I'm getting out of here for just a week. I've got tons to do, but I'm going to try and leave my work behind. I need some time for me this summer. I'm going up there with my guitar, a couple books, and what few lyrics I have written.

That's the plan. I don't know quite what to expect, but I'm going to make the most of it. It's kind of a strange thing. I wanted to do something out of the ordinary. Something I wouldn't naturally want to do... and now I'm kinda looking forward to it.

I'm leaving the cell turned off (mainly cuz I have to go to the edge of the lake to use it anyway) but more because I want to be alone. I want to use this time to be re-introduced to the God I say I know. Right now, I don't think I know this God as I've said I do... and I want to change that.

After China... I've been challenged by the lives of those who have nothing. I plan to do a lot more thinking this week and search myself and the way I live.

God, search me... bring the stuff in my life to the surface. Give me new dreams, new courage, and new plans to take action to when I get back. That's what I'm asking. It's not much - and you're bigger than that. So I'm expecting more. That's all.