January 31st, 2011
Had some more amazing non-sleep last night. I didn’t get to bed until roughly 4am local time, which is 10pm according to my brain, which is still in South African time zone. I woke up for breakfast at 7am, followed promptly by some sleep. Then I woke at 10am for a tour of this ministry, followed by some sleep. I woke up at noon for lunch, and then goofed around trying not to go back to sleep. Worked out for about an hour doing 200 pushups; I’ll have another 200 to do tomorrow. I spent some time in the Word, a few people ran a 5k fun run fundraiser for the ministry, and after that was dinner. I found a neat place to hammock on the top floor of the compound library. The top floor is unfinished; it only has the first few courses of cinderblock wall and no ceiling or roof. It’s a cool night, and I’m going to hit the sack early to see if I can get some sleep since we have to leave at 5am tomorrow morning. “Hit the sack…” get it? Cause it’s a hammock? You know, sack-shaped? While I’m on it, don’t you think a “lucky rabbit’s foot” is a sick twist of irony? That one might take a minute…
Here’s another interesting thought building on yesterday’s blog: The bible clearly states that Jesus is the lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. If that the case, then the world was never without salvation; God had made provision for salvation before this whole shebang even started, don’t you think?
On the business side of things… I’m technically not fully funded, I’m remaining on the race by promise to pay any remaining balance by the end of the final month. Right now that balance is about $4,000. Please help me pay it down by donating! Also, for security reasons I’ll be out of contact for the month of March. No news is good news.
