From Elisabeth Elliot

We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy.  But we may be missing the fact that it is here, where we happen to be at this moment and not in another place or another time, that we may learn to love Him-here where is seems He is not at work, where His will seems obscure or frightening, where He is not doing what we expected Him to do, where He is most absent.  Here and nowhere else is the appointed place.  If faith does not go to work here, it will not go to work at all.

I think we picked up a stray

My roommate Danielle is a christian, but I don't think that she has the heart and drive towards evangelism that has been developed in us through Navs.  I say developed because I know at least for me it was already there and only grew.

We have two neighbors who share the other half of the duplex: Bobbi and Patrick.  Bobbi we kinda see and interact with, but he is often busy with other friends.  I am blogging so late because Patrick has been over hanging out with us.  He's a talker.  He's a theatre/film teacher.  Frankly, we questioned whether he is gay, but he has had girlfriends.  

Tonight Danielle mentioned that she had whatever going on at church tomorrow.  He asked where, and then she asked in return.  He's not a church goer and more than likely atheist.  Not a surprise.

But he seems lonely.  Especially tonight.  He is often the one who comes over and talks to us.  Tonight was the same.  I was actually baking in the kitchen when he came over.  So while this isn't the intentional double teaming that Kim and I enjoyed, I do wonder what God will be doing.  And I'm kinda excited and curious about it.  Because I know that it won't be just a witness to Patrick but also to Danielle.  Which makes me ever more afraid of having the right words to say.  But of course dear Watson, I don't need to fear, God is more than able to use me and the Spirit is more than able to speak through me, I just need to set me heart and mind in Christ.

new habit

This is a rather shallow blog.
But I've started running. I am almost done with week two and I have been "running" every week day. I don't like to mention it because I'm afraid that I won't have the follow through and someone will ask and I will have to admit defeat. And I say "running" because its much more of a jog and I am still working my way up to what I could proudly call a good run. The interesting thing, is that I am looking forward to the run, though I don't actually enjoy running. I do look forward to the day where most of the run will be fun. It's been good though because when I am running, I don't think about anything else. So I have to leave behind any other frustration or stress.
The reason I am running is to manage my weight. While I have done other exercises over the years and lifted weights and such, cardio has been lacking. And while you can lie to yourself about he amount of effort in other areas, running forces much more honesty. I am also running because I know that I used to be more capable. In highschool and middle school, I did soccer. While I was never the fastest or longest runner, I was better. I am still too young to be remembering when I was better. I can't help but feel that I will be more useful if healthier. While a huge part of me does hope that I will lose weight, the driving force is sick of the excuses of being less that what I am capable of.

Though I am far from it, my goal is to be able to run/jog 5 miles without stopping or pausing. Memphis is a good place to start because I won't have to worry about ice or snow come "winter," just a few extra layers.