Twice the Stars

Tired! We're tired. I'm tired. I came home at 12:00 last night after a late meeting with students--the meeting started at 10:00 PM because college students are so busy that there was no other time to meet. So we met at 10:00...and I tripped into my house just in time to pass out next to my already slumbering Ariel. One thing has become painfully clear since my rebirth into life at college: I'm not a college student anymore. It used to be that the night only got started at 11:00 PM. 12:00 was a nice time to brew another pot of coffee and start a movie. Bed time wasn't until 1:30 or 2:00. When I hear myself recite this schedule in my head I can only respond What was I thinking!

Last night the Rwanda team came together again for the first time since our return, a nice brief evening to chat about how we'll tell our stories and report on the good work of the Lord when we stand before the student body in chapel in a few weeks. The main thing is going to be conveying to students who haven't personally been there what we saw the Lord do in our midst, and then inviting them to be impacted in their own spirits by what they've heard us report. If that can happen, then the chapel presentation will have been quite significant.

Well, we're close to completeing the move--we've got just a few boxes and a few loads of laundry left at our old (I say old...we've only been there a few months) Bryan Village appartment. I must say, the benefits of our new place are already presenting themselves. Let me count some of them:

• It's quieter in the cove
• It's darker at night in the cove
• It's got wood floors
• It's got a killer front porch with a killer view
• It's got a guest bedroom so we can properly host you when you visit
• In the morning, before sunrise, I can see twice as many stars, and they're brighter!