Apr 2007
Ran Out of Space
04/27/07 09:13 AM Filed in: Personal
Well, it happened I ran out of space yesterday on my
website. I have my server through Apple's .Mac and I
was informed that I could no longer receive emails
because my "quota" had been reached. So, I had to
delete a bunch of the pictures I had just uploaded to
my website in order to reactivate my email program. I
can upgrade my account to receive more space, but I
will have to wait till the summer when I start my job
and have a little more spending money (it costs $50).
So, until that time, I will only be able to upload a
few photos at a time, and then delete them when I add
new ones. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Ryan
Ryan
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GBS Spring Picnic
04/26/07 01:11 PM Filed in: School
Tuesday was the annual GBS Spring Picnic, in which there are no classes for the day and all the faculty, staff, and students go to a nearby park. It was a beautiful day! There were many activities. From softball and footbal to unicycling and rowboating, we had it. I spent a long time out on the lake with Megan and a couple of friends rowing around. We were occasionally 'attacked' by some fellow GBS'ers who were the 'pirates' of the lake and went around stealing peoples shoes off their boats and delivering them to other GBS'ers. It was a lot of fun! If you would like to see some pictures of it simply go here. Enjoy!
Ryan
Recent Problem with Comments
04/24/07 06:44 PM Filed in: Personal
It was brought to my attention today that someone had
posted an obscene comment on my blog. This occurred
completely without my knowledge! It was more than
likely a computer generated post that an advertising
company would use. I have, however, deleted the
comment and instituted protective measures to ensure
that it will never happen again. Now all the post
must first be approved by me before they are viewable
to the public. This will be a minor inconvenience,
but well worth the added protection. I
apologize for anyone who was unsuspectingly
confronted with this hideous comment.
Ryan
Ryan
Where I Have Been
04/23/07 02:56 PM Filed in: Personal
Maybe the better question would be, "Where haven't I
been?" It seems these past 6 days have been a blur.
With IHC, followed by VIP Day, followed by senior
pictures, followed by ministry pictures Sunday, and
soon to be followed by the GBS school picnic
tomorrow, I am certainly giving my camera a good
workout. But I really don't mind taking pictures. In
fact, I thoroughly enjoy doing it. The day I stop
enjoying it is the day I put it away for a while. I
figured it out yesterday, and I took nearly 4,500
pictures in five days. But it was a lot of fun, and I
don't regret it at all! I did, however, receive a lot
of help from Megan who was faithful to run around
behind me and help with all the camera equipment. We
were finally able to relax Sunday afternoon, and it
was such nice day we ate lunch outside and spent much
of the afternoon out on south lawn relaxing in the
shade. ahh... the calm before the storm (the end of
the school year). But there are only five weeks of
school left, and then the summer is mine... if I can
just hold on 
Ryan
Ryan
Austin's Senior Pictures
04/23/07 02:54 PM Filed in: Photography
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Last Saturday was a new experience for me. Yes, I've been taking picture for a while now, but there is a vast difference between taking mostly candid shots, and actually doing a photo shoot with someone. It was a new experience, but a overall good one. I am not an expert at 'placing' people, but Austin's my cousin, and so they were patient to help me figure out the best pose. It was actually a lot of fun.
Ryan
Last Saturday was a new experience for me. Yes, I've been taking picture for a while now, but there is a vast difference between taking mostly candid shots, and actually doing a photo shoot with someone. It was a new experience, but a overall good one. I am not an expert at 'placing' people, but Austin's my cousin, and so they were patient to help me figure out the best pose. It was actually a lot of fun.
Ryan
Awesome Play Put On By GBS
04/23/07 02:40 PM Filed in: School
Friday evening the drama club at GBS put on an amazing production centered around the life of the great missionary Lottie Moon. It was not only phenomenal from a technical standpoint, but it was spiritually impacting as well! It was carried out with great precision and everyone was thoroughly impressed. I really hope they travel with it!
