Another Addition to the Williams Family?

Our family keeps growing and growing. A couple of months ago we got Honey. She is a honeybear hamster. Then on Tuesday of this past week we got onto craigslist and found a Miniature Schnauzer. VERY CUTE!!! We needed a smaller dog because of our smaller yard. And I was looking for low shedding and low barking. There is a bit of yipping, but not too bad so far.

Karston had final say on this dog, as it is his (pic is of Kynzi and the dog). Chewie is the dog's name. He looks like an Ewok, but when I suggested Wicket, Karston said, "Wicked?" and that was out!

I know, I know...many of you are saying, "Is he out of his mind? A little rat dog that should be used as a hackey sack? Who is he, Paris?" I had all these thoughts too, but a "boy needs his dog." That phrase has been tossed around here quite a bit and i agree with it. So Karston has a dog. And it needed to be small for where we live.

So we have this absolutely adorable dog that is just under 8 weeks old and is teething (teeth are coming in, but not all the way there). I think this causes him to chew on anything insight, including toes. :)

Ahhh, the journey is a fun one.

Some thoughts a month later...

SO YEAH...I WENT TO DYC EXPECTING TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM GOD!! I WANTED TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE, IWAS AWARE THAT GOD SPOKE BOTH WITH WORDS AND ACTIONS. I KNEW THAT HE SPOKE LOUDLY AND I KNEW THAT HE SPOKE SOFTLY LIKE THAT OF A SOFT SUMMER WIND!! I WAS EXPECTANT AND I WAS AWARE!! YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS MY DISSAPOINTMENT WHEN NOTHING HAPPENED....I MEAN I LOVED DYC AND I DID LEARN STUFF AND HAD A BLAST AND EVERYTHING...BUT I HADN'T GOT WHAT I HAD GONE THERE FOR!!
WELL, NOW IT IS A MONTH OR SO LATER AND WELL I HAVE REALIZED SOMETHING GOD DID SPEAK TO ME. HE DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING REALLY IMPORTANT OR ANYTHING THAT WAS REALLY HEART CHANGING, BUT IT WAS NICE. I NOW HAVE A PEACE AROUND ME. I DON'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DISSAPOINTMENT AND DESPAIR THAT I ONCE HAD. I NO LONGER FEEL SO DEPRESSED ALL THE TIME!! IT IS AN AMAZING THING, AND WELL I FIGURED THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD THING TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD!!

PS. THE HOGS OF THE HOOD ROCKED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WON THE DYC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT (WE HAD PRETTY MUCH NO EXPERIENCE ON OUR TEAM)

Hannah

DYC Changed Everything for Me!!

DYC changed everything for me!!

I came to DYC thinking that God was going to show me something really big, but instead He showed me a lot of little things. On Saturday, He taught me that He always answers prayers, mostly in ways that I don’t understand. On Sunday, He showed me that He’s always been there with me, even all those times I thought He wasn’t. Also on Sunday, He taught me that He always works things out for the best. And in the end, all the little things came together to make one point: God’s plans are bigger and better than mine! DYC made me realize that God’s ways aren’t my ways. I knew this before, but had never really experienced it.

Brenna :)

Hello DYCers

This is Brian Mosher, Rhodes (keyboard) player for your worship band this weekend. I think this instrument of blogging was meant more for those students who wanted to share with the leaders (such as myself) what the best, worst, or just fun parts of this weekend were for you. Well, I must take it upon myself at this time to break that "rule" and blog for the students. I hope many of you read this, as I don't know if I'll be able to let you know what I have to say any other way.
I cannot begin to tell you how inspirational this weekend has been for me. You students have had an incredible and agile way of getting into my heart this weekend. I loved playing games in the lobby with you, talking with some of you, (basket)balling with a few of you, and worshipping with all of you. Your collective heart for God is as important to me as the music we worshipped to is. In all my years of playing music, I have never had an opportunity like I had this weekend to truly celebrate God in such a living way. You have an excitement in your eyes and your hearts and your bodies that is unmatched. You have proven to this musician that the involvement of the body of Christ in the worship of his Son is essential for LIFE. Life would not be the same without worship. We have a gift, as humans, from God to be able to bless him with our praise. In turn, we have a gift, as fellow humans, to be able to bless each other. You have all blessed me this weekend. I am honored to be given the opportunity to return the favor.
May God Bless you all in everything that you do, and know that lives are changed simply by your willingness to jump around and be a teenager and love your God. Please, do all of those things, and keep Christ as the center of your exciting life. You will not regret a minute of it.
Truly~
Brian Mosher
bmosher23@hotmail.com

Sunday already?!

I have been doing the videos for DYC and it's been fantastic. I've worked my patootie off and had a blast. I even had my first foray into the world of special effects. God has certainly been present here, as I've seen him work in the my group and among the staff. It's almost time to return to the real world. Thankfully, my time here has prepared me well for reentry.

Will, the video guy
Lewiston, ID

DYC is amaaaazing

Sooo coming to DYC has been such a great experience for me. I love the atmosphere and the people here. I've really liked Jason's monologues and Ted was awesome! I love all the different stuff we've been doing. I've learned quite a few things this weekend but the main thing that I've been thinking about is... This morning, hearing Jason's "King David" monologue made me realize that maybe I've been focusing too much on myself and my own problems instead of focusing on God and what he wants to do with my life. I think He really has a great plan for my life but I just need to slow down and listen. I have a lot of learning to do but all the seminars and speakers here have helped a lot with all of my questions. I'm soooo glad I was able to come and I hope to come back every year till I graduate! I <3 DYC!!!

Showing me more.

This weekend I came with a mountain of drama and suffering on my shoulders, everyday crushing me more and more. Then, last night as we were singing near the end... The last verse, the words within it brought me to the bible verse "come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest".
I bowed my head and I prayed to God with all I had, asking him to relieve me of all this stress and burden. To just open my eyes and put it all in his hands because only he knows the course we will all take, and the troubles we will all face. And I as I silently spoke "amen", I automatically felt like weight had been lifted from my shoulders, and I was at peace.
And through this whole experience I've come to learn that God puts these hards times in our lives so that we can simply turn to him and ask for his advice and help. So that further on down the road, we will be able to help someone through the same type of trouble.
I thank him daily for all he's done in my life, and I pray that people here this weekend will see the awesome things he's doing and will continue doing in their lives.