its been slightly a long time.. .

sorry its been so long.
there's been a lot going on.

i moved into an apartment near carmel high school.
its called park lane apartments. real cool, chill place.
i like it a lot. great people in there. there's definitely a sense of community, which is sometimes hard to come by in carmel, indiana.

i'm painting again. i'm actually painting joseph addai's house right now.
if you don't know who he is. . .google him.
real cool guy. laid back.

my buddy eric is back in town. he just hiked the appalachian trail. 2173 miles.
its beasty. he's one of my best friends from back in the day, and its been damn good to catch up with him lately and chill. we've thrown the frisbee, played some ball, and he's helping me paint. it makes the day go by so much faster.

i've been invited to be a guest teacher at gateway church in st. louis, mo. its a new thing for me, but i'm excited about it. i think i'm going to be teaching about going to the wrong side of the tracks. like how jesus told his boys to go to samaria. if you're in st. louis on november the 19th, come check it out. i might need a support group after i get back.

its been hard to write, because i don't have internet at my new apartment. its a good thing because i save money, but not so good because i don't get a chance to do this as much anymore. i actually kinda miss it.

mckinna is going to ywam in january for 5 months. i'm excited for her because she's following her dreams and moving on. but it sucks because its going to be in nashville. although thats a lot better than going to hawaii, which is where it originally was. and we know it'll be five months. california was an open-ended situation. this has an end. i love her. i'm happy for her. thank God its only 5 hours away.

i've started a young adults gathering at northview on thursday nights. we're called mosaic. most young adults gatherings tend to pigeonhole people into groups that are defined by their relationships. i hate that. (the only thing i hate more than that are the st. louis cardinals.) if everybody came who has ever shown up, we'd be at around 20-25 people. for only being a month and a half old. . .its good. i try not to care about numbers though. we're building great relationships. talking about col. 3 and living community. its good stuff. if you're in the indianapolis area on thursday nights @7. .. . give me a call. we'd love to have you. we meet to eat dinner together, potluck pitch-in style; then we discuss scripture. its awesome.

thats about it for right now. oh yeah, i spoke at northbeach last night. i taught on the holy spirit. i get the easiest topics. sex, holy spirit. real simple stuff for high school students. but all things considered, i don't know if it could have gone any better.

to all those who have emailed or called me and i haven't gotten back. i apologize.
i'm trying to work on not being an ass so much. i'll get back to ya soon. please give me a minute.

thats it.

be good to each other.
look at Christ.
peace