What?!?

This dream happened April 25ish, 2005. It was a bunch of random stuff. I don't remember it all because it didn't make a whole lot of sense, and it jumped around a lot. At this point I remember me as a little boy sneaking out at midnight to go to the store with my friends. Then I was as I am now and Gordon had a scavenger hunt thingie upon which each group had to get a professional group photo taken in the middle of the night. Then there was a rec-im softball game in a bumper car track, but instead of gloves we all had guitar picks (what the...). Then some random people from my senior class showed up at Gordon and we all hung out in Jenks 237 catching up on what everyone's been doing. Then we all went to Endicott to hook Phelps up with this girl and all eaves dropped outside the door to see if he was doing well. Then I went home and most of the guys met at Doug's house. It had snowed...in May. We left to pick up Jeremy. We were chilling at my house. I called Lauren to see how she was doing. She was still at Gordon. My dad and uncle were making fun of me for talking to "my girlfriend." Lauren came over, but said she had to go back to do work. Then I woke up confused.

The Ameteur Play

This dream happened April 24ish, 2005. Lauren and I were in my hometown, Highland Falls. We were at my old church watching my old Catholic elementary school put on a play. We were sitting kind in the back and we were holding hands. The play was awful. The kids were nervous and they didn't know how to act and they were forgettin their lines. It was bad. There was this one part where the kids were to go out in the audience and bring people on stage. I went. When I got up there I realized I was the only one up there from the audience. I saw my parents in the crowd. I saw my dad. He had a proud look on his face. In his face I could see the comment: "I miss the days when you did plays in high school." Anyway, I was on stage and all the kids froze. I improved to get things going, but none of the kids responded. The director, who was also the school principle (who was also Greg Carmer), got frustrated. He went on stage and closed the curtain. He scolded to kids, and tried to think up ways to save the show. I went back at sat down next to Lauren. We continued holding hands. Then I woke up.

Park Street Church, Flight, Milk

This dream happened April 23ish, 2005. So I went to Park Street Church one Sunday wit hsome people, John and Katie from my O-staff crew. After the service we were in the street and we all strated flying. It was sweet. They dared me to touch the steeple, so I took them up on it. I hoisted into the air and glided up to the steeple. Have you ever seen Park Street Church? The steeple is quite high. As in some of my dreams, I experienced something holding me back physically. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get to the top of the steeple; just to the base. I came down and started to have a conversation with some people. Lauren showed up and joined the conversation. One guy, who dressed and talked like he was from Boston, was talking about a band and their new album. I contributed that I heard about this album and wanted to hear it badly. Then the group started to talk about milk prices. They were saying how if you bought enough half-pints of milk from Gordon to equal a gallon, it would cost you $24. For that reason, they were boycotting Gordon milk. One guy was saying that he was in Stop and Shop in Beverly and milk was $3, so he drove all the way to Ipswich to buy milk for $2. The conversation reminded me that I had Post Selects Maple Pecan Crunch back aat Gordon. Lauren and I went into a corner store and bought some milk (we didn't care about the price) and were on our way to Gordon. Then I woke up happy.

Daphne and the Hometown Event

This dream happened around April 22ish, 2005. So I was apart of this club or group or ministry at Gordon along with a bunch of other kids, including this girl, Daphne. We were scheduled to do some type of event away from Gordon; far away, like in the middle of the country. It was like a presentation or convention or something. It happened to be in Daphne's hometown, so we all stayed over her house. Daphne had a liking for me, and I knew that going into the trip. When we got there we had a lot of down time. Daphne took this time to try to get me to like her back. She did everything for me--waited on me, gave me compliments, flirted with me. She was a cute girl with a lot going for her. I should hae liked her back. But then Lauren showed up and I chose her over Daphne. Then I woke up.

