Stress

Some days are just pure stress. Take today for instance. Granted its a Monday but my typical Monday isnt that bad. Today however hasnt been typical.

My phone has been ringing off the hook since before I got to work today (and I even got here early). Things have been going wrong that only I can fix (yay I'm important) but unfortunately they seem to all be going wrong in one morning. I dont know what they are going to do next week when I'm gone to California!!

I never thought I'd say this but today I'm really looking forward to making support calls! I think that might be less stressful than this morning. Actually this week I get to set up appointments with current supporters for my time in California. Im pretty excited to go see them, so I really am looking forward to making calls.

Prayer request: Car need

When I'm in California in September I will need a car so I can get around and visit with people.

If any of you have a car that you can loan me for a few days, or even for my whole trip let me know!!!

If you dont would you still please pray for God's provision of this need. This would be a huge blessing as it would save me several hundred dollars in car rental costs.

Thanks!!

Time for a trip "home".

Yep thats right in about two weeks I will head back to California for my first 'support maintenance' trip.

Im super excited to meet with all the people who have been supporting me. I think it will be fun to share stories of what God has been doing this past year while I've been in Orlando. It will be good to see friends and just be "home", though its not really home so much any more with my family all moved away.

I also need to raise a bunch of new monthly support. You can pray that God provides for that need on this trip.

More Goodbyes

Im begining to discover that its sometimes hard to hold onto friends working at the headquarters of a major missionary organization... everyone's always going out to save the world.

This summer a number of good friends have moved away. Tonight there is a little shindig scheduled as a send off to two more friends who are leaving Orlando to chase the vision God has given them.

There is a little bit of sadness to see more friends leave but they leave for the same reason that I came here. I recall the eager anticipation I had when I moved out here. Not an eagerness to leave home, but a great excitement to see what God might do with my life if I would only trust him with it. How can I begrudge others that same experience??

Birthday

Well its official I'm now a year older.

I had a great birthday - me and 16 of my Orlando friends went to dinner at P F Chang's. That's pretty much it. It was a really great relaxing birthday. And unlike last year there wasn't a hurricane destroying the city which is definately a plus.

Feel free to leave me congratulations or condolances. ;)

Heres a nice picture of all the OSP 05 staff. Dont we look great!! Haha. Fun times. But seriously what a great team to work with to influence students for eternity! 

OSP 05 is over.

Today is the last day of Orlando Summer Project 2005. Tonight there is one final dinner for them and then they go home tomorrow. Its pretty sad since I had a lot of fun with them and made some good friends.

Ill post a picture here in honor of them...

A beginning

Well this isnt the beginning of anything earth shattering but this IS the first post on my new blog.

My intention is to blog daily or weekly about little things going on in my life particularly for my ministry partners. My hope is that this would allow my partners to feel more connected to my life.