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I have totally made a habit of only posting like every two months or so. I am really going to try harder not to do that. I have been meaning to post for a while now, but I just now found the time. Things have been really tiresome lately. I just moved out of the mission house at church and into the guest house of one of the ladies in the church. It is pretty nice but kinda small, but it will do just fine. I am also in them midst of preparing for our two week day camp. I ask you all to put that on your prayer list. I have realized that I absolutely love to teach youth. I wish that I could hire people to do all the other things involved in youth ministry so I could just focus on teaching. I enjoy the other things, but teaching is my element. There is just something about helping youth understand the word. I just cannot get enough of it. So the ministry is going great. I am really seeing some kids grow in Christ and we doubled our group last night. We have had 13 sixth graders just move up. I am very excited about this and hope to really be able to minister to this new group of students. So that is how church stuff is going. Now on to the other things of my life. Anyone who has been reading this thing from the beginning has seen a pattern in my blog topics. Usually the topic is my love life or lack there of (lol). Well that area I thought had taken a turn for the better but it is still exactly where it was at before. So I am still just waiting, and still pretty ok with that. There have been several girls that have caught my eye in recent months. Some for the first time and some have caught my eye once again. It is strange how throughout the years I have liked a few girls and with some of them I am able to totally push those feelings of wanting to be more than friends off to the side and just be their friend. Then there are others that I think that I have moved on from and then bam I have fallen all over again. Maybe one day I will figure this all out or maybe I already have.............To be continued

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 Anonymous said...
Bubba....are you holding out on us...is there something we need to know!?!?!?!

loveya....MEC and GBC  

 Brandon "Bubba" Moore said...
NO there is nothing to be known just me thinking out loud.  

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I went two months without posting anything. It is really sad how busyy life has become. not just for me, but for everybody. No one has time anymore for anything. Anyway things have been pretty well for me lately. I have started taking online classes at the baptist college of Florida and it is about to kill me. I have never had to read so many books at one time. I do enjoy it and I have learned a lot already. As far as ministry goes its good although it has been better. I lack one thing here that I have had at every other church and that is some kids that really desire to know God. I need some kids that really have passion and a heart for God. There are none down here on this island. I am not saying that God cannot turn some of these kids into that, it is just that it is easier for them to desire that when they see that passion in some one their own age. I just need some kids to step up and be leaders. As far as I go I am being stretched just a little to thin with school and youth and everybody else wanting me to do things. The great thing is and (I have never said that this thing was great) I am not in a relationship. If I was in a relationship there would be no time for anything. Well that is all the rambling that I can do for now. Well to anyone who still checks this grace and peace to you.

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 melissa said...
you know that you have to say no sometimes. you can't do everything and people will never realize that until you say no. (of course, they may not realize it then either. ha!)  

 Anonymous said...
We're still here Bubba!

Love, Brent and Marianne

Hey did you know about Nathan Kimbrell's brain surgery!?!?!?!  

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I have not fallen off the face of the earth. It has just been a little crazy around here with Christmas coming up and all. I am helping with two different productions for Christmas and it is starting to really get crazy considering that we have only just a little over a week to be ready. Anyway it has been a while since I last blogbed and there are many things I could talk about but I am only going to vent about one thing. I have this one student in high school that has quit coming to our wednesday night service. This girl has been here the entire time I have been here. Her reason is that there are not enough people her age that come. I totally agree with that. We have way more Jr High than high school (she is in high school). She had talked with me like a month ago about the fact that she would like to have more people her age here. Well her exact words were "you need to get more people here my age". Well I have really done a lot to get high school kids here but the only problem is this. My high school students are not doing anything. I have tried to build some relationships outside of the church but I cannot get my high schoolers to invite anyone to come. I asked this particular girl why she has not invited anyone to come with her (which is really the most effective way to get them here). Well she said that it is because all of her friends already have a church. Ok I understand that but then she says that she was going to miss the next wednesday night because she was going to church with them. Frustration!!! If she won't invite them because they have a church then why does she go with them when she has a church. Needless to say I am slightly frustrated with building up our high school. So right now I have about ten junior high kids and one high school kid. Please pray for me but more importantly pray that the students I have will really get excited about what we are trying to do here and start inviting their friends and even those who are not their friends. Well that is all for now.

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 Anonymous said...
Heya Bubba,

You have obviously not updated in a while, but I'm sure you'll get this anyway at some point. How are things now? I sent you a friends request on MySpace, so add me and I'll tell you about stuff at my church.

