Rwanda Fact #11

I feel that I should clear this up this week... it seemed like people may not know this...


The Twa, Batwa, and the Pygmies are all the same people group... they just have different names.

Today

Wow today was exhausting... :-/ i got up early for a pointless meeting that took half an hour but they could have explained it in 5 minutes... so it started great then i didn't do much beyond that all day... in physics we messed around with a Van De graff thing and it drained my phone battery so my phone was dead when i was at work... which was kind of a nuisance but oh well... at least it still works... :P

after work i came home and ate supper sat down relaxed for a little while before basketball... we didn't have as many people this week but we had 3 teams and i played like poopy... i had a few nice shots but beyond like 2 shots... i played like dodo... and it was great to see Dan Weiss out there playing with us!!! next week Kevin Edwards said he might come again so if Dan and Kevin are both playing... and then Chris... i doubt ill make a shot :-/ unless they are on my team :D  now I'm blogging this and getting ready for bed... :P I'm so tired! ahhh :P i go to get my passport tomorrow... hopefully i filled out everything right :-/ haha ;P oh well :p hehe ight i guess i will post you all later :) but until next time all... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #10

The Hutu people group make up the largest percentage of the population and they have about 8 million people.

Today

So today was a Wednesday... a "over the hump day" shall you say... I got up and went to school... didn't do a ton today but i designed a logo for Highley in first hour... then in second hour i just drew random sketches... lunch was soup and sandwich and it was good! in math we just took a quiz and then did homework... speech we didn't do anything really... made a few questions... in physics i got an A on my test!!! first time ever that i have gotten an A on a physics test!! no joke!! that class is hard!!! but then we took notes for the rest fo the period... after school i came home... no work out cuz Wes had music practice or something... then i ate homemade pizza for supper and then went to church...

at church we talked about swearing and cussing... although none of the questions that were asked on a previous date weren't answered it was a good service... Shawn and i gave a little promo on Rwanda :) yay! :) but after church i talked to Dan Weiss and T Marty Graverson and then Cindy Lantz and the Hawks after that :) oh and of course Derry :D after that i watched some TV and am blogging this now :P hehe tomorrow is Thursday and i get to work :D yay! time to hang and chill with my buddies from work! :D ight well i guess i should be heading to bed... we have a dollars for scholars meeting tomorrow morning... haha ill be tired... well i guess i will blog ya later :P hehe but until then... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #9

After the Genocide in 1994, there was a large turn from Christianity to Islamic belief because of certain things the people saw and also because they wondered why God would let that happen.

Today

today was a basic and normal Tuesday... i went to school... took a test in physics which i hope i did well!!! then i went to Wes' and worked out... it was the first day for our recovery week so it was a good work out! :D then i came home and sat down for awhile watched some TV and ate supper... after supper i read 2 chapters in Crazy Love... and if i do say so myself... that book is amazing!! well written and well put together! :D then after that i ate a lil more :P haha i know more food :p hehe well then i worked on my homework and then i sat down and tried to find some music to listen to... but wasn't too successful... idk what i wanna listen to right now... then i drank a lil bit of water and now i am posting this! :D

I will elaborate more on my feelings of Crazy Love either tomorrow or sometime this week/weekend... :) its a great book tho! :D Francis Chan is a good writer!! yaya

I need to process through a lot of stuff right now and its starting to get me bogged down and kinda tired... like college, scholarships, passport, physics machine... etc. the list could go on and on... but ya i need to go to God in prayer about that stuff and just talk to Him about it! it will help! i think i might do that before bed! :D it will be awesome!!! I'm excited for Rwanda Night!!! its coming closer!!! and i am going to talk to Derry tomorrow about some stuff that i am thinking about! :o hehe well i need to be finishing my physics homework and getting to bed soonish :P hehe well i guess i will post you all later! :) but until then... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #8

The Hutu and Tutsi were the two main people groups that were fighting and killing each other during the Genocide.

