i spent last week in nashville at the emergent convention. my brain is so full from all the classes i attended and conversations i was a part of. i'm sure it will take me a while to process it all. for now, the impact the convention is having on me is a renewed desire to seek God. maybe i had arrived at a position where i thought i was done, that i had things figured out. if i had thought about this, i would have never really owned that - i would never claim to have God and his work all figured out - that would be very arrogant of me. but, that is how i've been living. i left nashville with the conviction that God has only just begun to be revealed, that there is so much more and this is very exciting. i have a renewed sense of wonder about God and a renewed sense of awareness of him. i'm not sure how all of this will work out. i'll keep you posted.

anyway, my summer is just about to begin. i love summer and all the things that come with it. i especially love summer in student ministry. in less than two weeks i'll leave for our high school mission trip to juarez. i'm not exactly sure what to expect from our week there, but any time i've been in a new environment and culture i've learned so much.

one thing that has been occupying my mind recently is the AIDS crisis. all the attention has been on the crisis in africa, but some people are predicting that in the next 10 years, the crisis will be worse in india. who can say why things affect some people more than others, but i know that i am absolutely heart broken about the AIDS situation. it seems like my intensity about the issue is only growing. i think i'm reaching kind of a critical point where i've got to do something - something tangible to help - even if it is something small. as with most areas in my life, i have no idea how this will work out either. if you're interested, read this article from relevant's website. peace.