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Here's my most recent graphic for a new FOCUS series. I'm going to try to start putting more graphics up that I do for fun or work. This one is particularly cool because it's a picture that I found on the web (photo exchange site) and then stylized through Photoshop to make it look like graffiti art. Yes, I know it's been done before, just not by me. Here's the before and after...

So tonight at 11:30pm I will be on a plane heading to Lima, Peru. From there, we'll catch a connecting flight to Cuzco, Peru. About 7 years ago, I turned 18 and got on a plane bound for Jamaica. Little did I know what the next 7 years would hold that would end up with me taking a group of high school students half way across the world. It really got me thinking about God's will. Back then, I couldn't even imagine the life I have now. My plans for my life were basically opposite of how God knew my life would turn out to be. It's funny how we plan, dream, and prepare for a future that almost never turns out the way we thought. How much worry we put into making sure our lives go the way we think is best only to have them turned upside down on the day that God decides it's time to set His plan in motion. It's amazing to think about how everything that has happened took place to bring me to this point, this place. God has been faithful, He has brought me through ...

Right now I'm sitting in a room of about 17 Middle School students all praying and reading their Bibles without saying a word. I'm on our Middle School Spring Retreat. It's just a weekend get away that we do every year. This year I've been reminded why I do what I do for a living. I find students absolutely fascinating. The way they ask questions, the way they are changing, the way they are willing to accept change and new ideas. I love it! I love it even more that I and Crissy get to play a part in it. Their time is almost up. So what are you passionate about. How does God use that passion in your life?