Well it has taken me longer than a week to update this thing but better late than never. I have been in real lessons know for 6 weeks and I have really been enjoying it. Even though I have a stack of 10 books waiting to be read!!!
I will try to introduce you to everyone that is on the course with me one by one if I can. I will just do a very brief intro with picture to give u an idea who they all are.

This is Ryan Suess my roomy. He is from Seattle and has an excellent voice and is a good guitarist as well as being very competitive in most things which is quite funny to watch sometimes. He also has a v funny sense of humour much like my own so we get on very well and have been playing football with some locals at a university here!!!

This is Dave Stalsbroten, yet another Seattlite with a crazy surname. Dave is my walking dictionary (he did a English degree) and I think the most likely out of the guys to write an excellent book!!!! He is very fit (Not like that!!!!) he used to be on his university rowing team and so knows what it means to beat his body into submission, much like me with my finely sculpted body!!!!!!???

James Braxton, unfortunately not related to the beloved Toni but a top bloke none the less. He is originally from Cleveland but has been here in Nashville for awhile at a local university. He is the theologian of the group and could easily be a politician with the roundabout way he answers questions. I went with him to his university the other day and he appeared to know everyone so that gives u an idea of what he is like.

Chris Barry, well what is there to say about this 6’2” brick wall that used to play American football (not the real beautiful game obviously) apart from he is big!!!! He is very loud and the eldest thus leader of this wolf pack! Some one who is dedicated and wont let much get in his way, Trust me!!! He is also originally from Seattle but has moved to Reno Nevada and is currently addicted to Lost he has just finished a 10 episode stint!!!! NICE!!!!

And last but by no means last my man Pablo from Mexico city. He is a top bloke who is very humble and has been my partner in crime when it comes to watching Football (Soccer?). He like the rest of the world (apart from the US) likes football. He has an incredible story of how he came to be here including a head on collision on a major road at 100mph without a scratch!!! He plans to go back to Mexico City to work on a university campus over there and I plan to visit him when he gets there.

Well that is all the lads except for Jeremy who is married with three boys but I will introduce them later.

I have decided to do this blog stuff mainly to keep my friends up to date with what I am up to. As I am sure will happen my blog will probably contain more pictures than text cause “That how I roll” (Anchorman).

I am in Nashville Tennessee at the moment till December I am here doing a school of youth ministry. This basically means that I will be able to be better equipped to work with young people when I am finished. I hope to be involved in something like the picture below which is a snap of a youth conference that I attended here in the US (Obviously I would like to do one in the UK).

I got to chill with Peter Furler from the Newsboys (www.newsboys.com )their gig was awesome with their drummer spinning round on a turn table and at a 90 degree angle (the video below gives you an idea of what it looked like, sound isnt to hot though).





I also saw Pettidee (www.pettyville.com or www.myspace.com/pettidee) a real gangster (see his picture below with my homee Jeremy) he was well good an I was dippin to his rowdy beats like a true breathern.


My new pad is fairly lush an banging as you can see there is a swimming pool, tennis courts, gym and a sauna. SWEEEEEET!!!!

Pablo (one of my housemates) an I mainly play soccer tennis on these courts!! Got to get some footy in here somewhere.

Our flat is one of the ground floor flats in this block.