BethE Kirby  

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Well I have not posted since my birthday. I had a really good birthday I want to thank everybody for the cards and calls, you guys rock. I also got a nice little surprise from the church on wednesday, they took up an offering for me and I racked-up like $250. It totally caught me off guard. Some people have been calling me old now and I have also made several jokes about it, but wednesday night, on my birthday, we sang Ancient of Days. So I thought that it was really funny, but I don't think that anybody else did. So anyway things are going good I hope all of you are well.

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 Anonymous said...
bubba...hello...you are so not old. am i old? ;)
so when is it that you are coming to hartselle? what days?  

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I keep getting these really weird comments (which I have deleted) about going bald and people thanking me for posting about it. It is very stange and I don't get it. I mean I have been going bald for a few years now and maybe someone is just trying to tell me something. Oh well on to other things. So preaching went very well wednesday night. It is always good to be able to preach with adults in the congregation. I say that only because sometimes when I am teaching students they look like they just don't get it, not to say I do not enjoy teaching youth, and not that adults do not look at me like they dont get it, it is just different with adults so I like it, but i would not want to do it all the time. i think that I should win an award for the longest run on sentence in the blogging world. Anyway things are good right now.

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 melissa said...
The way I see it is that you have a listing for Silers BALD and these people like toni here are tapping into that. just another way to annoy ya! toodles! (haha!)  

 Brandon "Bubba" Moore said...
I never even thought of that. Very good idea. You are just so smart.  

 melissa said...
i know, i know.  

 Anonymous said...
hi bubba! I'm at work...i'm sooooo completely bored! it's not that i don't have work, i do...it just that i've been doing the SAME thing ALL day and now my ADD is kicking in and i'm not intrested in doing the same work anymore. i need variety! haha!
Did Brent tell you we are thinking of moving to Texas to go to Southwestern...in like January!?! ahhh!!
Bro. Stanley resigned on Sunday. He's moving to P-Cola.

I hope I don't go bald...boy that would stink...although the wig thing would give me more hair-do options...don't ya think?
well i'm going to go before all your hair falls out from reading this!! haha

oo..did u know michael is working at a Christmas tree farm and is now buying clothes from American Eagle?!!! This is my brother, we are talking about..you know the white t-shirt only guy...but there is a reason behind the mysterious white t-shirts and if you write back..i'll tell you what it is!! haha! dum, dum, dummmmmmmm!! ;)

love ya,
Marianne C.  

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I am going to be preaching tonight in "big church" and I am a little nervous. Our pastor is sick and just a few minutes ago he ask me to fill in for him tonight. Like I said I am nervous but also I am excited. I really love to preach especailly in "big church" So send up a little prayer for me if you will. On to another topic now. Seven more days til my birthday. The big 24. I really do not know why I am excited like I am about my birthday. The last few birthdays have just really been another day, but I am really excited about this one. I can't seem to pin point why, but oh well. There is someone reading this that needs to be reminded of something and that something is call me and say hello.

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 melissa said...
haha!!! Thanks! I was going to call you last night, but I couldn't get reception. Stupid mountain/hill with few towers! So, there, I haven't forgotten, but thank you for the reminder...again!  

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So anyway I thought that I would let you all know that (title). I really like AP's newest album. It is called the Far Country and there is a quote that says "God is at home. We are in the far country." It is just about going home. Anyway it is good. So enough about that on to new stuff. So I want to thank everyone for the encouragement in regards to my last blog. It really means a lot to me that my friends would take time to read my ramblings, but also that you would leave a little comment of encouragement. So again thanks. I think that the hardest part of this move has been not being able to see my friends all the time like I did back home. One interesting thing about it is the fact that I have realized that some of the people that I have been friends with have now become just acquaintances. This is not a new subject to the blog, but I just started thinking about it after reading the recent comments and realizing how special the friends that I do have are. The strangest thing about it is the fact that I have really adjusted to not having as many friends. Of course I know that it is only because of the Lord helping me to adjust. It is crazy to think that I have now been gone from Hartselle for almost a year now. It will be a year on Nov. 14th. Which is also just five days after my 24th birthday (nov. 9th Hint. Hint.). I believe that the lack of friends has also been what brought to mind the whole being single thing. It sometimes gets lonely and I think “if only I were married” then you know I would have my best friend in the whole world right there to talk to if I felt lonely, but as I said before I am being patient and I know that she is out there. Just now a lady (mrs. Betty) came into my office talking about us looking for a new music minister and she said that God would send the right person for the job and that God was preparing that person and that we just need to be patient in waiting for that person to come. It is kind of funny that I have had friends tell me the same thing about my future wife and then God reaffirms it with some lady talking about something else, but at the same time I think without her knowing she was being used to tell me something I needed to hear at least one more time. She is out there God is just preparing her and I just need to be patient. I also have a pretty good idea that there are probably some things about me that God is changing to prepare me for her. After all it is a two way street.

