Ski Retreat

Ski Retreat. I'm going to use the way over-used word to describe retreats. AMAZING. I guess I could even go so far and call it undescribeable. So this was my first ski retreat, in my first year at Vertical Impact. For those of you who don't know about ski retreat and didn't go on it; we basically wake up, ski, hang out, worship, sleep, wake up, ski, hang out, and worship. And yes, the worship on ski retreat is very powerful. Someone pointed out in a lesson that the reason the worship is so powerful is because we are away from home, and we have no worries. This is exactly why worship is so amazing during retreat. Drew delivered an awesome lesson the last night, and the band rocked the house. This was my first time singing on a retreat, as well as stephanie, and sam playing. We sounded great. I loved going down the double black diamond "powerline glade" and going off ramps :) (Good times Karyn and James). Whether it be rocking out it fast worship, connecting with God during slow, eating gelato at the ski lodge, jumping off ski ramps or riding ski lifts, everyone; veterans or new kids, all seemed to be having fun. Thats the beauty of VI; everyone accepts everyone, and new kids aren't so new by the end of the two days. And everyone knows from the last lesson, it's never too late for a fresh start. And remember no mastter what you've done, God's there to forgive you.Ski Retreat was the perfect time to start over, get away from everything, and reflect on everything. I could see God in everything and everyone; from the slow worship, the amazing lessons, the amazing mountain views, just everything. I even felt God come inside of me this trip. Upon coming home I just wanted to take time and reflect on everything. What would I do without VI. Seriously, it's beyond me how I spent 14 years of my life without this amazing group of peopleexpending their relationships with God, and I have no idea what I would do without you guys. I can't wait till next year! And MOST IMPORTANTLY... no one got hurt. From what I've heard, someone gets hurt each year, but this year, God graced us with no injuries. And I am feeling the "post- ski retreat depression that everyone gets. :(

Love you guys and see you this and every wednesday,
-Alex

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Clique 6 :)

Sorry, I copied your title Drew, I liked it :) Well at last week's VI there were two new additions to the Vertical Impact boy band. Sam Franer and myself. For being new, both of us seemed pretty comfortable up their and we rocked the house :). I loved the practice, and being up there was such an AMAZING experience that I will neveer forget. Hopefully I can keep making appearances for the boy band, same with Sam. And as Drew said in his post, we are looking for more people to join the band, so if you or a friend have talent for and instrument, talk to a band memer!!!

Love you guys,

-Alex

Vertical Impact

So the other day I got thinking about Vertical Impact and everything about it. Had Dan not invited me to Elevation, I wouldn't be a part of this amazing youth group. I have no idea what I would do with out you guys. I can't imagine. I don't even know how I lived 14 years of my life without this. And I realized something...You guys are like my family away from home, and sometimes I even feel closer to you guys than my regular family. You're there for anything I need, whether it's homework help, to help with my family, to religious help. Im so glad to be a part of a group with such amazing people, and I love you guys like no other.

I love you guys.

-Alex

P.S. I'm singing next week!!!!

Turkey Day

Hey Guys, sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been caught up and school and soccer and this has just slipped my mind. Well first of all, Happy Turkey DAY!!! I don't know about you guys, but I'm psyched for all of the food. And to give thanks, but mostly for the food haha. Turkey, Pumpkin pie, and MASHED POTATOES. Ahh it's going to be a-m-a-z-i-n-g. So what else is new... Well I'm gonna be singing for VI sometime soon, and Sam will play the guitar. So I'm pretty psyched about that. Well that's pretty much it for today.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

-Alex

Jeez.

Well I just now realized I haven't post in forever. Well, VI yesterday was pretty much awesome, as always. The soccer season is going great for me, and we go up to Tippacanoe on Saturday. School is also good, but my mom is mad that I have 2 B's. Weird. I know. And if I don't bring them up by next Wednesday no VI =(.

Hmm. Well I'm bored, so I guess i'll show you all a video me and my friends made over the summer, and I edited it to put some into slow-mo. Check it outtttttt >>>>>>>>

Sorry.

I did mean to use overrated to describe highschool. I meant something along the lines of "way too worried about". if that makes sence. Its fun, and the is nothing to worry about, i like it!
Thanks for pointing that out indirectly drew hahaha.

-Alex

Wow.

This may or may not have been my last post's title, but if it was, this post is more "wow" than the last one. Also, my apologies for not posting for a while, i've been pretty busy. So to start things off, the Elevation reunion. In one word, I would probably say, "emotional". It was just so emotional to see the video and practically "relive" elevation all over again, and I was on the verge of tears. Also, Chris was was leaving that night, or which we all thought, because we would see him again tomorow. The next day was Annie's surprise party. Pretty much awesome. It was so much fun and it was pretty much my first time getting together with you guys outside of VI. So that was awesome, even though I missed the surprise because of soccer. Which brings me to my my constant topic of soccer. We have had 2 real games so far, Milford and Loveland. Both D1 schools, and Indian Hill is D2. We were up 1-0 in both games until like the last 3 minutes, when both Milford and Loveland seemed to score 3 GOALS! I have no idea what happened, but the good thing is, we were expected to lose those 2 games. We play Madiera at home on tuesday at 5, if any of you guys want to come. Madiera, for all of you who don't know is kindof Indian Hill's rival, so it should be a good game. AND! Joe Get is the assistant coach of Madiera so i'll be hassling him the whole game.



And the main "wow" is that school started. Summer is over. The summer of my first elevation/experience, the summer where I really felt like my faith was "born", is over :(. As I've stated numerous times before, I feel like I am a completely new person, and I hope I can carry that on trhough the new school/VI year. So highschool is here, and it is definately overrated. My classes are all right, I'm taking all of the regualr ones plus PE and Mens Chorus. But yeah, way over rated, not much different than middle school, or at least so far...

So thats pretty much been the past couple weeks summed up, and I can't wait for VI this week!