Today

Today was yet again another Monday and I had a terrible case of the Monday's today! (if anyone can name that movie i will laugh first and then donate $5 extra that day for Rwanda)

So today started off bad... i was supposed to be at the coffee shop at 7 for bible study... the problem is entailed next... i slept through my alarm... :S so i didn't get up until 7 :S so i was a little late needless to say... i made it there at 730 and the guys were getting ready to leave cuz Derry didn't make it this morning either... but its ok we forgive him :) then i went to school...

School was a normal Monday so my classes were boring and monotonous... but that could be one... i am extremely stuck with senior-itous and two... well there really isn't a two :P haha but yeah i just wanna graduate so i can go to IWU!!! :D yayayayayayaya! :D but yeah after school i didn't do anything either... which is bad in itself... cuz i could have worked on scholarships stuff, read some of Crazy Love, worked on my physics machine or studied for physics... but i didn't :( i just came home laid down watched TV and fell asleep a few times, ate supper, watched even some more TV and then went to intramural basketball where we got beat by the faculty but we played really well against them... they have put up over 100 points on a few occasions and we held them to 52 but we only had 38 so it wasn't a blow out but it wasn't a nail biter... but it was fun :) i started studying for physics which i hope will help!!! again!!! please!!! i need it!!! well yeah now i am posting this :) after the Rwanda fact of the day I am going to continue studying... but speaking of Rwanda... i was looking at different Rwanda stuff research wise online at school and i found a movie that i would like to see called Sometimes in April... and if anyone has it and could let me barrow it to watch i would be much obliged! :) well i need to get back to studying! so ill post later tomorrow :) but until then... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #7

Before Rwanda gained its independence in 1962 the countries name was originally spelled Ruanda.

Today

Today was a great day spiritually for me :) i started the day off by going to church and going to Keith and Rhonda's Sunday School class which is great people! :D and we talked about Abraham and Isaac and how Abraham was called by God to sacrifice his only son... and he was being obedient... he took his son up the mountain and then tied him to offer him as a burnt sacrifice but then an angel came and spoke saying that because he was obedient God would provide an animal to sacrifice and so they sacrificed a ram... this was a very powerful message in itself about obedience and trusting and relying on God!

Then Pastor Derry Prenkert continued the Uncharted Territory unit we are going through and this message was a big one for me! Derry talked about Preparation and Perspective. When he was talking about Preparation he asked a question... "What is He preparing me for?" and that was a big one... and when he talked about Perspective he asked another question and that one was.. "Will I seek His perspective?" and I sat and thought to myself... will I truly do that or will I just say I will... made me think!

Then when we responded in worship I felt, what I feel was the Holy Spirit, come into my body making me a little chilled and tingly... then I heard a still small voice say "Fast for a week before Rwanda" ... what does this mean I asked myself... This seemed huge to me because the longest I have ever fasted was a day... so this seemed almost insurmountable... I said ok but then i started thinking... wait, before Rwanda Night or before the missions trip to Rwanda... because Rwanda Night is on Feb. 18 and the trip is about the same time that I will be in Mexico for IMPACT... so I talked to Pastor Terry and we talked about it for awhile and he prayed for me... then I felt like I still needed to talk to Derry since his message today helped bring upon this burden... so I went and found him and he told me that we could talk after Hotel Rwanda tonight... so I went home

When I got home I had lunch and then I went and researched fasting for awhile and decided I should work on my Physics machine... then I worked on that for awhile until it was time for small groups...

