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AIM took some time to interview several of our students while in Philly. Check it here.

Back from Philly.

Hello again, I'm back from a week long trip to Philadelphia, Pa With NMC Student Ministries on the GO trip. We spent a lot of time, here. I hope to elaborate on this trip soon. Still trying to figure out some of what God is saying to me.

Late night ponderings.

Do you ever spend time with toddlers or little children? What goes on in your mind while you play/interact with them?

I love playing with kids. I love trying to make them smile, and chasing them as some horrible monster, which leads to me getting beat up(Pastor Rockstar's children are good at this, I discovered).

One thing I've come to realize that happens in those situations is that those that I interact with...they are the only ones in the world to me at that point in time. I automatically forget about what is going on next, what do I have to do, or any other thing that is so "important" and consumes my mind.

Every once in a while I will have a conversation with someone and I will end up with the same feeling... that nothing else in the world matters at the point of in time, but that conversation.

What do I take away from these different examples? That those things that consume my thoughts and worry about aren't always all that important. That I need to continue to be a better listener. And being silly for the little ones is always okay.

Let us pray, let us pray...

• Dustin Eby. Leaves tomorrow to start his trip that leads him to Rwanda.
• Caleb Bislow. Leading the charge on this Rwanda trip.
• NLF Impact team currently in Nicaragua.
  
• Philadelphia trip. Students and leaders doing Lord knows what.
• Jeffrey Simpson. A leader that is going on above trip. Pray that his life won't be gripped by fear as to being a leader, being vulnerable, being an instrument of God. Pray that he doesn't get distracted. Pray that God would rock his world when it comes to falling more in love with the heart of God and His desires.
  

Where do you go for...

Encouragement? Do you go to the Bible, and if so, is that enough? Do you go to your friends, kick a can and stare at your feet and mope around until they cheer you up?

Goodbye, Lord Denethor.

Do you ever get impulsive about something? Every once and a while, I do. Last night I decided to get rid of something that I have wasted so much of my time and life in the last two years or so.

Its been something that had been on my mind for a while, and last night I decided to do get rid of it, and today I went through with it.

I'm sure I'll miss it, but I'm excited at the possibilities without it. I've been meaning to do a lot of reading.( I was a reading fiend in high school.) I think that without it, I will be a better human and Christ follower.

Only time will tell.