There is so much going on right now I feel in terms of church activities. Relationally I'm so blessed with Sandy for her support in these ministries as well as meeting new folks and kids. But my only complaint is that I'm spreading myself too thin and I feel like I don't know if I am as effective with more rather than less ministry.

Busyness is self glorification masquerading as service rendered to God. (Pastor Dave)

For those considering where they would fit into what ministry that is appropriate for them any advice would be good. That is how do you know which ministry to serve? One where you enjoy or one where you feel you can be effective? Here are the list of my ministries and my thoughts of them. Okay some of these are more volunteer than ministries but...

1. GRX Hoops (Pros: fun, more like a men's accountability group, infrequent meetings, we play ball afterwards, all in all great fellowshipping. Cons: none I can think of at the moment)
2. Kids Club (Pros: get out of the office for 2 hrs., kids are so fun and innoncent. Cons: kids can be demanding and frustrating, not all are Christians, they don't want to be there. Prep for lessons-limited time. NOTE: We need more volunteers. Contact me if you're interested.)
3. Kid Zone (Pros: 3 kids whew! All Christians. Yay! I get to go to 1st service with Sandy. Cons: don't have time to prep for lessons.)
4. Knot2Us (default or non-negotiable. This is one of my favorite fellowshipping and growing time.)
5. Second Harvest Food Bank (Pros: once a quarter. Cons: organizing can be time consumming, and the time is too early for most folks. This is one I will probably scrap out of my future ministries. That's too bad.)

I remember a wise saying about picking your battles wisely. I am battling on too many fronts. I'm pretty overwhelmed...

Career Forecast: This Web 2.0 Is Fantastico

More of Sandy: she is going through finding work closer to here so please pray for her to have good interviews as well as successfully placing into a good company that will continually grow her career as a Senior Clinical Research Assoc.

My career though can be revived. I'm just wondering if I'm reacting to Sandy's job search or whether I would like to move to something more exciting than enterprise software. Not that there is anything wrong with that per se.

Recently there has been a lot of talk/blog about this "Web 2.0" business that has gotten to me somehow. Does anyone know anything about Web 2.0? How is it possible to have Web 2.0 when there wasn't even a Web 1.0? Haha. Web is web...just kidding.

Here's a cool "Web 2.0" app I think: Yahoo!'s Trip Planner. I'm trying to figure out Sandy and myself's Valentine's Day trip to Montery & Carmel. (Hunnie will you be mine...)

It's pretty easy to get started as I quickly copied some guy's trip and take out what I don't want to check out. It takes down "things to do", what time of the day and maps it out for me. At the end I can print out the trip plans with all the maps, details like restaurants description and say Monterey Bay Aquarium description, etc. I read somewhere that I can share it, too, but it is probably a little too late to share it with Sandy and get her feedback.

Take the tour for yourself of Yahoo's trip planner.
For those stalkers come stalk us here. (I'm just kidding...)
(This is the guy who "innovated" this trip.)

Have a great weekend everyone.

[Update] I thought of what to pray for...better time management. Thnx.