I've realized how much of the blog lately has been REFLECTIVE, so I figured I'd put a little concrete update in here for those of you who want to know what the heck I do everyday. While I don't have any kind of a typical day, maybe a glance at the whole week will help!
My week in review:
Sunday- 7.(something) mile run with neighbor! Church with First Presbyterian. Led prayer walk in City Heights for local church. Joined CRM missional community folks for dinner and prayer and discussion.
Monday- inductive Bible study with a friend, digging into 1 John. So many good questions there! Then Tijuana boys' home for conversation, hanging out, talking about surfing, taking the kids to school. Took about 2 hours to cross the border back into the US; a man just ahead of me in line got taken away in handcuffs. I came home, cooked dinner, and watched a bilingual film ("English as a Second Language") about the emptiness of life on the border.
Tuesday- got up and started going through emails when I got a call from a college friend I hadn't talked to in 6+ months! We talked 'till I had to get ready for my weekly check-in meeting with Geoff. Geoff and I caught up, pondering God in daily life and the balance between being involved in lots of great things and a restful availability (ie: not being crazy busy). Another long-overdue conversation with a college friend, and then with my family. Bought plane tickets for our CRM world staff conference in Malaysia!!!
Wednesday- Weekly staff meeting with other CRM folks in San Diego, discussing Mansions of the Heart (spiritual formation based on Theresa of Avila's writings). MARATHON emailing session to get my inbox in order. (Sorry if I owe you an email, I've been backlogged lately as I spend lots of time looking for plane tickets in Asia.) Bible study with roommates and some architectures students downtown. Matthew 12 and Revelation 7. Weird stuff.
Thursday- full day in Fullerton (Orange County). Drove up for a roundtable discussion/ workshop with other community development practitioners weaving together expertise of City-Reaching (master networkers), Community Development (local organizer- neighbor ministry types), and Prayer/ Intercessors (the people who love to pray). Great discussions and fun people to meet. Then swung by the CRM office in Anaheim to catch up and wait out rush hour traffic. Played with friends' baby boy. Got home and went out for Vietnamese food and gourmet dessert with apartment #1 neighbors-- I'm still full!
Friday- another early morning-- chopping vegetables to feed homeless/ low-income folks downtown. Meeting with local church plant about community center planning and prayer.
And on and on! And those are just the highlights! I'm sure I'm missing various fun nuggets of life and ministry in there, but if you want to know more, just holler and I'll fill you in. =)
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