These are some of the most memorable moments in my life within the last four years. I have just really been thinking a lot about all the memories in the last few years that i had. It pretty much all started through BCM though. Most of my friendships were grown through bcm to a much deeper level. Fresh out of highschool i really didnt have much going for me. I was just a graduate planning on going to school for a degree i had no clue for. I did have one thing though. I had an accountablitity group with Andrew Wheaton and Matt Eyler, which to this day was a big reason for the person that i am today. We'd meet and talk about "God topics" and hold each other accountable to be a better rep for Christ. WHich that ultimately spring boarded us to BCM. Where i made tons of relationships.
Man do i miss the times of going to bcm as a freshman and listening to tufo lead worship in such a breath taking way, and going to IHOP and just staying up late. At this point in my life my main people i hung out with was andrew and matt. Well it slowly became a very close friendship with matt. We helped each other through problems for a good year or at least 8 months. Relationships, and other issues. It brought us really close. Nothing ever really happened between us but Space just began with time..creating itself. But i had some of the best times with matt ever. Endless amounts of parties. We set a few records...every thursday night we had a party at his house for probably 4 months straight. and at one piont we also had a Halo 2 lan party at his house every friday night for probably 2 months straight as well as most sundays too. Bcm on tuesdays..Mt pleasant on sundays(sunday school and church) and then joey anders and all of us halo gamers off to matts for lan parties and swiiming parties. Of course we stopped by tacbo bell nearly ever sunday for lunch. Oh i miss those days.
As time went on, still making tons of friendships and bonds through bcm. I became really close with Shadrach at the same time of spending a lot of time with matt. Well eventually because i got so close to both, it was hard to make time for the both so i started making us all 3 hang out. It turned out we all cliched well together. But yes i did have some hliarous times with shadrach. Shadrach and I would hang out super late and do random things in walmart. and just be silliy in general. We slowing became best buds. WEll like i said the three of us started to become the known late nighters. We're talking wed stay up til 4 or 5 every night at the bcm house or matts. Slowly steph goodman became a part of this group. ANd we became the late night owls of BCM.
Of course BCM, all the memores just hanging out with TUFO singing worship songs while he played guitar or just talking late nights about issues and life. The mission trips...the retreats...the friendships. also during this time i began to start to get really close with a really good buddy ...corey cross..he would come over and we would just play tons of halo together.....and just talk ....THis is year one...just great memories...also met who is now my wife amber furry(gentry) this year at bcm. this was tons of fun this year because i had no job and no responsiblies so i could just hang out and not have to worry about anything..
Year went on...Summer was tons of fun because most of everyone stayed in terre haute or lived here, except steph went away for a year, so we kind of all lost touch with her leaving but went on. Year two at bcm is the year i was suppose to start setting an example and meeting all the new freshman and reaching out to them. Well as this began, relationships popped up and certainly split our group apart. as alaways its hard to make time like you once did for your guy friends once you get a g/f. At this point most of us had those. But as year two approcahced i gained so many new friendships. I began to get really close to Greg because we'd get bored and just hang out. Endless nights of random funness like year one but with different poeple...Lainey, Qynn, molly, john, shelley, greg. At this point none of these coulpes were together, so we all stayed out late just bent on having friendships and fun. ONce again stayed out late. Time went on after so many memories and then relationsihps popped up once again...lainey and qynn and john and shelley, and then also chris blystone started to hang out with us. Which added tons more fun to the group..time goes on ....blystone ends up with molly, and now im stuck in that group without someone to have my own because i hads broken up with my g/f awhile back.
So we all hang out, grow some great bonds..as i fall futher away from matt and shadrach. Time goes on, and eventually. Me, delisle, and blystone get an apartment together. WHich was okay for the first few months and then me and blystone grew closer to gether while basically delisle and shelley did there own thing. It was during this time that i had started to date amber and the four of us..m and c. and me and amber got really close. We all hung out and have so many memores i will never forget....Ichthus, HOliday worlds, ceder point, colts game, me and blystone watched every colts game of 07 together, tons of fun just all out. Mean while couples begin to get engaged. matt and spring, qynn and lainey, john and shelley(which by this time no one was talking to them because it was yeah well you know), me and amber, and so forth....and finally molly and chris!
then that brings us to today...we all are in our own relationships..half of us married or so to be. (myself happily married to the most amazing wife ever..Amber...)And im just sitting here wondering what is in store. i mean im looking into the immediate future and i just see working ...working...working...and not having that much money to show for it. To be honest i wish i could go back to my days of not having a job and just build those godly friendships, but i know i cant, that was all part of me growing up and being who i am today. I just miss it you know? i just miss not being an adult...Hanging out..making friends...not having a job so you can enjoy just the mere presence of someone so you can see GOd thru them so much that you know he is at work and it just makes you all happy inside. I miss the friendships ive made, a lot of them have come and gone. and will probably never be the same. Its harder now when you are all married and all working, its hard to find the time for each other. Even when we do get time all together it seems as if now we are in the back of our heads always having to worry about leaving at a certain time to make sure we get enough rest for work or whatever it may be. It just stinks. I miss the days of being with God's people who loved each other so much that you could breath and smell it or feel it. The days that on a "thirsty thursday" or instead of having a drinking party on friday nights we would hang out and just talk about life and joke around, sing worship songs on the guitar and sing.
Im a firm beleiver that GOd puts people in our lives just for a moment or for a lifetime maybe..but he does it for a reason. Now that shadrach doesnt live here..or Tufo doesnt live here....or joey doesnt live here..or corey doesnt live here...and quite honestly i dont know wheere ill be in a year or so. It doesnt matter those moments in life were there when they were suppose to be and for a reason. I just want everyone to know that you all did touch my life and i miss the moments we've had. and dang it we all need to hang out more often again..even if we are married and working full time jobs. =) Im always up for hanging out..if we plan parties like we use to ..ill even request off work. If im ever off work im always up for hanging out, my cell is always open..I do have a wife now so she might have to come, but she likes Godly friendships too :)
im off now..its getting late and this is too long as it is anyways..
Much Love,
J D Fizzle(now thats old school lol)
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