For small groups we all, 11th and 12th grade small groups, went to the church and watched Hotel Rwanda... which is an incredibly moving, powerful, gut wrenching, insane, and great movie ( i will give it a review tomorrow on my movie page) ... this movie almost brought me to tears... if i would have been at home i would have cried... but it also got me thinking... and further increased the burden for the Country of Rwanda!! After the movie was over we got together with our small groups and talked about it and about Rwanda night... crazy stuff can happen!!! I'm excited!!!!! :D

After our small groups meeting I talked with Derry for awhile about fasting and Rwanda... Derry just has something about him that i just wanna strive to achieve someday and that is his passion to be a great Youth Pastor, Teacher, Student, Dad, and Servant of God!!! I admire Derry! But we talked and he is going to get me some stuff to read on fasting so I cant wait to read that... even though i hate to read :P but then he prayed for me and I went home...

on my way home I had the lyrics to the Lifehouse song Everything and they go like this...
"And how can I stand here with you And not be moved by you Would you tell me how could it be Any better than this" those words just were stuck in my head on the way home so I came home and listen to that song and worked on my homework for awhile... then I got on here and am blogging this now :P

so yeah today was a very moving day for me... as well as a thinking day... it has forced me to think alot more than I do on a normal day... but I like when I have those days!!! well I still have to post the Rwanda Fact of the day and do my TAWG and its starting to get late... I have bible study or prayer group in the morning and I think we might do what we did last year for Kenya night and with whatever we buy... we put that much money into a pot for, what is now, Rwanda Night! I think its a great idea! well I should get going... but until next time... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!! :)

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #6

Aproxmately 49.6% of the population is Roman Catholic, 43.9% is Protestant, 4.6% are Muslim, and 1.7% claim no religious beliefs.

Today

So today i got up at like 1030 ish and went and talked to my mom... we filled out my passport paperwork... and i talked to my dad this morning/afternoon and he is doing well :) then i took a shower and went and got my picture taken for my passport for IMPACT WOOT! :D and then i came home and started to clean up all my paper work that i have sitting on my little table thing and there was a ton of college stuff it was ridiculous! after that i went to work... we had to do the connection set up like we do on Saturdays because of upwards basketball :) after work i went home and ate supper... after supper i went upstairs and tried to get online but my computer was being dumb so i was thinking of things to do for my physics machine and came up with barely anything... it is going to be interesting... I'm just thinking of all the things i have to do tomorrow... there is a lot to do! haha :P well I'm going to do my TAWG and then go to bed! church tomorrow!! :D I'm excited Derry is preaching so I'm excited to hear what he is going to say... :D well until next time... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #5

The Genocide in 1994 had a total death count of over 1 million people!! And about 30% of the Twa population was killed in the fighting.

Today

This was a very nice morning :) we had a planned 2 hour delay so i got an extra hour of sleep! :D then i went to school... that was a normal time :P haha you know... boring and methodical so yeah :P then after school i went to the church for a meeting with Derry and some other guys about Rwanda Night :D it was a good meeting!!! :D we talked about ideas and also some other things that can happen... good ideas :D after the meeting i went to Austin's and we went to arbys for supper and i got a chicken sandwich :D yummy!! :D after that we went back to his house and watched Rambo... forgot how powerful then end of that movie is!! :D once the movie was over Austin and i went to the coffee shop and hung out with Kerry and Shawn for a little while... i got some soup that was good! :D it was a great day :D and i am about to post the next Rwanda fact... :D and soon i will start a new part to blog about... it is going to be a fun one i hope :D well I'm gonna post the Rwanda fact and do TAWG :) but until next time... ByeBye and God Bless!!!!! :)

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #4

In a 3 month period over 500,000 people were killed in a mass Genocide in 1994!

Today

Well today was another day in the books :P haha i went to school and did the everyday same old same old but i went to physics and i found out that the hour and a half i did studying helped i only missed one! :D first time i have ever gotten an A on a physics test!!! :D i might have to study like that more often! :D well then i went to work and today i worked with Jeff in the gym getting it ready for Upwards and we got that all done and the Aux gym as well then did a few set ups and we were done... after that i came home and ate some supper and then i went to basketball with the guys from church!

