Memorial Day

Although I have not lost any family members in their military service, Memorial Day, as well as all patriotic holidays, are very special to me. My grandfather, Al Miller, and my uncles, Mike and Bill Miller, are all U.S. Army veterans and my uncle Jeff Miller and my cousin James Miller are both U.S. Navy veterans. My grandfather served in World War II in Europe, and my Uncle Bill served in Vietnam. I am blessed that all of my family members were able to finish their military service unharmed. Several of my friends from church are current or past military, and many, many of my friends from my years in Civil Air Patrol are in the military. While to my knowledge all of my friends have remained safe, many have not been so blessed.

I thank God for the brave men and women who have been, and continue to be, willing to serve our great nation. To all of our veterans, and their families, and especially the families of those who have died in service of our country, thank you. While all have given some, some have given all.

Summer School!

Hello!

Well, since last posting, I finished my junior year of college! With the Lord's help, I was able to finish strong, making it one of my best semesters yet, and I am now a senior! Less pleasant, but still not bad, is the fact that I am now taking summer courses here at LeTourneau. I started summer school on Wednesday, May 11, and will be finishing on Thursday, June 9.

Although I am in class or lab from 7:30 AM until 4:20 PM, with an hour lunch break, I am enjoying this schedule, as I have had minimal homework so far, and have been able to enjoy spending time with some close friends of mine who will be moving to Kansas in a couple of weeks. Since these friends, Alden and Rebekah, will be leaving, I am really enjoying being here and able to spend this time with them, so summer school is actually being a blessing to me.

I do ask for your prayers, as I take the last few weeks of summer school, and then as I drive up to Montana to be summer staff at Trail's End Ranch for the entirety of my summer, starting immediately after summer school.

If you have a few minutes, please, feel free to write to me at danielmiller@letu.edu and tell me what is going on in your life, and feel free to share any specific things that I can be praying about for you.

Take care.

He Is Risen!

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Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to Him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely You've bled for us

(Chorus)
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave

Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven's will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold You down
In strength You reign
Forever let Your church proclaim

Chorus

O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
The glory of God has defeated the night

O death, where is your sting?
O hell, where is your victory?
O church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead
He's alive! He's alive!

Chorus (X2)

Rise up from the grave

I first heard this song earlier on this semester, and it has really impacted me. Matt Maher did an amazing job of summing up the wondrous thing that our Lord did for us.

Spend some extra time with God today, reflecting on all that He has done, especially what Christ did in coming to earth, walking as a man, dying like a criminal, and rising from the grave to defeat death.

Good Friday

Tree63 – Sunday
From the album – Sunday

Nothing’s sacred, the days are cheap.
Truth is thin on the ground.
Still our prophets are crucified.
Nobody believes they’re stumblin'.
It’s Friday, but Sunday is comin'.

Someone’s saying a prayer tonight
For a hungry mouth to be fed.
Someone kneels in the dark somewhere;
Darkness is already crumblin'.
Yeah, it’s Friday, but Sunday comes.

(Chorus)
Sunday!
Hallelujah!
It’s not so far, it’s not so far away.
Sunday!
Hallelujah!
It’s not so far, it’s not so far away.

Broken promises, weary hearts,
But one promise remains:
Crucified, He will come again.
It’s Friday, but Sunday is comin'.
Yeah, it’s Friday, but Sunday is comin'!

(Chorus)

Darkness is already crumblin'.
It’s Friday, but Sunday is comin'.
Yeah, it's Friday, but Sunday is comin'.
Can you feel it?
Here it comes.

(End Chorus)
Sunday!
Hallelujah!
It's not so far, it's not so far away.
Sunday!
Hallelujah!
It's not so far, our God will have His day!

