Jessica Silva, age 24.

My good friend Jessica has been part of my life for a little more than a year now, and every time I hang out with her, it's nothing less than exciting!

Jessica Silva just graduated from Biola, and is now going to grad school at Chapman! I'm really stoked for her, and she is becoming a bigger part of my life every time I spend time with her! She enjoys European culture, and she enjoys discussing that subject matter in an English accent. Jessica is one of the most enthusiastic people I've ever met, as well as one of the friendliest!

I met Jessica through mutual friends from Grace, and she was very eager to get to know me, so I logically reciprocated that! She really enjoys hanging out LATE at night, which I respect so much! Ever since she has joined Grace, she has created friendships with people like Kara Harper, Kevin Jenkins, and so many more people that have influenced my life so much as well!

Her favorite YouTube video is the one of the guy singing that tribute to John Williams, singing about all the movies that Williams was apart of, and she loves to watch it over and over again, to learn the words! It's so funny to see her repeat that video OVER and OVER again! She loves any music that someone can dance to, and doesn't like music you can't. She loves watching soap operas, and dislikes reality TV. I'm the exact opposite however, and I guess that's why her and I are always at odds about that!

Jessica is also a leader at Embody, the high school group at Grace. She is an influence not only on me and the high school students there at Embody, but specifically to my sisters, who love spending time with her as well. Jessica, thank you!

Here is the URL to that Star Wars video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4

Enjoy!

Louie Huesmann, age 23.

Louie Huesmann is the oldest of his three other siblings, the son of a head pastor, a fellow LB State student, and I am so excited that I get to blog about him.

Louie has been a steady mentor in my life these past couple months. I've seen my life change dramatically, and it's because of the time that I've spent with this rad guy! I've known this guy pretty much all my life, and I feel that it's only been from the time of this past summer that I've really begun to benefit from the times we've hung out!

I've known this guy all my life because of church, Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach! This dude loves building community with people, and really just hanging out and having a great time! He also is learning to surf from one of my other great friends, Austin Adams, who will be getting HIS own post in just a little bit!  He definitely hates it when he gets woken up to early, and he hates it when his eggs are made over-easy, not over-hard. His favorite artist right now is Ben Rector, whom I introduced to him! He loves that kind of music that will just make you dance, and its shown through the Napoleon Dynamite dance he did for his Mr. Ram competition waaaay back in 2005. His favorite YouTube video, is that one of the lady getting hit in the face with a watermelon on the Amazing Race. Check out the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weJcRHoz8IU

He is an inspiration to many, as he is a leader in the high school ministry over at Grace. He's been part of it for almost a year, and has been a role model to not just me, but to many other students around Long Beach.

Louie, thank you.

What's gonna happen

Welcome to Life and Times!

Each week, I will be making two or more posts about the life of a certain individual in MY life, and how their life has impacted and shaped my own. Each post will describe the person's likes, dislikes, favorites, music choices, and much more. You can expect some crazy interviews to be read!

The reason why I've chosen this topic is to search for the people in my life that have made me who I am, and to share that with the world and hopefully encourage others to seek out those types of people in their life and to really invest in some time with them to not only affirm them of their influence, but also to learn, and to benefit simply from time with them.

I hope that this blog will provide you not only with variety, but also entertainment, advice, and encouragement for your own lives. Another motif that will be seen every week will be a quote that has stuck out to me, and maybe even an analysis of that quote. I hope you enjoy my blog, and I can assure you, you won't be disappointed.


So, without further a do, I proudly present, Life and Times.