Mountain Time

I find it amazing that in 24 hours my world went from this: 

To this: 

Utah is absurdly beautiful. I really am not sure how I'll ever make it through the cold but at least for now I am really excited about this adventure. Leaving was hard, as to be expected, but God answered many prayers by giving me an excitement for what is going on. This is going to be tough but very good. I am happy to be here. After arriving at the Blue House, my parents and I had dinner with Joe, Jennifer, Drew and Zechariah Filer. I got to get some more information on the various things going on and my parents got their questions answered. I got more information on Joe's health problems; he has been having episodes in which half his body goes numb and he can't speak. They have ruled out strokes and seizures and have observed that he has too much white brain matter for someone his age. His insurance won't cover all the tests and the neurologist is unsure of what it is, so keep him in your prayers. There are some incredible things going on here so please pray that this will not hinder the ministry. Also pray that ADI (Adventure Discipleship Intensive, the program I originally came out here to teach) gets students. Things are going really well and it's an amazing program that God has put together but pray that people will come out and participate. A last prayer request: can you pray for my dad? He's having trouble with this whole transition. 

I will be taking the next few days to settle in and get the things I need. During that time I will finally be putting together a prayer team email-sorry that's been slow going. If you don't get an email from me tomorrow and would like to be on my prayer team, please send me an email and I will be sure to add you. 

Also, I really love Southern California. In all my years there I have never seen smog as bad as I did passing through Provo, Salt Lake and Ogden today. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. So there all you naysayers, California isn't the worst :) I love you and am about to fall asleep. Thank you so much for praying!