[sigh]

...this has been one challenging, tiring, fun, and emotionally charged weekend. Not all at once though. It just hasn't been a "normal" weekend, if you will. I feel extremely drained right now (and still hot, as the A/C won't be fixed until Monday).

On a happy note (those have been few this weekend), in visiting with Mom this afternoon, she used her magic mom powers to pretty much eliminate all ink pen stains from my clothes. It was pretty unbelievable. I wish I had taken pictures of the clothes before she did her magic, because I was certain that it wasn't coming out. There is still visible stains that wouldn't come out of one pair of work pants, but if that's all the damage that's done, I've come out pretty well.

Immersion (Discipleship class I've been attending for the last 4 weeks) has been great, and we wrapped up our final meeting tonight. It was a really great experience...there wasn't a whole lot of "new revelations" or things I hadn't heard before, but it was good to hear it all again. Tonight especially, with the detailed breakdown of the process of discipleship. Discipleship isn't a title or status to finally "reach" or "obtain". It's an ongoing process. Ongoing. Doesn't end. And there are several different stages of the process that you could be in at any point in your life depending on the circumstances. This post isn't meant to get into all the nitty-gritty of what we talked about, but perhaps I'll delve into that later this week as I try to reflect on what we talked about and let it sink in some more. In short--I'm glad I went.

Have a good week, friend(s).

-B