from one coast to another

After a total of seven weeks of traveling, I am finally back at home in California.  After an amazing three weeks in Colorado for Greek Summit, I spent a week at home and then was off to Florida!  For four weeks, I joined Campus Crusade for Christ staff from all over the country to take four seminary courses that are required for staff training.  I completed Old Testament Survey, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Interpretation and God/Bible/Holy Spirit (Systematic Theology).  About 1000 pages of reading, two papers, two finals, one Bible study plan and a 20 minute talk later, I am now done!  Overwhelming?  Yes.  Worth it?  Absolutely.  Although there were moments of extreme gratitude that I was no longer in school, I couldn't help loving it and remembering that these were the classes I wished I could have taken in college.  Learning everything from the climate of ancient Israel to the attributes of the Holy Spirit, it is unbelievable how much there will always be to learn about our God. 


In addition to classes, there were lots of other exciting things happening in Florida.  I had a chance to meet the two new directors of USC that will be joining us in the fall!  Andy Manzo and Janell Carter will be leading the staff team at SC.  They have both had some amazing experiences and will have a ton of wisdom and excitement to bring to the campus.  Lord willing, we will have a team of six staff reporting to campus in the fall!  The new directors were not the only ones that I had a chance to spend time with in Orlando though.  There were also four Trojans in Orlando joining staff with Campus Crusade for Christ!  They have now completed their new staff training (which I did last summer) and will spend the next few months raising their support and then reporting to campuses all over the world (University of Hawaii, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona and Australia!).  What an incredible answer to prayer to see USC students being sent out to the world to serve the Lord with college students!


And of course, we couldn't allow classes to keep us from having any fun during our time in Florida.  We had the chance to celebrate the 4th of July in downtown Orlando, visit the Campus Crusade for Christ headquarters in Lake Hart, spend a day at Disneyworld and explore the Kennedy Space Center!

More to come about fall plans soon!