i roll both night and day

i forgot to mention that on sat. night we had a leadership team dinner and meeting - first@night covered dinner at the cactus club in yaletown (up to 20 bucks/person) - we're still on a budget. then we had a meeting at our place. then we played cranium which was pretty fun.

today - prepared the jan-may overview for first@night. from jan-easter we are studying the character of jacob in genesis. then we have a palm sunday and easter services. then we study joseph until the end of may.

it takes us 8 mths. to get through genesis! i also have a couple of guest speakers scheduled. also the last week of feb. and the first 2 weeks of march i am away. in feb. i am in calgary and in march i am in ireland and england! i've been invited by the baptist union to travel with a few other pastors to attend a conference in sheffield and then visit some emerging type churches in cork and dublin i think. i'm pretty psyched about it.

got a couple of movies tonight - but felicia's pretty bagged so i don't think she's going to make it.

"Flew off early in the haze of dawn
in a metal dragon locked in time,
skimming waves of an underground sea
in some kind of a dream world fantasy"
- 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO

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Anonymous said…
I don't believe it... last night I book a flight to Vancouver for the first weekend in March, and you take off to Sheffield (don't forget to protest at that reactor). I was hoping to make your church a stop in my visit. oh well... next time
10:25 PM
Santosh said…
that is bad luck or karma or something. are you coming alone or with the whole family?

you can still see felicia and adam - also the church will still be holding a service. you should go anyways.

i forgot about the sheffield reactor protest from years ago.
12:59 AM
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