Joshua's blog

summer plans =]

2009-05-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

hey everyone. so its been a wile, and im not sure if you all still blog or not but i thought id let yah all know about the trips i will be taking over the summer. anyways i leave tomorrow for Idaho. it will be a family getaway. we will be staying close to yellow stone national park. i am so excited. we will be doing all kinds of out door activities. then i fly back to AZ on the 8th to pack up my stuff and head off to Brazil. there i will get on a boat and sail down the Paraguay River, providing aid as well as the gospel to the villages along the river. im am so excited for this trip because it was on this trip 2 years ago that God showed me a broken and fallen world waiting for a revival. God showed me how he could use me to do His wonderful work. the team for this trip is amazing and im so excited to work with everybody. i will arrive back in Phoenix July 23. then i get a night sleep and repack my bags for Latvia. i leave for Latvia the next day(the 24th) for another missions trip. Latvia is located in Eastern Europe. there we will put on a English camp/christian camp. we will show the Latvians the love of God wile we teach them English, during the day. but at night all the kids will return for a full on summer camp experience. we will share the Gospel message and play all kinds of crazy games. that trip will last until July 10th. what a crazy summer. how it will all work, i dont know. but what i do know is that God has a plan. he will open the doors he wants, and close the doors he wants shut. i am so thank full for the opportunities that God has given me. anyways that's my summer plans, so if i don't post in a wile you will know why. if you could pray for me and the teems safety. and pray that we would be able to impact so many lives, and that many would come to know Christ as there savior. OK well leave me a comment, and ill post some picts when i get back. latter =]

life...

2009-02-28T19:53:00.000-08:00

hey guys (cousins and friends) i haven't posted is a wile so i will fill u in. last weekend i went up to Williams winter camp, with Calvary's youth group. it was an amazing experience. i had such a good time and the worship was incredible. when we first got there there was tons of snow [well for az...] but by the time we left a ton of it melted. it was a great camp and the food was realy good but the perportians we so small! Anyways last night i went to a chriss tomlin concert. it was realy good. and what made it better was that i had 2nd row seats! O, and i caught a band t-shirt and a CD! it was a great night of worship. well besides that i have just been working and going to school. so yah... well il try to keep u guys more updated on my exciting, crazy, and amazing life. well see yah!...=]

2009-01-11T17:22:00.001-08:00

Trip To Prescott

2009-01-04T19:00:00.001-08:00

In this last week me and my family went up to Prescott for a few days to get away. it was a ton of fun. the house/cabin we stayed in was very nice and behind it there was a great view. we went on a few hikes, relaxed and played some cards with the fam. the weather was very nice, there wasn't enough snow to go sledding or skiing but enough to make a snowman and throw a few snowballs. well thats about all i have been up to over the last week of winter break. o and here are a few picts from the trip. i had a good time. =]

2008-11-25T12:51:00.001-08:00

shooting!

2008-11-22T19:45:00.000-08:00

So here are some picts of our little shooting outing the other day. it was a ton of fun, but a pain to find a good spot. all our old spots are now covered with houses. anyways, when we got out there we shot a few targets and pumpkins and then tried to blow up the big pumpkin. i cant wait to go do it again! =]

2008-10-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

the last week or so has been rough. i kept wondering what God what he was trying to teach me and it wasn't til today when i stopped everything to listen to him that he spoke to my heart. when i read Psalm 23 today, i got a small picture of what life is all about, why we go through hard times, and what our role in this world is.

1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.

4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

this passage really said it all for me. u see some times we get so caught up in our life that we don't stop and give God the glory he deserves. in verse 2 it says [He makes me lie down in green pastures]. some times God just has to bring us bake to Him and make us lie down and reflect. i think this reflecting time is when God really talks to us and fill us up again" like He did for me today".

so thats just something that God has shown me in the last few days and i hope that you dont get too caught up with life that you miss the big picture. so take some time to reflect on what God is teaching you. =)

DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2008-10-10T16:48:00.000-07:00

What To Do?

2008-10-06T21:12:00.000-07:00

so this week i have off of school! That's great, right? it should be but since i have nothing to do all day i am extreemly bored. if u have any great, time consuming, dangerous, amazing, loud, blood pumping, adrenalin rushing activities please let me know about them. Thanks!

!!! Samoa !!!

2008-06-15T16:53:00.000-07:00

Well next Friday (June 20th) i leave on a two month trip to Samoa, i am so excited! I am going with an organization called teen missions located in Orlando Florida. first i will fly to Orlando, there i will be trained and prepped for two weeks for the mission i will be going on along with the other teens. after What they call The Lords Boot Camp i will fly to LA and from there i will get on a 20 hour flight to the island of Upolu located in the Samoan Islands. once we get there we will drive to the camp sight, unpack and get to work. there we will be building a (felle tella) which i have been told is similar to a open sided meeting house for a local church. We will also be working with the local kids by putting on a V.B.S. After about a month in Samoa we will then fly to New Zealand to meet with another teem for a week. And finally we will take one more trip to Northern Australia to meet once more with a local team there. Then i will get on a flight to LA, and then return back home (August 14th) "good old Phoenix Arizona!!!"

