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Thank you for joining us on the journey! For some reason, God chose us, some silly
sheep, to put together a magazine. For some
reason, you are reading this magazine that God
has put together using some silly sheep. We
hope that you are blessed, encouraged, and
challenged as you read.
This is the first issue, and we had to use our nearest resources in order to put this together. All of
the people featured in this issue were born in different places, but they all happen to live within
a few minutes from where I live. This made it
easier and cheaper for me to interview rad peeps
from around the world. So why am I telling you
this?
My first point is that it’s not
where you’re from, but it’s where
you’re at. My friends are from different places, but their hearts are united in Christ Jesus.
That is what this mag is all about. We want to
inspire you to passionately follow your God given
dreams, and we will do this by introducing you to
people that are living their dreams.
The second point I would like
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PUBLISHER
CROSS CULTURE
EDITOR IN CHIEF
NINO CAMILO
to make is that the Lord always
gives us what we need in order
to accomplish His will. One day
I would like to be able to fly to different states
and countries to bring you stories of other servants from all over the world. But for now since
we can’t afford to travel the world yet, God has
brought people from all over the world right to my
doorstep.
If you feel like you can’t be used by God because
you lack something, think again. My challenge to
you is this: Use what you have to do something
now. Use the very things that God has given
you. Young David didn’t wait to grow muscles
or to buy a shotgun, he had a dinky little slingshot and because he was willing to let the Lord
work through him, he brought Goliath down in
time for dinner. Stories like this will be told for
hundreds of years. When we let God
do things through us, He makes
the impossible possible. So when
the enemy tries to burst your “bubble”, tell him
that your Heavenly Father says this: “My grace
is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9
ART DIRECTOR
CHRIS LAURI
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
JIMMY ROBESON, TRISH
TEVES, HEATHER LAURI,
RICHARD MULDER, VINCE
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Love never fails.
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The grom age is a crucial stage as boys
and girls take the form of men and women. The decisions we make during this
time will determine our future and our
legacy. Growing up I realized that many
of the problems I was facing were the
result of the decisions others had made
before me. All of us will face problems,
issues, trials, and whatever else you want
to call them. They are a part of life, and
they make us stronger as we learn to
overcome. If every day were sunny the
land would dry up. But because of the
storm and the watering of our lives, beau-
tiful flowers bloom and trees bear sweet
mangos.
Our parents get divorced, we are abused,
hated, hurt, and betrayed. Generation after generation these curses are passed
down. My desire is that we—us, you and
I—will not continue to pass the curse as a
family heirloom. Because we are abused
does not mean that we have to abuse.
Because dad left the family does not
mean that we should abandon others.
Most of the time our reaction is to rebel
and hurt others because we—us, you
and me—have been hurt. This is not
rebelling. This is conforming to all the
wrong decisions that were made before,
which makes us exactly like the one who
has offended us in the first place. This is
spreading the problem, when instead we
can be a part of the solution. When you
are skateboarding you might see a guy
hit a crack and go flying off of his board.
This doesn’t mean that you should do the
same. We should strive to be better by
studying the area and his mistakes, so
that when it’s our turn to skate down that
street we won’t trip on the same crack.
The call to rebellion is really in love and
forgiveness. Let us look back to all of the
messed up things before us, and fight to
make decisions that change the curse.
Forgiving those that have hurt you, and
asking for forgiveness of those that you
have hurt will give you a fresh new start.
The stormy winds of hate will disappear,
and the ocean of life will glass off nice and
smooth. Now is the time to stop and turn
from wicked ways. What we do now affects the world through the younger generation. What will we pass on to them?
Hopefully Love.
God Bless,
Nino Camilo
devotional
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A couple of years ago I met Chris Lauri
at an action sports event. We exchanged
numbers and I assured him that if he was
ever to travel from Seattle, WA to San
Diego again, that he was very welcome
to stay with me in my small two bedroom
apartment by the beach. A few months
later Chris calls me and takes up my offer. Sooner than I am ready,
Chris and about twelve
skateboarders show up on
my doorstep ready to take
over! How was that, you ask? Amaz-
ing! You see, this was the Boarders For
Christ crew, and they came to skate in the
name of Jesus. Needless to say;
we skated, prayed, laughed,
praised, and made lots of
other noise! Here is a little more
information on the servant God chose to
lead these “Boarders for Christ”.
