Ya, not much to smile about in Coney Island, where the snow comes at you sideways when it's around 5 degrees outside and the wind is blowing off the ocean. My time in New York was amazing, very cold, but amazing. The first couple of days were spent helping my friend Landon prep for a mission trip up there in April. I also got the chance to hang out with some folks from Brooklyn Tabernacle, sharing the vision of my ministry and what God has called me to do, to preach the amazing and overwhelming reality of God and His glory. The last day was spent playing in Manhattan and on top of Rockefeller center where I thought we would literally freeze to death. All in all my love for New York City is still alive and well and hope that God continues to open doors for me to go back there and preach. Next stop is Virginia for a d-now I am speaking at and you can begin to pray that God's word will be spoken with humbleness and clarity. God is at work, and I am having a blast just sitting on the front row, watching Him do His thing!

JP

''to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved". - Eph. 1:6