Philly again

After spending nearly the last two months in (very) rural New Hampshire, sitting here looking out the window of the Urban Imperative house in Philadelphia is quite a change of scenery. I got here Sunday night after a little providential detour in New Jersey. Toll roads are so unforgiving—one wrong turn and you pay. And then the chances of actually getting back to where you were are slim.

It was a little frustrating, but it gave me the opportunity to do two things I had never done before. Giving one of these to a gas station guy (whom I bought an unhelpful map from) and getting to drive across the Ben Franklin Bridge at night both helped me to see it as fully worthwhile.

That night I played basketball with several people from Grace Bible Church, and the next morning went to their men’s breakfast—always an encouraging time. Today one of the guys and I are meeting up for prayer and then taking a trip up to Westminster. I’ve been a little more attracted to RTS from my talks with its professors and because of its huge discount for BJU grads. But I don’t mind giving Westminster a second visit, if for no other reason than seeing the bookstore. And of course Masters would be great, but I don’t make it across the country very often, or at all, really

It’s great to be back here, even though I’m leaving tomorrow for Baltimore. Then home on Friday. It’s also kind of weird to leave what was my life for the last two months in New Hampshire. My prayer is for the counselor guys to continue to grow, investing the same energy they gave at camp into their churches, both in giving and receiving encouragement, rebuke, and instruction (Cf. Hebrews 3:13, 10:24).

Here are a couple pictures from camp—

This is a picture before the part of "meetings and greetings" when the program director would introduce the leadership staff. We (the dean of men and the deans of women) came in and announced the counselors of each cabin with a different theme each week. One of the girls had an idea that we should come in with kind of a Princess Bride theme.

The second one was taken towards the end of a game during teen week.