hey guys... so i went to the ranch tonight... it was great. i can't tell you how much i love to be there... i mean... just to be around so many people that love God and want to serve Him... just a visit is almost like being a camper again. lately i've been kind of descouraged b/c i work w/ friends that are Christians... but i work w/ a lot of people who aren't Christians... not to say i don't like or love those people... it's just very trying on one's spirit. i feel like i haven't been myself lately. last night i got voted the meanest leader... that really hurt... i know that they were joking... but i also know that i can be mean... it's hard... and i know that this pride that i've been holding affects it. tonight the speaker preached about witnessing... but he talked about it in a way that i have never heard before... he spoke on Ez. 33:7-11... and how God has placed you and me as watch over the spiritual lives of those around us... and how we're the ones who sound the trumpet b/c of the danger of sin... and the punishment of sin... and how we're supposed to tell others about sin... and about forgiveness and eternal life. and God didn't say "play an impressive song" He says "sound the trumpet... so they know about the danger"... just blow that puppy... don't worry about what it sounded like... and don't worry about how people will react... just do what you were placed there to do. and it just really convicted me b/c... yeah.. people know that i'm a Christian... but do i tell them about Christ? i really don't... do i tell them that the "wages of sin is death?" or that the "gift of God is eternal life?" no! i don't... i hold it in. i may be "shinning my light" but i'm not "blowing my trumpet"... so yeah... i really got a lot out of the message... anyways... i need to go to bed... i have to work in the morning... night all. ~Hope