Miss Amy

You're blessed in life if you get a handful of great friends. I don't know how or why, but I have many many people who can make me smile just when I think about them.

This blog goes out to my wonderful friend who moved too far away from me, Miss Amy Louise Boespflug. She's out doing what she's wanted to do for a long time now, living overseas in NZ. Not only that, but she gets to work at an Indian Resturant. I know Jon is jealous of that! Anyways, my hat goes off to her for the courage she showed by traveling by herself to a place where she knew no one. I'm not surprised that she's made many friends quickly though.

One thing Amy has been talking to me about is the importance for a Christian community in her life. I've noticed that myself once I left living in the dorm rooms at Biola.

That is why I praise God for the Church. I love my job and I love my church congretations. I can't explain the importance of the body of Christ is in words, but just from my experience, nothing compares to it.

Amy, come home soon! I miss you buddy :)

Recently...

I traveled over to Israel with a group of 50 people. What an experience that was. To my surprise, I think I got something differernt out of it than I was expecting. With an opportunity like the one my parents gave me, I was expecting more of a "spiritual high" as I got to walk the same streets that Jesus did. Instead, I got to meet straigners and smell difference scents, witness how other people live, communicate, and love one another. I studied intercultural studies in my undergrad, but other than saying that, I don't know how else to explain the impact of being in a billion different cultures within 3 weeks had on me.