BORN:
November 20, 1978
BORN AGAIN:
17 years old
HOMETOWN:
Seattle, WA
HOME CHURCH:
Grace Fellowship
PETS:
a dog named Moses
FOOD:
Mexican, I love nachos
WORK:
Founder of Boarders For Christ and Ethos
Skateboards
MUSIC:
Matt Redman, Hillsongs, Sufjan Stevens
HOBBY:
Graphic Art Design, Snowboarding
MOVIE:
Don’t watch many movies, but I prefer
comedies
VERSE:
1 Timothy 4:12
MINISTRY:
Evangelism, I like sharing the gospel!
MESSAGE:
1 Peter 4:10 As believers we are here
to serve. God has given us all gifts that
can be used to glorify Him. I love board
sports. It’s amazing that God allows us to
reach people through vehicles like skateboarding. He can use a simple piece of
wood under our feet to bring people to
know Him. Use your passion to glorify
God. He wants to give you the desires of
your heart.
Find out more about the BFC Ministry:
boardersforchrist.com
ethosskateboards.com
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“So before we started we all got together and made
some goals, and we decided that we were going to do something
other than sit on the North Shore.”
Born Canadian, temporarily Arizonian,
raised Hawaiian, born again Christian,
Surfer, divinely a musician, currently residing as a Californian. Such is the life
of Reed Cromwell, lead singer and bass
player of Olivia the Band. I noticed one
thing about Reed in the time that we
spent together: he always has a song
to sing. He never stops singing. From
rap to punk, from worship to rock, Reed
is always singing a new song. His song
selection, skin complexion, food of choice
(spam and eggs), and kinky hair can only
make you wonder….”Where is this guy
from?” But if you step back and put on
your spiritual eyes, it is plain to see that
God’s perfect plan made Reed the mutt
that he is. And though Reed is from many
different lands, and sings many different
ways, his heart remains in one place, and
he purposes to sing about one thing.
RC: Ohhh yeah!
BM: You have an interesting background.
Could you share a little bit about where
you were born, where you grew up, and
how you ended up where you ended up?
BM: So did you always dream of being in
a band as a kid?
RC: Alright, ummmm. I was born in
British Columbia, Canada. I grew up
out in the middle of nowhere with some
hippy parents, and around 2nd grade we
moved to Arizona for a couple of months.
Then my dad got a job which took us out
to Maui, Hawaii, and I’ve been out in Hawaii ever since. When I graduated from
high school, my parents moved back
to Tuscon (AZ) and I stayed in Hawaii,
lived with a bunch of guys, surfed, and
worked…and loved it!
BM: How were the transitions? What
grade did you move to Hawaii?
RC: I was in 3rd grade when I moved
to Hawaii. I was pretty young, so it was
different. You know, getting used to other
schools and stuff, and I was like a full
haole (Hawaiian term for a person from
the mainland). I mean, I still am, but you
have to learn the different culture and
stuff. That’s when I started going to the
beach, and once I went to the beach it
was on! I was like, “Ahhhh man, this is
what it’s about right here!”
BM: So you have a passion for surfing?
BM: So did you start surfing in 3rd
grade?
RC: Well yeah, I’d just go jump around
in the beach like…just in the shore break,
sand slide and just goof around. Not
like actually surf. I actually started surf
boarding and not just playing around
when I was in 5th or 6th grade. That was
in Hanalei on Kauai. We moved over
there and I started surfing a place called
Kalihiwai. After a year there we moved to
Oahu, and then I just surfed as much as
I could. We lived in Mililani so it was like
half an hour from the North Shore. My
dad would take me to the beach every
day after school, and then my mom would
yell at him for taking me to the beach too
much. (we laugh)
RC: Oh no, no ways! I’ve always listened
to music, but I never bought a record on
my own until I was a sophmore in high
school. I was flippin through the radio
stations and I heard the chorus of a song
and it sent shivers up my spine and I was
like, “Whaaaaat is this all about?” So I
bought some records and those were the
first CD’s that I bought that I actually started listening to. After that I started going to
concerts, and I went to a few live shows
and I was just blown away at the energy.
