A day in the life of....

Well the school year is coming close to an end. Got back to Durban from that long weekend of Nav meetings and catching up with the guys (check out photo of me and Alex-UCT grad) and found I had a lot to work on! Working on ending the year well with the Navigators and our budget. Daniel (our intern and almost 2 year friend and workmate) is 4 weeks away from departure. Spent the morning talking through his last month and exit strategy. I took Myles to swimming lessons. Summer was supposed to arrive a couple months ago but somehow missed the memo. This evening was Lou Lou's jewelry exhibition. I'm feeling sick. Kristy feeling a bit stressed. Myles loving life. And we are surrounded by questions of Obama. A day in the life of the Carlson's.

"a little bit..."

It's one of Myles' favorite lines.... "a little bit....." fill in the blank with anything that you would like. Right now in the Carlson home:
Ben "a little bit feeling better (physical, emotional, ecumenical...)
Kristy "a little bit of needing to show a lot of grace"
Myles "a little bit of MORE SLEEP" but he would say "...treat."

Back from Jozi

It was a week in Johannesburg, and probably the best one(that is best week in Jozi) I've had yet. What did I do? Spent the first 3 days following up graduates from our ministry that I have discipled over the past 7 years. Refreshing, fun, and a wake-up call to the hardships and loneliness that meets some of these guys when separated from all of the friends, mentors and fellowship that they got used to at university in Durban with us. It's given me some insight into what to do to help prepare the current students we have the privilege to be discipling. After the time with Claude-Sandton, Tshepo-in Sun City, and S'pho -Dr. in Soweto(photo's in that order) I spent a morning judging coffee (ask me if you care:). Following this I was in workshops with fellow South African, Malawian, and Kenyan Navigators alongside a group of Navigators from Colorado Springs as we were trained, had great dialogue and dug into the Bible to learn how to best fund and develop partners from Africa for the advancement of the Gospel in Africa! Rewarding, fun and intense. Worth it? Completely. Glad to be back in Durban with Kristy and Myles? Absolutely!