cursed 26

well...that's what i'm turning...in 3 days. i'm a little boo-who about it right now in this update because i probably won't update again until next week. and i know if i say that i feel old there will be ooddles of people who will comment and say that i'm not. and just because i'm saying this somebody will comment on how i am old.

there's just no winning here.

on a lighter note, i attended missionsfest this last weekend with a bunch of friends. it was great to hang out with a bunch of people that i don't normally hang out with. it was...refreshing. we all stayed in a hotel and at some point (this isn't a good thing) one of my cd cases mysteriously (and truely it was mysterious because the car was locked and stuff was never moved) went missing from our car. literally 48 cds are gone. i don't think i'm over the shock yet. i just keep thinking about all my u2 cds...gone...all of them (and i had ALL of them) and then cds that i just recently purchased not even 3 weeks ago...stabilo, and my soundtracks...my u2...but at the same time there was some cds in there that i haven't listened to in a few months and i really won't miss them. but u2...there was probably $600-$800 wrapped up in that friggin' case. i dont think i realized or maybe i just didn't think about how much money i spend on music. u2...

sorry about the bunny trail - as you can see - i'm a little traumatized over the loss of u2. i am only mildly comforted when i hug my u2 by u2 book. but it makes things a little better. but the conference was good. floyd mcclung was speaking for a seminar and a main assembly session on friday and saturday respectively. i had never heard of the guy before the weekend but he's a missionary with his wife and has been to afghanistan, amsterdam, and currently living in capetown, south africa. he was really good. i went to his seminar on friday (the only, ahem, seminar i went to) on leadership. there was another dude that spoke on saturday night that was fabulous and funny but i can't seem to remember his name. they were good. i spent some time at the camp evergreen booth talking to people (cuz i like talking to people about my job - seriously!) and then wandered around the gauntlet of booths (175 of them). i don't think i realized until this last weekend how much i had fallen in love with jamaica. so much that i started looking for ministry opportunities in carribean (they're looking for camping ministry people). i don't know what i actually think about going down there but it would be darn cool and i really love the jamaican people - not to mention the sun.

anyways, i should sign off and go coach a basketball game. for those of you who are wondering when EXACTLY my birthday is...it's march 3rd but that's the last you'll hear of it because i really don't enjoy birthdays...or parties - they make me grumpy. but on a happier note...instead of complaining about my birthday - let's celebrate Finn's 1st birthday (it's on March 2nd...a much happier day).

peace out and happy birthday finn. May you be bless with an abundance of u2 music (and may it never go missing).

cort