a nerd's life.: Lots going on!

do you have a re-occuring dream? i do. my re-occuring dream is about tornadoes...which i think is due to my fascination with them. i've never seen one in real life - which is probably why i still like them.

anyway re-occuring dreams has nothing to do with what i'm blogging about, other than i wanted to use this picture to illustrate my whirlwind week. here's what's happening in a nerd's life:

over this weekend i stayed all night at my brother and sister-in-law's house - a farm house that they are renting that is over 100 years old and it didn't have any insulation....brrrrr...it was cold! that was just a fun, amish like experience!
then on sunday i got to see one of my nephews be baptized by his dad - just plain awesome - it all took place at a great church - eastview christian church in bloomington/normal, il.
on sunday night, i got my butt kicked at ping pong by steve and tom who are in my small group - my teammate (the famous mike walters; who was just in a video testimony this past weekend with his wife) and i just couldn't beat them 2 out of 3.
on monday morning i jumped on a plane to LA to rent a car and drive to long beach, ca. this was a trip sponsored by wca (willowcreek association) for innovative group life churches (like us!) and it rocked!! i got the chance to hang out with people from churches like mosaic, lifechurch, willow, northpoint, national community church, and on and on...40 of us total. thanks wca and i look forward to more fun together.
today i'm flying back (sitting here right now at LAX) to see my fam for the evening and few hours in the morning.
tomorrow begins what will be a snowball of meetings about our (newthing's) leadership residency program - where we will have 4 interviews with phenomenal prospects in the next 2 weeks. and this friday i'll be in a meeting working on the marketing strategy for communicating our (newthing's) new partership with wheaton college - which has deep implications for our residency program.

whew, i'm tired...but i am so blessed. thank you God for using a nerd like me.