Back at Loma.

It's an understatement to say that the past 3 weeks have just been crazy busy. Its hard to look back and realize that I have finished up the summer tour, visited Julianna up in Northern California, visited my family, and been back at school for a week of training, all within a matter of a couple weeks.

Since so much has been happening I figured I would kind of summarize each of these events with a little section.

Summer Travel Ending
After finishing up 10 weeks of traveling around leading worship at youth camps, we headed back to Point Loma for a debriefing of the summer. To say the least, this summer has been one of the best experiences I have ever had. Most importantly, I learned what it looks like to be a part of a body who lives out a lifestyle of worship, regardless of whether music is involved or not. On a little less serious note I learned a couple of other things during my time traveling:

That I am by no means a good hair dresser.

Dodgeball, is still and will always be the go to game for camps of any kind.

Even if you have a bloody nose, that is no excuse to not go up and play a set..... (its hard to see in the picture but I have a wad of toilet paper in my nose considering I got a bloody nose right before we played.)

Kayaks that are only supposed to fit one person, can really fit two.

And there is no better way to end a summer of travel than by eating at Pizza Nova.

Trip to San Fran/ Santa Cruz.

The day we finished debriefing at Point Loma, I got on a plane and flew up to Julianna's house in Fairfield, CA. It was so great to finally be able to see her after being apart for so dang long (most of which we had very little contact via phone or internet).

It was super windy in San Francisco...... windy.

Definition of Happiness.

And if the weather could be any more polar opposites of each other, the next day in Santa Cruz was like this......

Home Sweet Home
Back home in Phoenix, I got to relax for a couple days. I got to finally see my family who I had seen very shortly throughout the summer. Besides that I didn't do a whole lot besides pack up my stuff for school.

And Here I am.....
And now I am back in San Diego, sitting in my new dorm in Wiley Hall. For the past couple days we've been training and preparing for the formely called Covenant Groups or Res Hall Bible studies. I'm stoked to see how this role in the hall plays out as it will be just as much of a learning experience for me as the guys who come. Through these couple days of training we've had the chance to read a book on what it looks like to be a Christian Leader, such as a Covenant Group Leader. This book by Henri Nouwen has literally rocked my world on what it means to be a leader on this campus.
In closing, while reflecting over the past couple months, and what is to come in the next couple months, I have come to see how much I have learned. Through that learning realizing the hope I have been given by seeing people that are truly following Christ. I'm excited for what's going to happen this year in classes and around campus, and it really is hard to believe I have only been around this place for a year. Until next time.

Grace and peace.

:: Two Months of Travel ::

We just finished our last camp of the summer.

And since it was our last camp of the summer..... I decided to post a video that roughly resembles what my summer of traveling has consisted of :

* Setting up/ Tearing down the sound system
*Finding great amusement in the simple joys in life ( such as the hatching of a dino)
*Playing music with some great friends, and having the chance to lead some rad kids in worship.

Untitled from Chris Evans on Vimeo.

Since most of my posts have been relatively vague........ Here is where we have traveled this summer:

May 31st- June 12th :: Point Loma- On campus training.
June 14th- June 26th :: Prescott, Arizona- AZ Sr/Jr High Camps
June 28th-July 3rd :: Nevada City, California- Sacramento District Sr/Jr High Camp
July 4th- July 8th :: Coolidge, Az- Coolidge Nazarene Church
July 8th- July 11th :: Retreat – Albuquerque area
July 12th- July 18th :: Ruidoso, NM- New Mexico Sr/Jr High Camp
July 20th-July 25th :: Springville, CA- Central Cal Sr. High Camp
July 26th- July 31st :: Big Bear, CA- So Cal Sr. High Camp
August 3rd- August 8th :: Springville, CA- Central Cal Jr. High Camp

About halfway through the summer, I started getting really interested in photography. To check out some of the photos from this summer check out my flickr.

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Big Bear.

Untitled from Chris Evans on Vimeo.

Diesel, Diamond Arrow, Chinese food in Coolidge.

We're currently in Coolidge Arizona hanging out before going to play some ultimate Frisbee. We have been here for a couple days hanging out and playing at Coolidge Nazarene Church.

We had an interesting time in the Mojave Desert on our way to Sacramento Camp. In short, what happened was we put 30+ gallons of unleaded fuel in a Diesel only Bus. So in the middle of nowhere we siphoned out 30 gallons of unleaded fuel so we could make it to a diesel gas station. If you'd like to hear the full story go check out Garret's Blog.

He has the whole story over there: http://garrettandrew.blogspot.com/

This is Chuck. He helped us out big time.

Gas Guzzling.

Fuel Filters.

Fresno Hotel
Apparently this is how I sleep.
Sacramento Camp

Garrett Eating Chinese Food.

Two things.

This book is so solid, check it out. Like a modern day Mere Christianity.

Secondly, I got some new sunglasses from Walmart.
Gotta stay safe from those UV rays.

One more day in Az.

Camp numero dos.

It’s been forever since my last blog. I know I mentioned earlier in my blogs about being a part of worship band for point loma that travels around to jr/sr high youth camps. We are three weeks into the summer now and are well on our way into our summer travels. Here is a picture of our group, who is already starting to become like family.




We have been super busy traveling and I unfortunately haven’t had the chance to do any updates. But nonetheless here we are at the start of week 2 of camps. Last week was the first week of actual camps in the Arizona Nazarene District. It was a sick camp and we’re all stoked to be starting another week.

Here is a couple pictures from our first couple weeks including our training time at PLNU and our first camp in Prescott, Arizona.

Gila Bend, Az
Todd is a driving machine. Well at least in Gila Bend.

Prescott, Az

Arizona Sr. High Camp

Grace and peace,
Chris

P.s. Album Leaf is changing my life. They're music is amazing.

Last Weekend of being a Freshmen.

I am still in denial of the fact that this is the last week of school for my freshmen year..... This year has flown by, and I have definitely learned a lot about myself and others. But before I get all reflective, this is how I spent my last weekend of the semester here at Loma:

My girlfriend and I (Her name is Julianna and she's super legit) went to the Birch Aquarium up in La Jolla Cove. It was super cool, and nice to just get away and do something that did n0t involve studying.

Large tail.

Seven Pounds?

Just a friendly reminder to use hand sanitizer.

Then later that night we went to a bonfire, which is always fun.

2 Finals down, 2 to Go.

Grace and peace,
Chris