Fast and Furiously...

So, I had a chance to talk to Märt this morning.  Camp is coming - fast and furiously it is coming.  He sent me a bunch of pictures of where camp will be in July (I'll post later) and he let me know that there will be no running water at camp...thinking that we had better all pack lots of deodorant!  I've not yet asked about mosquitoes, but seeing as Estonia's latitude is about that of Alaska (Estonia is 59 N and Anchorage is 61.18) - I'm thinking that they must be fairly bad in the summer.  So, I'm hoping that Sara will remember to remind the rest of us to pack some deet!  

Anyway, I'm off topic.  Camp is going to be amazing....I'm getting more excited about it every day.  Camp will be for 5 days and 4 nights.  We will have morning and evening sessions each day and games/activities in the afternoons.  We'll be focusing on such topics as worship, prayer and the authority of God's word.  What a privilege it is to share on such amazing topics in a place where God is primarily an afterthought to so many....

Ok, so apparently I'm supposed to answer some questions.  To dig in, I will start with a pic from Tallinn in 2007:

                                                       

1) There are way too many situations that cause me to feel most alive; however, I'll boil it down to just 1 for now...maybe two.  One of the first env

ironments that come to mind is hiking in the Rockies in Autumn.  The combination of crystal blue skies, snow-white mountain tops, golden aspen leaves and 60 degree temperatures during the typical afternoon are, for me, an echo of heaven.  Here's a taste of what I'm talking about from the Maroon Bells...

  2.) Hmm...who would play me in a movie of my life??  Since I get to choose, then I'm going with Denzel Washington b/c I would love to be able to say "My Man" the way he does in American Gangster...

3.) Best song ever.  Seriously, there's no way to really answer this.  How to choose:  

- I could go with any number of praise songs (currently it would be Glory to God Forever by Fee)

- I could go with something Classical like Pachebel's Canon or Handel's Messiah

- If I were merely focusing on the two songs that ALWAYS put me in a good mood when they rotate through my ipod, I'd have to go with the first minute of Sweet Child O Mine or Paradise City.  Seriously, I can't believe I didn't like those songs when they first came out.

However, I think for now, I have to go with U2's Where the Streets Have No Name.  Unbelievable song that seems to never age.  As almost all other songs fade in and out of favor with me, this song is always in...

4.) There are so many things that I want to see happen in Estonia.  I want to see our team be a team that is focused on serving - even in the midst of no running water, language barriers, camp food and whatever other frustrations come our way.  I want to see a generation of teenagers in Estonia come to know the God of the Universe in a personal way.  To understand that they are loved without condition by the same God who died on a cross for them 2000 years ago.   I want to see everyone on our team get out of their comfort zones and realize a potential that can only be experienced when stretched beyond what is believed to be possible...