HOLY COW!!!! we had 22 people tonight!!! normally they dont like high schoolers to play but i have been coming because there are some weeks when we stuggle to get 2 teams but tonight we had 4 teams and played on both courts :P haha it was intense! and Kevin Edwards showed up! i was excited that i got to play with him again! he is fun to play basketball with cuz he is so gosh darn good :P haha

After basketball i came home and now i am doing this :P i have to do homework too and it will be done but we have a 2 hour delay tomorrow so i dont need ot be at school until 10 so thats great! :D well my time useage is getting better! i can still improve but i am still only on the computer for an hour everyday so that is good! :D but i need to build my physics machine and it needs to be done by Feburary 3 so i need to get crackin... haha :P well i better get going need to post rwanda fact and go do homework and go to bed... i will post you tomorrow! :D have a meeting with Derry about Rwanda night aswell after school so im excited!!!!! :D ight well until next time ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #3

Of the 10,000,000 people that live in Rwanda 60% live in Poverty and of that 60% there is 42% who live in EXTREAME POVERTY!!!

Today

So today was a normal day again :P haha not to exciting but after my hour and a half of studying last night i felt really confident for the test and i knew every answer... i hope :P haha but it was really easy!! :D first time i have been able to say that about physics!!! :D yay :) but then i went and worked out after school and then came home showered, ate some chili and 2 hotdogs, went to church... where i really enjoy this new section that we are going through! it is really expansive and i enjoy it because it is helping me become stronger in my values and in my faith!! Derry is now one of my heros!! i have always liked him as a pastor and a person but tonight i relized how truely WISE he really is! he is a man who can help you through the tough times and he can be excited with you through the great times too! :D he is just an all around great man of God and i am happy to be able to call him my youth pastor and also a friend! :) God has blessed me with many people like Derry in my life and i am forever greatful!!! God is AWESOME like that :D well we talked about entertainment tonight and how the different types of entertainment affect the youth and people of the world... how it can be interperated... and what the Word says about entertainment... and i feel alot better and feel like i can make more mature and educated decisions about the entertainment industry, movies, music, ect. But i feel great and think that this section can help not only me but others too!!!! ;) well my time is quickly running out!!! 3 days and soon to be 3 hours!!! :) this is hard but it is helping!! :) well i have my rwanda post and then possibly another :P well until next time ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!! :D

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #2

90% of the Economy is Agriculture and the other 10% is Industrial.

today

First off today President Obama was sworn in and i just want to say that beside the fact that i am a republican and express it outwardly i support what President Obama is going to do... i feel that some of his policies are a bit wack but some can and might do well... so i am eager to see what the man can do! i didnt think Former President Bush (W) wasnt that bad as a president... some of the things that he had to face were extreamly tough and i think that he handeled it as good as anyone could have in the situations given... but i want to wish Bush the best of luck for what he is going to endever on with the time that he has now and i want to wish Barack Obama good luck as the new President of the United States of America... :)

ok to a lighter note... so today was an average day haha :P My group presentated in speech for our "group class teach speech" and we had to teach the class for an hour... we were the first group to go so we really didnt kno exactly what to do :P haha but it was ok... i hope :)

so then i came home from doing P90X and took like an hour nap ( naps can be great btw :P haha) but after that I had a little supper and then i spent an hour and a half studying for my physics class... hopefully it will do some good cuz i could use a good grade on this test... :-/ i studied what she told us to... hopefully an hour and a half is enough! :) and now im on here posting this.

I have been good with my computer time too!!! i have been consistant (for 2 days) with that and spending TAWG and it has been good!!! Tomorrow is Wednesday and im ready for youth i like the idea of what were going through now... its good to ask the students what they would like to hear about and what they are going through so that we can talk about it so they kno that they are not alone in some of the feelings that they have! God is Great! :)

I am getting EXTREAM senioritous!!!! i just want to graduate and go to INDIANA WESLEYEAN UNIVERSITY!!!!!! :D Christian Ministries baby!! :) I can not wait to see what God has instore for my future!!! :D

ok well my time is running out and i still have another post to make so ill post you all later! :) but until then ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!!

