i spent the weekend in bellingham at my church's retreat and it was a lot of fun. in all the years i've been at sfcc, i never went to a retreat until this past weekend. i think every year they've held it i've been out of town or unable to go. it was a lot of fun to get to know people in our english congregation that i didn't know very well before. we're not a huge congregation and sadly, there are many people that i still do not know. but, i did get to know one of the girls who attends the mandarin speaking college fellowship better and i found out that she lived in panama for 10 years! so, she speaks fluent spanish. how great it that? i really enjoyed the opportunity to be away from work for a whole weekend. and the speaker had some nice reminders for me about finding God's will, as in, having a balance and not being so consumed with figuring out God's will that we lose sight of the fact that we're where God wants us to be for the moment. like, if we're always looking forward, we forget to live in the present. i liked that. and at the same time, not just sitting back on your heels thinking, oh, whatever i do must be God's will for me since He knows my whole life, you know i mean?

i didn't have to work today, so i went over to james and joana's place to babysit owen. owen is just about 3 months old and he's so much fun. well, all he does right now is lie down like a lump, but, he's very cute, has a mellow disposition, and smiles a lot, especially at girls.

check out the cool hair. his mom says they get a lot of comments about how they've never seen a baby with so much hair...and such cool hair at that. owen and i played with his musical toy, listened to the bathroom fan which calms him if he's fussy, and bounced around a lot. he has recently discovered his fist, which he likes to keep raised, militant style. it's great.