just some things in my brain...

well all my friends, i sit on my lawn at 9:43 typing this message under a sweet moon w/ a cool breeze. I got back from a killer weekend at Morro Bay where we had a weekend get away for my Boy Davey, we played a ton of monopoly (which is one of my favorite games to play) and had a few beers while we walked down to the water many a time and watched entirely way toooo much T.V. My girlfriend just left fresno and is headed back to bakersfield. it was fantastic to see her for the afternoon/evening b/c it will be a bit until we get to hang out again. i leave for Portland on saturday as i will be particpating in and enjoying my best friend Chad's wedding. we (friends and family) have been looking forward to this for about eight or so months and it will be the gathering of the year. It is sad when we can only count on getting friends together for weddings even though we are all super close w/ each other. life has a way of taking people to different locations and different time periods. We are going camping on the west coast of Oregon for his bachelor party and will have the time of our lives there i am sure. friends from different walks of his life coming together to form one heck of a week.
Life is great in all aspects of the word. Things with the job are going very swell as the Well Community church keeps expanding and job descriptions keep shifting. The apt is great but i feel the lack of involvement that i have gotten to have yet. It seems like i am going to have to be a heck of a lot more intentional to develop the relationships that i want w/ the neighborhood. it is not going to come easy as i am a white man in a hispanic culture. Ivan and i have had a blast together going through a book together and just sharing more about our lives. here is a few pictures of the area that we live in, the one pic w/ the sun glare is what has been dubbed the "martin park" b/c we live behind the family wtih the last name of the martins. The picture w/ the stairs is where ivan and my studio is located. behind the park and behind the house. it is really a beautiful place to dwell...





I am not really sure what else to include in this blog, i really need to start riding my bike more, awwww, which brings me to something else. last ngiht while playing dodgeball, i was headed for a ball near the center line and locked my ankle in place and moved my body and heard/felt 4 or so loud cracks. i immediately went down b/c of the pain and the inability to move and had to be escorted off of the court and to a hospital near by. i was lucky enough to have my brother there so he took care of me and was super patient w/ my 4 or so hour process of getting x rays and all of that jazz. it turns out that there were no broken bones but they are not sure of the 'soft tissue' around it. so i have crutches and am taking care of it so that i will be good to go this weekend up in portland.
other than all of this i feel like God has been ohh so good to me. he keeps leading in me in paths that i really feel fit me and has put those around me who have much to teach. i love all of you and let me know what else i should write on. love and peace

B