My only post this week, wow!

There is nothing like listening to rock n' roll nice and loud, nothing like it in the world. So with the inspiration of Red, I am writing this post.

Taiwan in two weeks! I'm crazy nervous, a culture so unfamiliar from my own, a people so unfamiliar, a spirituality and religious practice that, at face value, looks like it was in some ways taken straight outta the old testament. I'm praying that Holy Spirit will open hearts to the message of Jesus, and that communication, when it comes to truth, will be understood. I'm also praying that God will stretch me in ways I am incredibly unfamiliar with, that He will push me, and that I will come away from this trip with a stronger grasp on what it means to take the Gospel to the world, and a larger view of Jesus than I did before I left for the trip.

I'm praying about what to teach on next Sunday morning. I would covet your prayers. I love the territory we have covered thus far this semester! It has been a blast - adopting the posture of a missionary where God has placed you, in your everyday life, figuring out what it looks like to follow in the example of Jesus and count others as more important than yourselves. It has been a beautiful journey so far.

On another note, none of you probably have any idea how excited I am that this is All-Star Weekend for the NBA, and tomorrow night is the dunk contest. Dwight Howard, the man, a 7 footer with a 44" vertical leap, which is the sickest thing in the world, is in the contest. All I know is I saw a YouTube clip where Dwight dunked and kissed the rim! I also know that the league vetoed his request, both last year and this year, to raise the basket to 12' so he could do a 360. A 360 on a 12' basket would have been sick, but his dunks will still be awesome. So watch out for Dwight.

My fam's coming up to the cities tonight and we're celebrating my dad's bday, which was yesterday. Having a Valentine's Day birthday must be kinda nice. Yesterday at Starbucks, everyone was wishing me happy valentine's day, and to them I replied, "Happy my dad's birthday!"

And that's all I have for now. Big props to Red. I haven't listened to them a lot, but they provided the musical inspiration as I wrote this post. Check 'em out if you have a think for some heavy rock n' roll. By no means is it metal or anything like that, just driven, heavy, makes you want to lift weights and run and work out and do push ups - that kinda heavy. Peace outside kids