greetings. things have been a little crazy in my world. not crazy bad or crazy good, for now it is just a neutral crazy. one of the biggest creators of the craziness is that i've been named the "interim student minister" here at garnett. i'm the kind of person that deals best with change when it happens slowly and over time and this change is coming about fairly quickly. the good thing is that i have amazing parents, volunteers, friends, and students around me encouraging me and helping me. they have all been so great. i think everything is going to be ok!

other than that stuff, i'm really just struggling to get my life into some kind of rhythm. rhythm when it comes to prayer and worship and exercise and silence and solitude and work and all the other parts of life. right now things are kind of all in a clump and when that happens i find that i'm not as aware or intentional as i'd like to be. i'm getting there though.

i've gone back to the gym and kickboxing which is always a great joy. dianna is such a great teacher and i am always challenged. i've also been going to a step aerobics class which is pretty hard.

on tuesday i'm going out to los angeles. i'll be hanging out with friends and attending the youth specialties conference. it is going to be great - it probably won't be the best for trying to find rhythm, but it will still be good. i'm looking forward to the worship which will be led by dave crowder band.

right now my family and friends in alabama are on my mind a lot. they are right in the middle of ivan. i talked to my dad earlier today and they lost their power around 1 p.m. he said this is the largest power outage alabama has ever experienced. but, so far no one has been killed in alabama. i'm praying things will stay that way.

anyway, that is a little of what's going on with me. peace.