78 hours to go

A while back we crossed the halfway point and I was tempted to start sentimentalizing the experience the way high school seniors do when anything is "the last time we'll do x." Temptation denied, I'll try to continue doing so.

Today is the day where parents might be annoyed with me because of their kids' inability to sleep when amongst peers. We'll see how grouchy the late night crew is when I wake them up in 15 minutes. Actually, the test will be their interaction with parents after school.

I had a good chat with McFarland on the security check last night. The guy was reflecting on the goodness of what's been going on this week and how many different people we're bringing in on a common project in which they can connect with God for a short time, and also be part of this larger daisy-chain of prayers over the week. As I was thinking back on that this morning, I remembered that we're just continuing a daisy chain around the world that has been going on for almost ten years now. Not only that, in this week alone, we've joined at least 25 churches in prayer including churches in Zimbabwe, the Slovak Republic, and for one day, a house church in China (which, of course, left no contact information on the website).

Oh, I gotta go wake up the kiddies!