I was gone last week in San Francisco at one of my Grad classes-Urban Ministry-and it was pretty awesome. We had the opportunity to go through SF and see some of the great things that God is doing through his church. The class was held at City Church, which is a blossoming Presbyterian church in SF. I have been to their church once and it is a really cool fellowship. Our teacher, Dr. Carlo is from New York and he brought a bunch of his students, who were, and still are, all black and Latino. Having them in the class was great since they brought a fresh perspective to the class. We had the chance to hang-out and talk a lot, which was part of the learning experience. Plus I stayed with my friend, who is basically like a brother to me, and he doesn't know Jesus. We had a great time going surfing and had good conversations about the faith.

The College Group was last night and we had a great time. We had two new folks there and we hope that they will plug-in. Rachel, who oversees the ladies, and I are going to get together to talk about assimilation and how we are approaching that. If people feel called to go somewhere else, that's great, but we want to make sure that we make every effort to let them know they (regardless of where they're at in the journey) are welcomed in our fellowship.

We're off to China in 4 days! I'm stoked since this will be a first for many of the people going. I'm also stoked since our fund-raising (basically misc. work days on Sat.) will be over. I would and will do it again this way since working for your money builds character and we've all had our "character" grow (especially me!) "Thanks God, don't be confused by my attitude, I want to grow."