WOW!!! I haven't updated since mid july and a lot has happened since then. Well lets see ill summarize tthe rest of my summer. I ended up goin to three christian camps. They were awesome experiences! I met tons of people and in one of the camps I surrendered to the Lord full-time ministry. But during that time i couldn't run so i had to pick my cross country training back up and i had gradually gotten better. Right now our team is 1-3 on the guys side. BUT that's not saying much becuase most of the top 7 guys (varsity) haven't had a break for the longest time so we are competing on very worn out legs. We run mountains and all terrain and different intervals and that takes a toll from aug 9th til oct 7th.......two months with really no break......legs do get tired. But the races are close losing one by 3 and yesterday by 2 and the other one well. They have been district champs for like 10 years. So it really doesn't matter til the district meet cuz everyone has an equal chance its all in who runs the best on that day. BUUTTT another thing happened yes i have PRed this season (personl record) but i most likely am out for 2-6 weeks..........Dr. thinks i might have a stress fracture. So the Xrays came back negative but i am to get a bone scan tomorrow to see if i truly  do have a stress fracture. and i am running in the 7th spot on the team as a varsity member running 20:21 before i really was hurt...that PR was a week into my injury before i went to the dr. all the other guys are running low 19's for 5k and we have out #1 guy running 17's and the #2 guy in the 18's all the rest are about to get to the 18's maybe have 4 in the 17's by districts. Districts are not until the 27th of this month. So hypotheotically speakin i can run the district race if i don't have a stress fracture but if i do im out for 6 weeks. But besides being rather disappointed in that i can't run for a while I have been pretty good. My grades are doing well which will help get my Gpa to where it needs to be. Umm besides school and crosscountry and working everynow and again and the commitment i made at the camps i thnk that is pretty much the basic gist. So if u have a ? jus let me know.....there is a comment section....also VOTE BUSH this election........*wink*

                                     Chris aka Hotwheelz

Hey, guys!! I am back yet again  in town. I am back so that i can go to camp with the church i attend now. I have to wake up at 500 or so am in the morning because the vans are leaving at 6am. But yeah, i have had an exciting time so far this lovely summer. Lord still has been revealing things to me left and right. I hope that you all are allowing Him to be more evident in your life than ever before each and everyday. Well, I definately had the Lord talking to me today through the Holy Spirit. For instance, today as i was driving home today to ole va and i felt i needed to talk to my stepdad. So i thought about all the things that i had done and all the things we all must do to help the situation. I went to church first for i was rather anxious and nervous to do so. Then the message the guy talked about in the Bible study was about faith and Nehemiah coming into the presence of the king. (Read the story and if you don't understand the significance let me know I'll explain) Not saying that i think of him as a king but that fact that i wass unconmfortable a little because of his past aggression i didn't know what to expect. So i eventually took the step of faith and went to talk to him about the issues at hand. He let me explain and then he put his two cents worth in. Ended being beneficial to me and him both. But yeah that will help ease my mind some before going to camp. So yeah i also ran in that 10 mile thing wed and got 3rd out of the 6 or 7 guys that were there. Not too shabby. But i don't think i have anything else to say besides i finished reading Boy meets Girl. Great book. You all need to read it. Well i do believe i need to be heading on. It's getting late and i need to find something to eat and go on take a shower and go on to bed. Pray for safe travels. Okay well im out like platform shoes.

                                        Chris

hmmm well i have had a super duper summer so far. The Lord really is working a lot in me. I've just been asking Him to change me and break me and mold me into what He wants me to be, which is more like His Son every waking day. I'm rather excited I came back from NC today so that I could run with some of my classmates for Palladino's 2nd Annual Pancake/Smoothie Breakfast after we run 10 miles. It's gonna be great. I was wanting to run more like 15 miles today but becuase of time and my hamstrings just straight hurting and strainin I decided 4.5 miles was sufficient plus it was rather hot outside today. Umm I have been doing a lot of reasoning, thinking, and just a lot of in a sense ''soul searching'' to find really what I believe through what the Bible tells and what the Holy Spirit convicts me to live by in every day life. I know longer believe it to be beneficial to have a girlfriend at the age of 16. I have no plans within a period of 5 years of getting married so there is no reason I need to stress myself out trying to keep on the straight and narrow path while trying to attend to the needs that a girlfriend would bring along with running XC, school and other extra activities in my life. Plus I really don't want one. Yeah I might take a girl to the movie. But I really don't want to make her feel as if we are ''dating'' but rather just friends getting to know each other further which I find to be more beneficial to my life as it stands now. I've come to many life altering and heart felt convictions and revelations lately that are just God's greatness ever flowing into my life. For instance, the best way to defeat temptation! Oh, you might be thinking it's something really formulated but rather it's simple. The best way to defeat temptation is to avoid temptation all together. I mean you can't get in a room with a girl that's really attracted to you and your really attracted to her and think oh Lord deliver me from any temptation. Duh! lol I mean you don't walk into a snake pit and ask God to deliver you through it. lol To me it's rather obvious now. I'm Overjoyed that the Lord has abundant Grace and Mercy that goes ever flowing to me and every one who is willing to accept it. Oh and I suggest people read a book call "Boy meets Girl" which solves a lot of questions about ''dating'' and courtship. If you don't know what that is just read the book. Let's see well I also recently read cultivated and helped revitalize this older lady's garden which was in complete disarray. It looks great now. I'm glad that it's finished and she is happy about it. But yeah i think this is enough for now Hope people have had a great time and great 4th of July. I'm leavin' but not grievin' , but merely stallin' and just waitin' for His callin'.

                                         Chris

         hey guys who just so happen to be reading my xanga. I'm a pretty happy guy right now and have been for some time. Lord really has worked a lot lately and revealing His work and what He has said in His word. It's been awesome!! I'm very lucky to have monica as my g/f as of sunday. The Lord sometimes just moves in miraculous ways and you're just left to be like whoa! But it's been great. I came up from NC to VA and it took me about 1h 55mins (those who don't know the trip is supposed to take about 2:30 or a little more) , i was rollin'. Had to come to VA yesterday to get my permanent license by the state. So i don't have to carry the little yellow 90 day temporary license slip anymore because they took that along with my LP and i received my license. It was a little long. Felt like the judge kept talkin and talkin and talkin. I just wanted to go to sleep. I'm a little tired right now but it's alright. Hey oh i forgot that i hadn't updated since my race. I ran in a 5 miler on saturday the 26th. I came in 5th place (not to good) in my age group and 34th overall with a time of 35:44 ( a 7:09 mile) not too shabby. Lord helped me through the race because i hadn't properly trained in the 10 days leading up to the race i had only ran 2 days and a combined 6 miles. Oh well I did well so I'm happy. I'll definately be ready for the Presbyterian Home 5k on July 24th.. But yeah i need to go. Because I've taken too much time cuz well honestly I type to slow.

                                             Chris