Monday, June 9, 2008

Greening the Desert

From J's Journey

From J's Journey



There are about five minutes a year in southeast Idaho that are actually almost marginally green. Growing up in Seattle, a high desert plateau isn't green even when it is. So this spring has been miraculous to say the least. We've had buckets of rain, there's still bits of snow on some of the hills and most outlandish of all - it's still green in mid-June! I shot these with my cellphone while mountain biking the West Fork of Mink Creek south of town. Gorgeous evening. Great ride.

One of the things I love is including students in my world and getting involved in theirs as much as I can. Loving to ride, I try to find students to go with. It's a chance to connect and have a blast at the same time. This time 'round I was able to go up with a regular riding buddy, Jeff (one of our graduates who works in town and leads worship for our church), and Vanessa, one of our new students and a new member of my worship team. Good times.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Outta the gate

Howdy!

I must say I never thought I would be one to start a blog. I wonder how many new blogs have begun this way? Probably more than I care to think about. At any rate, since my newsletters keeping you updated on my work with ISU Chi Alpha have been so spotty (thanks in large part to our office printers continually breaking) I decided to open this blog as another way to keep updates coming with a little more regularity. I hope to add posts any time we have something interesting or exciting going on. For now though, Mezzo (my golden/chow) wants dinner. How's that for news?!

Blessings

Jeremy