A Cool Saturday Morning in Redway

I'm sitting in my living room on this beautiful cool Saturday morning in May. My living room is freezing and I'm sipping on a cup of Starbucks Sumatra roast to kick my day off right. I have a day of cleaning house and yard work ahead of me, but I thought I may just write a bit before I get it going. It was brought to my attention by my beautiful, loving girlfriend that I haven't written in a while so I have decided to do just that.

A little while ago, I went to the Nor Cal Nevada district of the Assemblies of God's district council. It's a set of meetings for all of the pastors in the district to come together and take care of the business issues that face the district, to worship together, fellowship, and share their ministry with eachother. They even have breakout sessions/seminars to encourage the pastors in different areas of their ministries. I went to see some old friends that are serving in full time ministry and also to possibly make new friends. I stayed with Scott Tuttle, who is the youth pastor at a church in Morgan Hill but he's a good friend. He helped me make a few contacts with pastor friends of his so I might be able to visit their churches and gain their support for my Macedonia trip. The trip turned out to be like a family reunion because I saw a lot of my dear friends from my life at Bethany and catch up with them a bit. I know that they are friends for life, and that's exciting as I sit here in Redway with fairly few friends close by.

In a few weeks I'll be making my way up to Montana to be in another friend's wedding. I look forward to my time away from Redway. It will be a sort of vacation from the repetition that seems to consume my days this spring. Only two days after I return from Montana, Rebecca will be arriving and I can't wait to see her. I want so much to get to know her in person instead of over the phone. We can talk until we're both blue in the face but it doesn't allow us to truly know eacother until we can experience each other in person. I look forward to those times so much.

This summer is shaping up to be a busy and exciting one. With Rebecca, ministry, visiting churches around the state, and of course work on the side, my summer is not going to be lacking much excitement!

Things you could pray for me about:
That I continue to be diligent about my time with God,
That I would continue seeking God's guidance with my relationship with Rebecca,
That God would keep me safe in travels
That God would provide what I'll need for my trip.