Saturday, June 26

Donde esta biblioteca?
Well, I guess it is my time to update. As most of you know, I went to Super Summer last week and once again it was an amazing week. I was a Team Leader in Green 1. The camp is divided into grades and each grade is assigned a color and green is the students who are going to be seniors this fall. My wife's name was Michelle Clark and we had 14 kids for the week. I had some awesome kids. These are leader kids in their own youth groups who go through a process of being chosen by their youth minister and an interview process after that. So all the students that come are already saved and are leaders in their own youth group. So you can just tell them straight, how it is, and be blunt with them. You can go deep with these kids and it's an amazing experience. But what is even better, the younger students, the freshman, are comprehending what the seniors that I had are comprehending. Jon Randles was our speaker. He does a lot with FCA and motivational speeches. He works at Texas Tech and all the Big 12 schools. Very intelligent man. Charlie Hall did the worship time, and what can you not say about Charlie Hall. The man has an amazing heart for worship. One of the most amazing things during worhsip, was that a lady taught us sign language to "Give Us Clean Hands". We taught it to our kids and on Thursday night, Charlie was reminding us of the different ways to worship and so he sang Give Us Clean Hands and 1100 students signed it as worship. It was an amazing experience. I could go on and on about this camp. Other than my salvation experience, this camp is next in line. It is a camp like no other.

Well, I have two words for all of you who don't like my Top 11 Cd's. SUCK IT. I even told Ben and Josh that they may not like it because of some of the cd's I put on it, but here's the thing. It's MY Top 11 Cd's; so cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

Friday, June 11

I'm a real boy.

Hey guys, it is me again. I will be leaving for Super Summer, a leadership camp for teens, at OBU tomorrow around 2:00pm. It is going to be a blast. So, I will not be able to blog this coming week. I am going to write twice as long and post a triple dip of Zach's Top 11.

Well, let’s get started. Yes, I was trying to change my blog. So, I started to change one of the templates that blog offered and I could not change a part of it for the life of me. So I am going give Ben some ideas so that he can make me a blog that will look sweet. So, if I come back and I have bright pink blog, Ben will personally be kicked in the head.

Well, I am watching “Changing Lanes” with Samuel L. Jackson and Matt Damon. It’s about Samuel and Matt are both on their way to court and have a wreck and some files get separated from Matt and it draws out a story of finding the file or he will be put in jail, but he will do anything to get it back. It is pretty interesting so far, but I will let you know more later.

Well, I lied about making this blog twice as long, my life is not that interesting, but I didn’t lie about giving you all a “Triple Dip” of Zach’s Top 11.

And #7 is Five Iron Frenzy – Proof That The Youth Are Revolting
I did not purchase this album until late, but I have quickly grown to love this album. The album sounds really good for a live album, but they had 11 concerts to pick from to finalize the cd. Many FIF favorites Oh Canada, Handbook for the Sellout, Suckerpunch, Super Powers, and Every New Day. It has some hilarious out takes at the end of the cd.

#6 is Switchfoot – The Beautiful Letdown.
This is one of the few cd’s that I enjoy the majority of the songs on the album. It took them a little to get back on track. New Way To Be Human was good and then Learning to Breathe dipped down, but Beautiful Letdown has renewed them and has even thrown them into the secular. It is probably one of the best albums I own and that Switchfoot has made. Songs include the previously I Dare You To Move, Meant to Live, This is Your Life, On Fire, and Gone.

#5 is Alan Jackson – Livin’ on Love
I grew up on country music and Alan Jackson is my favorite country artist. He has many great albums, but this one is the one that I had to choose. Country music is what love. Songs include Gone Country, Summertime Blues, Who I Am, Song for the Life, and If I had You.

Well, that is all for now. You all have a good week and be in prayer for me, my wife, and my super summer kids that I will have this week. Talk to you later.
Zach

Tuesday, June 8

New template.
Not sure why I have previous posts instead of links.
Not sure how to replace previous posts with links.
Must talk to Ben soon.
Talk later.
Bye.

Just kidding.
I'm going to be in detention, Ms. Crabapple, are YOU???
Well, I guess it's that time again. To update the 'ol blog. It has been a while, but here I am. The past week has been pretty good. Josh and I went up to "The Pool" to see Ben last weekend. We had a good time. It was fun to get away from everything for a couple of days and just relax and have fun. We went and saw Shrek 2 also. It is a good movie. Definitely funny, especially the second time around. Christina got to go and do something with us. Someone offered to babysit Josie fora little whil, and while I know it was hard for both of them to let her go, it was good to have Christina and Ben together with us. I am sure they don't get a lot of alone time and Josh and I took it all away. They had to be with us.

We had our Church Centennial this last Sunday, and while it did go well, I am so glad that it is over. It was a nuthouse at the church for the past 2 weeks. You know how some of you, whoever is willing to admit it, watch the house makeover shows; well this was a church makeover. We installed new carpet, painted walls, knocked down and replaced walls, decorated classrooms, replaced ceiling tiles, installed tile, refurbished the women's bathroom, organized offices, made history books, designed bulletins, decorated the sanctuary, and well you name it, we did it in all about a 2-3 week period. CRAZY CRAZY BREAD. (I also designed a power point background for the Centennial and I was going to post it, but I cannot find my memory stick, so it will just have to wait.)

Now, it is time for the next selection of Zach's Top 11.
#8 MxPx - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo

I am probably going to catch a lot of flack from Ben for putting this album so low, but he can suck it for all I care. Anyways, this album is basically equal to Life in General. That is why they are back to back on the list. They both have their highlighted songs, but overall I could not determine which one is actually better. Songs include The Final Slowdance, I'm OK, Your OK, Inches From Life, Get With It, and none other than Party, My House, Be There. It is a great album, don't get me wrong, but it just did not make the cut for a higher spot.