All the other guys’ in the band (Olivia)
were in a band before this and I would
just go to the shows that they played. I
mean, they were all my friends and I had
nothing else to do. So if they were playing a show I would just go hang out with
all of them, make t-shirts, and just try to
get everybody dancing and stuff. That
band (Engine Number 9) ended and we
started this band (Olivia) in 2000. Gabe
just got married so he didn’t want to play,
and I was just going to sing. Me and Justin would drive around town and we would
sing to all our favorite CD’s at the top of
our lungs. So we entertained starting a
band and I thought it would be awesome
to sing. Then Christian was like, “okay”. I
liked the songs that Justin and those guys
wrote. So before we started we all got to-
gether and made some goals, and we decided that we were going to do something
other than sit on the North Shore. “We’re
going to California one year from now, regardless.” And then we figured, if we’re
going to make that goal, we need to bring
a demo with us. This is before we had
any songs or even practiced, you know
what I mean? In the course of that year
we practiced and we were going to find
a bass/guitar player, cuz Justin was just
playing guitar to get the ball rolling. But
we never found that person, so I would
pick up the bass and Justin would show
me what to play.
BM: So you were just going to be a singer?
RC: Yup, I was just going to sing.
BM: And you didn’t have any clue on how
to play an instrument?
RC: No. I played acoustic (guitar). Two
minutes here, two minutes there cuz all
my friends did. I knew some of the basic
chords but I didn’t really play an instrument at all. But, God just hooked it up.
He gave me enough to get by.
BM: So being a kid from Canada who
moved around a lot, what was your first
encounter with the other guys in the
band?
RC: I would see them at the beach
and right around my senior year in high
school, I started hanging out with them
going to punk shows and stuff. My roommate asked me to go to a Bible study. He
was like, “Hey man, I’m a Christian.” I
was like, “What does that mean?” All I
knew about Christianity was like televangelists and how much money they make,
and how they were always getting busted
for doing dumb stuff all the time. So I was
like, “Whatever!” and I went to a Bible
study. Christian, our drummer, his parents gave me my first Bible, and it was
at Justin’s house and his parents were
there.
I kept hanging out with them, went to
church with them, and right around that
time I asked myself, “What am I going
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to do?” Whether I live a fulfilled life with
a wife, kids, and career, or if I die right
now, it all seems the same. I thought,
“There must be something way bigger
than just this life.” And I started seeking
and asked, “If there is a god out there,
please help me out.” I thought I was going crazy, I had lost all reason to wake up
in the morning.
So I started seeking and I found out
what the heart of Christianity was, regardless of the people. I studied about
why people believe, and found out it
was because of the Bible. So I studied
the Bible to see why people believed
what it said, and it’s an amazing, inspired book; it’s a miracle on how that
book came together.
So I went to church and I would see
the hypocrites, but I would also see the
love. I just kept asking questions over
the next few years and after a while I
came to a point where I was just like,
“There’s a line drawn.” There’s right,
and there’s wrong. You either give your
life to God or you don’t. There’s heaven
and hell.
BM: You shared that your roommate
brought you to a Bible study. Was there
ever any family influences to get you to
go to church?
RC: No, I am the only Christian in my
family. My parents taught me “be good”,
and however the world works it will work
out good—karma, or whatever you want
to call it. They have their own deal. My
dad has read tons of spiritual books. It’s
cool to talk to them and see where they
are coming from.
BM: Was your family supportive of church
and band?
RC: For the band they were just awesome. They let us borrow the truck for
like two months at a time and we just put
tons and tons of miles on it. They were
pretty stoked on whatever I did which is
pretty amazing. I look back to before I
was a Christian and I just see God working so much, even from when I didn’t
know anything about Him. From when
I was a little kid, to the parents I have,
I am just amazed. I thank God for my
family.
