end... God bless!

EDIT: here are some pics!

Papa and little papa Webb on TV

Dad and David were on Fox News Atlanta Monday morning. Dads been testing the acoustics at a brand new preforming arts center down there and they decided to do a story on it and they even let David have a little part!

Enjoy! :)

phil webb on fox

So, even though I have been at school now for a couple days here’s an update on our Czech trip and some pictures.

Camp ended very well a week ago Saturday. Our talent show was fantastic and there were no issues with anyone or classes, which was a huge praise! As the week went on in my discussion group my kids remained mostly quiet. So that gave myself, Solea and Katka (my translator) many chances to share from our own hearts with them. I could see in their eyes that they were thinking but they just didn’t have the words to say for some of the deeper topics we tried to discuss. On the last night though we got to talk about the gospel and Christ’s love for all. I asked what they believed about Christ and the messages Ray had been sharing all week and out of my 8 students (2 which were believers) 5 said they believed whole-heartedly it was the truth! AMEN! The others you can pray for who just didn’t know what to believe are Pavel, Zuzka, and Tereza. I was able to give Pavel an ESV NT Bible so pray he will take the time to search its pages and God will use it to draw him to Himself.

After camp we had 3 days in Cesky Tesin just to hang out with the kids. I was blessed to stay with Radek (brother of Daniel and Marcel), whom I’d stayed with a couple years earlier as well. God definitely used follow up to encourage our team and work in the hearts of these kids. At follow up I was also able to meet up with Cigi and Honza (2 guys from camp in 05) who I have very close relationships too. Though neither are saved it was great to be able to talk to them again and see where they are. I still pray God will convict Honza of his sin and in talking to him I can see that he knows morality falls short of righteousness.

Once the team was in Prague we had 2 days to rest, worship, and shop. Haha! We got in Tuesday afternoon and rested up before dinner in Prague and on Wednesday we took the day to run around Prague and buy gifts for friends and family. I didn’t buy too much myself so I just enjoyed the city again. Wednesday we had a time of worship through song, the Word, and through prayer as a team. It was a great time to reflect on the camp and remember the students we are praying for.

All in all, God really blessed this trip. This year was so different for me (being my 5th camp in Czech). I had increased leadership responsibilities, the students were new, and the team was somewhat new as well. Going into it I really had no idea what to expect but God is faithful to work all things out for the good of those who love Him.

As for next summer… I have no idea. It looks like God has opened some doors while closing others but it’s still far off. I would like to be serving in Europe all summer next year depending on when school starts. If it starts this early again I may try to work here somewhere.

Thank you again for your prayers and support!

For His glory,
Dan