-Carter Bob

Rwanda Fact #1

Rwanda Fact Number 1 is that Rwanda has 13 people groups including the Pigmys and the Deaf.

Today

Today was a decent day... I went to the coffee shop like i do every monday morning and then i went to school like normal... and the day went normal :p there isnt a whole lot to blog about besides the fact that i emailed the florida gators athletic department about rwanda night and i hope to recieve something back within the next 2 days so i am getting excited :D maybe something will come of this or maybe not... you never kno! :P

Also today i have only been on for 1/2 an hour up until 11pm and i will spend probably about 15-20 minutes on here then another few on facebook, myspace, and emails... then TAWG and bed time :) then i start my tuesday :p haha

I am really really looking forward to Rwanda Night! im starting to get excited :D i have decided that i am going to make my first post on my video blog be about Rwanda and Rwanda Night in the awareness area of everything! :D but i will also be bringing a Rwanda fact of the day starting right after i get done typing this one :P haha :P so I hope you enjoy that too :P

Along with the Rwanda Fact of the Day i will be starting small series on my blog that may or maynot have relivance and i will leave that be up to you to decide :P haha :D so ya you will be seeing some long and short posts on here... but dont forget to check out the other parts of the CarterBob blogspots :P i hope you all enjoy :D Untill next time gang :P ByeBye and God Bless!!!!!!!

-Carter Bob

Something New

So I have been spending too much time on my computer lately either on my facebook, myspace, here, or playing computer games... so i am trying something new this week that I don't know if it will work but I am going to try... I am going to try to only be on the computer for an hour a day instead of 4+ hours... this will be hard for me and if anyone sees me on for an extended period of time please remind me that I only have an hour...

The reason behind this is that first off I feel that some of my relationships have been hindered by this computer and the different areas of that... also my grades... I know that I can do better in school but i need to apply myself more in classes like physics and pre clac... but I know if I put the computer away I can focus on those people and things more!

But the biggest one that I feel that has been suffering is my relationship with Christ... lately I have been lacking in spending a great deal of time with God... I pray but only because I have to... is that terrible of me? I am only spending Time Alone With God because I have to... wow now that I see what I am saying it makes me feel like a bad person... how could God do so much for someone who is not willing to spend time with the one who is in controle and has sacrificed so much for me... wow carter get your priorities straight... so I am putting the computer away so I can spend QUALITY TIME with God!!! I need to pray and come to God more with my problems instead of just not praying and just bottleing up all my problems... I AM PUTTING EVERYTHING I HAVE INTO GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

• I vow to only use the computer 1 hour a day
• I vow to spend more quality TAWG
• Improve the relationships with some people
• Be more respectful to people
• And Pray more

God will do great things!!!

Jeremiah 29:13

I will be posting my progress :) ByeBye and God Bless!!!! :)

-Carter Bob

BURRR!!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone say burr? I CAN!! It was extreamly extreamly cold today and i was glad that wanee made the right decision to cancel in thought of the kids having to stand out waiting for the buss in temperatures that got down to -20 without wind chill... with the wind chill got to -30 or even colder!!! it was cold... the roads are ice also! this is some of the most crazy weather ive ever experienced before!!!! but im sure that there will be somemore odd things that will happen to me in the future! :) well i will post later :) byebye and God Bless, everyone! :)

-Carter Bob

Snow

Snow, Snow everywhere and not a cancelation or 2 hour delay are to be convayed... in the wanee district... this is upsetting some local area parents, teacher, and most of all students... road ways cripple the means of travel to the high school and some of my fellow seniors have shown up late because of having troubles getting to school without fishtailing or running off the road... thanks to the administration :) oh well at least it doesn't push graduation back any :P haha senior-itous since sophmore year :P haha ill post you later :) byebye and God Bless!!! :)