Enjoying where we are...

Each summer our church has a BBQ/Baptism out at Rooster Rock State Park, where Christ followers are baptized in the river, similar to how I envision John the Baptist baptizing Jesus himself. This year we met a good friend's sister who just returned from Tanzania, Africa. It was good to talk with her and hear 'words of wisdom' from someone who just came from a similar spot where we are heading. She offered two pieces of valuable advice: bring a headlamp, and enjoy where you are now, for when you are in Africa, you will be missing home, and when you come back home, you will be missing Africa.

In lue of that wisdom, we have and will continue to enjoy the place where we are now. We finish up work in two days and will begin the next two months of traveling around visiting family & friends, enjoying the great northwest, and packing up our belongings. We're excited about this transition time and know it will help prepare us emotionally and physically.Our latest hike was awe-inspiring. We have never been so close to Mt Hood (video). It is weird when you get that high, wind whipping so fast it causes you to lose your balance - it does something to your soul. It makes your realize and appreciate the vastness of creation and puts one in a place of humility when you stand that close to something that big. Helps me to personalize God and my position before him, a position of respect.