Well, a lot has happened since my last post. I'm pretty sure that everyone has lost faith in my blogging since it's been over two months since my last post but, like I've said many times before, cheer up, ye of little faith for it's better late than never...
As far as I remember Christmas went fairly well. There was still a bit of awkwardness with the whole splitting up of families but it didn't seem to bother me. I spent a few days in North Carolina with Emily. I got to meet her parents and family. It was a good trip and we even got to tour the Builtmore House which, if you're wondering, is the largest single family residence in the country. It was George Vanderbuilt's house in Asheville North Carolina. It's beautiful, if you have the chance, don't pass it up.
I finished out my first semester of seminary. It went about as expected. Of course the second semester is kicking my ass much harder than the first semester ever did but it's basically my own fault. More about that later.
January was a nice escape from reality. It was great to not have classes to go to or books I had to read in order to pass those classes. I also got to go to California for the first time. Santa Barbara is an amazing place and if you want to see how beaches are supposed to look then Santa Barbara should be on you places to visit. I was there for a 4 day conference and learning experience on social justice, economics and the book of Matthew. It was great and given te chance I'll do it again. It opened my eyes to a new way of reading biblical text and also gave me the chance to meet some truly amazing folks who are making a difference in the lives of people all over the country.
This semester has been hard since I've decided to take an overload of classes, an internship, and work 15 hours a week. I've never been so busy in all my life. Unfortunately that's all I can stand to say about it at the moment.
I applied for and was chosen for a fellowship this summer in Washington DC. I'll be working with an organization called Jubilee USA who is an advocacy group for developing nations and tries to get congress to relieve their massive debts. I'm really excited about doing some real work this summer. My office is going to be only 1 block from the United States Capital Building! I'm excited about living with my cousin Matt and his girlfriend Seresa (SP?) for the summer. they live in NW DC so I'll have the pleasure of riding buses and trains to work every day.
I had another appointment with My Neuro-Oncologist last month and he says that I still have a tumor but that it hasn't gotten any bigger and he's not particularly worried about it. He did suggest that I start taking an aspirin every day to prevent stroke and that I'm about as healthy as a 45 year old man so I guess I'll be having my mid-life crisis any day now...
Paul (the other half of my brain) and I have been brewing beer as of late and the first batch wasn't awful. We were both pleasantly surprised by the Honky Hole Honey Weisse. The next beer which is scheduled for Debut this Friday after Tim's successful defending of thesis is The International Java Lager Style Ale. We'll see how it turns out. We actually think that this one will be good so by our current beer logic it will be crappy. Oh Well, we can't make all of the people happy all of the time.
On a sad Note Emily's Grandmother passed away this morning. Her name was Harriet Kuhn. Emily is at home now with family. Her family would certainly appreciate your prayers.
I'll try to post again soon when something interesting happens or maybe just report on whether the beer was good or not....
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