My first weekend....

   ...was amazing. Utterly amazing. Awesome. Unbelievable. Spectacular. Colossal. Huge. Intense. Tremendous. Voluminous. Astonishing. Incredible. Blessed. Rapturous. Joyful. Enormous. Stupendous. Huge.  Humbling.

   I'm trying to find the words to express how unbelievable this weekend was, and what it feels like to be in the center of God's will and I have not found any words to even begin to convey how I feel. Whatever I think I want to say, it's bigger and better than that. I cannot tell you how much I love Jesus Christ and my Father in heaven and the Holy Spirit who dwells within me. I want to scream it from the rooftops and proclaim it on the mountain tops. MY GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD! I LOVE YOU JESUS!!! 

  Okay, let me try to come back to earth and write this weekend's blog...whew!!! 

   Saturday began with my roommate taking me out to breakfast at a trendy West Seattle eatery called "Luna Park". Great omelet I had called the "Carnivore", three eggs with ham, bacon and sausage, and hash browns too. Then I worked a wedding which was so beautiful that I cried the whole time. Especially since my weddings were in a courthouse or satanic, it was amazing. 

   Today began with a breakfast meeting at the church at 7am and from then until I left for my orientation dinner at 5:30pm it was non-stop....working both services, in a few staff meetings, helping oversee the Children's Ministry, making sure that all areas were well staffed...

   I am learning so much up here. My main goal this year is MATURITY, which for me encompasses learning patience, humility, self-control, discipline, how to lead and delegate, providing, protecting, loving, all without losing any of my fire and zeal for Christ and being a better leader, disciple, son, brother, father and eventually husband. 

   The Orientation dinner tonight was awesome too, finally getting to meet face to face my fellow classmates and brothers in Christ. And as usual, I was running around shaking hands, introducing myself, and being more hyper than anyone....I probably met 20 new people tonight...

  Anyways, here's some pics from the weekend, but I'm beat, it's after 10pm, and we leave at 7:30am for class which goes from 9 to 5pm tomorrow...miss you all!

...the "Batmobile" ride at Luna Park cafe...

 ...a huge blue strat inside the cafe...

 ...the Luna Park cafe, The sign in the window says "Best Milkshakes in Seattle", which is a very BOLD statement. I didn't have one, but I will have to try one someday...very cool little diner and great food!!

 ...getting set up for the wedding...

 ...the ceremony...

 ...the couple praying and about to have communion together...

 ...me taking a break from the wedding, (actually I was getting more kleenex for my tears!)...

 ...and me at the Orientation Dinner. More tomorrow after class!!