Ryan
VIP Day
04/23/07 02:35 PM Filed in: School
I arrived back from IHC Thursday night to go straight into shooting picture for VIP Day at GBS. VIP Day is simply a time when people interested in coming to GBS can come and look at our school and gain some information. It was a very busy time with 174 VIP'ers on campus! But it was a lot of fun, and it went very smoothly. This was Mr. Makcen's first year as student recruiter and he has simply done a phenomenal job organizing and drawing people in.
Ryan
IHC
04/23/07 02:23 PM Filed in: Other
An interesting event occurred the Monday before IHC (Inter-Church Holiness Convention). First, for those of you who don't know, IHC is an event where a lot of the holiness churches get together for a 3-day convention in Dayton, OH. There are usually around 5-10 thousand people in attendance. Now, back to the story. I was just waking up from a nap when suddenly my cell phone rang. I answered it with my usual "Hello", but was surprised to hear the voice of the president of my college, Dr. Avery, on the other end. He then proceeded to ask me if I would be interested in helping take pictures this year at IHC because the current photographer will be leaving for the mission field. I gladly agreed, because I knew it would be something I enjoyed. So, to make a long story short, I spent the three days of IHC running around taking LOTS of picture. I took around 2,500, but only turned in around 1,200. It was a very good experience, a tiring one, but rewarding.
Ryan
Where I Am Right Now
04/15/07 09:22 PM Filed in: Personal
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I came to a place a couple days ago where I told someone, "I have reached the point of switching from pursuing excellence, to merely pursuing survival." It's one of those things that you must be a college student with five weeks till the end of school to understand. I reached quite a low ebb in which I had no where to turn but to my Father. But He was faithful. I am reading a book in my Doctrine and Practice of Prayer class simply entitled Prayer by Philip Yancey. And in it he talks about how God desires complete and total honesty in prayer. I have been in the habit of doing this for a while now, but it was reassuring to see that I was on the right track. If God already knows our thoughts and how we're feeling anyway, then why not express them to Him? God was faithful to send someone to encourage me to keep on, and to keep the end result in view. He has truly proven Himself to be a God of faithfulness, and even though I don't fully understand why this event happened in my scholastic life, I know that God is in control and I can trust Him to guide me through. So if I can simply encourage you, if you happen to have anything in your life that you don't fully understand, don't hide your emotions from God. Yancey says something to the fact of 'perhaps it's not the fact that we have these feelings that troubles God, maybe it's the fact that we're trying to hide them.' Look at the biblical examples of Job and David. Have you read some of David's psalms lately? They are the epitome of honesty before God! So don't bring a 'false' you before the omniscient God, come before Him as you truly are, and that is where you will find Him.
Ryan
I came to a place a couple days ago where I told someone, "I have reached the point of switching from pursuing excellence, to merely pursuing survival." It's one of those things that you must be a college student with five weeks till the end of school to understand. I reached quite a low ebb in which I had no where to turn but to my Father. But He was faithful. I am reading a book in my Doctrine and Practice of Prayer class simply entitled Prayer by Philip Yancey. And in it he talks about how God desires complete and total honesty in prayer. I have been in the habit of doing this for a while now, but it was reassuring to see that I was on the right track. If God already knows our thoughts and how we're feeling anyway, then why not express them to Him? God was faithful to send someone to encourage me to keep on, and to keep the end result in view. He has truly proven Himself to be a God of faithfulness, and even though I don't fully understand why this event happened in my scholastic life, I know that God is in control and I can trust Him to guide me through. So if I can simply encourage you, if you happen to have anything in your life that you don't fully understand, don't hide your emotions from God. Yancey says something to the fact of 'perhaps it's not the fact that we have these feelings that troubles God, maybe it's the fact that we're trying to hide them.' Look at the biblical examples of Job and David. Have you read some of David's psalms lately? They are the epitome of honesty before God! So don't bring a 'false' you before the omniscient God, come before Him as you truly are, and that is where you will find Him.
Ryan
Back on Campus
04/09/07 06:39 PM Filed in: Personal