I am so excited and i know that God is going to use me in great ways. I do ask that you pray for safety for me and the group i am going with. Also please pray for the people we will be showing Gods enduring love too, that there ears will listen and there hearts will be open the the word of one and only God.

My Prayer

"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known upon earth, your salvation among all nations. May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. May the nations be glad and sing for joy; for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him."

Are Beloved Grandpa Great (A Man Of Faith)

2007-12-21T19:03:00.000-08:00

Grandpa Great, or as I called him most of the time little Grandpa, Gave us a great example of how God wants us to live are lives, which is something we will never forget. His joyful attitude, gracious heart, spirit of love, sense of peace, grateful mindset, dedicated and strong way of working, and his approach to God are things he showed us and we should show others. God placed him in our lives for a purpose and reason. although we are not with him now for this short time on earth we will rejoice and praise are King of Kings and Lord of Lords together with the angels for all eternity. God has a purpose for are lives and will do great things through us when and if we allow Him to be the center of are vary being. We need to remember him as a man who loved God and loved People, and whose desire was please the Lord with all he was.

We love and miss are beloved Grandpa Great who we cant wait meet again in a place where suffering and pain don't exist.

Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

Isaiah 41:10

The day with Grandpa John

2007-12-20T13:42:00.001-08:00

Well today I went over to Grandpa John and Grandma Ginger's house and got a lot done. First I trimmed the tree in their back yard that was scraching up the trailer and hannging over the fence. then we hauled it up to the front patio. after that job was done I helped them put the trailer back in the yard, which sounds easy but was a real pain. then I hopped on their roof and saw that they had some dirty windows which hadn't been cleaned in 22 years, said Grandma Ginger. then I got some cool picts of me on the roof since i was already up there. It was a ton of fun but a lot of work, bit it was all worth it and i even earned some money. Grandma Ginger and Grandpa John are the best and are such a blessing to are family!

Well untill the next post

Later!

Mexico Trip

2007-12-14T19:53:00.000-08:00

Well last weekend I took a trip down to Mexico with my church. It was loads of fun and we got a lot accomplished. The ride up was a lot longer than the way back but the wait was well worth it. as soon as we got there we went to work. First we loaded and sorted (by age and gender) over 1,200 gifts and loaded them into different trucks, than we got cooking. we had to prepare enough food to feed 1,500 people in only a day in a half. We made spaghetti all night and all day, which was a long and tiring task. After all the food was prepared and the presents were all sorted by age and gender we went around and told everyone we saw in the pore rock point neighborhood about what was planned latter in the day. Somehow over 2,000 people showed up and it was a crazy, fun filled, mad house. Wile we were busy feeding everyone and giving gifts out we had Spanish speaking pastors going around telling the great news of how Jesus came and payed for the sins they committed by shedding his holy and perfect blood. many came to know the lord and it was well worth the all the hard work. I had a ton of and cant wait until next month when I get to go back and build a house and distribute food!

2007-11-14T15:46:00.000-08:00

well yesterday all of the Turners came over for dinner. We hung out and played games and it was a ton of fun. This Friday they are coming over again and we are going to have a talent show, of course I am not able to do much with all of my injuries, but I will probably com up with something. When Friday comes I will take some pictures and post them so you can see all of the fun we had.

well, later and God bless!

I am back!!!

2007-11-12T19:14:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a long time sence the last time i posted but a ton of crazy things have happened to me in the last few months. The first thing that happened was that I dislocaand my knee and tore a bunch of ligaments. this happened after a bible study, me and my friend steffin' who is 19 years old and is way bigger than me"were wresteling and when he had my legs tangled up I slipped on the rug and some how my leg ended up out of place. I have been wearing a brace for the last 2 weeks that dose not let me bend my leg.the next freak acedent that happened to me was about week agow when I was riding a quad up at my friend Arron's cabin and some dirt flew up into my eyes, I lost controle of the quad and crashed into some kind of a post going about 40 mph. this knocked me out and the next thing i know I woke up in the hospital. I ended up having a bad concussion and some internal bleeding in my head. I was in the hospital for about 2 days but it felt like 2 years. I am doing a lot better but still have a headache and vary bad whiplash. so sorry for not keeping up with the blog but i will start posting more.

2007-09-03T15:37:00.002-07:00

before and after

these are some palm trees in my font yard, and are about 35 feet tall. it was very wabbly up there and took about 45 min to finish.

this is so cool

2007-09-01T13:42:00.000-07:00

In the public hospital of Itaguaí (RJ) last weekend
was born a girl with hands joined together, like one who's praying.

