“8 REASONS I DON’T SHARE MY FAITH VIDEO”
This is a hilarious video on the 8 reasons this man doesn’t share his faith. This clip is circa early 1990’s, you can tell by the fashion trends. This is a great video that makes you think but also makes you laugh. Could this be you?
4 days agoFHL is hosting our annual rally “RADICAL 2”.
This year’s theme is Revival Rock Stars.
We’ll be having music from:
Galleria
Esteban Shedd
Spanish Praise Band
Crusaders for Christ
We’ll also be having 2 guest speakers you don’t want to miss! Jonathan Avila and Johan Khalilian
Best of all the event is FREE! Hope to see you there!
GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FHLGROUP FOR MORE INFO.
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-So I am excited to move to Vegas. The transition has been really great so far. A few bumps but it’s not that bad. Yesterday, we had corporate visitors come into our store. HISTORY: I work for Adidas-the Original Heritage brand [there are two brands: Original Heritage & Sports Performance] they were there to open the new Sports Performance store in Chicago that is located at the water tower place. I met all kinds of managers, District Manager, Regional, Operations manager for the entire company. All kinds of big wig dudes. My boss even told them that I was moving and they asked me why. I love it when they ask. So I told them about the church and then said that I plan to transfer to the sports performance store out there. The operations manager turn to our D.M. and said to the effect of “make it happen for him”. I was thrilled at how I got the ok from the big guns. See, when things like this fall into place—you know it’s of God because he opens the doors for opportunity.
-The sport performance store did have a special party last night before the grand opening. I went to it of course and I actually bought my first sports performance shoe for a very low cost. I fell in love with it the moment I saw them and the extra helpful Marcus from the store helped me out with it. He was also wearing them!
-No, this blog will not be called “Las Vegas Vice” after my move there. I am a loyal Chicago man, even though I was born in El Paso, Texas. Chicago is were I grew up and was raised. I lived here since late 1988! 20 years in Chicago. I just turned 26 in July—so do the math! ha ha.
-if I could get a tattoo it would be the Chicago flag but I am so fickled about tattoos. oh well, there’s always markers.
ciao!
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1 week agoLas Vegas or Bust!
A while back, my friend introduced the possibility of moving out to Las Vegas and helping out XXXChurch with their radical concept of “Church on the Strip”. I wasn’t sure at first but the more I prayed, the more I talked about it, the more I thought about it-it seemed like a great idea. I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t just picking up and going just for the sake of picking up and go BUT that this was a decision for more than that.
That this decision was God centered and that I needed to ask myself one important question in all of this, “What do you want to do?”. This perplexed me for sometime as I had no answer, so I searched inside some more, I prayed more and I talked more about it.
I lived in Las Vegas before for sometime when I was young, naive and didn’t have a relationship with the Lord like I have now. The reasons for me being there at that moment are considered “controversial” for some, for others it was my “rebellion” but for me, I was running away from God -as my friend Stick said to me. Which in the bigger picture, I was but strange enough that I ended up in a place that I would soon go back to almost 7 years past! I was there for all the wrong reasons and now I am going back for the right ones. Before I left Vegas, I sensed in my heart/mind/spirit that I would one day “be back” to this place. I didn’t know it then that I was prophesying those words.
So why am I going? Here is an excerpt from XXXChurch website.
http://xxxchurch.com/getinvolved/lasvegas/whyvegas.html
Las Vegas centers around an area called “The Strip.” There are churches in the suburbs surrounding downtown, but nothing on the strip. Although the neon lights shine brightly on the Strip, this area is one of the darkest spiritually in our nation. We must not blame the dark for being dark, but instead need to blame the light for not shining on the darkness. It’s time for all of that to change. It’s time for the people who live and work on and travel to the Strip to have Isaiah 9:2 become a reality, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Jesus said, “I have come to seek and save the lost,” and Jesus called us to go into the darkness, to meet people where they are at, and to save the lost. For this very reason we have decided to bring XXXchurch to the strip. Something new, something different, something totally unexpected for those who live and work around the strip and the millions of people who visit Las Vegas each month.
Not convinced…a few more reasons:
*Nearly 40 million people visit Las Vegas every year.
*Tourism in Las Vegas takes in 41 billion annually.
*The sex industry in Las Vegas rakes in over 6 billion dollars a year.
*10,000 prostitutes work in Las Vegas
*Las Vegas is the fastest growing city in the United States.
