Update on my life...

For any of you who may read this blog, and wonder what in the world I'm doing these days...

Here's a list of my current activities, closely related to my obsessions with Missions, India, and people...

*Most importantly in some ways, I'm working two jobs. One at Starbucks, as a certified Barista. The other at a Youth Center with the Salvation Army.
*I also teach children's church at my church.
*I am a volunteer staff member for Biola's Missions Conference in March.
*I am a member of our India Kingdom Band, which meets together once a week on campus to pray for India and each other, worship, and drink chai.
*I go to chapel at Biola when I can. But only about 3 a week.
*I go to events for the International Students Association at Biola, and sometimes help. =)
*I go to events for the Mu Kappa club at Biola.
*I still live with four amazing guys in an apartment near campus. We hang out together, play tennis, Settlers of Catan, Apples to Apples, watch movies together, and host chai parties occasionally.

Life is pretty much amazing right now. Thank you, Lord!

Moderation

Many things that are fun and safe in moderation can easily be taken way too far. Earlier I posted about gaming, and would like to revisit that topic using a link to a blog post a friend pointed out to me. It's a rather long post, but it talks about a person who was a key leader in the oldest and largest and most likely well-respected guild in World of Warcraft. But he finally quit, seeing what it was doing to his life, and deciding it was not worth it. When he left, his guild didn't even seem to care, but his life changed dramatically... Almost as much as when he started playing WOW.

Anyway, if you care about obsessions, or about WOW, I'd definitely encourage you to read this article...

http://soulkerfuffle.blogspot.com/2006/10/view-from-top.html

It's sad how much this MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) has taken over people's lives. I only pray that others have not become so addicted to it as this person was.

Passions and obsessions aren't necessarily bad. They just have to be focused on God. As the song says, "Give me one pure and holy passion. Give me one magnificent obsession. Give me one glorious ambition for my life: To know and follow hard after you."