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Thursday, September 18, 2008

45 things....

Mahatma Gandhi said, "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

So, here are some things in no particular order I would like to accomplish before God takes me home:

1. Jump out of a plane.
2. Save a life.
3. no tv for a month.
4. Sail up the East coast.
5. Fast for a week.
6. get into the best shape of my life.
7. get fat with no regrets.
8. mentor someone for a long time period.
9. visit the Auca village.
10. take a vacation without a camera.
11. Hike the Grand Canyon.
12. read through the Bible 3x's in a year.
13. volunteer at a soup kitchen.
14. pick the music for my funeral.
15. sail with the seals and orca's through Alaska's Prince Williams Sound
16. Have a dress custom made.
17. Have shoes custom made.
18. Have a pair of jeans custom made.
19. live with missionaries for a month.
20. swim with a dolphin.
21. Stay in Cinderella's Castle at WDW
22. Walk along the Great Wall of China
23. Drive along Rt.66, USA
24. Stand at the North or South Pole.
25. Ride a camel in front of the Great Pyramids
26. Attend the Olympics
27. Cross a country using public transportation.
28. Ride an elephant through an African jungle.
29. Set foot on each of the seven continents.
30. Photograph an endangered species.
31. Visit the source of the Nile.
32. Scube dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
33. Learn the names of flowers, birds, trees, insects, and constellations and impart this knowledge to children.
34. see each of my family come to know God.
35. spend the night on a deserted island.
36. watch a sunset from the top of the Empire State building.
37. watch a surgery being performed.
38. visit the M&M factory.
39. spend a weekend in the Pennsylvania Amish country.
40. take a week long family vacation...with all of us.
41. go to Israel on a study tour.
42. see Yellowstone National Park.
43. watch a volcano erupt.
44. ride a horse down the beach.
45. memorize an entire book of the Bible and recite it to someone.

No matter if I accomplish some or all of these.. ..my main desire is to honor God with my life.

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