Back in IN

I have been back in IN, for about 3 days now... and have almost become adjusted to getting/being up while the sun is up... but it has been a strange ride to get here... which included two days where I woke up and got up sometime around 4am--but that worked out perfectly--for I was awake during the normal intercession time and I had lots of time to pray!

Being home has been good, I just today actually "moved" back in... which was an odd experience for a bit over a year I was doing the exact opposite. Also talking about oddness... I'm going to be 20 in like 5 days... and that is odd. I don't feel "old" but at the same time I do kinda, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that it seemed like most all of track 1 was 17 or 18. Ah... and I'm listening to the prayer room and Jaye is playing worship with the word... and it is so good. I really miss everyone in KC and the prayer room.

Exciting news though! Yesterday was Sunday (I know right! Where has the time gone!) and I went to church alone--which was a big deal for me... I was pretty nervous 'cause I've never really done that... and I have dreads now. But I went and it was awesome! I prayed on my way there that God would have them give the message that I need to hear and so forth, and they did!
It was a lot about how God choses people and it is not by anything we do, but it is because He has chosen... No matter how unworthy we think we/they are, God like the dirty, sinful, scalawags, so that when He comes and cleans them and makes them new it is shockingly beautiful, and there is no way that that was NOT GOD. Only God can do something like that. Also, about how offensive that is to our flesh--I always want to believe in the back of my mind that I was chosen because I was doing it right or was particularly awesome--but we are all Trophies of His Mercy and the displays of His unfailing Grace and Love.

Oh cool story! So Martha and I drove home from KC from 3pm onward (by the way, driving at night when you are on the nightwatch is a beautiful thing, and an awesome way to travel!) We got to Greenfield at like 1:30am and stopped at Stake 'n' Shake 'cause they are 24 hours. And while we are sitting, eating and talking, these two guys sitting near us start talking to us... and before you know it, we are explaining that we just finished a 6 month doing an internship at the International House Of Prayer... and having what they called a "religion talk" for two + hours. It was such a God thing that we where there and they were there. Both guys were really involved in the conversation and asked at ton of questions. You could tell that they were both getting a bit shook up by all this "God talk." Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ! It was amazing, I don't know what has happened with these guys since talking with us--but God is out to get them... :D It was beautiful to help plant the seeds, and for the first real time to share me testimony and it was great. I had no fear about being totally honest about Jesus, Christianity, and my own shortcomings... the only fear I felt was the Fear of the Lord for these two guys.

After we left and were driving to my house, we were praising God--for it is just like my wonderful God to give us the random idea to go to Stake 'n' Shake (when neither of us is really a big fan, but it seemed right)... it was the first time for both of us to really witness, and it was awesome. All the way home we were just thanking God for that opportunity and asking God to keep working on those guys... to break into their hearts and keep pursuing them... and it was just awesome. I mean, two hours at some dinner, talking about religion and Jesus with two guys from 1:30 to about 3:30 in the morning... Only my God!