*There are 42 legal brothels in the state of Nevada
*Nevada is one of only two US states where prostitution is legal
*140 pages of the Las Vegas yellow pages is devoted to Escort Services and “private entertainment”
*Las Vegas is the epicenter of North American sex trafficking and prostitution.
*Las Vegas is called “sin city.”
Please go to that link and read some more on it, there is tons of information as to “why?” I will be there helping out.
What will I be doing there? I will be helping out with where I am suited for. There is an idea of where I will be but I will let you guys know more specifically on that later.
This is a big move for me and my family. After consulting them and many other influential people, I have made this decision with the knowledge of knowing that God has said YES to this decision. How do I know? Things fell into place all around me and he is very to the point when the answer is NO.
I will be leaving the last week of September/first week of October. I will road trip with some great friends of mine Sam “Stick” and Rachel. We will be housed in a great place that is a community of our own with other people involved in XXXChurch. I have some family out there and can’t wait to be apart of their lives once more.
How long will I be there? I don’t have a set time table, as I always say that after 6 months-you will know whether it’s working out or not. But even if it isn’t I want to make it work by putting the most effort that I can. I want the Lord to use me as much to my abilities [and then some] to help out the church and the people in Las Vegas who deserve it. I want to give to them back what the Lord gave me in the first place. I will be back to Chicago someday in some form, maybe to stay for a while or stay for a longer time. I don’t know.
For some of you guys, this is sad news that I will be leaving but please, don’t look at it like that. Look at it as an opportunity to help people and serve them with a Godly stat of mind. I am going out there not for my sake but for the sake of the Lord whom he thinks of his people that are broken, struggling, faithless and are ruled by addictions. I care so much about people, I love people-even the ones that don’t love me back! I am a compassionate person that is willing to listen, learn and love.
There is so much to say about this but I ask of you that you keep me in prayer. Keep me in your hearts and minds. We will always have the internet to connect us in an instant, so I will not be so far and away that you can’t find me. Financial, it’s gonna be a struggle but I am willing to go with that challenge. I am taking donations of money if you want to help me get out to Las Vegas. I want to save up some pretty coin to at least get me a delicious burrito. HA HA.
I want to thank so many of you guys for helping me with prayers and talking to me about this decision. More specifically I want to thank
My Family, Sam “Stick” & Rachel-Thank You SO MUCH!, Johan-My Big Brother in Christ!, XXXChurch-Craig and the staff-for the opportunity, the whole FHL clan [Jon, Lou, Lici, Steph], Edwin, Melissa, everyone at Mosaic Chicago, My Pastors Ken B. and Pam K., CFC Church, Galleria Band [Matt & Tony]-we will always be Galleria, Christina Kane, the Adidas Chicago clan, my boss John G. and a very Big thanks to Alex Flores!
There are many others that I want to thank but I either forgot or I forgot. So let me know if I did, I will give you a shout out.
Please keep me in prayer and let the adventure begin …
alex
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1 week ago*WARNING* VIDEO CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
There is one question that was asked recently of me. it is:
“What do you want to do?”
simple question. what is the answer???
“some never know how much they can have. until they discover, how much they can give.”
What do I want to do?
I want to, give. That’s how I will know how much I have.
give.
2 weeks agoTo spoof the earlier video, here is:
“Homer takes a photo of himself every day for 39 years.”
2 weeks agoThis is a scene from one of my favorite movies “Stranger Than Fiction”.
Please go watch this movie.
Sometimes love is simple. It’s that simplicity that people can’t comprehend, some don’t want it to be that simple. Why?
Others don’t want the love that is being offered, why?
What if someone came up to you and simply said:
“I want you.”
2 weeks agoLove him or hate him, you must admit that when someone leaves so soon … it hurts.
Yes, I like Bernie Mac and I thought that he was really funny. Yes, he was vulgar but he often did it with a purpose.
Whatever your politcs are about him … let’s think about the family he left behind.
They need your love and prayers for a time like this.
Thank You Bernie Mac for making me laugh.
Chicago has lost a son.
I find myself in the past couple of days to be inspired.for me i find that people out there have caring hearts and minds.I want to be apart of a NEW kind of REVOLUTION.a God/heart/mind/soul/spirit/helping/sharing/caring/changing/serving revolution.
how does that work??/
anyhow.
there is a BIG announcement in the works in the next couple of days …
most of you know it already but nothing is final until ..
i shall call it:my “motorcycle diary”
i keep finding old friends that i miss dearly.some open me with wide arms,some dont.but it’s ok.i still love them!
here’s to old friends that never leave but for a season. CHEERS!
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2 weeks ago