It’s been a simply lovely Sunday here in Houston!!! And before anyone chides me, yes, it’s far too late for me to be up and writing. And I probably also shouldn’t be drinking coffee right now. But that’s all beside the point. It’s been far too long since I’ve written a proper update, and so I have decreed this as the entry to chronicle everything I’ve done in the past few months!! Ok, maybe not everything, but seeing as I’ve visited three different states in the last couple months and had some epic adventures, well it would be a crime for me to deprive you all of the tales of my adventures.
And thus ends my long-winded introduction. Here we go!!
Actually, I think I’ll just go backwards, starting with this weekend, which was sufficiently awesome to be recorded for posterity. Today was church, beautifully lovely as always. We’re almost done with Hosea(we did chapter 13 today – read it. Grim words. But despite the terrifying words of judgement contained therein, there is yet the hint of hope(O Death, where are your thorns? Oh Sheol where is your sting?). Death is swallowed up in victory indeed. The victory of our Lord Jesus Christ!!! And apart from the sermon, it was awesome hanging out with people and relaxing in the joys of fellowship! Following, I came home and promptly took a nice long nap…I was pretty exhausted, due to the night before(which I’ll be getting to in short order). I awoke feeling wonderfully refreshed, made a quick dinner and now am listening to the hauntingly beautiful music of Coldplay. Great bedtime music.
And now to yesterday! Yesterday was the men’s breakfast at church. As always, a hearty(and delicious!) breakfast followed up by oh-so-sweet talking and sharing of the goodness of the Lord!! We talked through John 4, which pleased me much, seeing as that’s pretty much one of the best Chapters ever. Again, read it. After that, I relaxed at home for a little while…and then went and saw Julie for lunch at Boston Market! It’s quite tragic – we only see each other every month or so, so it’s always great times catching up when we get the chance. She’s in Indonesia right now and is going to Calgary for a three year rotation, starting in a few months. Epic. Of course, I sort of prefer Scotland myself…
Yesterday evening, went to a benefit dinner for HaMoreh Ministries…a sweet ministry that teaches and provides for the education of pastors in Eastern Africa. Erin sponsored a table for a bunch of us(Travis, the Jacobs, Will, Alex, Joseph..) and it was good times indeed! I must confess, while I enjoyed hearing the African praise songs, my favorite part was singing “How Great Thou Art” at the end!!! Afterwards, me and Alex and Will hung out in the parking lot and talked for…a while. We were definitely the last to leave…I say, some of my best times of fellowship tend to be in parking lots…oh how thankful am I for such good brothers!!!
And Friday night was another sweet night!! We made plans to go see Iron Man 2 that night, and so after work, I drove to Josh(from work)’s house, where I had dinner with him and his family. We then went and picked up another of his friends and then drove to the theatre, where we met up with Clint and Rob. It was raining torrentially, so driving was very much not fun. The movie was pretty good(I thought it was better than the first one, but my memory of the first is admittedly poor), but the best part of the night was just being able to hang out with the guys!!
And alas, I had planned for this entry to be far longer, but I have decided that it is probably better if I start getting ready for bed now. I’m not on college time anymore, more’s the pity! So, my update of my adventures in the past few months will have to wait for a better time. Until then, friends. G’night!!
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