Although we celebrate this day in Christianity, at the same time, we acknowledge the horrible day that it was, in away, when Christ allowed Himself to be executed on our behalf. We have a huge advantage over His followers of that day - we know the out come. We know that although He was killed and buried, He rose again on the third day. It's Friday, but Sunday's coming

Only a few weeks left

Well, I'm finding myself only a few weeks out from the end of the semester. I am definitely feeling the pressure with everything left to do, but I know that God will give me the strength to do what I need to do.

Since I last posted, I have found out what I am doing for the summer! Last Monday, I got a contract in the mail, I will be working for Trail's End Ranch as a Rifle Instructor and general worker. The same day, I signed the contract and mailed it back. The day I finish summer school in June, I will head out, starting towards Montana.

Right now I am in the middle of three group projects and a research paper. Because of that, I'm going to have to keep this short, but did want to give an update on what's going on. I would greatly appreciate your prayers as I finish up these last few weeks, especially this week and next week. Tonight is my only night of not having stuff for Hootenanny, as I will be performing as part of a group in Hootenanny on Friday. So, with that, and my school work, please be praying.

I'd love to hear what's going on in your lives, so feel free to send me an email!

Another Overdue Update

Well, I'm late with blogging again. Sorry about that - it's been a busy couple of weeks, and I haven't made this a real high priority.

Right after my last blog, I went to lab, came back to campus, picked up three passengers, and drove to Dallas. There was some confusion on where to go for dropping off one my last passenger, but it worked out okay.

That Saturday morning, I flew out of Dallas, eventually to North Carolina, where my mom, my sister, and Becky met me, we went to supper, and my mom and Becky and I went up to Virginia. My dad wasn't feeling well, so hadn't been able to come down, and wasn't well enough to preach on Sunday, either. We had a very good couple of days with Becky at my house, though, and then on Tuesday afternoon I took her back to Appalachian Bible College. I dropped Becky off Tuesday evening, and drove back home, getting in just before 1:00 AM. I spent the next few days taking care of random stuff, spending a lot of time with my parents, and then on Saturday I flew back to Dallas, to spend the night with my grandparents again. Sunday afternoon I picked up two of my passengers again and drove back to Longview. As I was driving I had the thought "It will be good to get back to Longview" - I stepped out of the car and decided "Okay, that's enough, I'm ready to leave Longview again now." I took the rest of Sunday evening just to get back into the mindset for school, and started back with classes at 7:15 Monday morning. I had some work for a group project due that Tuesday, an individual project due that Thursday, and have been having other projects assigned since then, so I quickly became fully immersed back in school. I have been going full speed ever since.

Right before spring break my Advanced Reciprocating Engines lab group finally was able to start mounting our engine on a run-up stand, and this past Thursday we were able to get everything set and run it. There's just a good feeling that goes with taking an engine that you have taken mostly apart, cleaned, and inspected, putting it back together, and running it. It's even better when it runs as well as our engine did. I love my field of study, and can't wait to be in the workplace, doing what I enjoy, for the glory of God.

This past Saturday I was able to spend the day doing some yard work for a professor, which was good. I enjoy being able to do physical work, and I really like working for this particular lady and her husband. God has blessed me by allowing me to get to know them as well as I have. They are just a really neat couple, who love students, and are such an encouragement to me.

This week I've been doing more work on group projects (I have three of them to finish up still this semester - 2 of them haven't really been started yet), so still keeping busy.

Please, let me know what's going on in your life, and how I may be praying for you! I'd love to hear from you, so feel free to send me an email or give me a call.

May God bless and encourage you throughout the remainder of the week.

Spring Break! (almost)

Well, this is going to be short, because I'm about to head out to the airport for my last lab before spring break. At last, though, spring break is nearly here!

These past few weeks have been very busy, with tests, working on projects, and life in general. But today, after lab, I drive to Dallas, and tomorrow I get to fly home! Also, Becky flies into the same airport as me tomorrow, and so I get to see her for a few days!

Be praying for safe travels, please, for both me and Becky, and that we make it in on time.

Let me know how I can be praying for you, and have a great, God-glorifying day!