my personal prayers for the Messiah 2005 conference

so i've talked a bit about what i'm doing next week. now that i've gone over to the dark side and joined the actual planning committee for the YMJA (for one year only! really!), i've developed a list of requests for things for G-d to keep me honest on, and give me grace to do. here they are. if you'll be there, maybe you can help keep me honest too. 1. primarily seek G-d's face. hey, during a week of G-d stuff, i want Him. 2. enjoy myself. as i'm telling folks in the band i'm in, if we enjoy ourselves on stage, the audience will enjoy the set. so not only will i have a good time, but hopefully folks i'm "leading" will too. 3. not get so caught up in activities that i lose sight of the people. this is a big one. i'm involved in a lot of activities but i don't want an activity-driven conference. i want a G-d and people-driven conference. 4. have specific opportunities to minister to / with people. i'm praying that some really specific heart connections with people will arise. 5. actually have the discipline to have solid, regular quiet times each day. 6. again, with discipline: i would actually really like to blog my conference experience. i keep a faithful private journal every day of the year... except every year during this conference i fail miserably at journalling. often it's one of the most pivotal weeks of my year... and it goes unjournalled. but i'll have an internet connection (in my grandmother's basement; it's complicated) and i'm hoping i have the wherewithal to blog even just a few words each day. 7. stay healthy and refreshed, regardless of how much sleep i'm (not) getting. see you there, or online from there, or something.