the back burner

Reasons why last week was great:

Jenny
Clark
Drew
Anne Hope
Benjie
Art
Mary
Michael
Alison
Jenna (a.k.a. Hollywood)
Curt
Mary Catherine
Lawson
Hannah
Dan
Jonathan
Mike
Robin
Allie

I was in Fairmont, WV Thursday and Friday to hang out with some short-term construction and VBS teams from around the country. I set up my tent and got a whirlwind tour of most of the sites before getting the chance to settle down with a team from Morganton, NC. It was awesome to see God at work through them, between them, around them. Sheesh.

I get to do this twice more, in about a month. In some ways, this is just what it will take to kill my hidden insecurities and people-pleasing idols. There's no way you can impress people when you're tossed together for 48 hours -- instead, you just have to be yourself. Plain. No frills.

It's a good thing I feel that way, I suppose, because logistically speaking, nearly everything went wrong! I was late getting to Fairmont on Wednesday night, so I didn't get the chance to meet anyone in advance. I left all my prayer cards back in Charleston. I also forgot my towel and shampoo. And I never notarized my release form or got a copy of it to Mae Lee in Atlanta. But God was faithful. (Of COURSE he was.)

So now I'm back at home in the big old ATL. Gotta catch up on email, wash and iron my uniform for tomorrow, and think about flying to Colorado in two weeks.