What is up people is anyone still reading this thing if so hollar. I'm doing very well post leaving ministry in LA. My heart.
I stayed in LA for a while after I got married. My wife was finishing her masters before the actual move up to WA.
During that time Sergio Emiliano was born. He is going to be 3 this coming tuesday. I'm stoked about him. My heart fill with joy every time he is with me.
And I feel like I understand what it means to be a father. The way I see our creator has changed as has the way I see my dad.
A few weeks ago while running at daycare Emi tripped and fell head first into a table. This was at his daycare. My wife had to take him to the hospital to get stitches. A couple weeks later both my wife and I took him to get them out. While there I had to hold him down while two nurses tortured him or so it seemed to him. As I held him down he looked at me with piercing eyes while he screamed. As asking me why are you doing this to me. You are suppose to be protecting me not holding me down so these women can hurt me. He didn't realized what I was doing was necessary. A lot of the times our relationship with God is just like that. We feel like he is hurting us but we don't realize is in our best interest.

My marriage is awesome. I grow closer to my wife everyday and I am learning what it means to love more each day. She works as a third grade teacher while I work as an advisor at a private school for trouble boys.

more later....

Flaca 16

Flaca 16
Originally uploaded by sergi_casta.

My sister asked me to take pictures of her and her son. I didn't believe the end results because the space we took them in was so small that is was hard to set up my lights and hardly any space to move around. Plus it was so freakin' hot. It you like this picture click on it so you can see the rest of them.

Expecting Mother

Expecting Mother
Originally uploaded by sergi_casta.

One of my favorite pictures of Wendy while she was expecting. I'm still amazed that Emiliano was formed inside her womb. Its amazing the way God planned all of this to be. I'm sitting here looking at Emiliano 9mths. old and still can't believe it.l

Another step forward legalizing myself. I went and got a physical today, all I need is a tetnaus shot and health plan at Kaiser aint covering it. Because it has to deal with immigration.
On the way back home I saw a nice little hole on the wall with free wireless. Its called, "Cafe De Olla," its nice and similar to what mi and Wendy want to do in WA but we are going to add another twist to ours. I'll put a pic up of it later. For now I gotta bounce.

I really don't have much to write about lately. I don't know why, I constructed my life around ministry and thats the kind of stuff I wrote about before but now there is really nothing going on in the 'hood with me. I see kids going in the wrong direction on both sides of my street but I have no pull to start anything. It makes me feel emotionally drained just thinking about it.
My time is spent taking care of my boy, something I love doing but at times I get frutrated because thats all i'm doing. I'm not working because I want to wait for my paperwork with immigration to get process. Lord willing the work permit will come soon.

I am a lot like my mom, I can't just be not working. Sure, taking care of Emiliano is work but the bringing in the money work.

Anyway

Emisbodyshot

Emisbodyshot
Originally uploaded by cozmikbean.

My bebe and his little dictator shirt. Fidel would you give us residency?

emiheadshot

emiheadshot
Originally uploaded by cozmikbean.

I think this picture is a classic. I love everything about it.

emiylynn

emiylynn
Originally uploaded by cozmikbean.

I love this picture. I give props to my nephew Adrian for taking it.

Back in a LA after a long vacation. I had a lot of joy this summer, a big part was due to being around my family. We stayed at my parents home in a room they have for us. A bit tight but cozy for the three of us.
It wasn't technically a vacation because I was working. Six of the 7 weeks of vacation I thinned apples with my dad. It was hard work for the pay I got, well at least thats what it seemed to me. I've always felt that type of work should be paid better. Let me give you an example of why I feel like that.
Lets look at my dad for example. He was born 1939, which makes him?? 67 or something around there. He has been working for the same orchard for the last 15 years and he makes $8 an hour, he works over 40hrs. a week and doesn't get paid for the overtime he works. It would be awesome if he was at least making $10 an hour. It would help him more with bills and paying the mortgage (spll?) on their house. Don't get me wrong the when I say all this and think that I'm trying to bash on my dad's employers. The do a lot of great things for a lot of people, and have done a lot to help me in my development as a man, and christian. It would just be a blessing for my dad to get paid better.

My prayer is to finish school and be able to bless him and my mom with their needs because they deserve that from me and more.