New Orleans; or “You don’t always get what you think”

November 6, 2010

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Here’s the deal. I don’t know anything about poetry. Not about style, or rhythm, or any of that stuff. But I still make attempts to write some now and again. I wrote this mid-mission year. Enjoy…

What is she? Change.
To me anyway. Though to herself,
I am sure she is constant and true.

Family is no longer just blood. No,
Now they are those who do the
Will of my Father.

A neighbor isn’t just next door,
It is anyone who opens their door,
Or anyone to whom I open my door.

Time isn’t necessarily kept, but
Wondered about. Or maybe…
Lost in translation.

A meal isn’t just eaten for satiation,
It is time for a story told, a laugh
Shared, or a smile smiled.

Music isn’t just something to
Listen to. You experience it…
and you follow it.

Community isn’t necessarily where
I live…but rather who I live it with
And how we choose to live it.

 

My other hometown

August 2, 2010

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I got to visit New Orleans for a few days this past week, and it was fantastic. It was interesting to me because a year ago from when I was there last week was when we’d been packing up to come home. In fact, a year ago today as I write this, I was in a car on my way home.

I’m glad that I ended up getting to go for several reasons. The first one being, that I love that city, and going back there was a blast. The second is that I got to see people experience it (for better or worse) for the first time, and it reminded me of when I first showed up there in the fall of 2008. I got to see old neighbors and friends, and it was amazing that once they pictured me with longer hair, they instantly recognized me and wanted to catch up as much as I did. It honestly just felt really good to find out that I’d made some kind of impact on their lives, because they all had a huge impact on mine.

I got to watch six girls who are about to head off for their first year of college be stretched to their limits, and for the most part, rise to the occasion. They were met with some challenges they hadn’t come across before in any of their youth ministry experience with us, and they did well in responding to that situation.

I also got some solid reminders on lessons that I’d learned last year that have been in files in my brain for a while to be looked at at some other time. I was surprised by how much I’d forgotten in a year.

So, that being said, I’ll be finishing up my lessons from my dad over the next few days, then sharing a couple from my mom, and then I’ll be sharing with you guys some of the things I was reminded of in New Orleans this past week. I was able to journal out a few thoughts on:

Money

Relationships/Love

Food

Community

Music

And I’m really looking forward to sharing that.

-Stippick

I’llllll be hoooooome for chriiiiissstmas…

September 5, 2008

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Seriously.

I’m leaving in a few hours to take off on my new adventure. Mission Year. It’s going to be great. I know that’s kind of brief, but I’ve got a lot of emotion going on inside of me and I feel like if I start writing about it I won’t be able to stop.

One of the things I’ll miss a lot is blogging. Really. I’ve gotten used to it. I will be blogging on my Mission Year blog as often possible, so add that to your bookmarks and check it…regularly…? Seriously though, I will be trying to update it as often as possible. (SuperStippy will be on hiatus(sp?) for the time being. When I am home for twoish weeks over christmas? Prepare for a blogging frenzy)

Lastly, my good friend Jenna Coe blogs also. Tonight she wrote a “very special blog” to me. I’m not trying to talk myself up or anything. That was just really cool. I love Jenna a lot and will miss her (and YOU too), and it’s also one of thse things that I feel like if I start writing about it I won’t be able to stop.

 

Loving Jenna (and packing…),

David Stippick

I’m leeeeaaaavin’ on a jet plane

August 4, 2008

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I am. Seriously. On September 5th at 8:15 a.m. I will be headed off to New Orleans for a year. Talk about kind of scary.

I am 100% stoked, and ready and excited about what I know God is going to be doing in my life this year. I am also 100% scared out of my mind about being away from home and everything I know for an entire year. It is an experience that I know is going to challenge me, and help shape me into the man that I know God intends for me to be…but I sure wish I wasn’t this anxious about it.

It has only been in the past few says that the nervousness has kicked in. My summer internship is coming to a close, and it has been great. I have learned some great lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I realised though, that as this comes to a close, my Mission Year is going to commence. 4 and a half weeks. 33 days until I leave (I put a d-day counter on my phone). It is just so much more real to me now that my friends are preparing to go back to school, and I begin to think about what I’ll be ding while they’re doing that.

Don’t get me wrong. I am way looking forward to this. I just have some jitters. Please pray for me about that. Pray for my team that I will be living with, and all the other ’08-’09 participants that we will allow ourselves to step out of the way and Christ to shine through us. Pray for the MY staff as the wind down from one group and start to gear up for another group to come in. Pray for the people in the cities we will be in, that God would begin/continue to work in their hearts.

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