As I blogged about here and here, I went to SoCal over the weekend. It was never warmer than 70 degrees all weekend and was cloudy most of the time as well. This was really weird because I had never been down there when it had been less than 80. Other than the weather, the trip was great. Short but great. I traveled on Friday, was there Saturday and yesterday, and I got home early this morning.
Here are some highlights:
- Well my sister graduated. Congrats Karissa. Your grades were a lot better than mine
Seeing her graduate was the whole purpose of the trip. Rick Warren spoke at the graduation. He talked about Moses’ staff in Exodus. Good message, long ceremony. 690 people graduated, it took one hour to have all of them walk across the stage.
- I had a good talk with my grandparents about my words in the Seattle Times. They hadn’t heard about it yet. You should have seen my grandma’s face when I told her what I said. Priceless. We disagree, but I’m glad they were open enough to at least talk with me about it.
- I was in San Diego for 5 hours, and I was outside of 10 minutes. That is weird. My cousin and his wife are in the Navy down there. It was humbling to hear of the ways that even them (non active duty) sacrifice for my safety.
- It was a mini family reunion away from home. 11 family members in one spot. That doesn’t happen very often with my family.
- I still have never been to In and Out…..
How was your long weekend?
I love this photo!! Congrats to Karissa! I’m so glad you could all be together. Priceless.
wow, Rick Warren? Kei just heard him speak at the beginning of the week, for the conference down there. Weird timing, huh?!
that’s a great picture. wow, two out of four of you are college grads so far… awesome!
Was this the talk about moses only having the staff like Michael Jordan having a basketball? Doing what you can with what you got? If so, he did the same talk about 3 years ago at a Willow Creek Leadership Summit. I heart recycled talks.
If memory serves me right though, it was actually not that bad.
no it was about letting go of things to be able to reach our full potential. moses had to let go of the staff before God could take control.