The doctors told the parents that they would operate the hands of that girl, and that they would give her
antistatic. The operation was easy because it seemed like the hands were simple glued together one membrane (skin) layer apart.

When they opened up the hand of that child, you can't imagine what was written...

JESUS IS COMING BACK... The doctors started weeping and all that were in the hospital.

The suburb of Itaguaí is undergoing a movement now, People that have withdrawn from church are going back and others are receiving Jesus
Christ as the only savior.
God send that child simply to convey that message.
After a few hours she died: JESUS IS COMING
BACK

I have received now I'm passing on!!!

The Lord of Lords is coming back.
"Seek you the LORD while HE may be found, call you
upon Him while He is near:" Isaiah 55:6

I'm not sure if this is true but it's a cool story!

2007-08-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

Well, yesterday I bought some palm tree climbing gear. I am starting to get the hang of it and cant wait until I start going to diffrent peoples houses to trim there trees, I might even be able to make some money.
So if you need your palm trees trimmed you know who to call.

2007-08-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

Well, today after church I went with grandpa John and Grandma Ginger to cosco for lunch and then to there house. When we got there we played stack them, then Grandpa John put me to work. I mowed the lawn and then trimed some trees that were comming over the fence. It was a ton of work, and the 110 degree heat didn't make it any easer. It was fun. I was glad to do it though.

2007-08-06T21:16:00.001-07:00

Man that was hot.

2007-08-06T21:12:00.001-07:00

Here's when my dad was arrested...jk...this is his passport picture....

family camp

2007-08-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

The last weak me and my family drove up to California for family camp. It was amazing, they have all kinds of activities like zip line, rock walls, fishing, and a big lake with a huge thing in it called a blob. The blob looks like a big pillow and when you are on it and someone ells jumps on the other side of it you go flying, it is so much fun. The food was good and so was are waitress, her name was Kiniki and she was so funny. the speakers were great, and so was the worship. my favorite night there was when we hiked up a mountain, had worship and a message, a few camp teachers gave there testimonies, and then we song some more praise songs to the Lord.

I can't wait to go back next year!

Brazil

2007-07-21T17:07:00.000-07:00

well, a few weeks ago I went on a mission trip to Brazil. it was loads of fun but a lot of work. It took about 2 days of flying to get there but when we finally arrived our luggage didn't which was a big problem. Eventually a few of us got our luggage. We got on the boat and sailed away to reach some of the villages and teach them about Jesus Christ. The people we went to help have hardly anything but thanks to different donaters some of them have schools and church buildings. It was an amazing trip.

Pray

2007-07-18T10:29:00.000-07:00

Well Grandpa/uncle John is going into surgery for his knee today so I wanted to ask everyone to pray for him, that it all goes well in the operating room, and that he will have a fast recovery. I am sure he is going to need our prayers

This guy is amazing

2007-07-17T21:45:00.001-07:00

2007-07-17T15:48:00.000-07:00

well I am back, the last few days have been a bit busy. My uncle Eddy and his family came in from Texas so I have been visiting with them. Any way today I have been working on my blog, trying to make it cool and I don't know how to put pictures on. So if any of you guys want to help I could use it. Thats it for now. later!!!

2007-07-14T14:47:00.002-07:00

The Fellowship of the Unashamed

I am a part of the fellowship of the Unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit
Power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has
been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow
down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense,
and my future is secure. I am finished and done with low living, sight
walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions,
mundane talking, chintzy giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions, plaudits, or
popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised,
regarded, or rewarded. I now live by presence, learn by faith, love by
patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my
way is rough, my companions few, my Guide is reliable, my mission is clear.
I cannot be bought, compromised, deterred, lured away, turned back, diluted,
or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the
presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the
pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of
mediocrity.

I won't give up, back up, let up, or shut up until I've preached up, prayed
up, paid up, stored up, and stayed up for the cause of Christ. I am a
disciple of Jesus Christ. I must go until He returns, give until I drop,
preach until all know, and work until He comes.

And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My
colors will be clear for "I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the
power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.." (Romans 1:16)

My Dad showed me this and I love the message it sends. It realy touched me and I hope you all get as much out of it as i did.

Joshua West

My first post

2007-07-13T10:34:00.000-07:00

I finally got a blog. It took me awhile but now I can talk to you all. This summer has been very busy so far. I went to Holly Lake for a week and camped out with my grandpa. When we go back we packed up and went to Brazil on a missions trip down the Paraguay river and went to some villages down there sharing the gospel. When we got back my parents left for a pastors conference. Meanwhile Justin, Emily, and I stayed with my grandparents. Then we all packed up again and drove to Oregon to visit family. It was so good to see all of my family and cousins and aunts and uncles up there. They convinced me to make a blog so here it is. I'm sure I'll talk to you all frequently.Talk to you soon.