Life as... usual?

I want to make you all aware of an awesome opportunity coming to the the twin cities soon. Colonial Church in Edina will be hosting World Vision's exhibit on AIDS October 31-November 3. Basically, you literally walk through a day of the life of a real child in Africa with AIDS. It is incredibly well put together and sure to be an enlightening and intense experience. Check out World Vision's website to see what it is all about.

In the past two weeks I have started to be asked "are you getting used to being home?" quite often. That is a really good question. In a way I suppose I am settling back into the rhythm of life here- school, intern/work, rehearsal, study, sleep, repeat. It is hectic, but not too hard to get used to. As far as acutally feeling normal- not at all.

A few days ago I had the opportunity to go see Chris Pope talk at Colonial Church in Edina. Chris works for world vision and has been all over the world to check in on how their projects are going. The topic of his talk was "what Africa teaches me about God and the poor." I left the talk practically skipping. It was so refreshing and relieving to simply listen and talk to someone else who understands. Who has been there. Who has seen it. Who has lived it.