Researching universities, cities , and their connections somehow strangely veered into a desperate need to set some priorities (or more specifically just crossing off what I'm not going to do) and schedule travel for the next several months. This is exhausting, but its done. However, I am also energized by a philosophy of "no plan is so good that it can't be changed at the last minute", so it will probably morph several more times.
Before this detour, I did discover some cool websites about cities and universities. Do you live in one of the top 500 city populations of the world? Or in a world class city? Maybe you don't but you'd like to, or maybe just want to take a short visit/mission trip there? Now for a trifecta, get the name of every university in the world. Pick a country and you'll see how many universities are there, and possibly even a website that will tell you about each one. So, where do you want to go next? Pick a city, pick a country, choose a university. Mix in prayer, faith, and some of your friends. Go share your faith, help some people in the name of Christ who live there with something they need. Now you've got a mission trip.
I almost forgot to mention the best trip on my global road of the past 3 days was going all the way to Daytona Beach (1 hour drive) to speak to students from Indiana and Ohio about daily living a fully surrendered life to Christ. From 2 Cor. 4:12, Paul says "death is at work in us, but life in you." How do we live a life characterized as"always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus"? Definitely doesn't make one of those feel good motivational posters you stick on the wall. But other phrases like "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me" have become so popular they have almost lost their meaning. Of course they haven't lost their meaning cause they are from God, but I think you know what I mean.
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