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I was sitting here working on tonight's study and I started thinking about where God has brought me in my life. In three weeks I will be the big 24 and as I think about that I remember a time when I thought that by the time I am that old I will have a college degree, be married and possibly even a kid. Now that I am here I am really ok with not having those things (except for the college degree). I just think back to where God has brought me and know that everything is ok. I mean there are not many 23 year old full-time youth ministers out there without degree. I have been doing youth ministry since I was 18 and I know that it is only because of God that I was able to get to start in this so young. And it is his providence that I am here now. It took a long time for me to deal with the fact that I am single and have been for a very long time, and by the looks of it will be for a good while longer, but me knowing God is in control is the thing that keeps me from getting upset about it. Most of the people that I know that are single and around my age are all like "I love being single, it's great" well for a while I thought that I would be weird if I did not say the same thing. Well I realize now that I am not like everybody else. I don't like being single. I am ok with it because like I said God is in control and has given me a peace about it. I know some of you right now are thinking that I don't seem at peace with it because I seem to always blog about it. Well trust me I am trusting God and his timing. It just comes to mind sometimes and I just need to put my thoughts somewhere. So they usually end up here for all the world to read (of course that world really only consists of about 6 or 7 people, but you know what I mean). So now here I am just waiting very patiently on God to bring that special someone across my path. Of course I hope that I am paying attention when it happens, or maybe it all ready did and I missed it. My chance is forever gone. what am I going to do she was there and I was not paying attention I let her slip through my fingers and now does that mean I will be alone forever? Just kidding. I really didn't slip off the deep end I was just messing with ya. So anyway here I am still chillin and knowing that God is in control of everything.

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 Anonymous said...
you know bubba, the sweetest girl is waiting for you. i can't wait to meet her (although she has to pass the friend test, (isn't that right, Lisa and Melissa and other friends that are close to bubba). bubba...she also has to pass the sister test. in other words she must realize that your sisters were the first women in your life and will always be. (this comes from the "sister talk" in me!) hahhaahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha!!


Love never gives up,
never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and endures.
1 Cor. 13: ?

MC & BC  

 melissa said...
Amen marianne!!  

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Well I have not posted in a while and this seems to be a highly anticipated post. I have had several comments about me needing to post so here we go. I had an experience last weekend that I will never forget. I had the opportunity to baptize my mom and brother. It was something very special for to do and I am very thankful that I was able to do it. Ministry is pretty tuff sometimes but it is moments like that one that make me thankful for this calling. Right before I baptized my mom I got to thinking about the fact that I was not only baptizing my mom but now my sister in Christ. So I then started crying and so everyone in the congregation probably did not understand a word that I said. Which is not a big deal to me so I did not worry about it. I have been super busy since I got back trying to play catch up. One other thing about my trip home was that I got to see some friends that I have not seen in a while, so that was awesome. A side note to Brent and Marianne. You guys mean a lot to me and even though we don't get to talk a lot I really cherish our friendship (enough of the sappy stuff). One more thing before I close this out. I have decided that a bunch of people from north Alabama need to move down here to Orange Beach. Not just random people but ones that I know, and preferably females. Any guys in North Alabama that are reading this you have it made when it comes to finding a good godly woman. There are just so few of those down here. So anyway that was random, but what else is new.

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 Cameron Lawrence said...
that is awesome, man--to baptize your mom. blessings.  

 melissa said...
So I am super psyched for ya! God is so extremely awesome and amazing. I am so glad that He has shown you such great things and that He has blessed you with His word and the power to present it in the manner that you do. God is just moving in your life in a mighty way and I am excited about all that He is going to do in and through your life. You are one of those people that if I ever had a doubt, I could look to and know that He is real and He cares. God bless you, Bubba!  

 Brandon "Bubba" Moore said...
Thanks for the encouragement Melissa. That means alot to me.  

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Some of you are sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to find out who I am in love with. So as to not keep you waiting any longer I am in love with....wait for it....wait for it...God. Yep God is so awesome. I went home this past weekend and I thought the highlight was going to be seeing a bunch of my friends. Well I was wrong. After some very intense moments sunday morning at my parents house and me preaching to my parents for about fifteen minutes and then letting that soak in on the way to church. After all of that my mom came to church and to make a long story short me and my parents talked with their pastor and my mom accepted Christ into her heart. WOO HOO! It was awesome. Then that night at church one of my brothers(Keith) accepted Christ. I did get to see alot of my friends but the highlight was definetly seeing God at work in my family.

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 melissa said...
That is so amazing! God is good...all the time!  

 Anonymous said...
Bubba....now is the time to write about the baptism...how was that?

Marianne  

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