Week Off

alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086750604277095122" />This week I've had the chance to relax down here in So Cal, it's been so nice. Chase, Abbey and I went to a Dodger game on Saturday night. Then we went to Shepard of the Hills for church on Sunday and say Dusty speak and Byron and Tommy (guys in the Matt Bayless Worship Band) play in the band. Monday was a day to get some work done. We had a projector go out on us so I worked on sending that in and getting our staging all situated for Cal 2 & 3. Then we checked into our hotel a couple blocks from Disney and went to Downtown Disney and ate at the ESPN Zone. I had been craving some Fetticcini Alfrado and finally got some. It was pretty good.
Tuesday we met up with Grant and his fiance Danielle and Kelsey (Hope Reps from Colorado) and went to Disneyland. Kelsey used to work there so she got us some front of the line passes, so that was nice. Disneyland is a lot smaller then I remember it being. Maybe because I have been to DisneyWorld more recently and that's bigger, but the castle seemed so small and It's a Small World looked like a 4th grade class had craft time in there. It was clearly sub-par, from what I last remember anyways. Other then that, it was a fun time. We saw the fireworks show, which is one of the best I've seen, but that is to be expected from Disney. Oh, the other bad thing, I set my Jamba down for two seconds to take a picture, and a park worker picked it up the threw it away. Pretty much the down point of my entire day. But on the up side, that brings me to mention how well kept the park looks. You didn't see trash anywhere! So good job Disney, you get two thumbs up.

On Wednesday I got to hang out with my friends Matt and Valarie Crane. I went to school with Matt so it was great to hang out with them. We got onto a golf course called Robinson Ranch, which normally costs $117 a round, for free because Matt's brother works there. So we got 18 holes in before dusk which was awesome. I didn't shoot my best round, but I had a great time.
Thursday Matt and I played 25 holes of disc golf and we went out to eat at Pei Wai. It was a fun and relaxing day.
Today (friday) is the last day to relax so it's almost over, but my sister is coming up from San Diego on Sunday to visit and I haven't seen her in a long time, so I'm really excited about that.

Identity is a huge issue in the lives of these high schoolers. that's something I'm learning this summer. I have always know that. It seems like it was a long time ago when I was in high school (there is a myspace for our 10 year class reunion that is coming up next year) and I was struggling with the same thing. But when I see the masks, when you see the hurts and pains for these kids I realize some of them are stuggling with their Identity a lot more then I ever did. This has been a reminder that they struggle so much with life. High school can be a great time in a kids life, but it comes with so much crap they have to deal with. It's hard to go from hanging out with your friends, laughing and joking, to being back at home, alone, Isolated, trying to figure out who you are and why you're here.
It's powerful what the kids are going throught