you're gonna have plenty of time for livin in a van down by the river when you're... livin in a van down by the river!

is anyone home? i hear crickets chirping when i blog on xanga now. i saw a tumbleweed roll over my screen just now. did i just hear a single clap or was that a pin drop?

out

ben o.

well, its already friggin June. that is hard to believe. everyone says, "i can't believe its 2006." well i cant believe its thursday. or june 1 for that matter. im wrappin up my last day or 2 here in nashvegas. good talks with my brothers, sister-in-law, and a few other peeples.

school will be in session before we know it. i miss mckinney, shealy, and the other folkses at school. i guess its time to reapply and jump back on the horse. i've learned some things thru this time out of school.

   1. if you get kicked out don't blog about it

   2. ask God's forgiveness before you ask school's forgiveness

   3. go to chapel, even if you have to take a pillow or a shot of caffine

  well there's other things i just have to go now, so ....

im out,  ben O.

This week BenO. is in nashville. Its going ok. I'm parkin cars for a few days. Fun times. I ran into some greenville peepls at opryland. one of them a frequenter of devereaux's. i now remember why i don't miss nashville much. at least i dont miss the infrastructure at all, some of the peeples i miss though. briley parkway from 2:30-6:30 is hell on wheels. 

   smithfield and raleigh have been great. Michelle has been outstanding and has helped me so much. she has kept me from going insane in the membrane.

   im planning to start on the Harley Run for the Mission soon. its gonna be freakin awesome. im gonna talk t the harley store and get them to give stuff away if possible, and all that stuff. the important thing is that the mission gets their name out there and God changes some lives thru them. God's ways are so much better than ours. so dream and live because God put those dreams in your heart. if they are pure dreams then God will put them there. Dream big, because you insult the Lord when you don't. then when you dream think of a way that makes sense to carry them out.

  Well I'm going to church with Todd(ler) Robbins tomorrow (I am a friend of Todd) morning to Christ Church. Great place, good peeples.

   Good nite-                    Ben O.

ps. a shout out to my holmies, yo j-rod and markus walkerus. you betta call markus. 

  ...cont'd from may 8 ...So this summer will be interesting. I'm racking my brain with operations at the mission, trying to give the mission facilities a "face lift" and revitalizing what they have. I can see things slowly coming together to make some large leaps ahead and take the ministry to the next phase. if any of the peoples from school read this within the next few days, consider yourself or selves commissioned to come and see us (by doing this you are obeying what Jesus commanded us to do and what mark walker and Mark the apostle said- GO! PREACH, MAKE DICSIPLES, AND SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

Pass this on to yo friendses

   If God has ever clearly spoken to me about ministry, it is what is to be done with this organization. If you are reading this and feel a tug at your heart from God, you know what to do. call me, 615 948 4893 or email me at bolsen981@yahoo.com . If a weekend or weeklong mission trip is what you want it to be, "give me call we'll talk, no big whoop".

   Dont come because Benno told you to, 'cause Benno ain't that wild. If you feel that God is speaking to you to be a part of the ministry of the Smithfield Rescue Mission for a few days then obey His voice.  We'll hang some in Raleigh, and maybe Durham and Chapel Hill.

Okay did that come from me or was my angelic twin typing that? So anyway thats the skinny from Raleigh, Durham, and Smithfield. And hey, if youre lucky you may get to pick one of the Duke lacrosse players to charge with harassment.

   Later,       Ben O.