Thanks Mr. Swirves-alot for taking me to the Hayden Outdoor Recreational Slides

I cannot believe that it has been almost a week since Keira and I have been home from California.

We left last Saturday, bright and early, and drove to Huntington Beach. When we got there we ate at BJ's. It was a crazy time. I have never seen so many half naked people and have never heard so many F-bombs in my entire life. It was totally awkward because Keira and I prayed before our meal and I was wearing my Honesty Purity Integrity shirt from Hume Lake. We went to her Grandma's (which i love!) and swam in her pool. Oh one-piece bathing suits, crack on our legs and horrible tan lines. Best thing of my life.

On Sunday, we drove up to Simi Valley to see Francis Chan preach at Cornerstone Community Church. I cannot even begin to describe the experience. For the last couple of months crazy things have been going on at church. Pastors leaving, new pastors coming, giving away a car, getting an ice cream machine. Some of it I just can't take. It was refreshing to go to a church with no production and hear a message that convicted my heart so much that I cried. We talked about honesty and how so many of our lives are wrapped up in lies that we have told ourselves in an attempt to make ourselves feel better. We spent probably 80% of the time in prayer because Francis Chan knew that nothing he could say would change our hearts. Only God can do that. We saw two people get baptized after Francis' message and at the end of the service he went up to meet him and he prayed for Keira as she travels to Africa to do mission work.
As I try to tune my life into the will of God, I see Him working all around me. I am in awe at the fact that God never quits pursuing our hearts. He desires for us to be in complete unity with Him, and I am trying more and more each day to understand and follow God's plan for my life. I know that I am nothing without Him, I have no purpose outside of His will and although it is hard, I so desperately want to live a life completely devoted to him.

On the way home from Simi Valley, Keira and I sang ALOT of worship songs off-key and listened to some other sermons by Francis Chan. I started reading his book, Crazy Love, which I highly recommend! I am glad that we got to experience this journey before she left for Africa.

Honk if you love Jesus, Cause We Do!