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derek

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About Me

i love Christ, i have an amazing wife whose name is jess, i have awesome friends, and i love meeting new people and hanging out. i am going to get my ba in intercultural studies and want to live all over the world! i am the youth director at crosstown covenant church and love it.

My Interests

jess, playing guitar & singing, rock climbing/bouldering, learning, reading, listening to and finding new music, soccer, basketball, football, snowboarding, trying to wakeboard, tubing, going to shows, hanging out, etc...

I'd like to meet:

lots of people, i love meeting new people, even you!

Music:

damien rice, shane & shane, robbie seay band, frou frou, imogen heap, cedar avenue, the weary, ben kweller, copeland, Justin King, Ben Folds, Jason Mraz, Eisley, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, David Crowder Band, Dashboard Confessional, Emery, Incubus, Jamiroquai, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Miles Davis, north, The Nina The Pinta and The Santa Maria, Phantom Planet, Something Corporate, The Postal Service, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, So Far From Real, Switchfoot, Telepopmusik, Weezer, kanye west, common, mos def, dmx, etc.

Movies:

bourne identity and supremacy, snatch, finding forrester, anchorman, office space, band of brothers, hunted...action, comedy, drama, whatever - i just don't like crappy movies that waste my time.

Television:

arrested development; viva la bam; it's always sunny in philadelphia; randoms like that but i don't have tv anymore...

Books:

the Bible and anything else really, i enjoy reading lots of different types of books

Heroes:

Jesus, authors, musicians, people i aspire to be like someday

My Blog

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Hey Y'all,I am normally really hesitant and pessimistic about these kind of things, but I was looking at some different youth ministry resources today and found this guys blog, who is a youth pastor a...
Posted by derek on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:08:00 PST

the weary

y'all should check out the band i am in...the weary!www.myspace.com/thewearymusic
Posted by derek on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:21:00 PST

been awhile

wow...i haven't blogged since i got back from india...i am still alive. well, that's all. peace out! also i am listening to music but it wont find it...imogen heap!...
Posted by derek on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:59:00 PST

hmm

i am in america again. america is very different from india. i'll see you all soon i'm sure!
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

hello

hey y'all, this might be one of the last updates i'll get to make while i'm india. they don't really want us to use the internet too much over our last few weeks while we are here. it has been a while...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what up party people

i am tired. but i am in india! every time i think about the fact that for some reason God blessed me with the opportunity to come serve Him and the indian people i just get so overjoyed. it is an amaz...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

update...

hey y'all, i just want to start by saying thanks for the messages and comments and such. they are really cool to get and read here cause i miss everyone a lot. especially in the mornings, i am not sur...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

update on events in india

hey y'all, here's what i've been up to lately...saturday after i wrote last we went to a house church for like 4 1/2 hours of prayer and fasting which was cool and intense. i lead like six songs of wo...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

hey y'all

hey i'm in india. just in case you didn't know. i was hoping to update since it has been a few days but i just don't have time. sorry. i was also going to throw some india pics on here but the compute...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

namaste!

hey everybody, i don't have much time but i am going to try to write every time i am online. today was pretty sweet. i lead worship in the morning and we had a time of devotions. then we went to one o...
Posted by derek on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST