Still Fat

I was finally able to sift through more of my junk yesterday to determine what can be stored and what I really needed to keep with me.  I'm still disgusted with the amount of stuff I have.  The more and more I think about it I was like someone who was on a consumer-driven binge and purge diet except I always forgot to purge.  Now that I'm purging it seems like it will never end in order to get back to a proper level of stuff.  Looks like fitting everything in my car shouldn't be a problem even if I can't keep things in the van once the other guys move in.  I'm also more excited about this than I was when I started.

Each day brings me more joy and thankfulness that God has called me on this journey.  Some would argue against that point and say I'm just looking for adventure and I wouldn't totally disagree with them.  There is a large part of me that really just wanted an adventure and this seemed pretty exciting when it was presented to me.  The real question will be how I choose to live through this journey.  For myself?  For others?  For God?

Big Blue now has a fairly permanent home thanks to a wonderfully encouraging church in town.  I'm looking forward to not having to move Big Blue as often or worry about it being towed.  I may be introduced at some point to that church's congregation just so they can get an idea of what the van is doing in the parking lot and that the person living in it isn't completely insane or out to get their children or something.  That is actually something I'm excited about because I feel like part of this journey is to throw this in people's faces and make them reconcile the man they see in front of them--and hopefully I'm reflecting Christ--and their assumptions.  I want Christians to question the assumptions they've made about how to live the Christian life in America.  I want non-Christians to look at this and wonder whether there are more people like this that call themselves Christians; that maybe not all Christians fall into their stereotype.  Basically there's a lot I want people to get out of this and realize it is not all about me or what I'm getting out of this experience.  I know this will be a blessing in my life as it already has been, but I hope it will in turn be a blessing to those around me.