Watching LOST

So I'm sitting here in my room watching an episode of LOST - season 3 - I've almost watched all the ones my friend Wanda sent to me - then what? Evenings will probably be pretty boring soon - television is not so good here and I don't have my Sara and Amber to talk to or watch videos with any more - so...hmmm. I really don't know - maybe I'll borrow several seasons of The Office from Russell.

So, its been awhile since I wrote - mainly b/c I've been putting things on FaceBook and writing emails - that doesn't bode well for my blogging.

I'm into my second year hear - am doing pretty much the same thing - Youth, leading the Worship Team at church, helping with Children's church and serving on the International Door of Hope Board. Of course that board position doesn't really entail anything much except going to meetings and getting frustrated by the lack of progress on the house in Cape Town. Its been quite frustrating - waiting for the local Baptist association to decide whether they want to provide their house for a children's home to be run by International Door of Hope or not - they keep meeting and promising to call and give the verdict, and they don't follow through. It makes me wonder if we really want to enter into any type of agreement with them - if they won't follow through and constantly drag their feet.

I wonder sometimes if the Lord wants us in Cape Town or not - it seemed like everything was going so well - the house was there, Alison was going to be the director and she had great contacts and seemed to have a tender heart for the kids, a church in the US was helping finance things, the association wanted to work with us, several folks in CT had volunteered to help - all seemed to be coming together and then back in August, Alison decided that she didn't want to work with IDOH, that she wanted to work independently - now what? What is the right thing to do? We're seeking God's direction and wisdom - what is to happen with the kids? the house? As I said, Very Frustrating!

I was really looking forward to doing something with IDOH - at one time, I was going to go down to CT with Cheryl to help with the transition in getting Alison out, placing the kids in other homes, and then getting things set up for IDOH to reopen the house in January up to DOH standards. BUT the Baptist association in CT has been dragging its feet. I wanted to go because I wanted a new challenge -- seems I get bored with I do the same thing for awhile. Its gotten rather routine doing youth each week, figuring out music for Sundays, etc. Its not that I don't like doing what I'm doing, its just that I want more.

I sometimes wonder if I have any more ideas left for the Youth - wondering what else to tell them, how else to encourage them, what else to do on Friday nights - I struggle to come up with new ideas. Sunday mornings have been good in Sunday school - did a series called Epic from John Eldridge that my friend Wanda sent with the LOST videos. The youth seemed to like it and get something out of it. Now we're doing a study of Corinthians from a Youth Specialities book called Creative Bible Lessons in Corinthians - so far its been pretty good. John is going to lead this Sunday. Wednesday nights are also pretty good - although I don't think we have enough time in the small groups to go through the scriptures adequately - think the intro time before the video is too long. Actually, as I've said before, Wednesdays are fun for me - I love going through the scriptures with the youth and answering their questions.