Operation Gordon

Ok, this dream occurred (sp?) around April 22ish or so, 2005. It was right before I came back to Gordon for my sophomore year. Over the summer I had joined the military and became an elite officer. Apparently there were rough grounds surrounding the Gordon campus. My commanding officer led all of us Gordon secret agents to campus and basically said we were on our own to get across the final battle ground that immediately surrounded campus. We all had our military issue motorcycles and headed across this desert-like battleground. I weaved in and out of enemy fire--between landing bombs and gunshots. I was the first one on campus and my orders were to keep a low profile on campus until the other soldiers arrived. My military barrack was in Tavilla hall, but I was undercover as a resident in Gedney Hall. All throughout orientation I would receive calls to report to Tavilla to perform military duties. When finished, I would go back to orientation. No other soldier showed after two days. Then I woke up amazed.

YL game and Ian

So this dream happened around April 21ish, 2005. We were in Hamilton and Wenham, that is me and the Young Lifers. We were playing one of the trademark YL neighborhood games or something. Maybe we were just going from house to house hanging out. But we were chilling with kids and having a fun time. We were mostly outside and it was night time. Later Lauren showed up and added to the fun. She hung out with us and we all had a fun time. Then later, Ian showed up. But it didn't look like Ian. He was tall, but he had a different face. This would seem like a recipe (sp?) for disaster, but it wasn't. He and I were actually getting along, like old pals. He was trying his hardest to be funny. It was a good effort, but not really that funny. I laughed out of consideration like I usually do when people are struggling. As for Lauren, she didn't laugh at his jokes. She was kinda indifferent of his presence. Then I woke up confused.

YL Movie

OK, this dream happened around April 21ish or so, 2005. The other Young Life leaders and I were running around the North Shore Mall. We were shooting a movie, probably to show at club. The script was ok. It was entertaining and sort of funny. I'd have to say that it was mediocre (sp?). A lot of the program stuff that YL puts on here is just mediocre. But I have to learn that I as a leader need to take it to the next level. So that's what I did in this dream. I tried extra hard to come up with ideas in this YL movie. But I wouldn't tell anyone about these ideas, I would just perform them when the camera was on me. I was being really funny, and acting quite well. The other leaders were loving it, saying that I was doing a great job. Then I woke up quite content.

My Promotions

This dream occurred (sp?) around April 20ish, 2005. I was in the army. At war actually. Probably the Vietnam war. I was a commanding officer as well. I think maybe a colonel. We were fighting the Viet Cong in a battle, and we were doing quite well. My task was to watch over my platoon and promote those who did well. So I did that. Every time someone was promoted they were to return to the fort. Later on, after some promotions, I went back to the fort to see that everything was alright. I went there and noticed that there were a lot of soldiers there, soldiers that I promoted. I approved of my talented crew and figured the battle was ours. Then one of my recently promoted fighters entered the fort. He was reloading his gun and screaming at me. "You're promoting too many people. We're getting killed out there. You're being too nice!" I looked outside and noticed the Viet Cong reinforcements. I just sat there while this soldier yelled at me for promoting people for petty successes. I did nothing. Then I woke up ashamed.

Trick or Treating with Lauren and Jesus

This dream happened around April 19ish or so, 2005. I was trick or treating on Halloween with Lauren and Jesus. We were walking around my neighborhood, going from house to house, but we didn't have costumes. We were being ourselves, although the way Lauren was dressed made her look younger. Not too much younger, but younger at that. After awhile I got tired and bored--I never liked trick or treating much anyway. My tiredness and boredom led to a little bit of frustration. In that frustration I touched Lauren in places she shouldn't be touched. I when totally past our physical boundaries. She and Jesus just playfully told me to stop. It was weird. Later that night we made our way down to Main St. They could tell that something was up with me. I wandered away, but they followed. They told me to sit down. They sat down on a park bench and I laid across their laps. I started to cry and repeatedly said "I'm sorry." They told me to calm down, saying over and over again, "it's ok, shhhh." Then I woke up undeserving.