HourChallenge

9/30
Sunday off

10/1
Today was a productive day with many little things filling up my hour+.
I met with a friend to catch up over breakfast. It was an engaging conversation that, of course, included some talk about poverty, global issues and even politics (you can only do that with a good friend).
Time spent = 40 minutes

Dropped in on one of the churches who is sponsoring the market and caught up with the pastor there on upcoming events, etc.
Time spent = 30 minutes

Emailing, trip planning, and church calls
Time spent = 25 minutes

10/2
Met a friend to talk about upcoming events and to catch up on her efforts to meet with local churches and “get them on board”.
Time spent = 15 minutes

I spent a boatload of time tonight in the studio working on the 1st set of audio lectures that has come in for the podcast. Between installing software, testing and editing…
Time spent = 3.5 hours

10/3
Today I spent some time catching up with our CEP president – Su Kraus. We discussed many possibilities including bringing the AIDs experience tent to San Diego, how we might partner with World Vision to bring San Diego churches together for a common development project…
Time spent = 20 minutes

Looks like we have the go ahead to record George’s book Beyond Guilt. I’m hoping we’ll be able to offer a FREE audio version in the next couple of months.
Time spent = 5 minutes

Spent a lot of time on the phone talking with the agency about our adoption. This is a difficult time as the wait times in China continues to spiral out of control. Please pray that we will have wisdom and clarity right now as we decide how to move forward.
Time spent = 1 hour

10/4
Had a relaxing dinner with friends. We mostly enjoyed each other but we also spent some time discussing global issues, poverty, theology and whatever else came to mind.
Time spent = 1 hour

Reading and calls
Time spent = 30 minutes

10/5
I carpooled with friends to a dinner event this evening put on by PeaceMark.org. Our very own Mark and Lori Vermaire presented! They’d recently visited the Middle East with others from the Christian Reformed Church to assess the Israeli-Palestinian conflict first hand. I was appalled to hear of the systematic oppression and injustice that has been levied on the Palestinian people. Visit Sabeel.org, fosna.org and CMEP.org for more information.
Time spent = 3 hours

10/6
I participated in an all day retreat at the San Luis Rey Mission led by Larry Warner of b – believing, being, becoming. We explored the invitation and challenges contained in The Lord’s Prayer paying particular attention to the phrase “our Father”. I was challenged and refreshed as I contemplated all who are included in this wonderful statement. Our last exercise included passing around a warm (just baked!) loaf of bread to consider those who are also loved by God but do not have food. We then broke bread together.
Time spent = 6 hours

Tonight we prepped for our third Sunday school class. We’re finishing up a discussion on AIDs.
Time spent 2 hours