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So I just typed this once…. only… MUCH longer… and it was deleted cuz Xanga hoed me hard…. GRRR!  TAKE 2!

OK… So I’ve been home for the summer for a week now… and you’d think that would mean I’m chillin in the sun soakin up some rays and sippin some iced drinks… but alas it’s been around 50 degrees at some point each day still…. So what have I been doing in the mean time?  GLAD YOU ASKED!  I’ve been workin my butt off at the Creek… I put in 39 hours this week, (too bad I only get paid for 20 of those!   But what do you expect in ministry…) and hopefully that will continue over the summer so that by next summer they can think, “hmmm… we really COULD use Brent full-time…”

So how have I been that busy?  Well, we just got a new computer system purchase through Dell… 32 stations and a server, tape backup, and a bunch of Mac stuff for the digital/visual crews…. So yes… finally in the 7 years of our existance, CedarCreek has computers that DON’T go slower than a one legged hampster crawling in the sand…. ….. ::pauses to reflect on the previous analogy::  …. …. …. ::teary eyed::  GO BOY!  You’re free now!  GOOOOOO!!!!  … ….. oh …. right…. ::realizes he’s on crack::  SO ANYWAY, now we’ve moved on from our Power Packed Pentium 133 Mhz machines and moved to 2.2 Ghz Pentium 4’s…. ::drools a little::  So now I’ll be the System Administrator (another perk for full-time candidacy)… …. Candidacy… is that a word?

So this weekend what am I doing?  AGAIN GLAD YOU ASKED!  I’m spending a weekend in Texas…. Yes… Texas…. It’s going to be the farthest away from home I’ll have ever been.  And STILL not on a plane… I’ve never stepped foot on a plane!  Not that I’m afraid of or against flying, but I’ve never had the opportunity to do so!  In Dec. of 2000 I was scheduled to go to a conference with CedarCreek Staff in Orlando…. via a plane… but it was cancelled due to lack of funding…. BAH!  Oh well…. so why am I going to Texas?  I am going to the… dun dun dun… Passion One Day ’03 conference!

Yes… tens of thousands of College Students… gathering and camping on a field in Texas… for a three day event… with a final day of praise and worship like no other… 40,000 people pouring their hearts out to God… with their faces on the ground…. their hands raised high… their knees in the dirt…. their hearts in worship…. Man… that’s gonna be so awesome… It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to fully dive into worship and to reflect on God’s presence in my life… you lose that ability when you are the one running the service for others… and even when you’re not running it, you’re worried about those who are… and that it goes smoothly…. but now I can take three whole days and do nothing but focus on Christ and his love for me…. on my repentance… on my relationship with Him… I’m geeked.

Then on the way home Sarah and I might break off from the pack-o-people and travel 5 hours north and stop in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and stay with her grandparents for the night…. Get a shower, sleep in a real bed… (Seperate of course!  We’re not married yet!)  Then we’ll make the 15 hour journey home from there the next day….  But that’s not set in stone yet… still plans in the making…

SO with that, I don’t know if I’ll update before my trip…. I probably will…. not leaving for 4 days yet… we’ll see!   If not, I’ll fill ya all in on Tuesday or Wednesday…. probably Wednesday since Tuesday will involve 15 hours of driving…   So be praying for our safe travels and broken hearts before God…. Until we return, keep your stick on the ice.

Mood:  Geeked about the conference!