BM: Do you feel a need to communicate
your love for Christ to them?
RC: If what the Bible says is true, then
I worry about their salvation, heaven
and hell. But in another respect, God
has given me a peace to where it is like
He will take care of it. It’s like He says,
“You do your part to pray, seek, and don’t
slack. But I am the Judge, and it’s My job
to save people.” And I think God will work
it out whether it’s through me or somebody else.
BM: It sounds like you’re all about family
and friends. Is fellowship important?
RC: It’s huge. It’s everything. I am in
a very unique situation where everybody
in my band is my best friend. So we
just get to cruz and hang out. I’ve had
a roommate since I was a junior in high
school so I’ve never lived on my own.
I don’t think I’d want that. I love coming home to a whole house full of people
with tons of different conversations going
on. Fellowship is what I miss most about
Hawaii. There’s so many people back
home that God is working in, and they’re
so amazing that just hanging out and
being around them, you don’t even have
to talk and you’re like, “What is up with
these people? They’re awesome, there’s
just something different.” You can’t even
explain it, it’s just God hookin it up, and
it’s awesome. The more you seek God,
and the more you seek to be like Jesus,
the less you worry about other things.
takes up your whole life. The band is everything.
BM: What inspires you lyrically?
BM: Is there anything else that you would
rather be doing right now?
RC: God uses all kinds of stuff for me.
From friends and family, nature, and different experiences. I’ve been reading
lots of C.S. Lewis stuff, the Bible, art, and
all different kinds of music. A lot of times
I get ideas while we are at church during
worship. A lot of times I don’t like that
style of music, but I think a lot during that
time. God talks to me a lot during that
time, it’s cool.
BM: Sometimes life on the road can be
very hard. What are some of the sacrifices that you’ve made in order to be a
part of the band? Do you struggle with
anything in particular?
RC: For the most part it’s all about time.
When you’re in a band, it’s all about the
band. It’s not like you go to work from
9 to 5 and decide that your gonna hang
out with this person on that night, and this
other person another night. It’s not like
that. You’re in a van together all day, every day, and you can’t just decide to go
and do something. You don’t have your
own car or anything. It pretty much just
RC: I have ideas for the future if we have
more time or if we stop playing music.
I’d definitely like to be surfing a lot more!
But, it’s so rad. We get to travel and meet
people every night. We just got to go to
Australia, and all over the east coast, so I
can’t really complain because it’s so awesome. But everything has it’s ups and
downs.
BM: So what keeps you going in the
downs?
RC: Just knowing that this is where God
wants me to be. I know that. If I questioned that, then it would definitely be
harder. So He gives me a peace about
where to be. I’ve learned over the years
that I want to be where He wants me to
be. He knows what’s good from me, way
more than me. I might think I know what
would make me happy, but I’ve learned
over the years that I have dreams that are
the wrong dreams. Even though I would
rather be on the North Shore surfing every day, God knows that it’s not the best
for me. I just want Him to do whatever
He wants through me. Life is pretty short,
and if you think of it through an eternal
perspective, when I die and go to heaven
I just want Him to say, “Well done.” That’s
one of my fears. I don’t want to get to
heaven and have Him say, “You could
have done more.” I think about that every day.
BM: What is the message that God has
put on your heart for the world to know?
RC: To sum it up—There’s a big God out
there. He created everybody and everything. He sent His son Jesus, and that’s it.
We need to seek Him more. It’s evident,
it’s in everything. It’s in creation. You just
look around in nature and you can’t deny
that. I just wish people would even take 5
seconds to stop, take a breath and focus
and think. If what the bible says is true,
there is a heaven and a hell. There is
a right and a wrong, and there is a decision that every single person in the world
has to make. It’s not my place to say that
somebody is or isn’t a Christian, cuz that’s
up to God. But the Bible tells us how to
live. Seek the truth and you are going to
find it. He says so Himself.
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