Showcase is February 26

 Showcase is in 1 week! If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, you can do so at anyfocus.org/showcase. All proceeds from the show go towards sending our prospective student leaders to SICM, a conference that trains and equips them to think pastorally on their campuses.

This is a video of me and my family hanging out on Zoom on New Years Eve and celebrating the New Year for the West Coast (2 am in Texas). I decided not to attend any New Year's celebrations in person (and isolated myself for almost a week beforehand) in an attempt to not contract COVID before our staff retreat... I tested positive later that day.

Though I tested positive for COVID on New Years, Winter Camp was a few weeks after which gave me time to recover. We flew in Rikk Watts to speak about the historicity of the Bible. It was nice to have some semblance of normalcy, as we had canceled Winter Camp the previous year. It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it to see the students bonding and having a good time together.

If you want to hear Rikk talks, you can find them on our website here!

These two goobers (Jackson and Evan) were running circles around the maze at Sky Ranch in the freezing cold while I was hanging out with them during free time. Once they got to the exit, they immediately ran through the entrance again. It definitely wasn't the smartest move on my part to let them dictate where we went.

I've never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich before.. I'm not a huge fan of jam or jelly. All of my friends told me I just had to try one, even if I didn't like jam or jelly. So I had to show my friends a picture of my peanut butter and peanut butter sandwich (one side is creamy and the other side is crunchy). They were all disappointed in me.

After getting COVID and stressing over Winter Camp and all that January entailed, I got to relax and watch Hadestown at The Winspear. I had been waiting for this for half a year! Let me tell you.. it was probably my most favorite musical I've seen in-person so far! (Fiddler on the Roof is a close second.) So, of course, I had to take a basic photo of the Playbill with the stage in the background.

My dad's birthday was at the end of January. Because our whole family has not lived near each other since the first child went to college, we're pretty used to video chatting which has become a staple in these times. We were able to celebrate him through Zoom and also put together a video of some encouragements sent in by friends old (like friends he has not seen or heard from in decades) and new (people in his current small group)! If you need anyone to cut a simple video together for you, just let me know. :-) If you have a spare half hour and don't mind that most of the clips are in Mandarin, you can find the video here.