I've been asked to stay!!!

(Written 9.19.2006)


So how do i feel??

Well, my jaw hasn't left the floor since i heard. it's so amazing and i am trying not to worry over what the next steps are. You know when life seems to be going SO FREAKIN well that you feel like "wait, something has to go wrong sooner or later cause this is too good!" that's a bit how i feel at the moment.

But i'm trying to fight that because God's been so faithful and i haven't done a thing to earn this much favor. It's almost like "God are you SURE you got the right guy?" but it's true and i want to believe it with every cell in my body. please keep praying that God would move the process along and that his timing would come through. I'm only human and i have to rely on God for everything. I don't want to forget that fragile balance of keeping my head in the game and staying focused on God and drawing my strength from Him.

I talked to my parents tonight and they were the first to hear. It was nice to hear their familliar voices. I haven't heard a familliar voice in weeks (execpt in my dreams....i've been dreaming of home like three nights out of the last week...vineyeard oak park looks the same in my dreams!)
I wanted to get this out before youth group started over there, but oh well. You all have to spread the word that God's opened up a VERY LARGE AND FREAKIN HEAVY DOOR for me, and i need all the prayer i can get to go through it and see what's awaiting me on the other side. And let me know how i can pray for you!

I went back to portsmouth today with DJ and had a great time walking around the harbor. I saw the HMS Victory, wich went against Napoleon's fleet and survived. I saw the HMS Warrior, a huge ironclad steam ship built in 1860 and I saw the Mary Rose, and OLD ship that sank in the 1500s and is now on display here. I still want to go back and see the D-Day museum some time....but that may be a bit delayed while we work out how to get me settled....

Me, in England as a youth pastor. Wow. I need to go to bed now, but thank you all. I'm missing home and i am so thankful for such kingdom people to stand with me in such an amazing time. Plese let me know how you're doing. I really want to hear news from home!!!