The year without October 29th

Well so much for being consistent eh? However, I do feel like I have a good excuse this time.

The last couple weeks I have been in China modeling for a jean festival in Xintang. We crossed the international date line so this year I skipped the 29 of October. Just being out of country isn't a very good excuse but the thing is that China is a communist country and the government controls just about everything including the internet. So no social networks for me, no facebook, twitter, blogs, AIM, MSN, myspace or anything else of the like.

I didn't forget about writing though, it's all in my journal (from which I'll be highlighting a few things for your reading pleasure).

I could tell you that we were treated like celebrities, constantly being paraded around by the Chinese government. Or I could tell you about all of the strange food we ate or about the beautiful places we went and sights we saw. I could write about the rehearsals and show, what everyone wore and who all was there.

But that would take forever so I'll just skip to the important part and you can ask me about the rest if you wish.

While I was in China God was working in my heart and mind. He used my travels and experiences once again to remind me how blessed we really are. I traveled from the 5 star hotels and fine restaurants to the ghettos and rural backroads. I saw a baby digging in mounds of trash and talked with people who eat only one or two things on a regular basis and make a living growing mushrooms. All the while our team was being treated like celebrities and honored guests.

I have been reminded of how much need there is in the world. It fans the flame if passion in my soul for the people of the world. I don't want to waste my life on myself. I don't want to pursue comfort. I want to pursue the heart of God! I want to spend my life loving people how Christ loved people.

I'm not there yet but by the grace of God may he direct my path. I don't want to live a life defined my social norms.

I want to live passionately!