I have been back in Iowa since Sunday night and at my house since Monday. I left after church on Sunday morning and had smooth sailing until the Kalamazoo, MI neck of the woods. At that point the weather turned nasty and the wind picked up speed thereby making travel miserable for thousands of people, myself included. After several hours of slow traffic and detours through the back roads of hillbilly towns (the kind of towns that have year-round 'live nativity scenes' in people's front yards) I was able to get back moving at a decent speed, and I made it to my grandparents house after 11 hours of travel. This meant that for me to travel all the way to Des Moines would have taken 13 hours and normally the trip is 9-9 1/2 hours. This equates to roughly a 28% increase in travel time compared to past trips.
I stayed at my grandparent's house Sunday night and arrived in Des Moines on Monday at noon. Monday night I went to my childhood best friend Kurt's house and we hung out for a few hours because his wife was working.
Wednesday night was the Christmas Eve service at church and then my family watched a Hallmark Christmas movie that my mom had recorded.
Thursday was Christmas and we opened presents in the morning, watched The Dark Knight during the afternoon (mom got her Hallmark movie, I got Batman - it's an even trade), and I watched the Lakers beat the Celtics in the evening. It was a good day.
Last night a couple friends came over and we all (friends and family) played Imaginiff.
This morning I hung out with my friend Jamie Miller and caught up on life and ministry. You can check out the ministry he heads up at the Consumed Ministries website.
While home, I was also able to read a few books. I reread Crazy Love by Francis Chan, I read The Prodigal God by Tim Keller, and I also am just about to finish Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders. Next on my list are to reread Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper and read the fiction book, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger.
Oh ya, and I watched "The Incredible Hulk" yesterday. It was pretty good. "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man" are better.
I leave tomorrow night to go to my grandparents before driving back to Michigan on Monday.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Glad to know you made it home safely, Im sorry my prayers didn't secure a completely good ride home. ; ) After all, you were in Kalmazoo which isnt too far from Hell anyway.
Soo...since you wont be at church tomorrow, we'll see you...up at Lake Ann?
hey what did you think of Crazy Love? I gave it to a couple people for Christmas but haven't gotten a chance to read it yet.
Crazy Love is one of the best books I've ever read. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
I read Crazy Love in 2 days. That was too fast, so i am also going to re-read it soon!
Post a Comment