Hup Hup!
// January 4th, 2010 // Uncategorized
I’m sitting on Katlyn’s living room couch in Midlothian, Texas. The last several weeks have been eventful, busy, tiring, stressful, and wonderful. With all that said, I’m looking forward to taking a few days to breathe and relax here, where I have nobody I have to visit, nothing I have to do, and plenty to read and reflect on. This weekend, Angela will pick up Katlyn and myself and the three of us will drive to Guadalajara.
My next seven months will be spent in Guadalajara before I return to Yakima. There will be Spanish classes, SAGU classes via the internet, weekly ministries with children, youth, and college students, countless outreach teams, hilarious adventures with Mexicans and Americans alike, delicious culinary exploits, and so much laughter I’ll lose weight from it. Souls will be won. Lives will be transformed. Dreams and visions will be realized. I will change. I will grow. I will become the leader and the man that God created me to be.
I have several goals for myself while I’m in Mexico. Some are defined; others are more general. I also have some that don’t belong on the internet, but need to be shared between myself and my accountability partners and my leaders. For the time being, I’ll post what goals I can here.
- Grow into discipline in my prayer life and devotional life
- Eat healthy and exercise regularly, bringing about healthy and lasting weight loss
- Earn a 4.0 in my college classes
- Learn to balance the many aspects of life
- Discover what it takes to be the man I want to be: Christ-follower, Pastor, Husband, Father
- Learn how to make some awesome Mexican food.
- Learn to play piano
- Figure out what to do after Engage
There’s a lot to get done. Shoot, I’m still way behind on my fund-raising, too. I need to raise about $8000 in the next seven months or else I’ll either be sent home or have to spend time paying it off when I come back. For now, I’m off to pray, read, and prepare for this week of free time. After that, it’s back to work with gusto. Hup Hup!