I am getting Married!

I know I know. Its been 3 years since my last blog and all of a sudden i am getting married. Well its true. She is the most remarkable woman I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I asked her to marry me on April 30th 2011. It will be exactly 11 months of an engagement, so I am ready to be hitched already. Well, I will write more in the coming days leading up to the wedding, but for now i wanted to reconnect and see if we can start this blog back up the right way!

Hiking the Knobstone Trail

Brandon Miller, Joe Kopp, and I are going to take a hiking trip to southern Indiana to hike in the cold winter. Ill update from the trail. But regardless its going to be a very entertaining and eventful hike. Pray we make it home safe in one peace.

New Venture

So I decided to start my own business. I was getting tired of getting interviews and being shot down. It's called Veach Routines, I know very basic company name, but hey its easy to remember. I put up a website and have already gotten a great response of Page views, but only so far a couple of bookings. But its a start. If you want to check it out it is www.veachroutines.org. I basically do full Cheer Choreography and Music, Stunt Clinics, As well as private tumbling or Coed Stunting lessons. I figured why just let what I have been doing the last 6 years go to waste. Now I can give back to the community and help other young cheerleaders fulfill their dreams of cheering in college or even to learn gymnastics. I also got hired on at a local cheer/gymnastics gym which helps me stay up to date with the industry, and keeps me from growing a belly :) I truly enjoy coaching, which is something I didn't think was possible. But I love the feeling of watching a kid I taught reach their goals. Its a very rewarding experience. I hope that I can continue to do what I love. I am still searching for a full time Job, and I hope when I do find it that it wont interfere with the coaching aspect. Well enough for now, but stay tuned....a third nephew is on the way. :)

Veach

Cheer Camp as a coach Day 1

So today I am surprising a squad as a guest coach at camp. I had been their directo for the last three years and they had revealed to me that it wouldnt be the same if I was not there for the seniors' last year at camp. So the real head coach and I devised a plan that I would come to camp as their coach. As I wait for them to show up at panera bread, i think back at all the teams and young people I have had the opportunity to share my faith with. I have been blessed to have been used for so many years as a vessel of God's message. I know that, even though i may never see the full impact of my presence, I know that God will take those young people to a place they never before dreamed of.

This year will be completely different because i won't be doing demp, doing the cheers, or stunts but ill be watching, critiquing and learning from a whole new perspective. It will be hard to not want to jump in and correct other teams, but i kinda relate it to RUSH. When I was VP I planned everything, but the next year I had to step back and let the new class do their thing. So I must now watch staff do their thing, and make their own mistakes and be the vessels that God is using this year. I will get the awesome job of being with one squad the whole week, including at night doing team devos, in the morning for breakfast and at practices when they are not doing camp activities. I get to see them at their complete high energy and at their extreme exhaustian. I will be able to share with them a new perspective on life that they don't get to hear very often. I am excited to see where God takes this squad and me this year. Ill update more later.

Veach

So it is about1 in the morn and I am just thinking baout the relationships that I have built through college. I am about to attend now my 4th roomates wedding and to be apart of the next step of their lives is a blessing that can only be cherished. So many times we take our friendships for granted and we don't understand the true meaning of being able to be in the inner circle of friends. I know that I truley cherish my friendships and can't wait to be able to return the gesture of inviting them into my life's next chapters. So tomorrow I will watch another friend get hitched and I can look back on it and be blessed to have been apart of their special moment. Someday ill be able to return the favor.

Veach

The First Month

As I sit in my nearly empty apartment in my final weeks of having a place of my own, before moving back to ohio.  I think about the journey I just came through known as college.  For the last 6 years I have grown in so many ways and probably would be surprised if I had the chance to meet my "just graduated High School" self.  What would I say to myself to maybe change my approach on things to come?  Would I do anything different?  Or would I late fate run its course all over again?  I've come to believe that everything that has happened these past 6 years, have happened for my life to be shaped the way it is now.  I have great frends whom I can trust and call on in times of need, and a network of family(both intermediate and a spiritually) that will support me in all my future endeavors. 

Life has flown by so quick, it is hard to believe I will be 25 and starting my life out on my own for good.  I had my First real interview today and I felt so anxious nervous going in, yet so comfortable once I was being bombarded by the entire staff of the church( it was only 5 people but still).  I just ask that you all pray for my future, the name of the church is Crossroads at Westfield.  I am applying for the Youth Pastor/Young Adult Pastor position.  I am also looking at similar positions in Wyoming and in Oregon.  As well as other jobs not necessarily in Ministry.  I thank you for your support through all these years, and I look forward to seeing where God is taking me next.  God Bless.

Veach

The Introduction

Well, as much as it pains me to say, I cannot hide behind school anymore.  I have graduated with my MBA and am embarking on a new chapter of my life.  I feel as if I should start this Blog now and keep you updated on my life as I journey into the many complexities of Life outside of the “safe” education bubble.   My first step was to realize that while I gained my graduate education, the world stopped hiring, which makes it hard when you have loans coming due, and no income to pay them. I am in contact with different youth organizations but still in the waiting process. I will keep you updated on all of my life’s turns in future posts but just wanted to introduce the new blog.  

 

Veach